Dr. Faez Iqbal Khan is currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. He holds a Ph.D. in Computational Chemistry (Bioinformatics) from Durban University of Technology, South Africa. Dr. Khan obtained his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Biomedical Science and Bioinformatics, respectively.

He also earned a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Supporting Learning in Higher Education with merit from the University of Liverpool and holds a Fellowship (FHEA) from Advance HE, a professional recognition scheme for those who teach or support learning in higher education. Dr. Khan has also completed the 24-hour Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) certificate programme, focusing on lesson design, active learning, assessment, and feedback.

Throughout his career, Dr. Khan has conducted research and teaching at esteemed institutions such as Rhodes University (South Africa), South China University of Technology, and the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. His main research areas include protein engineering, protein folding, drug design, and protein dynamics.

Dr. Khan has established wide-ranging collaborations with BRICS countries and has mentored several undergraduate and postgraduate students. Notably, one of his students received the International Accreditation Top Project Award 2024 from the Royal Society of Biology (RSB), a prestigious annual accolade recognizing exceptional final-year research projects and scientific potential.

He has authored more than 100 publications in international peer-reviewed journals, which are well cited. In recognition of his scientific contributions, Dr. Khan was ranked among the top 2% of scientists globally in the single-year rankings for 2022, according to a study conducted by Stanford University. He was also recognized among the World's Top 5% Scientists in the 2025 SciRank Global Registry based on independent bibliometric evaluation.

Dr. Khan has received and completed several research grants, including those from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Sichuan Province International Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation, the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Science and Technology Program, and the Research Development Fund (RDF) at XJTLU.

He currently holds adjunct faculty appointments at Taylor's University Malaysia and Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, as well as an honorary appointment from the University of Liverpool.

Dr. Khan is a member of several Suzhou-based key laboratories, including Suzhou Municipal Key Lab for Metabolic Syndrome Drug Research, Suzhou Municipal Key Lab of Biomedical Sciences & Translational Immunology, and AI4Health Suzhou Key Laboratory.

Dr. Faez Iqbal Khan’s research spans a broad spectrum of computational and experimental approaches in structural biology and drug discovery. His interests include high-throughput virtual screening to identify novel inhibitors for cancer therapy, pharmacophore modeling, and rational drug design. He is actively engaged in exploring protein-protein interactions and engineering proteins for enhanced stability and functionality. His work also focuses on protein purification, expression, and the investigation of protein dynamics, folding, and unfolding pathways. Dr. Khan is particularly interested in elucidating the molecular mechanisms underlying osmolyte-induced protein stabilization, as well as denaturation processes mediated by agents such as urea and guanidinium chloride.

March 2022: Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, School of Science, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.

April 2021- February 2022: Assistant Researcher (Foreign Teacher), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.

February 2019- March 2021: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

March 2017 - January 2019: Lecturer and Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computational Mechanistic Chemistry and Drug Discovery, Rhodes University, South Africa.

Nov 2015 - Feb 2017: Postdoctoral Researcher, Henan University of Technology in collaboration with South China University of Technology, China.

BIO212-2526-S2-Structure and Dynamics of Biomolecules
BIO220-2526-S1-Introduction to Computational Biology
BIO303-2526-S2-Final Year Project
BIO319-2526-S2-Final Year Project
BIO404-2526-S1-Research Project
BIO404-2526-S2-Research Project
BIO407-2526-S1-Research Project
BIO407-2526-S2-Research Project
SCI301-2526-S1-Critical Thinking and Applied Skills in Science Research

Previously taught modules:

BIO402 – Research Project

BIO214 – Bioinformatics II

BIO215 – Bioinformatics Project

BIO113 – Molecular Biology Techniques

BIO205 – Cell Biology Techniques

• 2023 – Listed Among the Top 2% Scientists Worldwide, Stanford University Global Ranking (Elsevier Data)
  
  
• 2024 – Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), Advance HE, United Kingdom