Personal Information

 Professor

Department of  Physics

Faculty of Sciences

Contact Information

Phone: 64222 Ext. 64222

Email: yalhadeethi@kau.edu.sa

YAS MOHAMMED AL-HADEETHI

 Professor

Profile

Yas received his B.Sc. degree in physics (first class with honours) from Al-Mustansiriya University-Baghdad, Iraq, in 1982, the Postgraduate diploma; M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Laser-Physics from Essex University, UK, in 1985,1986 and 1995, respectively. In 1995, Yas joined the Max-Born Institute- Berlin-Germany for nonlinear-optics and short-pulse spectroscopy, as postdoc fellow. He joined many Arab and European Universities as Professor of Physics, Chief of researchers and director of National research programs. Yas received seven European research fundings, regional and National shields, medals, scientific awards and acted as principal investigator in more than 40 projects funded by King Abdulaziz University.  He worked for HiPER, the European High-Power Laser Energy Research facility  (The European Laser induced thermonuclear fusion program) supervising the High Power Laser Research Lab at Milano Bicocca University-Italy. Yas supervised the construction and running of class 100 and class 1000 clean rooms at KAU. He is a Professor of Laser Physics at the Physics Dept., King AbdulAziz University (KAU) and the head of the lithography research group at KAU, Deanship of Scientific research. He received a 2 years funding award from the INFN-Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) in 2009 and has been a member of the SPIE- The International Society for Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers-Washington DC since. Yas published more than 190 papers, more than 75 of them at Q1 rank ISI Journals. 

.Yas is the winner of the Best Postgraduates Supervisor Award in Basic and Life Sciences at King Abdulaziz University for the year2022  He is also the winner of the Best Researcher Award at King Abdulaziz University in Basic and Life Sciences 20.

 

 

Education

  • 1995

    Doctorate degree from Physics DepartmentFaculty of Science and Engineering, Essex University, كولجستر-اسكس, بريطانيا

Employment

  • 1995-1996

    Postdoctoral researcher, MAX-BORN-INSTITUT for Non-linear optics and short pulse spectroscopy, برلين, المــانــيا

  • 2003-2007

    Professor of Physics and the Head of Physics Departments at the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of education, IBB University, اب, الـيــمـــن

  • 2007-2011

    Professor of physics and supervisor of the highpower picosecond laser research laboratory. I was working for the Europiean high power and energy research program (HiPER), Milano-Bicocca University, ميلانو, ايــطالــيا

  • 2011-حاليا

    Professor of Physics , King Abdulaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

Research Interests

Scientific interests

 

  • 1-Micro and nanolithography,
  • 2-Laser produced plasmas x-ray sources, and laser design.
  • 3-Free space and underwater optical communications.
  • 4-High and medium power Lasers and their applications.
  • 5-Ionizing radiation interaction with living tissue and ionizing radiation shielding.
  • 6-Medical, Dental, biological, and heterodyne detection applications of lasers.
  • 7-The use of spectroscopic approaches in Forensic investigation (e.g. latent Fingerprint detections, forgeries and currency counterfeiting investigation using lasers and x-ray florescence and in medical diagnosis.
  • 8-Design and construction of civilian laser RADARS for moving objects identification and for pollution measurements using Doppler techniques.

 

 

Courses

Areas of expertise

Laser plasma interaction, x-ray lasers, micro and nano-lithography, optical communications security, heterodyne detection with lasers, laser designing, laser applications, forensic science, nano materials characterizations and applications in nanomedicine Prof. Dr. Yas received his B.Sc. degree in physics (first class with honors) from Al-Mustansiriya University in 1982, the Postgraduate diploma; M.Sc. and Ph.D. in laser-Physics from Essex University,UK, in 1985,1986 and 1995, respectively.In 1995, he joined the Max-Born Institute for nonlinear-optics and short-pulse spectroscopy,Berlin, aspostdoc fellow. He joined many Arab and European Universities as professor of physics, chief of researchers and director of National research programs. Yas received seven European awards, regional and National shields, medals, scientific awards and acted as principle investigator in 15 projects. Prof. Al-Hadeethu worked for the HiPER, the European High-Power laser Energy Research facility- at Milano Bicocca University-Italy supervising the high power laser lab at Milano-Bicocca University. Yas published more that 70 paers. He is expert in designing clean rooms for nano science and nanotechnology research. He has long collaboration with Max-Born Institute for Nolinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy in Forschungsverbund – Berlin, University of California at Riverside, Core labs of King Abdullah University (KAUST). Currently, Yas is a faculty member at the Physics Dept., King Abdul Aziz University and the head of the lithography research group.
Laser plasmas and laser applications laser plasma interaction , laser produced plasma x-ray sources, radiation shielding, heterodyne detection in laser radars, laser fusion
Laser plasmas and laser applications My experience falls into the following fields: 1- Micro and nanolithography, 2- Laser produced plasmas x-ray sources, and laser design. 3- Free space and underwater optical communications. 4- High and medium power Lasers and their applications. 5- Ionizing radiation interaction with living tissue and ionizing radiation shielding. 6- Medical, Dental, biological, and heterodyne detection applications of lasers. 7- The use of spectroscopic approaches in Forensic investigation (e.g. latent Fingerprint detections, forgeries and currency counterfeiting investigation using lasers and x-ray florescence and in medical diagnosis. 8- Design and construction of civilian laser RADARS for moving objects identification and for pollution measurements using Doppler techniques.