Ahmad Al-Khdhairawi is a PhD candidate at the Department of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He received his master's degree in 2020 from UCSI University, Malaysia for his research on the biophysical study of antifreeze peptides using spectroscopic analysis and molecular dynamics simulation. His current research includes exploring hemocyanin-derived antimicrobial peptides as therapeutics against biofilms and understanding the binding interaction of a peptide with a drug target using an in silico approach.