Prof. Dr. Ahmad Faris Ismail is the Deputy Rector (Academic and Internationalisation) and the Co-Chair of the UNESCO Chair in Future Studies at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). He obtained his B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering in 1988, from the University of Houston, Texas, USA, and a Ph.D in Engineering from Rice University, Texas, USA, in 1993. He was the IIUM Deputy Rector (Research and Innovation) from July 2009 until June 2013. He served as the Dean of Engineering from 1997 until 2009 and from 2019 until 2020. He was also the Co-chairman of the Malaysian Council of Engineering Deans from 2007-2009. He obtained his B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering in 1988, from the University of Houston, Texas, USA, and Ph.D in Engineering from Rice University, Texas, USA, in 1993.