Desmond Klenam (PhD) is currently the Postgraduate Student Coordinator with the Academic Development Unit of the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa. He is also a research fellow in the School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering at Wits, and a visiting scientist at the Soboyejo Research Lab at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA, and Junior Principal Investigator at the Research Response Group of Academic City University in Ghana. Desmond spent a three-year stint as a consulting Advisory Analyst in the Hatch Advisory, responsible for Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. His team won the 2021 Global Operational Excellence Award. He is a registered professional engineer with Institution of Engineers Australia and other professional bodies in the UK and South Africa. Desmond graduated with a PhD and MSc in Metallurgy and Materials from Wits, and a BSc in Materials Engineering from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana. His research interests focus on rational alloy design and the physical metallurgy of low lightweight (Al and Ti), structural steels, and complex concentrated alloys. Other research interests are corrosion and degradation of metallic materials. Desmond plays table tennis, and football, and a is a gym enthusiast.