Professor Dr. Safian Sharif is a Professor since 2008 at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). Currently he holds the position as the Director of UTM Pagoh Campus which is one of the three UTM campuses. Professor Safian received his PhD in Manufacturing from Coventry University, UK in 2000. His main area of specialization is in machining of aerospace materials such as titanium alloys, inconel, stainless steel and other exotic materials which include hardened steels, cobalt chromium molybdenum, composites and wood. He is actively engaged in other research areas such as additive manufacturing, rapid tooling, sustainable manufacturing, and casting. Since year 2000, he has been the principal researcher and co-researcher of various research projects under UTM, government of Malaysia and European Commission.

 He has been appointed as Fellow Academy Sciences Malaysia (FASc) in 2022. His postgraduate supervision includes 39 PhDs (29 graduated) and 60 Master students. Professor Safian has published more than 300 articles in reputed journals and conference proceedings with 36 H Index under Scopus and 4800 citations. Currently he is one of the Associate Technical Editor for Machining Science and Technology, an ISI journal under Taylors and Francis. He is also served as Editorial Board for Jurnal Teknologi, a Scopus indexed journal. He has been appointed as an auditor for academic programmes for Malaysian Qualifications agency (MQA) and Eng. Tech. Accreditation Council (ETAC), Professor Safian also serves as Panel Assessor for MOHE research grants and Board of Studies for mechanical and manufacturing programmes from various institutions in Malaysia. Lastly, he also acts as a Panel Evaluator for Professional Technologist (Ts) and Professional Technician (Tc) under the Malaysia Board of Technologist (MBOT).