Manzoor completed his B.Sc. (2011) and M.Sc. (2014, Organic chemistry) from the University of Kashmir. He completed his DPhil with Prof. Pinaki Talukdar at IISER Pune on the topic: Development of Biomimetic Photo-Responsive Artificial Carriers for the Transmembrane Chloride Transport. Manzoor is a PDRA in the Langton group working on stimuli-responsive ion transporters. In his spare time, Manzoor enjoys playing cricket.