Prof. Md. Shahidul Islam is a Full Professor of Biochemistry and the Head of Biotechnology Cluster under the School of Life Sciences, College of Agriculture, Engineering and Sciences of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. He has also served as a Member and then Chair of the School of Life Sciences Research & Higher Degree Committee and the Animal Research Ethics Committee of the University of KwaZulu-Natal for many years. He achieved the “Distinguished Teacher Award 2015” and “Top30 Researcher Award 2017, 2019 and 2021” from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. He has also received a number of awards from the International Endocrine Society, Korean Endocrine Society, Japan Diabetes Society, Japanese Society for Surgical Metabolism and Nutrition, Pacific Science Association, International Diabetes Federation and many others in previous years. Prof. Islam has been rated as a committed young researcher by the National Research Foundation (NRF), South Africa, and he holds a C1 rating from the NRF, South Africa. During 2019 and 2022, he was nominated as a Top 2% Global Researcher by, respectively, Mandeley.com and Elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com, as published by Stanford University, USA. During 2021, he was nominated as a Top0.016% Global Researcher in the area of Experimental Diabetes Research by ExpertEscape.com.