Prof. Ts. Dr. Muhammad Rahimi Yusop is a certified Professional Chemist and Professional Technologist, obtained his BSc (Oleochemistry) in 2003 and MSc (Chemistry) in 2005 from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He was conferred a PhD (Catalysis) from University of Edinburgh (2011). His research group aims to explore the design of catalyst, synthesis and application of functional materials.