Arif has completed Bachelors in Chemical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 2008 before working in cement industries for 3 years. He earned Masters in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina A&T State University in 2014 and Doctoral in Chemical Engineering from University of Kentucky in 2019. Currently, he is working as a post-doctorate scholar under Dr. Dziubla with primary focus on holistic modeling for pharmaceutical product design and drug delivery.