Mohammad Asif Khan is a Professor and Associate Dean at the University of Doha for Science and Technology, Qatar. He earned his PhD from the National University of Singapore before joining Johns Hopkins University (JHU), USA, as a faculty member. He later became part of a pioneering JHU team to establish a collaboration with Perdana University (PU) in Malaysia, where he served as the Founding Dean of the School of Data Sciences and Founding Director of the Centre for Bioinformatics. Dr. Khan was also a visiting Professor at Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, through Turkey’s “International Fellowship for Outstanding Researchers.? He is currently the President of the Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Network and chairs the executive board of the Global Organisation for Bioinformatics Learning, Education, and Training. His research focuses on biological data warehousing and bioinformatics applications in virus study, immune responses, vaccines, drug design, and disease biomarkers.