He earned his PhD from Aligarh Muslim University, India in 2002. Afterwards he has worked as researcher, lecturer and Professor at different universities in India, Ethiopia, Oman, and South Korea. Since 2015 he is working as a Senior Assistant Professor at Universiti Brunei Darussalam. His main research interests are in the field of nanochemistry, nanosciences, nanotechnology and nanomaterials, especially green syntheses of metal nanoparticles, inorganic nanohybrid and nanocomposite materials for Energy and Environmental applications such as catalysis, photocatalysis, optoelectronic devices, hydrogen production and sensing.