Prof Dr Zamri Zainal Abidin is a radio astronomy researcher who focuses on exploring the fundamental and applications of deep space astrophysics and solar astronomy sciences. He has been a physicist and lecturer at the Department of Physics, Universiti Malaya since 2005.

After graduating from the Jodrell Bank Centre of Astrophysics at University of Manchester, and together with Prof Dr Zainol Abidin Ibrahim, he established the Radio Cosmology Research Lab Group, which is the first and currently only radio astronomical research group in the country.

His PhD thesis won the best publication in astronomy in 2005 awarded by the National Space Agency (ANGKASA). His team of researchers won medals at expos including at the Research, Invention and Innovation Expo (silver medal; awarded by Universiti Malaya in 2006), International Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition (gold medal; awarded by Ministry Of Science Technology And Innovation Of Malaysia in 2017), Research and Innovation Week Expo (gold medal; awarded by Education, Science, Technology And Transformation of State of Terengganu in 2017) and Seoul International Invention Fair 2017 (2 silver medals; awarded by Korean Invention Promotion Association in 2017). Among his responsibilities are; Malaysia representative for the Radio Astronomy Frequency Committee in the Asia-Pacific region (RAFCAP) since 2010, Regional advisory committee member for the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) since 2017 and the Head of the Malaysia-East Asian Observatory Consortium (MEAsOOC) since 2019. He received numerous fellowships including the Freeman Foundation Fellowship (awarded by the Salzburg Seminar, Austria in 2005), Chinese Academy of Sciences Visiting Research Fellowship For Developing Countries (awarded by the CAS China in 2013) and President’s International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) for Visiting Scientists (awarded by the CAS China in 2019). For his work with the CAS, he was nominated for The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) "Regional Award for Building Scientific Institutions" in 2020. In 2022, he was invited to make a special extended appearance in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) documentary "Solar Storm: A Warning from Space".

In his administrative duty, he held the position of the Deputy Dean at the Faculty of Science in Universiti Malaya between 2017 and 2019. He was appointed into several selection committee for education scholarships such as the prestigious national MyBrainScience Scholarship (2017-2019) and the JPA's Federal Training Award, HLP (2018). He was the Head of Department of Physics between 2022 and 2025. He was the acting Deputy Dean of Research at the Faculty of Science for August and September 2022. He attended the Executive Education Program on "Innovation in the Digital Age: Entrepreneurship Lessons from Silicon Valley" conducted by the Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley in June 2023.

He is currently the director the National Centre of Particle Physics, since November 2024. For this role, he is currently the Malaysia Team Leader for the CMS experiment at CERN, Switzerland. In 2026, he has 7 ongoing PhD students and 11 ongoing masters students under his supervision. The total number of postgraduate students that have graduated under his supervision stands at 31 (13 PhD and 18 masters). He has also supervised a total number of 96 undergraduate Final Year Project (FYP) students since 2006. He has received the certificate of patent filing by the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia for the innovation entitled "Space Weather Monitoring System using a dual-polarized log-periodic dipole antenna array" on 28th July 2025. In 2026, he received a RM120k UM internal research fund that covers research in protection of radio astronomical data transmissions between observatories, hence his research also includes studies in cybersecurity and astronomy-related policies in Malaysia.

He has been chairing and serving in selection panel for evaluating UM's Management and Professional (Executive) Officers for recruitment,  promotion and career advancement (2024-2028). He served in a special Selection Committee for managers and directors for the Merger of Functions and Entities at Universiti Malaya and Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (PPUM) on 30th July 2025 and 21st August 2025. He currently sits in the selection committee for UM's prestigious Bright scholarship (2026-2029) and the SLAB/SLAI scholarship (2026-2029).