Dr. Mohammad A. Azad is an associate professor at the Department of Chemical, Biological, and Bioengineering at North Carolina A&T State University. He obtained his B.S. and M.S. in chemical engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). He obtained his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) in 2013. From September 2013 to May 2015, he carried out postdoctoral research at NJIT. From June 2015 to July 2018, he conducted postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His research interests include advanced manufacturing, materials science, nanotechnology, particle engineering, polymer-based active delivery, process engineering, crystallization, and data analytics.