Times of Islamabad

First Pakistani space scientist at Cambridge University Dr Yarjan Samad wins Young Leaders Award 2020 in UK

First Pakistani space scientist at Cambridge University Dr Yarjan Samad wins Young Leaders Award 2020 in UK

Dr Yarjan Abdul Samadlink is a SeniorResearch Associate and a Teaching Fellow at Cambridge Graphene Centre, TheDepartment of Engineering at The University of Cambridge.

He is also the first Space Scientist hailing from Pakistan at theUniversity of Cambridge where he has won several awards for his researchwork.

The latest addition to his awards is the Young Leaders Award for 2020 bythe Young Professionals Society (YPS). Dr Yarjan is currently working on aresearch project on loop heat pipes for use in space applications and hewas part of the European Space Agency zero-gravity flight campaign held inNov-Dec 2017.