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Rashad Ahmed Hamid Al-Gaashani

Dr. Rashad Ahmed Hamid Al-Gaashani (PhD)

Postdoctoral Researcher
Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute
  • Phone+974 4454 8029
  • Office locationHBKU-RC

Biography

Dr. Rashad Al-Gaashani obtained his PhD degree in Materials Science from the School of Applied Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, UKM, Malaysia in 2012. He joined the Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) in 2016 as a post doc. He is currently working in its water security department as a postdoctoral researcher. His research interests are focused on thin-film devices, the design and test of microwave heaters, synthesis, and characterization of metal oxide nanostructures, quantum dots, and nanocomposites. He has also worked on carbon nanotubes, graphene oxide, and activated carbon composite materials for wastewater treatment and antimicrobial agents. Dr. Al-Gaashani has published 20 peer-reviewed international journal papers and more than eight conference proceedings, which were cited by 979 papers. His h-index is 10 (Google Scholar Citations). He has reviewed many manuscripts submitted for publication in various international journals.

 

Research Interests

Rashad Al-Gaashani's research interests focus on synthesis and characterization of metal oxide nanostructures, quantum dots, nanocomposites, carbon nanotubes, and thin film devices. At the present time, his research is focused on synthesis inorganic transport nanomaterials for Perovskite based solar cells.

Experience

Assistant Professor

Physics Department, Faculty of Education; Thamar University.

May 2013 to Feb. 2016

  • Head of Physics Department; Faculty of Education

    Thamar University.

    May 2014 to Feb. 2016

  • Tutor (Part-time)

    Department of Physics and Astronomy; King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM).

    Oct. 2005 to Feb. 2008

  • Demonstrator/Assistant Lecturer

    ; Physics Department, Faculty of Education; Thamar University.

    Sept. 2000 to Sept. 2003

Education

PhD Degree on Materials Science

National University of Malaysia (UKM); (Bangi/Malaysia).

2012

  • MSc

    King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM); (Dhahran/Saudi Arabia).

    2008

  • BEd in Physics/Mathematics

    IBB University; (IBB/Yemen).

    1999

Selected Publications

  • Al-Gaashani, R., Radiman, S., Daud, A. R., Tabet, N., & Al-Douri, Y.

    XPS and optical studies of different morphologies of ZnO nanostructures prepared by microwave methods; Ceramics International;

     39(3) (2013) 2283-2292

  • Al-Gaashani, R., Radiman, S., Tabet, N., & Daud, A. R.

    Rapid synthesis and optical properties of hematite (α-Fe2O3) nanostructures using a simple thermal decomposition method; Journal of Alloys and Compounds;

     550 (2013) 395-401.

  • Al-Gaashani, R., Radiman, S., Tabet, N., & Daud, A. R.;

    Effect of microwave power on the morphology and optical property of zinc oxide nano-structures prepared via a microwave-assisted aqueous solution method; Materials Chemistry and Physics;

     125(3) (2011) 846-852.

  • Al-Gaashani, R., Radiman, S., Tabet, N., & Daud, A. R.;

    Synthesis and optical properties of CuO nanostructures obtained via a novel thermal decomposition method; Journal of Alloys and Compounds;

     509(35) (2011) 8761-8769.

  • Md. Anower Hossain, Rashad Al-Gaashani, Hicham Hamoudi, Mohammed J.F Al Marri,Ibnelwaleed A. Hussein, Abdelhak Belaidi, Belabbes A Merzougui, Fahhad H Alharbi, and Nouar Tabet;

    Controlled growth of Cu2O thin films with wavelike surface characteristics by a facile electrodeposition approach; Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing;

     63 (2017) 203–211.
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