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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Full Name: Dr. Omar Adnan Abbas Gender: Male  Birthdate: 1983  Nationality: Iraq Degree: PhD  Academic Title: Lecturer College\Center: College of Engineering  Departement: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Major: Laser and optoelectronics engineering  Specialty: PhD in Optoelectronics Occupation: Lecturer Mother Language: Arabic  Other Languages: English Work email: omar.a.abbas@nahrainuniv.edu.iq
EDUCATION
  • Ph.D. in Optoelectronics ( Jul. 2015 - Jun. 2020)/Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, UK/Thesis Title: Novel 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Synthesis Methods for Electronic and Photonic Device Applications/Supervisors: 1. Dr. Pier Sazio | 2. Dr. Sakellaris Mailis | 3. Prof. Daniel W. Hewak
  • M.Sc. in Laser and Optoelectronics Engineering ( Sep. 2007 - May 2011)/Laser and Optoelectronics Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq/Dissertation Title: Investigation of olive oil as an electro-optical switch/Supervisor: Dr. Anwar. AL-Dergazly
  • B.Sc. in Laser and Optoelectronics Engineering (Sep. 2003 – Sep. 2006)/Laser and Optoelectronics Engineering Department, College of engineering, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq.
APPOINTMENTS
  • Lecturer ( Feb. 2024 – Present)/Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Department, College of Engineering, Al-Nahrain University, 10072, Baghdad, Iraq.
  • Junior Research Scientist (Oct. 2021 – Jan. 2024)/Center for Photonic Science and Engineering, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Novaya St., 100, Skolkovo 143025, Russian Federation.
  • Visiting Academic (Jun. 2020 – Jan. 2021)/Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, UK.
  • Consultant (Feb. 2020 – Jun. 2020)/Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, UK.
  • Assistant Lecturer ( Sep. 2011 – Jan. 2015)/ Optical Techniques (optometry) Department, Dijlah University, Baghdad, Iraq.
Research Interest
  • Currently, my research interests are focused on scalable solution-based and selective laser synthesis of low-dimensional semiconducting nanomaterials, particularly 2D transition metal dichalcogenides, as well as studying their structural, optical and electrical properties in order to design and fabricate Opto-electronic devices based on these interesting materials.
AWARDS
  • HCED Iraq Scholarship (Jan. 2015 - Mar. 2019)/Fully funded scholarship for studying abroad sponsored by the Higher Committee for Educational Development in Iraq (HCED Iraq).
  • Al-Nahrain University Studentship for Pursuing M.Sc.( Sep. 2007– May. 2011)
GRANTS EXTERNAL FUNDING
  • TARII Fellowship Award (Aug. 2021-Sep 2022)/The Academic Research Institute in Iraq.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
  • Iraqi Engineers Association (Dec. 2006 - Present)
Conferences, symposiums and workshops
  • 1. Averchenko, Aleksandr V., Abbas, Omar A., Salimon, Igor A., Zharkova, Ekaterina V., McNaughter, Paul D., Lewis, David J., Hallam, Toby, Lagoudakis, Pavlos G. and Mailis, Sakellaris. Laser-synthesis of Tin Sulfides. E-MRS Spring Meeting 2023, European Materials Research Society, 29 May- 2 June, Strasbourg, France. (Talk)
  • 2. Abbas, Omar A., Averchenko, Aleksandr V., Salimon, Igor A., Zharkova, Ekaterina V., McNaughter, Paul D., Lewis, David J., Hallam, Toby, Lagoudakis, Pavlos G. and Mailis, Sakellaris. Direct Laser Synthesis of Tin Sulfides. Winter School on Photonics. 12-16 Dec 2022, Saint Petersburg, Russia. (Poster)
  • 3. Averchenko, Aleksandr V., Salimon, Igor A., Abbas, Omar A., Zharkova, Ekaterina V., McManus, John, McNaughter, Paul D., McEvoy, Niall, Lagoudakis, Pavlos G., Lewis, David J., Duesberg, Georg S., Mailis, Sakelaris, Hallam, Toby. Novel synthesis routes for Transition Metal Chalcogenides. Graphene Week 2022, Graphene flagship, 5-9 Sept. 2022, Munich, Germany. (Talk)
  • 4. Zharkova, Ekaterina V., Averchenko, Aleksandr V., Salimon, Igor A., Abbas, Omar A., Sazio, Pier J.A., Lagoudakis, Pavlos G. and Mailis, Sakellaris. Compositionally tuneable laser synthesised WxMo(1-x)S2 alloys. E-MRS Spring meeting 2022, European Materials Research Society, Virtual Conference, 30 May-03 Jun 2022. (Talk)
  • 5. Averchenko, Aleksandr V., Salimon, Igor A., Zharkova, Ekaterina V., Abbas, Omar A., Lagoudakis, Pavlos G., Gladush, Yury, Mkrtchyan, Aram, Nasibulin, Albert and Mailis, Sakellaris. Laser synthesis of MoS2/SWCNT composites. E-MRS Spring meeting 2022, European Materials Research Society, Virtual Conference, 30 May-03 Jun 2022. (Talk)
  • 6. Salimon, Igor A., Averchenko, Aleksandr V., Zharkova, Ekaterina V., Abbas, Omar A., Lagoudakis, Pavlos G. and Mailis, Sakellaris. Laser-synthesised micro-structured MoS2 nanolayers. E-MRS Spring meeting 2022, European Materials Research Society, Virtual Conference, 30 May-03 Jun 2022. (Poster)
  • 7. Zharkova, Ekaterina V., Averchenko, Aleksandr V., Salimon, Igor A., Abbas, Omar A., Sazio, Pier J.A., Lagoudakis, Pavlos G. and Mailis, Sakellaris. Photoelectrical characteristics of laser-printed transition metal dichalcogenides alloy. ASCONANOMAT 2022, The Sixth Asian School Conference on Physics and Technology of Nanostructured Materials, Vladivostok, Russian Federation. 25-29 Apr 2022. (Talk)
  • 8. Mailis, Sakellaris, Abbas, Omar Adnan, Lewis, Adam Henry, Aspiotis, Nikolaos, Huang, Chung-Che, Zeimpekis, Ioannis, Hewak, Daniel and Sazio, Pier-John. Direct laser synthesis of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides in ambient conditions. The 27th International Conference on Advanced Laser Technologies (ALT’19), Prague, Czech Republic 15-20 Sep 2019. (Invited talk)
  • 9. Abbas, Omar Adnan, Lewis, Adam Henry, Aspiotis, Nikolaos, Huang, Chung-Che, Zeimpekis, Ioannis, Hewak, Daniel, Sazio, Pier-John and Mailis, Sakellaris. Direct laser synthesis of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Europe–European Quantum Electronics Conference, Munich, Germany. 23-27 Jun 2019. (Talk)
  • 10. Abbas, Omar Adnan, Wang, He, Lewis, Adam Henry, Sessions, Neil, Aspiotis, Nikolaos, Huang, Chung-Che, Zeimpekis, Ioannis, Hewak, Daniel, Mailis, Sakellaris and Sazio, Pier-John. Growth of large-area, uniform, few-layer tungsten disulphide by thermal decomposition of ammonium tetrathiotungstate. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Europe –European Quantum Electronics Conference, Munich, Germany. 23-27 Jun 2019. (Poster)
  • 11. Aspiotis, Nikolaos, Abbas, Omar Adnan, Zeimpekis, Ioannis, Mailis, Sakellaris, Sazio, Pier-John, Huang, Chung-Che and Hewak, Daniel. Wafer scale spatially selective transfer of 2D materials and heterostructures. MRS Fall Meeting 2017, Boston, United States. 26 Nov-01 Dec 2017. (Poster)
  • 12. Aspiotis, Nikolaos, Abbas, Omar Adnan, Zeimpekis, Ioannis, Mailis, Sakellaris, Sazio, Pier-John, Huang, Chung-Che and Hewak, Daniel (2017) A lift-off method for wafer scale hetero-structuring of 2D materials. EUROMAT 2017: European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes, Thessaloniki, Greece. 17 - 22 Sep 2017. (Talk)
LINKS
https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=syhkCKYAAAAJ&hl=en
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57211621919
https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/ISV-2225-2023
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Omar-Abbas
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3067-5311
https://www.linkedin.com/in/omar-adnan-abbas-3a2a9367/
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