Intikhab A. Ansari

Curriculum Vitae

INTIKHAB AALAM ANSARI
Department of Physics & Astronomy
College of Science
P O Box 2455
King Saud University
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia

Email: intikhabansari@yahoo.com
iansari@ksu.edu.sa

URLs:
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-6368-2010
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Intikhab_Ansari/

Tel: +966-11-4676299
Office No: 1B2

PERSONAL INFORMATION

 Nationality Indian
 Date of Birth 30th June 1976
 Place of Birth Jhansi, India
 Marital Status Married and 2 dependent children
 Present Designation Assistant professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, King Saud
University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
 Research Interest High temperature superconductivity, Nano-structured & magnetic
Materials

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Examination University/board Year % marks Subject

Ph.D Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India 2008 Awarded Thesis Title: Study of Fluctuation Induced Conductivity and Magnetic Properties of Nano-Metal Oxide Doped MgB2 Superconductors
PDCA Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India 2001 73 % Algorithms & Data Structure, Digital computer fundamentals,
Computer based numerical & statistical techniques, Business data processing, Programming laboratories
M.Sc Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, India 1999 64 % Physics
B.Sc. Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, India 1997 59 % Physics.(Major),
Math. & Chem.(minor)
Intermediate U. P. Board 1993 55 % Physics, Chemistry , Mathematics, English, Hindi
High School U. P. Board 1991 74 % Science, Social science, Mathematics, English, Hindi

EMPLOYMENT DETAILS

Department and University Duration Designation Responsibility
Department of Physics, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Oct 2008 – July 2013 Researcher teaching & research
Department of Applied Science
Al-Falah School of Engineering & Technology, Faridabad, Haryana, India Feb 2008 – Aug 2008 Lecturer teaching & research
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Centre code: 765, JMI, New Delhi, India Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 Academic Counsellor (Physics) teaching only
Department of Biosciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India Aug 2006 –Mar 2007
Aug 2004–Mar 2005 Visiting Faculty (Physics) teaching only
Department of Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India teaching only
Jamia Senior Secondary School, New Delhi, India Oct 2002–Feb 2003 Guest Teacher (Physics) teaching only

TEACHING DETAILS
Teaching Method: The teaching is taken in a way so that interest of subject develops in the students, and for this purpose interactive smart board teaching is given preference assuming it is more interactive.
Lectures Schedule: Schedule of lectures is prepared well before the beginning of the semester and date of lectures and office hours are followed strictly. After the completion of each lecture, it is published on the web page so that student can download the complete lecture and revise it at home.
Display of Results: Grades, attendance, quiz performance, and other students progress related information are prepared on Excel worksheets and displayed time to time to make the students sincere in their semester works.
Courses Taught: Following graduate courses (in India and at KSU) were taught in the period of about 9 years:
Title Level Hrs/week Place
Electricity & Magnetism (PHYS-292) B.Sc. 3 King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
General Physics for Engineering & Computer Science (PHYS-103) B.Sc. 6 King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
General Physics (II) for Engineering (PHYS-104) B.Sc. 6 King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Physics for Health Science (PHYS-145) B.Sc. 6 King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Electro-Magnetism B.Sc. 8 Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, India
General Physics B.Sc. 4 Indra Gandhi National Open University, Delhi, India
Modern Physics, Solid State Physics B.Tech. 30 Al-Falah School of Engineering & Technology, Faridabad, Haryana, India

DETAILED RESEARCH INTERESTS

 Synthesis of high temperature superconductors through solid state reaction
 Electrical and magnetic properties of high temperature superconductors
 Substitution effect of nano- transition metal oxide and Carbon based materials on high temperature superconductors
 Phase identification and microstructure analysis of high temperature superconductors
 Study of fluctuation induced conductivity of high temperature superconductors

LABORATORY EXPERIENCE

Establishment of Research Laboratory
 Contributed significantly in establishing the Low Temperature Laboratory in my department
 Computational interfacing of Closed Cycle He Refrigerator (CCR) with Temperature Controller
 Prepared homemade assembly of Stainless Steel for the synthesis of MgB2 superconductors through solid state method in presence of Ar gas
 Installed the following instruments
• Vacuum Pumping System (Model No VS-114D by Hindhivac Pvt. Ltd.)
• Temperature Controller (Model No 331 by Lake Shore)
• Close Cycle He Refrigerator (Model No 8200 by Janis Research Company)
• Chiller Plant both for CCR & EPR
• EPR Spectrometer & Electromagnet by Varian
• Tabular Furnace

Instruments handled
• Close Cycle Refrigerator
• Susceptometer
• High Vacuum System

PUBLICATIONS IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

1. Intikhab A. Ansari, “Numerical calculations of specific heat and n-dimensional generalized Debye function for pure MgB2 superconductor at normal-state”, (Communicated in Physica Scripta, IOP Publishing).

2. Intikhab A. Ansari, M. Shahabuddin, Nasser S. Alzayed, Khalil A. Ziq, A. F. Salem, V. P. S. Awana, H. Kishan, “Enhancement of critical current density for nano (n)-ZnO doped MgB2 superconductor”, Physica C: Superconductivity and its applications, Vol 495, pp. 208-212, 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2013.10.001 (Impact factor 1.01) ISI/SCOPUS Cited Publication.

3. M. Shahabuddin, Intikhab A. Ansari, N. S. Alzayed, K. A. Ziq and A. F. Salem, “Effect of Nano ZnO Doping on the Nature of Pinning of MgB2 Superconductors”, Journal of Superconductivity and Nov Magn, Vol. 26 pp. 1547-1552 2013. Springer Publisher, DOI: 10.1007/s10948-012-1931-4 (Impact factor 0.650) ISI/SCOPUS Cited Publication.

4. Intikhab A. Ansari, M. Shahabuddin, Nasser Saleh Alzayed, “Comparison of the critical current density of a polycrystalline MgB2 superconductor by ac-susceptibility and Bean's model” Physica Scripta, Vol 84, Issue 6, pp. 065701-5, 2011 doi:10.1088/0031-8949/84/06/065701 (Impact factor 1.204) ISI/SCOPUS Cited Publication.

5. Intikhab A. Ansari, "Reply to the comment from Mamedov", Physica C: Superconductivity and its applications, Vol. 470, Issue 22, pp. 2078, 2010 Elsevier Publisher, DOI:10.1016/j.physc.2010.08.012 (Impact factor 1.01) ISI/SCOPUS Cited Publication.

6. Intikhab A. Ansari, "Numerical solution of Bloch-Gruneisen function to determine the contribution of electron-phonon interaction in polycrystalline MgB2 superconductor", Physica C: Superconductivity and its applications, Vol. 470, Issue 11-12, pp. 508-510, 2010 Elsevier Publisher, DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2010.04.012 (Impact factor 1.01) ISI/SCOPUS Cited Publication.

7. Intikhab A. Ansari, M. Shahabuddin, Nasser Saleh Alzayed, Arpita Vajpayee, V.P.S. Awana and H. Kishan, "Enhancement of activation energy in nano diamond doped MgB2 superconductor", Physica C: Superconductivity and its applications, Vol. 470, Issue (7-8), pp. 369-372, 2010 Elsevier Publisher, DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2010.02.017 (Impact factor 1.01) ISI/SCOPUS Cited Publication.

8. Intikhab A. Ansari, M. Shahabuddin, M. Husain, Arpita Vajpayee, V. P. S. Awana and H. Kishan , “Study of Fluctuation induced conductivity of nano diamond doped bulk MgB2 superconductor”, International Journal of Nano and Biomaterials, Vol. 2, Issues 1-5, pp. 240-248, 2009 Inderscience Publishers, DOI: 10.1504/IJNBM.2009.027718 ISI/SCOPUS Cited Publication.

9. K. P. Singh, Intikhab A. Ansari, M. Shahabuddin, M. Husain, H. Kishan and V. P. S. Awana, ,“Comparisons for the resistivity behaviors of different encapsulated MgB2 samples”, Cryogenics Vol. 47, Issues 9-10, pp. 497-500, 2007 Elsevier Publisher, DOI: 10.1016/j.cryogenics.2007.05.003 (Impact factor 0.67) ISI/SCOPUS Cited Publication.

10. Intikhab A. Ansari, M. Shahabuddin, Khalil A Ziq, A. F. Salem, V.P.S. Awana, M. Husain and H. Kishan “The Effect of nano-alumina on structural and magnetic properties of MgB2 superconductor”, Superconductor Science & Technology Vol. 20, Issue 8, pp. 827-831, 2007 Institute of Physics Publishing, DOI:10.1088/0953-2048/20/8/018 (Impact factor 2.66) ISI/SCOPUS Cited Publication.

11. Intikhab A. Ansari, V. P. S. Awana, Rajeev Rawat, M. Shahabuddin, M. Husain, H. Kishan and A.V. Narlikar, “Fluctuation induced conductivity of polycrystalline MgB2 superconductor”, Journal of Material Science Vol. 42, Issue 15, pp. 6306-6309, 2007 Springer Publisher, DOI:10.1007/s10853-006-1174-5 (Impact factor 2.02) ISI/SCOPUS Cited Publication.

12. Intikhab A. Ansari, K. P. Singh, M. Shahabuddin, M. Husain and A. Gupta, “Computational interfacing of resistivity of high temperature superconductor using Visual Basic Program”, Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics Vol. 43, Issue 6, pp. 439-445, June 2005 NISCAIR Publication (Impact factor 0.76) ISI/SCOPUS Cited Publication.

ARTICLES

1. Intikhab A. Ansari, “Power Application of Superconductivity in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)”, presented in Natural Science Info Fest 2007, JMI, New Delhi. Non-ISI/Non-SCOPUS Cited Publication

PAPERS PUBLISHED IN REFEREED PROCEEDINGS
2. Kh. A. Ziq, M. Shahabuddin, I. Ansari, A. F. Salem, K. Singh, H. Kishan "Effects of Al2O3 Nano-Particles on the Irreversible Properties of MgB2 Superconductor", AIP conference Proceeding, 929, 143-146 10-12 April (2007). ISI/SCOPUS Cited Publication
BOOK CHAPTERS

Book Name: Advanced Organic-Inorganic Composites: Materials, Devices and Allied Applications
Chapter Name: Basic Properties of High Temperature Superconductors and Its Applications
Author: Intikhab A. Ansari
Chapter No: 20
Editor: Inamuddin
Year: 2012
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc, USA
ISBN: 978-1-61324-264-3

REVIEWER IN SCI/ISI JOURNALS

• Physica C: Superconductivity and its applications, Elsevier, Netherlands.
• Arabian Journal of Chemistry, Elsevier, Saudi Arabia.
• Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Elsevier, Netherlands.

CITATION/RECOGNITION IN THE AREA OF SPECIALIZATION

• 6 published journal papers are cited in Institution for Scientific Information (ISI) listed journals. (Total Citation based on Google Scholar is 24)

MEMBERSHIP OF THE RESEARCH SOCIETIES

 Life Member- National Magnetic Resonance Society, IIS, Bangalore, India since Dec 2004.
 Annual Member- Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society, Hong Kong

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

• Received cash prize from King Saud University for two ISI Journal publications in the year of 2011.
• Received the memento from Jamia Millia Islamia for best Senior House Monitor in the year of 2007.

COMMITTEES

• Serving as member of Department of Physics & Astronomy Council at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
• Served as Scrutinizer for M.Sc. and B.Sc. Physics examinations at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India.
• Worked as a member of Organizing Committee in a National Conference on Pollution & its Control, held on March 7, 2008 at AFSET, Faridabad.

INVITED LECTURES & B.TECH EXAMINERSHIP

• Delivered an invited lecture on “Pollution Control through the emerging Nanotechnology” in a
National conference on Pollution & its Control, held on March 7, 2008 at AFSET, Faridabad.
• Have been the External Examiner in the Department of Applied Science & Humanities, Al- Falah School of Engineering & Technology, Faridabad, India for the evaluation of B. Tech. exams in 2003 & 2004.

PAPER PRESENTATION
1. Intikhab A. Ansari, M. Shahabuddin, Nasser S. Alzayed, Khalil A. Ziq, A. F. Salem, V. P. S. Awana and H. Kishan “Enhancement of critical current density for nano(n)-ZnO doped MgB2 superconductor” at 3rd International Conference on Superconductivity and Magnetism-ICSM 2012 on 29 April-4 May 2012, Istanbul-Turkey.

2. Intikhab A. Ansari, M. Shahabuddin, Nasser Saleh Alzayed, Arpita Vajpayee, V.P.S. Awana and H. Kishan, The International Conference For Nanotechnology Industries - The Leading Technology of 21st Century, King Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, paper title-“Enhancement of activation energy in nano diamond doped MgB2 superconductor” on April 5-7, 2009.

3. Intikhab A. Ansari, M. Shahabuddin, M. Husain, Arpita Vajpayee, V. P. S. Awana and H. Kishan, International Conference of Nanotechnology 008 at Centre of Nanotechnology, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, paper title- “Study of fluctuation induced conductivity on nano diamond doped bulk MgB2 superconductor” on June17-19, 2008.

REFERENCES

Dr. Naseer S. Alzayed Dr. M. Shahabuddin
Associate Professor Associate Professor
Department of Physics & Astronomy Department of Physics & Astronomy
King Saud University King Saud University
Riyadh-11451 Riyadh-11451
KSA KSA
nalzayed@ksu.edu.sa mshahab@ksu.edu.sa
Tel: +966-14676436 Tel: +966-14676429

Dr. H. Kishan Dr. V.P.S. Awana
Scientist F & Head Scientist C
Superconductivity & Cryogenics Division Superconductivity & Cryogenics Division
National Physical Laboratory, Pusa Road National Physical Laboratory, Pusa Road
New Delhi-110012, India New Delhi-110012, India
hkishan@mail.nplindia.ernet.in awana@mail.nplindia.ernet.in
Fax: +91-11-25748709 Fax: +91-11-25748709
Tel: 0120-2578349

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