Muhammad Sharaf

A dedicated first-year Food Science with Business student at the University of Reading with exceptional organisational, communication and interpersonal skills developed through education, volunteering and part-time roles. Eager to learn and, enjoy overcoming challenges for the benefit of others and myself. The primary area of academic interest is Food Science and Business; to provide nutritional and affordable meals to as many individuals as possible and help stifle world hunger.

1. Campus Jobs Help Desk Administration Assistant                           2023 – Present 

• Gaining customer service experience, time management and IT skills by passionately working as the help desk admin assistant for the intra-university organisation of all part-time/ temporary jobs on and off campus
• Completing right-to-work checks including handling documentation and data entry onto the Campus Jobs systems
• Responding to student emails, helping and handling queries regarding part-time roles, timesheets and payments, and creating content for social media

2. Academic Success Champion - Student Ambassador                         2022 - Present

• Developing interpersonal and marketing skills by championing and promoting the life tools program at stalls to students and encouraging student engagement by breaking the ice at talks and webinars.

3. Student Panellist                                                                2022 - Present

• Acquiring public speaking and creative skills by contributing to group discussions and providing ideas to develop learning, inclusivity and student experience by being a part of the university-wide student panel

BSc Food Science with Business, University of Reading, UK                                2022 - Present 

Core Year 1 Food Science modules :

Farm to Fork, Microbiology, Food Microbiology, Food Processing and Engineering, Chemistry

• Completed Food Safety level 2 module
• Gained hands-on experience at the food processing pilot plant and showed passion and attention to detail while proactively monitoring quality and upholding hygiene.
• Worked enthusiastically with a team of 5 by following instructions from the tutor to process ice cream, bake industrial bread and produce freeze-dried coffee at the pilot plant.
• Composed an essay after conducting extensive research on food security linked to climate change
• Acquired data analysis skills by working on XLSTAT with numerous values related to emulsions, creaming index, surface tension and density of foods.

Lab skills: streaking, plating, cell counting, serial dilution, aseptic techniques, microbial staining, knowledge of spectrometer usage

Core Year 1 Business modules :

Student Enterprise, Fundamentals of Business and Marketing

• Demonstrated great leadership, teamwork, presentation and communication skills while managing a group of six people to create a start-up pitch deck and presented it to a panel of tutors.