Background

Research Experience

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Ultrafast laser spectroscopy and microscopy of semiconductor interfaces — Present

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Ultrafast Scanning Electron Microscopy (U-SEM), charge-carrier dynamics in semiconductors and energy materials — 2020–2025

University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
Tracking thermal effects using backscattered electron diffraction (BSED) — 2024

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Synthesis of MXene for a self-healing material — 2019

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Transfer of graphene to suitable substrates — 2018

Mentoring and Teaching Experience

• 2025: Mentored two students from KAUST Academy in a research-based summer internship, including experiments, data interpretation, literature reading, and scientific communication.
• 2025: Teaching Assistant for Materials Characterization course.
• 2025: Mentored a Ph.D. student on U-SEM.
• 2024: Teaching Assistant for Materials Characterization course.
• 2022: Mentored a Ph.D. student on U-SEM.

Selected Publications

Visualizing and Modulating the Surface Carrier Dynamics of Tellurium–Selenium Nanocomposites Permalink

Spatiotemporal Imaging of Photogenerated Charge Carriers in Optoelectronic Materials Permalink

Leveraging 4D-USEM in Probing Charge Carriers at the Surface of Single-Crystal Perovskites Permalink

Mapping Surface Defects and Ion Migration in Mixed-Cation Perovskite Crystals Permalink

Real-space Mapping of Carrier Dynamics in CdTe Crystals: From 4D Electron Imaging to X-ray Detectors Permalink

Visualization of Surface Charge Carrier Diffusion Lengths in Different Perovskite Crystal Orientations Using 4D Electron Imaging Permalink

Visualization of Charge Carrier Diffusion Lengths in Perovskite Single Crystals Permalink

Crystallographic Orientation-Dependent Photoresponse of Planar Cadmium Telluride X-ray Detectors Permalink

Access to Ultrafast Surface and Interface Carrier Dynamics Simultaneously in Space and Time Permalink

Conference Participation (selected)

• MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, USA — Oral presentation (Dec 2024).
• IMC20, Busan, South Korea — Poster presentation (Sep 2023).
• SPIE Conference, San Francisco, USA — Poster presentation (Jan 2023).

Awards

• Ibn Khaldun Postdoctoral Fellowship (2025).
• KAUST Dean’s Award (2023–2024).
• IMC20 Best Poster Presentation Award (2023).

Skills

• Ultrafast Spectroscopy & Microscopy: 4D-USEM, pump–probe techniques.
• Optical Setups: Fiber laser, Ti:Sapphire system, free-space optics, hands-on alignment and optimization.
• Materials Characterization: Surface and interfacial carrier dynamics, recombination pathways, ion migration.
• Data Analysis: Quantitative analysis of time-resolved measurements using MATLAB and Python.