Biophysics of Life

Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman, a biophysicist and condensed matter scientist, is passionate about investigating biological and biochemical processes utilizing physics principles and techniques. He is a professor of biophysics at King Saud University’s Biochemistry Department in the College of Science, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; the co-founder of MDT Canada Inc., a drug discovery company, and the founder of Child Life Development Institute, Edmonton, Canada. He has authored / edited 4 books, 60 peer-reviewed articles and several patents, and has served on the editorial boards of Elsevier and Bentham Science journals. Professor Ashrafuzzaman held research and academic ranks at Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, University of Neuchatel (Switzerland), Helsinki University of Technology (Finland), Weill Medical College of Cornell University (USA), and University of Alberta (Canada). During 2013– 2018 he served as a Visiting Professor at the Departments of Oncology, and Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta. Professor

• 1. History of life since its creation in the early universe and emergence on Earth2. Physics laws governing the origin of life3. Biophysical and biochemical principles behind the creation of life’s early building blocks4. Biomolecules’ mutations and physical disorders modulating life’s processes5. Energy and entropy defining biological life6. Statistical mechanics of living systems concerned in biomedical sciences7. Evolution of life: General physics interpretations8. Evolution of life: Quantum mechanical interpretations9. Sequencing life’s origins using biophysical and biochemical techniques10. Bioinformatics tools and ai algorithms tracking the origins of life11. Reverse tracking life’s evolution using bioinformatics tools and AI algorithms12. Modern biophysics views of life in extreme conditions and at the edge of the universe13. Habitable exoplanetary life and its bioengineering adaptation14. Biophysics of artificial life

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