PhD Student
PhD student
Current
Maha Zuod is a physicist with a research focus on advanced materials, condensed matter physics, and ultrafast spectroscopy. She has extensive experimental experience at international research institutions including KAUST, ETH Zurich, CERN, and X-ray Free-Electron Laser (XFEL) facilities. Her work centers on the development and characterization of functional materials for energy, imaging, and sustainability applications. She is a recipient of the First Place Award at the 3rd Saudi Aramco Digital Hackathon for the Sustainability and Advanced Materials Challenge.
Maha Zuod is an experimental physicist with expertise in ultrafast laser spectroscopy, pump–probe techniques, and X-ray–based material characterization. At KAUST, she works with the Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy and 4D Imaging Group, developing perovskite materials and polymer-based films for advanced X-ray imaging applications.
Her prior research appointments include visiting and internship positions at ETH Zurich, the Paul Scherrer Institute (SwissFEL), and CERN, where she contributed to experiments under extreme conditions, high-harmonic generation optimization, and detector quality control. Her work integrates materials science, optics, and energy-related applications.