He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, in 2010. He also did his master degree in Electrical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai in 2003. Previously, he obtained his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Ohio University, Athens, USA in 1997. Dr. Abdullah's main research interest lies in cognitive radio systems, signal processing communication, wireless communication particularly in Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) techniques. Currently he serves as the Vice Chair of IEEE Communication Society (ComSoc) for Malaysia Section. He is also a registered member of Board of Engineers Malaysia.