User:Dr.Muhammad Pervaz

Dr. Muhammad Pervaz was born on 31 December 1962 in Abbottabad, Pakistan. He has a Ph.D in Chemistry with a specialization in Petroleum Geochemistry from Quaid-I-Azam University in collaboration with the Technical University of Aachen (RWTH), Germany. He holds a M.Phil degree with a specialization in Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry from Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, and M.SC Chemistry with specialization in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Peshawar. In September 2007 Dr. Pervaz joined the newly established regional organization i.e SAARC Energy Centre (SEC), Islamabad, Pakistan as a Programme Leader, Technology Transfer. In SEC he is responsible for implementation of energy technologies transfer and sharing of best practices programmes in South Asia. Previously he was working as Principal Scientific Officer in the Hydrocarbon Development Institute of Pakistan (HDIP) (since 1988) in various capacities. He was a visiting scientist on a post-doctoral research project in the field of marine geochemistry at the Federal Institute of Geo-Sciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Hannover, Germany. His past and present membership  of  professional societies include: the New York Academy of Sciences, European Association of Organic Geo-chemists (EAOG), Pakistan Association of Petroleum Geoscientists (PAPG), Society of Asian Civilization and  The Chemical Society of Pakistan. Dr .Pervaz is a Fellow of Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD). He has more than 50 research publications to his credit and several technical institutional reports.