Prof. Dr. Mazhar Mehmood is in the PIEAS faculty since 1993. During this period, he also earned his PhD from Tohoku University (Institute of Materials Research 1995-99) and served as Post-doc (JSPS) fellow at Tohoku University (Department of Metallurgy, 2001-03). His areas of interest include nanomaterials synthesis, surface modification, alloy development and corrosion. He has been honored with two presidential / national civil awards titled, President’s Medal for Technology (in 2007), and Pride of Performance award (in 2014).