Rafi Uddin was born at Sirajgonj, Bangladesh on 14 August 1974. He obtained his B.Sc.(Honours) in 1995 (examination held in 1997) and M. Sc. in 1996 (examination held in 1999) in Physics from Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He received his M.Phil degree in Physics from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology(BUET), Dhaka, in 2003. He joined the Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, in August 2002 as a Lecturer. He became Assistant Professor in February 2006, Associate Professor in July 2012 and Professor in February 2015. He obtained D. Sc. degree from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Nagoya University, Japan in September 2009 in the field of Meteorology. His present research interests are Monsoon Meteorology, Remote Sensing, Mesoscale Modeling and Climate Change.