Bashir Abubakar Abdulkadir was born in Gombe, Gombe State, in north eastern part of Nigeria. Currently Bashir is a PhD. student with the Department of Fundamental & Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Malaysia. He received his B.Sc. degree (Hons.) in Chemistry from Gombe State University, Gombe, Nigeria, in 2010, and the M.Sc. degree in Industrial Chemistry from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Malaysia, in 2015. Since 2012, he has been a Chemistry Lecturer with Gombe State University, Gombe, Nigeria. His research interests include the development and characterization of polymer and polymer electrolytes as a source of energy for use in various electrochemical devices.