Mohd Azmuddin Abdullah obtained an M. Eng in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (1994) from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), United Kingdom, and a PhD in Bioprocess Engineering (1999) from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). He was a Visiting Scientist (1997) in the Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Kinki University, Japan, and a Post-Doctoral Fellow (2000-2001) in the Biomaterials Science and Engineering Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. He has been a Researcher/an Academic in the Department of Biotechnology, Universiti Putra Malaysia (1994-2004), and Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (2004-2014). Since 2015, he is an Associate Professor in the Institute of Marine Biotechnology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT). He has authored/co-authored 170 articles and filed 6 Malaysian patents, and 3 trademarks, on bioenergy, bioproducts and biopharmaceuticals. In 2015, he was awarded the Teaching Excellence Award for “Health, Safety and Environment as the basis for innovative T, R, D, C & E on Sustainability” by the Association for the Advancement of Biodiversity Science (AABS), India, and in 2017, the Scientist Medal by the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM), at the European Advanced Material Congress, Sweden.