Mohd Rashidi is serving UniMAP as an associate professor and a research fellow at Advanced Communication Engineering, Centre of Excellence – Faculty of  Engineering & Technology, UniMAP since 2014. An advocate of interdisciplinary research, his research interests lie in the strength of Optical CDMA technology, Radio over Fiber (RoF), Visible Light Communication, Horticulture and Fiber sensor technology. Mohd Rashidi has been published scientific papers papers, including conference and journals since 2014 until present. In addition, he is also a regular reviewer for several high-impacts ISI ranked journals. Mohd Rashidi has also successfully supervised PhD and MSc students and is currently supervising 5 PhD  students. Mohd Rashidi has been honoured with numerous local and international exhibition awards for his achievements, including ITEX, MTE, SIIF, IWIS and PECIPTA.