Mahmoud Zakaria Ibrahim is a Senior Lecturer at Universiti Malaya. He obtained his BSc and MSc in Mechanical Engineering from Ain Shams University, and his PhD from Universiti Malaya. He is currently focusing on the field of amorphous metals (metallic glasses), surface engineering, and metal additive manufacturing. He boosted his academic career through acquiring several national, industrial, and international funding, with a rigorous publishing record in peer-reviewed journals. His collaboration network includes international institutions in Taiwan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Austria, as well as local and international companies in his field.His research aims to address the current challenges and gaps to transform the research from lab to factory, impacting the community and the world.