Zohaib Khalid Qazi worked as a graduate research assistant in the EnBiSys research lab on a Department of Energy (DOE) funded project that aims to develop probabilistic graphical models of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin-carbohydrate complex formation and regulation in the plant secondary cell wall. He received his B.E in electronics engineering from Mehran UET Jamshoro, Pakistan, and M.S in control engineering from National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan.  He worked as an assistant manager at Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere research commission for about three years before coming to NC State on the Fulbright scholarship, where he completed his M.S in Electrical Engineering and continued into the Ph.D. program.