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Dr. Sujan Rajbhandari is an internationally leading expert in the field of optical wireless communication (OWC) with over 200 scholarly articles and citations of >7000 (based on Google Scholar). His expertise is in the fields of OWC (Visible light communication (LiFi), free space optics (FSO)), advanced signal processing, and artificial intelligence for the new and emerging application areas such as frontal, backhaul, and access networks for 5G/6G, intelligent transport system (ITS), underwater communication etc. Dr Rajbhandari has significant experience in both academia and industry. He has worked at world-leading universities and research groups (Northumbria, Oxford, Coventry & Bangor universities, UK) and the leading industry (Huawei R&D centre, Sweden). He is currently working as a senior lecturer at Bangor University. From 2020 to 2021, he worked as an optical system engineer (senior expert) at Huawei R&D center, Gothenburg, where he led the research and development activities on OWC/FSO, VLC (Li-Fi), and optical signal processing. Prior to that, Dr Rajbhandari worked as a Lecturer (2015-2017) and Senior Lecturer (2017-2020) at Coventry University. At Coventry University, he led the research activities in optical wireless communication and led externally and internally funded projects. From 2012-2015, he was a post-doctorate researcher at the University of Oxford. He worked in the prestigious EPSRC's funded Ultra-parallel visible light communications (UP-VLC) project, a collaboration of five UK's leading Universities (Oxford, Cambridge, St Andrews, Edinburgh and Strathclyde). He worked as a post-doctorate researcher at Northumbria University (2009-2012). Dr Rajbhandari's contribution to his research field is widely recognized. In recognition of his outstanding contribution, he was elevated to Senior Member of IEEE in 2017. He regularly collaborates with leading UK and international universities producing several publications. He has served as the lead guest editor for Special Issue on "Visible Light Communication Networks"', Sensors Journal, 2018 and editorial board members for MDPI, Hindawi and Frontiers Journals. He has given invited talks at conferences and seminars, invited papers, and book chapters. He has also been a regular reviewer for leading international journals, conferences, and grant applications.