Dr. Salman Akbar is a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Glasgow. He has served as Professor (TTS) and Chairman of the Biochemistry department at Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad. An academic and researcher, Dr. Akbar is a life fellow of the Zoological Society of Pakistan. He is a founding director of the Hamoodur Rahman Foundation, and has previously worked as a consultant with USAID/EDC. Alongside this, he has conducted extensive research in biochemistry as a member of different academic councils and staff associations.