Bilal Ahmad Rather was born and raised in Srinagar, Kashmir. He earned master's degree in mathematics and diploma in computer applications (including BSc, B.ed, SET2018) from University of Kashmir, J&K, India. From August 2017 to June 2019, he was employed as a junior research fellow on a major research project funded by SERB-DST (EMR/2015/0010471). In February 2021, he earned his doctorate in mathematics and his thesis, "On distribution of Laplacian eigenvalues of graphs", was nominated by the Dr. K. V. Rao Scientific Society (KVRSS), Hyderabad, India, for the 2021 Annual Research Awards. From February to March 2021, he served as a guest lecturer at the JK Institute of Mathematical Sciences. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow from May 2021-May 2024 at the United Arab Emirates University in the United Arab Emirates. From June 2024 to present date, he is working as postdoc associate at SDUT China. His main research interests include combinatorial matrix theory, combinatorial commutative algebra, and their applications in theoretical computer science and mathematical chemistry. He has published more than 70 Sci papers and his works have appeared in a number of reputable journals, including Linear Algebra and its Applications, Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra, Journal of Algebra and its Applications, Communication in Algebra, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Linear and Multilinear Algebra, Applied Mathematics and Computations, Special Matrices and several others.