BIOGRAPHY

Ahad Mohammadzadeh received his B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from the Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran, in 2010, 2012, and 2016, respectively. In 2017, he joined the Department of Materials Engineering, University of Maragheh, as an assistant professor. Also, he is co-founder and CEO of Farda-Negar co., Tabriz, Iran, which is ranked as a knowledge-based enterprise. His research interests include powder metallurgy, additive manufacturing, composites, metal-oxide nanomaterials, heat treatment, and surface engineering. Nowadays, he is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Fellow at the IMDEA Materials institute where he focuses on the design and development of high entropy superalloys (HESAs) processed by powder metallurgy and additive manufacturing routes.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES

• MSCA Fellow, 1th Octuber 2021 to present, IMDEA Materials institute, Calle Eric Kandel, 2, 28906, Getafe, Madrid, Spain.
• Assistant professor, 4th September 2017 to present, Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, P.O. Box 83111-55181, Iran.
• Research assistant, 5th July 2014 to 30th August 2017, Faculty of Materials Engineering, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran.
• Instructor at the Sahand University of Technology, Founded by the Iran National Elite Foundation during the Ph.D. program.

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Materials Engineering: from 22/09/2012 to 04/07/2016, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran.
• M.Sc. in Materials Engineering: from 22/09/2010 to 21/09/2012, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran.
• B.Sc. in Materials Engineering: from 22/09/2006 to 21/09/2010, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran.

PRIZES AND AWARDS

• Certified as an outstanding reviewer for the Journal of Materials Research Express, by IOP publishing, 2018.
• Selected as top 16 national projects in 10th national elite conference, Presidency of Islamic Republic of Iran, National Elite Foundation, Iran International Conference Centre, 19 – 20 October 2016, Tehran, Iran.
• Qualified as one of the national talents of the Iran National Elite Foundation during the Ph.D. program, Awarded for Military Service Facilities and Academic Awards, 2014 – 2016.
• Member of Elite Talents Office during Master and Ph.D. program, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran, from 2011 to 2016.