Aswir Abd Rashed holds PhD in Nutritional Biochemistry from University of Surrey, United Kingdom in 2012. He is currently working as a researcher at the Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research, Selangor. Currently, he is the President of the Malaysian Association of Research Scientists (MARS). He is involved in many food and nutrition analysis studies, including collaboration with UPM, MSU, IIUM, and DOF. In addition, he attended many seminars at the national and international level. His research interests center on dietary intakes of vitamins and minerals in human cell lines, probiotic and prebiotic studies, the development of Malaysian Food Composition Databases (FCDs), and the development of Intervention Mapping for non-communicable disease management programs. He serves as the Deputy Chairman for the Horizon Scanning Committee, Ministry of Health. He is also a Member of the Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling (CCMAS) and a Sub-committee Member of the Codex on Nutrition and Foods for Special Uses, Ministry of Health. He is a member of the Nutrition Society of Malaysia (NSM). He is also the chairman of Kelab IMR since 2022. He has published several refereed articles for academic and professional journals, book chapters, and conference papers on nutrition-related scientific articles.