Mailizar is an assistant professor at the Mathematics Education Department of Syiah Kuala University, Indonesia. He was an Oberlin Shansi visiting scholar at Oberlin College in 2008 and the Asian Centre for Mathematics Education at East China Normal University in 2019. Mailizar was a USAID scholarship awardee at James Madison University, the United State, where he earned his master's degree in Educational Technology. Mailizar holds a PhD in Mathematics Education from the University of Southampton, the United Kingdom. His PhD research examines mathematics teachers’ knowledge and practices in the integration of ICT in the secondary mathematics classroom. His research interest includes mathematics teacher education and professional development, the integration of technology in education, and STEM education.