Biography
Muhammad Rashad
I have acquired broad experience on magnesium (metal matrix composites) and energy storage devices (rechargeable metal (Mg/Li) ion batteries) during the PhD and PIFI-CAS research fellowship at Chinese Academy of Sciences. I have authored more than 52 SCI research articles including a book chapter in reputed international journals and more than 4 are under review and submission stage. I have also gained teaching and R&D management skills. I am called as motivated, optimistic and creative person.
Languages: English, Urdu, & Chinese (Fluent).
RESEARCH INTERESTS
 Synthesis of nanomaterials for energy storage.
 Rechargeable Mg/Li/Na/K ion batteries.
 In-situ and ex-situ characterizations of nanomaterials during electrochemical reactions.
 Synthesis of graphene and its composites.
 Electrochemical and Mechanical properties of Mg/Graphene composites.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Present Adjunct Professor Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface
Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
&
Associate Professor College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Jiangsu, China
Jul 2016-Mar 2019 Principal Investigator & CAS President’s International Fellowship
Initiative (Chemical Engineering) Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, China.
Research Direction: Rechargeable Mg-Ion Batteries
Sep 2014- Jul 2016
Jul 2009- Aug 2010 Post-Doc (Materials Physics and Chemistry) Chongqing University, China.
Research Title: Electrochemical and Mechanical properties of Graphene-Mg
Composites
Lecturer Applied Physics at Poly Technique Institute, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
EDUCATION
Sep 2010- Jun 2014 PhD (Materials Science and Engineering) Chongqing University, China.
Thesis Title: Graphene/CNTs reinforced metal matrix composites
Sep 2007- Aug 2009 M.Sc. (Physics) University of the Punjab, Pakistan.
Specialization: Advanced electronics
Sep 2005- Aug 2007 B.Sc. (Chemistry, Physics, Math) University of the Punjab, Pakistan.
BOOK CHAPTORS: Muhammad Rashad*, Fusheng Pan*, Muhammad Asif, Magnesium Matrix Composites reinforced with Graphene Nanoplatelets. in: M.S. Ashutosh Tiwari (Ed.), Graphene Materials: Fundamentals and Emerging Applications, Wiley-Scrivener Publishing LLC, Beverly, MA, (2015) 153-189.
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS [CITATIONS: 1965, h-index: 23]: 56 Published Articles.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
1. M. Rashad*, F. Pan, Investigating mechanical behavior of Mg-6Zn alloy reinforced with graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs), Chinese Materials Conference, Guiyang, China, 13 July 2015.
2. Invited Presentation at School of Physics and Optoelectronics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China, 18 May 2016.
3. Oral Presentation (Metal matrix composites reinforced with graphene for structural applications) in a symposium organized by Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, 3rd June 2016.
4. Invited Presentation at School of Physics, Jianghan University, Wuhan, China, 16 June 2016.
5. Invited Presentation for Qilu Youth Forum at Shandong University, Jinan, China, 17 October 2017.
6. Invited Presentation for Silk Road Forum of Young Scholar at Chang’an University, Xian, China, 17 November 2017.
7. Invited Presentation at Talent Forum at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China, 02 April 2018.
8. Invited Presentation at CAMP-Nano, Xian Jiaotong University, Xian, China, 20 Oct 2018.
9. Invited Presentation at Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou, China 27 Dec 2018.
10. Invited Presentation at Anyang Normal University, Anyang, Henan, China 26 Feb 2019.
11. Invited Presentation at Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang, China 20 March 2019.
12. Invited Presentation at Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai, China 28 March 2019.
13. Invited Presentation at Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland 12 February 2020.
AWARDS/HONOURS
1. Excellent Reviewer Award from Journal of Magnesium and Alloys, (2019).
2. Best Paper Award from Journal of Magnesium and Alloys, (2018).
3. President’s International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI), Chinese Academy of Sciences, (2017).
4. Excellent Paper Award from Progress in Natural Sciences: Materials International (2016).
5. Outstanding Ph.D. Graduate of Chongqing University, China (2014)
6. Chinese Government (CSC) Scholarship for PhD Studies (2010-2014).
7. 1st and 5th position in annual exam M.Sc. Physics (Part-II & overall) in University of the Punjab, Pakistan (2008-2009)
8. Outstanding B.Sc. Graduate of University of the Punjab, Pakistan (2007)
9. Several Sport awards (Badminton) (2010-2015)
10. Throughout 1st class academics career (SSC, HSSC, and M.Sc.)