Waqar Ahmad is a Mining Engineer and Metallurgist specializing in geometallurgy, froth flotation, process modeling, simulation, and optimization. He holds dual master’s degrees in Sustainable Mineral and Metal Processing Engineering through the prestigious Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s program, graduating with distinction in July 2024. His academic journey spans leading institutions in Finland, Austria, and Croatia.
Waqar has contributed to cutting-edge R&D projects at Metso Finland Oy, where he developed dynamic digital twins for mineral beneficiation plants and spearheaded initiatives in ore blend optimization. His M.Sc. (Tech.) thesis, completed at the Oulu Mining School, Finland, focused on pilot-scale flotation production optimization using ore blending digital twins, earning him an Award of Excellence.
Currently, as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Network Fellow, Waqar is a Researcher at CERENA, working on sustainable resource engineering, real-time mining, and digital transformation for the extraction and processing of Critical Raw Materials (CRMs).