By Prof. Shahzada Ahmad, BCMaterials-Basque center for materials, applications & nanostructures, Leioa, Spain.

BCMaterials-Basque center for materials, applications & nanostructures
Leioa, Spain
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Biography
Shahzada Ahmad is Ikerbasque professor; his scientific interests include materials for energy applications. He obtained his PhD degree in the field of materials science and moved to the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, to work on surfaces and interfaces by scanning probe microscopy. At EPFL, he developed nanoporous films for metal-free electro-catalysis and new redox shuttles. From 2012 to 2017 he was the program director at Abengoa Research, a corporate research center. His scientific publications list reflects his diverse field of interest in the domain of physical chemistry, nanotechnology and materials science with a research mission to develop advanced materials for energy application in addition to popular science article for public at large. His work has led to the invitation to speak at many scientific or policy based conferences, inventor of patents, editorial board of scientific journals, European research council consolidator grant (2016) awardee and is cohort of distinguished scientist by World Economic forum.