Khalid Hussain was born in Punjab, Pakistan, and graduated from the University of Agriculture Faisalabad with a degree in Horticultural Sciences in 2014. Khalid completed his master's degree from the University of Agriculture Faisalabad in 2016 with the dissertation title "Clonal propagation of different Olive cultivars grown in Pothohar region of Punjab, Pakistan". Afterward, he worked on a research project titled “Meadow orcharding system in Guava". He enrolled his Ph.D. degree at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad and now he is a visiting scholar at the Plant and Root Biology Lab, UF/IFAS Indian River Research and Education in Fort Pierce.