Vahid Nimehchisalem holds a PhD in Teaching English as a Second Language and is an associate professor at the Faculty of Communication and Modern Languages, Universiti Putra Malaysia. He has been involved in English Language Teaching (ELT) since 1996. He was a postdoctoral research fellow in the Faculty of Educational Studies, UPM in 2012 and a visiting research fellow in the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, University of Malaya in 2013. His main areas of research interest include ESL writing assessment and ELT material evaluation. His research activity mainly revolves around English language learning-teaching. He copyrighted three software packages related to ELT materials development and evaluation. He has won 14 international, national, and local research awards, including the iENA2010 Gold medal and Diploma of Prominent Inventor League. He has published over 90 journal articles and 6 book chapters, edited 2 books, guest-edited 2 special issues with Pertanika JSSH. He is an editorial team member of several scientific journals in the area, including International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature, International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, and Voices in Asia Journal, and is a regular reviewer of articles submitted to Pertanika JSSH and GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies.