Rashid Sumaila na-bụ a Mahadum Killam Prọfesọ na Onye isi oche nyocha Canada (Tier 1) na Interdisciplinary Ocean na Fisheries Economics na Mahadum British Columbia's Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries na School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. Mahadum Pretoria kpọkwara ya 'Prọfesọ pụrụ iche' na 2024.
Nnyocha ya lekwasịrị anya na akụ na ụba bio-economics, ọnụahịa gburugburu ebe obibi mmiri na nyocha nke okwu zuru ụwa ọnụ dị ka inye aka azụ azụ, ebe a na-echebe mmiri, ịkụ azụ n'ụzọ iwu na-akwadoghị, mgbanwe ihu igwe, mmetọ mmiri plastik mmiri, na mwụfu mmanụ.
A na-ebipụta Sumaila n'ọtụtụ ebe yana onye ọkà mmụta a na-akpọ ya nke ọma: Clarivate akpọwo ya "onye nchọpụta a na-akpọtụrụ" kwa afọ kemgbe 2021. Ph.D. na Economics sitere na Mahadum Bergen, Norway na B.Sc. na nyocha nke Quantity sitere na Mahadum Ahmadu Bello, Nigeria.
Ọ nwetala ọtụtụ ihe nrite na nsọpụrụ, gụnyere ndị 2023 Tyler Prize na mmezu gburugburu ebe obibi; na 2017 Volvo Environment Prize. Akpọrọ Sumaila otu n'ime "100 ndị Africa kacha emetụta" na 2023.
Emelitere ibe a na Disemba afọ 2024.