Omar F. Mohammed Abdelsaboor, FRSC, FIMMM

Faculty

2019 & 2020 & 2021 & 2022 & 2023 Highly Cited Researcher (Web of Science)
Professor of Chemical and Material Sciences
Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy and Imaging Laboratory

Current

Research Interests

● The development of time-resolved laser spectroscopy and four-dimentional ultrafast electron microscopy as unique tools for materials, chemical and physical sciences applications

● Photoinduced bimolecular electron transfer and the subsequent charge separation dynamics

● Nanoscale materials dynamics e.g., nanotubes, quantum dots and nanoparticles

● Synthesis and characterization of chemical systems that are ideal for ultrafast chemistry

● Ultrafast reaction dynamics of photoswitchable materials

● Electronic and vibarional spectroscopy

●Femtosecond and picosecond dynamics of the most elementary chemical and physical processes

Selected Publications


       J. Yin, R. Naphade, L. Gutierrez Arzaluz, J-L. Bredas, O. M. Bakr, O. F. Mohammed

       ACS Energy Letters, ASAP, (2020)

J-t. Jia, L. Gutiérrez-Arzaluz, O. Shekhah, N. Alsadun, J. Czaban-Jozwiak, S. Zhou, O. M. Bakr, O. F. Mohammed

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142, 8580–8584 (2020)

J. Yin, P. Maity,R. Naphade, V. Cheng, J-H. He, O. M. Bakr, J-L. Brédas, O. F. Mohammed

ACS Nano, 13, 12621-12629 (2019)

A. M. El-Zohry, B. S. Shaheen, V. M. Burlakov, J. Yin, M. N. Hedhili, S. Shikin, B. S. Ooi, O. M. Bakr, O. F. Mohammed

Chem, 5, 706-718 (2019)

J. Yin, P. Maity, L-J. Xu, A. M. El-Zohry, H. Li, O. M. Bakr, J-L Bredas, O. F. Mohammed

Chemistry of Materials, 30, 8538–8545 (2018). ACS Editor’s Choice. Chosen for the front cover of the journal.

R. Bose, A. Adhikari, V. M. Burlakov, G. Liu, M. A. Haque, D. Priante, M. N. Hedhili, N. Wehbe, C. Zhao, H. Yang, T. K.     Ng, A. Goriely, O. M. Bakr, T. Wu, B. S. Ooi, O. F. Mohammed

ACS Energy Letters, 3, 476–481 (2018)

O. M. Bakr and O. F. Mohammed

Science, 355, 1260-1261 (2017)

R. Begum, M. R. Parida, A. L. Abdelhady, B. Murali, N. Alyami, G. H. Ahmed, M. N. Hedhili, O. M. Bakr, and O. F. Mohammed

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139, 731-737 (2017)

R. Bose, J. Sun, J. I. Khan, B. S. Shaheen, A. Adhikari, T. K. Ng, V. M. Burlakov, M. R. Parida, D. Priante, A. Goriely, B. S. Ooi, O. M. Bakr, O. F. Mohammed

Advanced Materials, 28, 5106-5111(2016)

R. Bose, A. Bera, M. R. Parida, A. Adhikari, B. S. Shaheen, E. Alarousu, J. Sun, T. Wu, O. M. Bakr, and O. F. Mohammed

Nano Letters, 16, 4417–4423 (2016)

S. Aly, L. G. AbdulHalim, T. Besong, G. Soldan, Osman M. Bakr, O. F. Mohammed

Nanoscale, Article 8, 5412-5416 (2016) Chosen for the front cover of Nanoscale.

A. O. El-Ballouli, E. Alarousu, A. R. Kirmani, A. Amassian, O. M. Bakr, O. F. Mohammed

Advanced Functional Materials, 25, 7435-7441 (2015). Chosen for the back cover of the journal.

      J. Sun, V. A. Melnikov, J. I. Khan, O. F. Mohammed

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 6, 3884-3890 (2015)

J. Pan, S. P. Sarmah, B. Murali, I. Dursun, W. Peng, M. R. Parida, J. Liu, L. Sinatra, N. Alyami, C. Zhao, E. Alarousu, T. K.  Khee Ng, B. S. Ooi, O. M. Bakr, O. F. Mohammed

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 6, 5027-5033 (2015)

M. Banavoth, A. El Labban, J. Eid, D. Shi, E. Alarousu, Q. Zhang, X. Zhang, O. M. Bakr, O. F. Mohammed

Small, 11, 5272–5279 (2015)

M. I. Saidaminov, A. L. Abdelhady, M. Banavoth, E. Alarousu, V. M. Burlakov, W. Peng, I. Dursun, L. Wang, Y. He, G.  Maculan, A. Goriely, T. Wu, O. F. Mohammed, O. M. Bakr

Nature Communications, 6, 7586 (2015)

      G. H. Ahmed, S.M. Aly, A. Usman, M. S. Eita, V. A. Melnikov, O. F. Mohammed

Chemical Communications, 51, 8010-8013 (2015). Chosen for the front cover of ChemComm.

      S. M. Aly, G. H. Ahmed, B. S. Shaheen, J. Sun, O. F. Mohammed

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 6 (5), 791–795 (2015)

M. Eita, A. El Labban, F. Cruciani, A. Usman, P. M. Beaujuge, O. F. Mohammed

Advanced Functional Materials, 25, 1558–1564 (2015)

D. Masih, S. M. Aly, E. Alarousu, O. F. Mohammed

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3 (13), 6733-6738 (2015). Chosen for the front cover of Journal of Materials  Chemistry A.

Education

  • Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, 2006                       
  • M.Sc., Chemistry, Assiut University, Egypt, 1999
  • B.Sc., Chemistry, Assiut University, Egypt, 1995

Professional Profile

  • 2022-Present:  Professor, Chemical Sciences, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
  • 2019-2022: Associate Professor, Chemical Sciences, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
  • 2012–2019: Assistant Professor, Chemical Sciences, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
  • 2008–2012: Senior Research Associate, California Institute of Technology, USA
  • 2007–2008: Postdoctoral Associate, RIKEN (Institute of Chemical and Physical Research), Japan
  • 2006–2007: Postdoctoral Associate, University of Geneva, Switzerland
  • 2002-2006: Graduate Studies in Chemistry, MBI, Berlin, Germany

Scientific and Professional Membership

● Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)

● Member of American Chemical Society (ACS)

● Member of institute of Materials, Minerals& Mining (IOM3)

● Member of international society of optics and photonics (SPIE)

● Member of Advancing Technology for Humanity (IEEE)

● Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Awards

● Long term fellowship, Max-Born Institute, Berlin, Germany

● Post-doctoral Fellowship (JSPS fellowship) & Special post-doctoral researcher (RIKEN fellowship), RIKEN, Japan

● Distinguished scholar award from Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, Kuwait

● The State Prize in Basic Sciences, Egypt

● Named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)

KAUST Affiliations

● Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE)