Hammad Farooq
PHD Researcher at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway
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Top SchoolHammad Farooq is a PhD researcher in chemical engineering based in Trondheim with nine years of hands-on experience in material characterization and hydrometallurgy, focused on recycling end-of-life lithium-ion batteries. He combines advanced analytical expertise—XRD with Rietveld refinement, Raman spectrum fitting, SEM/EDS, TGA, and real-time particle sizing—with process development skills such as pyrolysis pre-treatment, froth flotation and fixed-bed adsorption for selective lithium recovery. Hammad has translated lab-scale characterization into practical recovery workflows and co-supervised MSc projects on direct lithium extraction and ion-exchange columns. His background includes developing bespoke XRD refinement scripts for graphite crystallography and correlating structural metrics with electrochemical performance, highlighting a strength in turning complex data into actionable materials insights. Practical lab stewardship as part of NTNU’s Particle Engineering Core Facility and prior industry internships round out a profile that blends rigorous research with applied engineering.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Chemical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Chemical Engineering at University of the PunjabNorwegian University of Science and Technology
English, Norwegian, Urdu
Github Skills (75)
reader10
windows10
firefox-addon10
adblock10
blocking10
firefox10
powershell10
winget10
ads10
browser-extension10
mdt10
package-manager10
accessibility10
microsoft10
chrome-extension10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Mav3r1x/darkreader
Dec 2017 - Feb 2020
Dark Reader Chrome extension
Contributions:3 pushes in 2 years 2 months
chromedark-themereaderdarkchrome-extension
Mav3r1x/winget-pkgs
Nov 2021 - Dec 2021
The Microsoft community Windows Package Manager manifest repository
Contributions:18 pushes, 4 branches in 1 month
windows-package-managerwindowsmanifestmicrosoft-communitypowershell
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