Lectures:
2017 – 2019 – University of Angers, France, Master 2 LUMOMAT
Invited lectures on Energy levels, Born Oppenheimer approximation and electronic transitions and excited states spectroscopy for (organic) semiconductors within the syllabus of Dr. Clément Cabanetos.
2018 – 2019 – King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, Master Program Material Science and Engineering
Invited lectures on Energy levels, Born Oppenheimer approximation and electronic transitions and excited states spectroscopy for (organic) semiconductors within the syllabus on Physics of organic semiconductors, of Professor Frédéric Laquai (MSE 390B).
August 30th August – September 1st 2022 – King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Workshop about data acquisition and analysis for transient absorption spectroscopy.
Includes preparing and organizing the topics for the 3 days of workshop, preparing a large fraction of the lectures, finding and inviting guests for complimentary presentations. Logistic organization (meeting rooms and equipment).
Mentorship:
5 master students, 4 PhD students, 7 postdocs. My former mentees can be contacted for further information. All those who are now finished, performed remarkably well in their thesis, and are since them having successful careers.
Master students mentored
Daniel Mack (2009), master thesis Excitons binding energy in conjugated polymers, Würzburg, Germany
Matthias Gunz (2010), thesis Time resolved photoinduced absorption in organic solar cells, Würzburg, Germany.
Now working at Neuberger, Germany.
Andreas Kämpgen (2011), master thesis Spectrally and temporally resolved phtooinduced absorption in organic solar cells, Würzburg, Germany.
Now working at CSP Services, Spain.
Top Archie Dela Peña (2018), internship on electroluminescence spectroscopy in organic solar cells, KAUST. Saudi Arabia.
Now PhD student in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong, P.R. China
Oleksandr Matiash (2018), internship on transient electrical characterization tools for organic solar cells, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Now PhD student in KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Si Chen (2022 – 2023), internship on degradation of Y-type acceptor based organic solar cells, KAUST, Saudi Arabia.
Starting a PhD degree in the University of Cambridge, UK, in September 2023.
PhD students mentored
Dr. Ahmed Hesham Balawi (2015 – 2019), thesis Photophysics of Organic Molecular Systems – A Study of Excited State Dynamics, KAUST, Saudi Arabia.
Now working at Acwa Power, Saudi Arabia
Wejdan Alsufyani (2020 – present) thesis Spectroscopy of Charge-Transfer States in Non-fullerene Acceptor Organic Solar Cells, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Wejdan Althobaiti (2021 – present) thesis Photophysics of Large Energy Offset systems between Donor and Acceptor Materials in Organic Solar Cells, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Maryam Alqurashi (2022 – present) thesis on electroluminescence in organic solar cells, KAUS,. Saudi Arabia
Development of Teaching Material
In addition to the preparation of the aforementioned classes and workshop, I also developed in 2021 a few exercises based on my own research for the course on data analysis by Prof. Martijn Kemerink from the University of Heidelberg, Germany, to his request.
Currently developing a syllabus Understanding the photophysics of organic solar cells, of which some sample assignments, activities and course are shown below.