Dr. Kashif Riaz was born and grew up in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. After receiving his BS degree in Electronic Engineering in 2008, he started his MS from Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Science and Technology (GIKI) in 2009 under the project “Development of Open Source Cell Library for MEMS Components Verified through Modeling and Simulation” funded by National ICT R&D Projects under ministry of IT, Pakistan. During his MS, he worked on design, modelling, simulation and characterization of MEMS devices like gyroscopes, accelerometers, micro-grippers etc. After completion of his MS in 2011, he joined Faculty of Electronic Engineering, GIKI as a Lecturer. In 2012, he got PhD scholarship from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and completed his PhD from HKUST in 2016. During PhD, his research focus was design, modelling, simulation and characterization of nano-structures for biological application like drug delivery, cancer cell killing, protein extraction from cells and cancer cell detection using electrical methods at low voltages.