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Anas Abutaha
Scientist
Educational Qualifications
PhD in Materials Science and Engineering
MSc in Nuclear Physics
Entity
Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute
Biography
Dr. Anas Abutaha received his BSc and MSc in Physics and Nuclear Physics at the University of Jordan in 2007 and 2010, respectively, with first class honors. In 2015, he earned his PhD degree in Materials Science and Engineering from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia. During his PhD research, he developed efficient thermoelectric nanomaterials for energy harvesting applications. In 2016, he joined the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) in Singapore as a scientist. At IMRE, he developed models for charge transport in conducting polymers, and made nanofabricated devices for measuring charge transport in 2D materials and conducting polymers. In 2020, Dr. Abutaha joined Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI), as a scientist. His research covers multiple areas in solid state physics and materials characterization. Dr. Abutaha won several awards such as the grand prize of ‘Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award (SISCA)’ held at KAUST in 2014, and the third place in ‘Sustainability at My School Competition’ held in Materials Research Society 2014 Fall meeting in Boston, USA. Dr. Abutaha has authored and co-authored several research papers in peer-reviewed journals and has also participated in internationally recognized conferences in applied physics and materials science.
PhD in Materials Science and Engineering
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2015
MSc in Nuclear Physics
The University of Jordan Amman, Jordan Ranking: 1st
2010
BSc in Physics
The University of Jordan Amman, Jordan Ranking: 1st
2007
- Solid State Physics
- Materials Characterization
- Materials Science
Scientist
Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI), Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Doha, Qatar
2020 - Present
Scientist
Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
2016 - 2020
- Anas Abutaha*, Pawan Kumar*, Erol Yildirim*, Wen Shi, Shuo-Wang Yang, Gang Wu, and Kedar Hippalgaonkar; Correlating charge and thermoelectric transport to paracrystallinity in conducting polymers; Nature Communications, 11, 1737 (2020)
- Daniil Bash, Yongqiang Cai, Vijila Chellappan, Swee Liang Wong, Yang Xu, Pawan Kumar, Jin Da Tan, Anas Abutaha, Jayce Cheng, Yee Fun Lim, Siyu Tian, Danny Zekun Ren, Flore Mekki-Barrada, Wai Kuan Wong, Jatin Kumar, Saif Khan, Qianxiao Li, Tonio Buonassisi, Kedar Hippalgaonkar; Multi-Fidelity High-Throughput Optimization of Electrical Conductivity in P3HT-CNT Composites; Advanced Functional Materials, 31, 2102606, (2021)
- Jose Recatala-Gomez*, Ady Suwardi*, Iris Nandhakumar, Anas Abutaha, Kedar Hippalgaonkar; Toward Accelerated Thermoelectric Materials and Process Discovery; ACS Applied Energy Materials (2020)
- Hong Kuan Ng*, Anas Abutaha*, Damien Voiry, Ivan Verzhbitskiy, Yongqing Cai, Gang Zhang, Yi Liu, Jing Wu, Manish Chhowalla, Goki Eda, and Kedar Hippalgaonkar; Effects of structural phase transition on thermoelectric performance in lithium- intercalated Molybdenum Disulfide (LixMoS2); ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 11, 12184 (2019)
- Zhong‐Zhen Luo, Yu Zhang, Chaohua Zhang, Hui Teng Tan, Zhong Li, Anas Abutaha, Xing‐Long Wu, Qihua Xiong, Khiam Aik Khor, Kedar Hippalgaonkar, Jianwei Xu, Huey Hoon Hng, Qingyu Yan; Multifunctional 0D–2D Ni2P Nanocrystals–Black Phosphorus Heterostructure; Advanced Energy Materials 7, 1601285 (2016)
- Anas Abutaha, S.R. Sarath Kumar, Kun Li, HN Alshareef; Enhanced Thermoelectric Figure of Merit in Thermally Robust, Nanostructured Superlattices based on SrTiO3; Chemistry of Materials, 27, 2165 (2015)
- Anas Abutaha, S.R. Sarath Kumar, AM Dehkordi, TM Tritt, HN Alshareef; Doping-site dependent thermoelectric properties of epitaxial strontium titanate thin films; Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2, 9712 (2014)
- Anas Abutaha, SR Sarath Kumar, HN Alshareef; Crystal orientation dependent thermoelectric properties of highly oriented Al doped ZnO thin films; Applied Physics Letters, 102, 053507 (2013)
- Anas Abutaha, SR Sarath Kumar, HN Alshareef; Laser energy tuning of carrier effective mass and thermopower in epitaxial La doped SrTiO3 thin films; Applied Physics Letters, 100, 162106 (2012)
- 2018; Best poster award in Advanced Materials Conference; Materials Research Society (MRS) in Singapore
- 2014; Grand Prize of Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award (SISCA); Dow Corporate; Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- 2014; Third place at “Sustainability at my School” Competition at MRS Fall Meeting; Boston, USA
- 2011; PhD Scholarship; King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST); Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- 2008; MSc Scholarship; King Abdullah (II) Fund for Development (KAFD); Amman, Jordan