MAHMOUD ABDEL-HAFEZ (DOCENT, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS)
PERSONAL DETAILS
- [Languages: German & English (Fluent) - Chinese/French/Swedish (basic)];
- [105 Publications, 50 papers as last and first author]; [ ˃ 3000 citations, H-index: 33];
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4Qy_72EAAAAJ&hl=en
DEGREE
[2021] DOCENT (Habilitation) degree in Physics, Uppsala University, Sweden, ordförande: Prof. Thomas Wågberg
Appointment as Docent is based mainly on Scientefic Mertits and Pedagogical Skills acquired after more than 5-years of the obtained PhD degree.
[2012] Ph.D. in Physics, Dresden University of Technology, Germany Prof. Dr. Bernd Büchner
[2003 + 2007] B.Sc. M.Sc. in Physics, Fayoum University, Egypt
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
[Today] Associate Professor of Physics at Sharjah University, UAE
PERVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE
[2019 – 2023] Associate Professor of Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Sweden, Awarded Swedish Research Council Grant [2018 – 2019] Research Associate at Physics Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, (Prof. Dr. Isaac Silvera)
[2015 – 2018] Assistant Professor, (German Science Foundation (DFG) grant, Institute for Physics, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany (Prof. Dr. Cornelius Krellner) [2014 –2016] Group Leader at Center for High Pressure Science and Technology (HPSTAR)
Beijing/Shanghai, China (Prof. Dr. Dave Mao)
[2013 – 2014] Postdoctoral Researcher at Université de Liège, Belgium Nanostructured Materials Group (Prof. Dr. Alejandro Silhanek) [2009 – 2013] PhD student at TU Dresden / IFW Dresden, Germany
Thermodynamics and Magnetism (Prof. Dr. Bernd Büchner)
COURSES TOUGH & TEACHING CONCEPT
- PHY111: General Physics (University Physics with Modern Physics" by Young & Freedman (13th
edition)) - Magnetism and Superconductivity
- Functional Energy Materials - Condensed Matter Physics - Surface Science - Solid State Physics
- Crystal Growth - Thermodynamics
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
[2019 – today] Main teacher: (1) PHY111: General Physics, (2) Applied Molecular Physics (10 Credits), (3) Surface Physics (10 Credits), and (4) Functional Materials (10 Credits) and General Physics.
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Sweden [2018 – 2019] Main teacher: Spectroscopy / Molecular Physics (Laboratory)
Number of students: 25
Physics Department, Harvard University, USA
[2016 – 2018] Main teacher: Thermodynamics / Superconductivity I, Superconductivity II, Teaching language: English & German
Number of students: between 12 to 18
Institute of Physics, Goethe-University Frankfurt,
[2015 – 2016] Main teacher: General Physics, Solid-State Physics, Condensed Matter Physics Teaching language: English
Number of students: 35-45
East China Normal University, China and Fayoum University, Egypt [2014 – 2015] Main teacher: General Physics, and Crystal Growth
Teaching language: English Number of students: 35-45 Fayoum University, Egypt
[2013 - 2014] Main teacher: Practical’s on Magnetism, Teaching language: English
Number of students: 15 University of Liege, Belgium
RESEARCH OUTPUT
- [105 Publications (attached is my full list of application)]; [ ˃ 3000 citations, H-index: 33];
- [50 papers as last, first, and corresponding author];
- [41 papers in Physical Review B, 12 papers in high-impact journals, including: Nature Materials, Nature Communications, Physical Review Letters, and the Crystal Growth-family of journals]
The number of Graduate Students supervised and the role:
The number of Master students is: 9 (Main supervisor), see below
The number of PhD students is: 3 (1 main supervisor and 2 Co-supervisor), see below The number of postdocs is: 4 (main supervisor), see below
[2016 – today] 4 postdocs (2 ongoing) 1- Dr. Derrick Van Gennep:
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.186401 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.235163 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.084005 2- Dr. Arnab Majumdar:
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.99.235126 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.084005 3- Raman Thiyagarajan:
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.186401 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.99.235126 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.174519 4- Dr. Anirudha Gosh:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.00173 (2021) http://arxiv.org/abs/2201.04400 (2022)
[2015 – today] 4 PhD students (2 ongoing; 2 alumni) 1- Stefania Riva, srated in 2021-today:
(https://katalog.uu.se/empinfo/?id=N21-2098) 2- Agnes Adamski (2015-2019),
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.115152 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.100503 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2017.10.024 3- Abanoub Refaat (2018-today),
https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst10050362 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2017.11.042 https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11070825 4- Mohamed Kamel (2019-today),
(https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11070825)
(https://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/5.0084684) [2015 – today] 9 MSc students (3 ongoing; 6 alumni)
1- Christian Gruber, Current Master at Uppsala Unversity Thesis title: 2D materials for energy relevant technology 2- Proficiency Munsaka, Current Master at Uppsala Unversity Thesis title: 2D magnet: Spectroscopy and its phase transitions 3- Ahmed Elghandour, Now PhD at Heidelberg University, KIP.
Thesis title: Temperature dependence in nanostructured InS2 thin films 4- Marius Peters, Now PhD student at Goethe University Frankfurt.
Thesis title: Single Crystal growth of F-doped NdFeAsO
5- Fryni Baglatzi, Now moved to DAAD Deutscher Akademischer in Greece.
Thesis title: Phase diagram studies in Sr122 system
6- Mohamed Magdy, Now PhD student at Fayoum University, Egypt.
Thesis title: LiMnPO4 studies at low temperature for battery research 7- Ashraf Saed, Now PhD tudent at Moscow State University.
Thesis title: LiFeAs, superconducting gap by specific heat 8- Hafsa Bibi, Master student with me at Uppsala University.
Thesis title: Quantum Matter Search
9- Suraya Kazi, Master student with me at Uppsala University.
Thesis title: London penetration depth studies in 11 system
OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
German Co-President of The Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities brings together excellent Arab and German scholars to address common challenges and develop solutions through sustainable research cooperation (www.agya.info).
MY CURRENT FUNDED PROJECTS WITH AGYA ON ENERGY:
- IMPROVING DIAGNOSTIC OPTIONS FOR COVID-19 - SUMMER SCHOOL QUANTUM ENRGY TECHNOLOGY - QUANTUM MATERIALS FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES
- INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS FOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS FROM LIBYA
- BUILDING BLOCKS FOR NOVEL NANO(BIO)MATERIALS
- MATERIALS FOR ENERGY: INTERDISCIPLINARY ONLINE TRAINING - EMERGENT MATERIALS & WATER-ENERGY NEXUS
- MATERIALS FOR ENERGY
- BODY FAT MANAGEMENT & OBESITY PREVENTION: THE CASE FOR ACTION - CARBON-BASED MEMBRANES IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT
- SUPERCONDUCTING ENERGY MATERIALS BY DESIGN - FUNCTIONAL ENERGY MATERIALS FOR HEALTH
[2020 – today] Outreach interdisciplinary projects: Developing Rural Areas Through Portable STEM Labs (www.agya.info) [2020 – today] Outreach high school projects: Leading the
Supraledande tåg – gymnasiearbete (for details)
[45-25 Oct. 2020] Outreach organizing workshops: Main organizer of a virtual workshop on „Materials for Energy“ by AGYA
(https://bit.ly/2DRk59e).
[2017 – today] Outreach Public talks entitled: ‘‘Quantum Materials ‘‘ to a general audience at Fudan University, Shanghai/China, Goethe University Frankfurt/Germany, Harvard University/USA
RESEARCH FUNDING AND GRANTS (LAST 5 YEARS):
Project Title Funding
source
Amount (Euros)
Period Role of the PI
Materials under extreme condition
Swedish Research Council (VR)
490 000 2019- 2022
PI
Functional Quantum Materials (20-220-08 6358) (suspended)
megagrant (Russia) hosted by "MISiS".
(suspended)
1.500.000 2021- 2023
Co-PI
Ultrafast charge carrier dynamics in doped InP/ZnS core/shell quantum dot
Internationalization Foundation of Higher Education and Research www.stint.se
60.000 2022- 2024
PI
New Perovskite Materials Swedish Energy Agency
1.000.000 2020- 2023
Co-PI
2D Materials for the Development of Energy Technology
AGYA
(www.agya.info)
40.523.00 2022- 2024
PI
Trainings Course on Quantum Materials
AGYA
(www.agya.info)
21.245.00 2022- 2023
PI
Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (AT)”
AGYA
(www.agya.info)
19.850.00 2021- 2023
PI
“Functional Materials for Health”
AGYA
(www.agya.info)
40.763,50 2022- 2024
PI
Emergent Materials:
Concepts, Methodologies and Future Applications”
AGYA
(www.agya.info)
22.197.00 2022- 2023
PI
UNIVERSITY PEDAGOGICAL EDUCATION (SEE MY TEACHING DOSSIER)
[2020] Supervising PhD Students: Working hours corresponding to 5-weeks [2020] Science and writing course: Working hours corresponding to 3-weeks [2019] Supervision course Teaching: Working hours corresponding to 1- week [2020] Pedagogical requirements: Working hours corresponding to 1 week [2020] Scientific Integrity: Working hours corresponding to 2- weeks
[2021] Academics Teaching course: Working hours corresponding to 5- weeks
INVITED SEMINARS (LAST 5 YEARS)
[2021] Remotely: Copenhagen University (Denemark), and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST, Saudi Arabia)
[2020] Remotely: Vienna University of Technology (Austria), Drexel University (USA), and KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden)
[2019] Umeå University (Sweden) and Heidelberg University (GER.)
[2018] Drexel University (USA), Harvard University (USA), Boston University (USA) [2017] Kuwait University (Kuwait), Hongkong University (HK)
[2016] Fudan University (China) and Moscow State University (Russia)
COMMUNITY SERVICES & COLLABORATIONS
Over my academic career I have developed an international collaboration network with researchers working on similar and complementary topics. I have ongoing collaborations, e.g., with Prof. Isaac Silvera and Dr. Islam Khalaf at Harvard / USA. Further, I have collaborations with Prof. Goran Karapetrov, Drexel University, USA (who spent his sabbatical with our group in Frankfurt), Dr. Ranga Dias, University of Rochester / USA, Prof. Ruediger Klingeler, University of Heidelberg / Germany, Prof.
Cornelius Krellner and Wolf Asmuss University of Frankfurt / Germany, Prof. Sergiy Medvediev Max- Planck in Dresden/Germany, Prof. Alejandro V. Silhanek, Liege University / Belgium, and Prof.
Alexander Vasiliev, Mocow State University / Russia.
MEMBERSHIPS AND REVIEW SERVICES FOR FUNDING BODIES
[2021 - today] German Co-President member of (AGYA)[2019 - today] German member of Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences (AGYA)
[2019 - today] Board Member / Editor at Crystal Journal & J. Of alloy and compounds [2016 - today] DPG, APS, and Belgian Physical Society (BPS)
[2015 - today] Referee Activities: Various scietific journals including: Physical Review journals & the nature-family of journals
[2017 - today] Referee for funding agencies:
- Project reviewer - DOE-SBIR program
- Project reviewer - Russian Science Foundation - Project reviewer - Belgian Science Foundation
- Project reviewer - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Germany - Project reviewer - Swedish Knowledge Foundation, Sweden
INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
[2019 – today] Leading the MAGNETISM meeting (memebrs including Profesorrs, Postdocs,
[2017 – 2018] Member of a postdoctoral Committee; arranging oral talks, Harvard [2014 – 2016] Summer school organization of HPSTAR, Beijing, China
10-SLECTED PAPERS ON QUANTUM MATERIALS
(1) Exotic Magnetic and Electronic Properties of Layered CrI3 Single Crystals Under High Pressure, A. Ghosh, D. Singh, Q. Mu, Y. Kvashnin, G. Haider, M.
Jonak, T. Aramaki, S. A. Medvedev, R. Klingeler, M. Mito, J. Vejpravova, M.
Kalbac, R. Ahuja, Olle Eriksson, Mahmoud Abdel-Hafiez
Letter in Phys. Rev. B 105, L081104 (2022) (Editors’ suggestion) |URL (The first high-pressure phase diagram in CrI3, CrI3 is grown by my group).
(2) Growth of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides by Solvent Evaporation Technique, D. Chareev, P. Evstigneeva, D. Phuyal, G.
Man, H. Rensmo, A. N. Vasiliev, and M. Abdel-Hafiez Crystal growth & Design 20, 6930-6938 (2020) | URL
(3) Coexistence of Superconductivity and Charge Density Wave in TaS2, Y.
Kvashnin, D. VanGennep, S. A. Medvedev, O. Karis, O. Eriksson, and M.
Abdel-Hafiez, Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 186401 (2020) | URL (The first experimental studies of the sc gap by measuring specific heat down to 75 mK).
(4) Superconductivity beyond Pauli's limit in bulk NbS2: Evidence for the FFLO state, C. Cho, Jian Lyu, C. Ng, J. He, C. Chareev, T. Abdel-Baset, Mahmoud Abdel-Hafiez, Rolf Lortz
Nature Communications 12, 3676 (2021) | URL (The first direct experimental evidence of the FFLO in TMDs. I have prepared the studied crystal & performed specific heat measurements)
(5) Strong Interplay between Stripe Spin Fluctuations, Nematicity and Superconductivity in FeSe, Q. Wang, Y. Shen, B. Pan, Z. Hao, M. Ma, Fang Zhou, P. Steffens, K. Schmalzl, T. R. Forrest, M. Abdel-Hafiez, X. Chen, D. A. Chareev, A. N. Vasiliev, P. Bourges, Y. Sidis, Huibo Cao, Jun Zhao
Nature Material 15, 195-163 (2016) | URL (The first direct microscopic origin on the nematic order in FeSe. I have prepared about 800 FeSe crystals for neutron scattering experiment)
(6) Signature of multigap nodeless superconductivity in fluorine-doped NdFeAsO, A. Adamski, C. Krellner, and M. Abdel-Hafiez
Phys. Rev. B 96, 100503(R) (2017) | URL (40 citations) (The first direct experimental evidence of the SC gap in high quality large single crystals grown for the first time in NdFeAsOF system)
(7) Interplay of charge density wave and superconductivity: The case of 2H- NbS2 and 2H-NbSe2, A. Majumdar, D. VanGennep, J. Brisbois, D. Chareev, A. V.
Sadakov, A. S. Usoltsev, M. Mito, A. V. Silhanek, Tapati Sarkar, Abdelwahab Hassan, Olof Karis, Rajeev Ahuja, and M. Abdel-Hafiez
Phys. Rev. Materials 4, 084005 (2020) | URL (The first experimental demonstration of exploring the SC gap in TMDs under pressure using lower critical field measurements).
(8) Anomalous correlation effects and unique phase diagram of FeSe revealed by photoemission spectroscopy
C.H.P. Wen, H.C. Xu, C. Chen, Z.C. Huang, X. Lou, Y.J. Pu, Q. Song, B.P. Xie, M.
Abdel-Hafiez, D.A. Chareev, A.N. Vasiliev, R. Peng & D.L. Feng Nature Communication 7, 10840 (2016) | URL
(The first experimental demonstration of enhancing the Tc FeSe to 46 K. I have prepared the FeSe crystal as well as the studied FeSe film).
(9) High-pressure behavior of superconducting boron-doped diamond M. Abdel-Hafiez, D. Kumar, R. Thiyagarajan, Q. Zhang, R. T. Howie, K.
Sethupathi, O. Volkova, A. Vasiliev, W. Yang, H. K. Mao, and M. S. R. Rao Phys. Rev. B 95, 17519 (2017) | URL
(10) Upper critical fields in Ba2Ti2Fe2As4O single crystals: Evidence for Pauli paramagnetic effect,
M. Abdel-Hafiez, J. Brisbois, Z. Zhu, A. Adamski, A. Hassen, A. V. Silhanek, and C. Krellner
Phys. Rev. B 97, 115152 (2018) |URL