Dr Maryam Mehrnezhad, from the Department of Information Security at Royal Holloway, has been recognised for her outstanding work by becoming a finalist in the top 50 for the Women’s Engineering Society’s (WES) ‘Women in Engineering 2023: Safety and Security’ awards.
Founded by the WES in 2016, the awards are a UK event linked to International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) – the celebration of women in engineering that takes place every year.
The Awards celebrate the women engineers who are engaged in safety and security and who #MakeSafetySeen and it is a high accolade indeed that Dr Mehrnezhad was in the top 50 finalists.
All women who have been nominated for this year’s awards work to keep people safe, wherever they are, whether at work or leisure, at home or online.
Following in the footsteps of the WES first Secretary, Dame Caroline Haslett, who invented the three-pin safety plug to protect children from electric shocks, the 2023 WE50 winners and finalists are all women who are protecting the public through their work, often unseen and unknown.
Dr Maryam Mehrnezhad said: “I am honoured to be one of the finalists in the top 50 Women in Engineering given its theme in 2023: Safety and Security.
“My academic background is in Computing Science, where I earned my PhD. However, I also have two degrees in Computer Engineering that shaped my passion and vision for research in Security and Privacy Engineering.
“I apply my engineering mindset to my research by tackling real-world problems and therefore devise practical solutions for them.”
Dr Maryam Mehrnezhad is a lecturer in Information Security at Royal Holloway, which offers a leading masters programme in Information Security fully certified by the NCSC.
