Mohammed Ismail Iqbal is currently working as a faculty member at University of Technology and Applied Sciences in Oman and has approximately 11 years of experience nationally and internationally in both teaching and academia. He is pursuing a PhD from Lincoln University College in Malaysia, and has finished a Master's in Oil and Gas Engineering from University of Salford, United Kingdom, an MBA in Oil and Gas Management from Petroleum University, and a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Osmania University.

Mr Iqbal has strong corporate relations and industry links, and has designed courses for UVM (Mexico), providing training to big IT giants like ITC Infotech, L&T IES, CAIRN, HCL, PETROSERV, BAPEX, setting up a drilling rig on the UPES campus, which is the first university in India. He has expertise in quality, accreditation, institutional planning (strategic planning, operational planning), quality assessment and experience in launching new programs in digital transformation age of Industry 4.0.

His research interests are production optimization techniques using software like PIPESIM, enhancing recovery well productivity using well testing software like PANSYS, kappa and reservoir simulation using software named RFD, drilling optimization, and development of new chemical for sand control treatment, to name a few. He has published research papers in Elsevier, Scopus Journal, and peer reviewed journals in the research area mentioned above nationally and internationally, and also holds copyright for a research idea (risk assessment) and very recently filed a patent on classroom monitoring during social distancing.