MOHAMMAD ABDULAZIZ ALDURAIBI

CURRICULUM VITAE
 
Personal details:
 
Name: Mohammad Abdulaziz Alduraibi
Nationality: Saudi
Academic position: Assistant professor
 
Current address:
 
Department of physics and astronomy,
College of Science, King Saud University,
P.O. Box: 2455, Riyadh 11451
Saudi Arabia
Office Tel: +966-1-467 6445,
E-mail: malduraibi@ksu.edu.sa
 
Qualifications:
 

• PhD in the field of microelectronics and nanostructured semiconductor materials, in 2010 from the University of Manchester, UK.
• MSc in Nanoscale Science and Technology, with merit in 2006 from the University of Leeds, UK.
• B.Sc. in physics, in 2000, from King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (excellent grade).    

 
 
Scientific Research Skills:
 

• Thin film deposition techniques such as molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), pulsed laser deposition (PLD), sputtering technique and some other deposition techniques.
•  Various structural, optical and electrical characterization techniques, i.e., atomic force microscope, scanning electron microscope, transmission electron microscope, XRD, photoluminescence, absorption and transmission optical setups. 
• Fabrication of semiconductor devices in clean environment (cleanrooms) which involves the use of lithography techniques, dry and wet etching and other processing equipments.
•  Nanoscale patterning using Focused Ion Beam system. 
• Semiconductor nanostructure synthesis for photovoltaic and gas sensing applications

 
Work experience:
 

• (2010-present) assistant professor.
• (2004-2010) postgraduate student sponsored by KSU.
• (2001-2004) teacher assistant in the physics department-KSU.

 
 
 
Academic visits, training and workshops:

• Academic visitor, Cavendish laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK, January 2015
• Academic Visitor, The Swiss federal institute of technology [EPFL]-Lausanne, Switzerland, August 2014.
• Workshop on X-ray crystallography and single crystal structure determination using SHELXTL software, King Saud University, Riyadh, 2013.
• Academic visitor, The University of Sheffield, UK, summer 2011
• Workshop on Nanomaterials for Energy Storage, Riyadh, 2011.
• Micro Teaching. King Saud University, 2011.
• Effective Teaching and Management System, King Saud University, 2011.
• Course Design and Construction, King Saud University, 2011.
• Student Assessment and Classroom Management, King Saud University, 2011
• What is terahertz and what can it do for you? At the National Physical Laboratory, London, UK, 2009.
• Patent searching, Manchester, UK, 2009.
• Understanding financial statements, Manchester, UK, 2009.
• Terahertz Systems and Industrial Applications, Royal Society, London, UK, 2009.
• Teaching in higher education workshop, Manchester, UK, 2008.
• Graduate Teaching Assistant training, Manchester, UK 2008.
• General Physics for Secondary School Physics Teachers at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, 2001.

 
 
Conferences participation

• European Conference on Lasers, Electro-Optics CLEO and quantum electronics, Munich, Germany, 2013. ( 2 poster presentations).
•  IEEE 12th International Conference on Nanotechnology, Birmingham, UK, 2012 (oral presentation)
• QD2010 conference, Nottingham, UK, April 2010, (poster presentation)
• Quantum dot meeting, University of Cambridge, January 2010. (Poster presentation).
• UK Semiconductors conference, Sheffield, UK, 2008. (Oral presentation).
• Recent Advances of Low Dimensional Structures and Devices held in Nottingham in April 7-9, 2008. (Oral and poster presentations).

 
 
Publications:
 

• M. F. Zia, M. Abdel-Rahman, M. Alduraibi, B. Ilahi and A. Alasaad, "Synthesis and electrical characterisation of vanadium oxide thin film thermometer for microbolometer applications," in Electronics Letters, vol. 52, no. 10, pp. 827-828, 5 12 2016.
• Hamid M. Ghaithan, Saif M.H. Qaid, Mahmoud Hezam, Joselito P. Labis, Mohammad Alduraibi, Idriss M. Bedja, Abdullah S. Aldwayyan, Laser induced photocurrent and photovoltage transient measurements of dye-sensitized solar cells based on TiO2 nanosheets and TiO2 nanoparticles, Electrochimica Acta, Volume 212, 10 September 2016, Pages 992-997
• B. Ilahi, M. Abdel-Rahman, Z. Zaaboub, M. F. Zia, M. Alduraibi, and H. Maaref, Thermal annealing induced multiple phase in V/V2O5 alternating multilayer structure, International Journal of Modern Physics B, Vol. 30 (2016) 1650210.
• N. Al-Khalli, M. Alduraibi, N. Debbar, M. Saleem, M. Alkanhal, A. Sebak and M. Abdel-Rahman, Photolithographically definable SU-8–alumina composite for W-band dielectric resonator antennas, IET Micro & Nano Letters, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 224-229, 2016.
•  M. Abdel-Rahman, S. Ilahi, M.F. Zia, M. Alduraibi, N. Debbar, N. Yacoubi, B. Ilahi, Temperature coefficient of resistance and thermal conductivity of Vanadium oxide ‘Big Mac’ sandwich structure, Infrared Physics & Technology, Volume 71, July 2015, Pages 127-130,
• E.S. Awad, N. Al-Khalli, M. Abdel-Rahman, M. Alduraibi, N. Debbar,  "Comparison of V2O5 Microbolometer Optical Performance Using NiCr and Ti Thin-Films," in Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE , vol.27, no.5, pp.462-465, March1, 1 2015
• M. Abdel-Rahman, B. Albassam, and M. Alduraibi, Driveless gyroscope response of a quartz piezoelectric vibratory tuning fork, AIP Conference Proceedings 1653, 020001 (2015)
• N.S. Daghestani, M. Alduraibi, M. Missous, T. Ackemann, M.A. Cataluna,  "Pulsed THz generation from InAs/GaAs quantum-dot structures," in Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference , 12-16 May 2013
• N.S. Daghestani, M. Alduraibi, T. Piwonski, T. Ochalski, G. Huyet, M. Missous, T. Ackemann, M.A. Cataluna, "Ultrafast carrier dynamics of surfactant-mediated-grown InAs/GaAs quantum-dot structures designed for THz applications," in Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference and International Quantum Electronics Conference ,  12-16 May 2013.
• T. Ackemann,  M. Alduraibi, S. Campbell, S. Keatings, P. Luke Sam, H. Fraser, A. S. Arnold, E. Riis, and M. Missous. Diamond heat sinking of terahertz antennas for continuous-wave photomixing. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 112, 123109 (2012)
• Hadi AlQahtani, Mohammad Alduraibi, Tim Richardson, and Martin Grell. Manifold sensitivity improvement of swelling- based sensors. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., )2012(, 14, 5558-5560
• M. Alduraibi, M. Missous, P. Luke Sam, A. Tierno, S. Keatings and T.Ackemann. Optical and electrical properties of stacked binary InAs-GaAs quantum dot structures prepared under Surfactant-mediated growth conditions, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 245 (2010) 12072.
• M. Alduraibi, C. Mitchell, S. Chakraborty and M. Missous, Surfactant-mediated growth of InAs–GaAs superlattices and quantum dot structures grown at different temperatures, Microelectronics Journal 40 (2009) 476.
• M. Alduraibi, C. Mitchell, S. Chakraborty and M. Missous, Interaction of low-temperature surfactant-grown InAs superlattice layers with arsenic precipitates, Microelectronics Journal 40 (2009) 550.
• J. Bell, T. Schlegel, M. Alduraibi, M. A. Khan, T. P. Comyn, and J. Rodel, "Impedance Spectroscopy of Mn Doped BiFeO3PbTiO3 Ceramics", In (ISAF 06) International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics, Proceedings, North Carolina, USA, 2006, pp 128-131.