Dr. Shahid Q. Manalundong, LPT currently serves as a faculty member of the King Faisal Center for Islamic Arabic and Asian Studies at Mindanao State University. He completed his degree in Islamic Studies, in 2009 at Mindanao State University. He did his Master of Arts in Islamic Studies major in Muslim Law in 2018 at the same University. He obtained his doctoral degree in Philippine Studies in 2022 at the same University. He obtained his Certificate in Crash Course on Fundamentals of Islamic Banking and Finance in 2018 at the International Islamic Finance Educators Conference held at Seri Pacific Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Advance Certificate for Islamic Finance Practice, in 2018 at the same conference held at Manila, Philippines.