Dr. M. A. Kalam is currently working as an academic staff (as a Professor) in the Faculty of Engineering and IT at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia. He previously worked as an academic staff in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Malaya from 2008 to 2021. Prof. Kalam received his undergraduate degree from the Bangladesh Institute of Technology (B.I.T) Khulna, presently known as Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET), and Master & Ph.D. from Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. Recently, Prof Kalam’s name appeared in the list of “Highly Cited Researchers” in the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021” in recognition of ranking among the top 1% of researchers for the most cited documents in engineering by Web of Science and Clarivate Analytics. Furthermore, he received ‘Universiti Malaya’s Excellence Award in 2017’ for outstanding achievement in the category of “Academic Staff with Most Highly Cited Paper (Sciences) as well as the Excellence Service Award in 2018. In addition, he received Malaysia’s Research Star Award in 2018 and 2019. Currently, he works at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, at UTS, Sydney, Australia. His research specialization is in internal combustion engines, biodiesel/biofuel, lubricant testing, and engine tribology.