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Mairaj Sapienza

Mairaj Ahmad

Research fellow
Messina
ahmad@itae.cnr.it

Education:
Ph.D. in Electrical, Materials, and Nanotechnology Engineering from Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza,” Rome, 00185, Italy (2022-2025)
MS in Materials Engineering from Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (GIKI), Topi, 23460, Pakistan (2018-2020)
B.Sc in Metallurgy and Materials Engineering from Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan (2013–2017)

Work Experience:
Research Fellow CNR ITAE Messina, Italy (Dec 2024 to present)
Ph.D. Researcher at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy (Jan 2022 – Dec 2024)
Researcher at Baker Hughes (Nuovo Pignone), Florence, Italy (Sep 2023 – Aug 2024)
Research and Teaching Assistant at GIK Institute, Pakistan (Jan 2018- March 2020)

Research Background:
My research focuses on the synthesis and characterization of electrode materials for Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) and Anion Exchange Membrane (AEM) fuel cells, aiming to support the production of green hydrogen through water electrolysis. I employed techniques such as TEM, SEM, XRD, BET, XPS, CV, EIS, RDE, and Tafel analysis to evaluate structural, morphological, and electrochemical properties critical to catalyst performance.