Mohammad S. Islam

Mohammad S. Islam currently serves as the Head of Research, Development and Product at Bygen since March 2025. Concurrently, Mohammad holds the positions of Adjunct Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at UNSW, roles initiated in October 2017. Prior experience includes serving as a Senior Scientist at Novalith from May 2023 to February 2025, and as an Industrial Consultant at Basalt Fiber Tech from 2017 to 2023. Earlier career milestones encompass a CRC-ACS Research Fellow at the University of Sydney's Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering Department, a Research Fellow at the University of Minho, and various roles at CSIRO and Pultron Composites Ltd. From 2004 to 2007, Mohammad was a Research Fellow under the Technology for Industry Fellowship scheme at Hemptech NZ Ltd, while also working as an Industrial Consultant and Teaching Assistant at the University of Waikato, where Mohammad earned a PhD in Materials and Process Engineering in 2008.