Dr Amar Daud Iskandar Abdullah is a neuroscientist by training. He recently joined the Department of Biological Sciences, School of Medical and Life Sciences of Sunway University as a Senior Lecturer (January 2022). He is also the Programme Leader for the BSc (Hons) in Biology with Psychology program.

Dr Amar completed his Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology from the University of Malaya in 2011. Following this, he was offered a full scholarship from Korea University, South Korea to pursue his Master’s degree which he graduated top of his class in 2013. He was then offered the prestigious Melbourne International Research Scholarship (MIRS) and Melbourne International Fee Remission Scholarship (MIRFS) from the University of Melbourne, Australia to pursue his Ph.D. which he completed in the Neuropharmacology lab in December 2018 under the supervision of Prof. Peter J. Crack and Dr Juliet M. Taylor. Dr Amar was the first to discover a role for a protein called STING in modulating the outcome of traumatic brain injury. Dr. Amar conducted his post-doctoral training at the same laboratory until 2021.

Dr Amar was also the recipient of the prestigious Brain Foundation Award conferred by Brain Foundation Australia in 2019. He also held a position as one of the co-chairs of the School of Biomedical Sciences Early-Mid Career Researcher Association (SBS-EMCRA) at the University of Melbourne in 2021. Dr Amar is passionate about all things neuroscience and hopes to contribute to the education of future scientists through nurturing, healthy, and collaborative environment. He can be found at room number AE4-24 at the School of Medical and Life Sciences, Level 4, East Wing, Sunway University building.