Ts. Dr. Surajudeen Sikiru Olalekan is presently a Senior Lecturer at the School of Physics and Materials Studies Faculty of Applied Sciences Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Shah Alam Malaysia. He worked as a research officer at Fundamental and Applied Science Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS under the advanced electromagnetic center and institute of a Hydrocarbon recovery center from 2017 to 2018, and Graduate research assistant from 2018 to 2021. He also worked as a Postdoctoral researcher at the Center of Subsurface Imaging (CSI) Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Tronoh, Perak, and as a Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Power Engineering Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) Malaysia between 2022 to 2023. He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Science (Major in Physics) at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Malaysia. He completed his master’s in computer science and engineering at Management and Science University Malaysia, and he obtained his Bachelor of Technology in Pure and Applied Physics at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Ogbomoso Nigeria. His areas of expertise are Polymeric Materials, Nanocomposites, Nanotechnology, Molecular dynamics Simulation, Materials Characterization, Sustainable Energy, Material Simulation, Magnetic and Dielectric Nanoparticles, Phase Change Materials, Supercapacitor, Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes, Solar radiation, and renewable energy applications. Serving as the first author on more than thirty (30) high-impact factor journals indexed in ISI/Scopus and co-author of many more.

He has been a reviewer for some reputable journals (Journal of Energy Storage, Petroleum Science, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, iScience, Alexandria Engineering Journal, Applied Materials Today, Applied Science, Colloids and Interface, IOP, Applied Science and Technology Express, Journal of Turkish Science Education, Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Computational Condensed Matter, Energy Conversion and Management, Petroleum Science and Technology, Alex and conference proceedings. He was listed among the world's top 2% scientists for single-year achievement in 2024. Dr. Surajudeen is an editorial board member of the Journal of Polymer Materials and Applied Science and Technology Express. A guest editor for an international journal of membrane science and technology, journal of Fluid Dynamics and Materials Processing for a special issue, Applied Chemical Engineering, and Journal of Polymer Materials.

Dr Surajudeen's research publications can be found on Google Scholar, Orchid and Scopus platform.