Prof. (Dr.) M. Nasser is a distinguished academic and former Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Calicut (2019–2024). A well-recognised zoologist specialised in Entomology, he served as Professor in the Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, contributing over 25 years of excellence in postgraduate teaching and research.

Before beginning his professional career, Prof. Nasser earned his M.Sc., Ph.D., and CSIR Research Associateship from the University of Calicut. Throughout his career, he has led multiple institutional and extramural research projects and has published more than 75 peer-reviewed articles, in addition to several book chapters and other scholarly works.

Prof. Nasser has mentored 14 doctoral scholars and held key academic and administrative positions, including a seven-year tenure as Director of the Directorate of Research at the University of Calicut. He has served as Chairman of the Board of Studies and as a member of the Academic Council, Research Council, and other academic bodies across various universities. As Pro-Vice Chancellor of the largest university in Kerala, he has played a pivotal leadership role and has been instrumental in initiating the establishment of the Centre for Translational Research and various other research initiatives in the University of Calicut.   

Continuing his academic and research pursuits, advancing zoological research and taxonomy, he is currently the Managing Trustee of the Prof. T. C. Narendran Trust for Animal Taxonomy and Managing Editor of the journal Biosystematica.