Received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Multimedia University, Malaysia, and a Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia. He is the first author in more than 60 journal and conference papers, one book and one book chapter. Dr Al-Shargie worked closely with several biomedical engineering departments and companies including Hitachi Ltd. Research & Development Group, JAPAN. His current research interests include the assessment of mental stress, vigilance, and emotions via EEG, fNIRS neuroimaging modalities, and eye tracking. He is a member of the IEEE, and the Society of Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.