**Meet the editor**

Dr Muhammad Akhyar Farrukh received Ph.D in Chemistry and completed two post doctorates in Brazil and Malaysia, on a fellowship awarded by TWAS. He has been duly awarded three gold medals for his outstanding academic performance and with a number of international awards, including Young Chemist Award by IUPAC in Italy and selected as young scientist by

TWAS in Egypt and IAP in Germany. Dr Muhammad Akhyar Farrukh was nominated as Young Scientist by PAS, selected by IAP and invited by World Economic Forum in the annual meeting of new champions, China. He participated as a representative of Pakistan in the first Assembly of the UNESCO-affiliated World Association of Young Scientists (WAYS) in Morocco. Dr Muhammad Akhyar Farrukh is a member of 13 international professional bodies and author of many papers/books published in international and national levels. He was also selected as Productive Scientist of Pakistan and received international research grants and he served different organizations including University of Karachi, PCSIR, PCST. Currently, he is working in GC University Lahore.
