In addition to being a biophysicist with wide-ranging interests in understanding the structure and function of proteins at atomic level, Dr Farooq has also recently been struck by tons of data on how human civilization ebbs and flows in a wave-like (or cyclical) manner over a period of what he believes to be 84 years. Accordingly, he has become increasingly curious in unearthing the causes and effects of what he calls the oqual cycle on human society.