Dr. Okba Al Rahal received his B.Sc. in Pharmacy from Damascus University in 2009, followed by a master's degree in Pharmaceutical Science from the same institution in 2013. In 2015, he earned an M.Sc. by Research in Formulation Design and Analysis from the University of Reading, UK. He then completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry at Cardiff University, UK, in 2020. Currently, Dr. Okba serves as a Research Fellow in Solid-State Chemistry at the University of Birmingham. His research focuses on solid-state pharmaceutics, drug delivery, crystallization, polymorphism, and crystal engineering.