Faidz A Rahman received the B.Sc. (Hons.) and MSc degrees from the Department of Physics, University of Malaya, Malaysia, in 1994 and 1996, respectively and the Ph.D. degree from the Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University (MMU), Malaysia, in 2002. From 1998 to 2008 he was at the Faculty of Engineering, MMU and was appointed to various posts with the last appointment as the Dean for the Institute of Postgraduate Studies, MMU. He has also been appointed as Adjunct Professor at MMU (2008-2009) and was a Research Fellow at Telekom Malaysia Research and Development Sdn Bhd (2003-2005), i.e. the R&D arm of the largest telco company in Malaysia. He is presently (since 2008) a Professor at the Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Malaysia. Concurrently, he is appointed as the Director of Institute of Postgraduate Studies and Research that leads the development of postgraduate programs and research activities in UTAR. He is currently an Exco member cum Honorary Secretary in the Institute Physics Malaysia (2013-2019). He was the chairman of the Centre for Photonics and Advanced Materials Research, UTAR (2009-2014) and was a committee member for IEEE LEOS Malaysia (2005 – 2006). He served in various capacities in agencies such as the National Professor Council (2013-2018), Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia and Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia to look into the R&D policies and proposals (2003-present). He also served as chair and committee for various international and local conferences such as PERFIK2003, ASIL2007, PIERS2012, ISMOT2013, CIE2014, PERFIK2014 and etc.He was elected as Fellow to the Academy of Science Malaysia, Asean Academy of Engineering and Technology and Institut Fizik Malaysia.

His current research interests are on optical fibre sensors, acoustooptic fibre filters, EDFA, fiber lasers and fiber microlenses.