RESUME
Name: Idriss BEDJA
Address: King Saud University Housing (Dareea)
Bld 11 Flat 6, Riyadh
Tel: +966 1 468 4042 / Mobile +966503110316
Family status: Married, 3 children
EDUCATIONAL BACKCROUND:
1991- 1996 Ph. D. in Biophysics
Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres, TroisRivieres
QC, G9A-5H7, Can. Project supervisor: Dr: Surat
Hotchandani
Thesis: Photophysics and Photoelectrochemistry Studies on Nanocrystalline Semiconductor Systems. Mechanistic studies of Photosensitization and Modulation of Electron Transfer Kinetics.
Summer Research Carried out at Radiation Laboratory,
1994 University ofNotre Dame, IN. USA with Dr Prashant V. Kamat under the Edward G. Weston Fellowship of The Electrochemical Society, USA.
Summers Three months working at the laboratory of Dr.
1992 -1993 Prashant V. Kamat at Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA, on the development of novel photovoltaic devices for solar energy harvesting.
1988-1991 MSc in Physics (Physics of Surfaces)
Universite Laval, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada
Thesis: ‘’Study of the Electronic Promotion of
Submonolayer Potassium on the Oxidation of Silicon
(100) using Electron Spectroscopies (AES, XPS)".
Autumn Three months intensive English course
1987 University of Concordia, Montreal, QC. Canada.
1982-1986 B.Sc. in Physics (Option: Electronics)
Universite de Science et de Technologie Houari Boumediene,
Algiers, Algeria.
1979-1982 High school degree in Technical Mathematics
Lycee Technique of Algiers, Algeria.
1980-1984 Electronic correspondence course with EURELEC,
Dijon, France in Radio, TV, HI-FI etc.....
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS RECEIVED:
1- Algerian Govemment Scholarship for Master in Physics (1987).
2- The Edward G. Weston (Laureate) 1994 Summer
Fellowship of The Electrochemical Society, USA.
3- Alexander Von Humboldt Fellowship for postdoctoral position in Germany 1995.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
July-Sept Research work at Molecular Device Center,
2008 Uppsala university, Sweeden
Sep. 2001 Assistant professor at King Saud University,
- present Department of Optometry.
Sep. 2000- Assistant professor at King Saud University,
June 2001 Department of Biomedical Technology.
Sep. 1999- Assistant professor at Riyadh College of
June 2000 Technology, Riyadh, KSA
Aug. 1998 Postdoct at INRS-Energie, Montreal,
-Aug. 1999 Quebec, Canada
Nov. 1996 Postdoct at Würzburg University, Germany.
Jul. 1998 (under Alexander V. Humboldt fellowship)
April 1994- Research Associate
March 95 Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.
Sep. 1991 - Apr. Research Associate/Graduate
1994; Apr. & Student (Ph.D) Universite du Quebec ä Trois-Rivieres, QC., Canada
Jan-Apr. 1990 Demonstrator in Solid State Physics Course Universite Laval, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada.
1986-1987 Lecturer in Physics and Chemistry Lycee Amara-Rachid (High School), Algiers, Algeria.
MEMBERSHIPS:
· Alexander Von Humboldt Organization, Bonn, Germany
· Electrochemical Society Inc. NJ, USA. (1994-1996)
· ACFAS, Quebec, Canada. (1991-1996)
EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES MOST USED
* Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES).
* X Ray Induced Photoelectrons Spectroscopy (XPS).
* Nanosecond & Picosecond Laser Flash Photolysis.
* Time Resolved Microwave Absorption Technique .
* Steady state & Time Resolved Emission Spectroscopy.
PUBLICATIONS:
Title: Hole transport molecules in high T-g polymers: Their effect on the performance of organic light-emitting diodes
Author(s): Santerre, F; BEDJA, I; Dodelet, JP, et al.
Source: CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS Volume: 13 Issue: 5 Pages: 1739-1745 Published: MAY 2001
Article Number: ISSN 0897-4756 Article Number: ISSN 0897-4756
Times Cited: 15
Title: A simple colloidal route to nanocrystalline ZnO/CuInS2 bilayers
Author(s): Czekelius, C; Hilgendorff, M; Spanhel, L, BEDJA, I et al.
Source: ADVANCED MATERIALS Volume: 11 Issue: 8 Pages: 643-+ Published: JUN 2 1999
Article Number: ISSN 0935-9648 Article Number: ISSN 0935-9648
Times Cited: 19
Title: Photosensitization of composite metal oxide semiconductor films
Author(s): BEDJA, I; Hotchandani, S; Kamat, PV
Source: BERICHTE DER BUNSEN-GESELLSCHAFT-PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS Volume: 101 Issue: 11 Pages: 1651-1653 Published: NOV 1997
Article Number: ISSN 0005-9021 Article Number: ISSN 0005-9021
Times Cited: 7
Title: Photosensitization of nanocrystalline ZnO films by bis(2,2'-bipyridine)(2,2'-bipyridine-4,4'-dicarboxylic acid)ruthenium(II)
Author(s): BEDJA, I; Kamat, PV; Hua, X, et al.
Source: LANGMUIR Volume: 13 Issue: 8 Pages: 2398-2403 Published: APR 16 1997
Article Number: ISSN 0743-7463 Article Number: ISSN 0743-7463
Times Cited: 61
Title: Fluorescence and photoelectrochemical behavior of chlorophyll a adsorbed on a nanocrystalline SnO2 film
Author(s): BEDJA, I; Kamat, PV; Hotchandani, S
Source: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS Volume: 80 Issue: 8 Pages: 4637-4643 Published: OCT 15 1996
Article Number: ISSN 0021-8979 Article Number: ISSN 0021-8979
Times Cited: 26
Title: Nanostructured semiconductor films for photocataly-sis. Photoelectrochemical behavior of SnO2/TiO2 composite systems and its role in photocatalytic degradation of a textile azo dye
Author(s): Vinodgopal, K; BEDJA, I; Kamat, PV
Source: CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS Volume: 8 Issue: 8 Pages: 2180-2187 Published: AUG 1996
Article Number: ISSN 0897-4756 Article Number: ISSN 0897-4756
Times Cited: 123
Title: Revealing the mysteries of nanocrystalline semicon-ductor thin film based photoelectrochemical solar cells.
Author(s): Kamat, PV; BEDJA, I; Nasr, C, et al.
Source: ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Volume: 211 Pages: 137-PHYS Part: 2 Published: MAR 24 1996
Article Number: ISSN 0065-7727 Article Number: ISSN 0065-7727
Times Cited: 0
Title: Photosensitization of nanocrystalline semiconductor films. Modulation of electron transfer between excited ruthenium complex and SnO2 nanocrystallites with an externally applied bias
Author(s): Kamat, PV; BEDJA, I; Hotchandani, S, et al.
Source: JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY Volume: 100 Issue: 12 Pages: 4900-4908 Published: MAR 21 1996
Article Number: ISSN 0022-3654 Article Number: ISSN 0022-3654
Times Cited: 117
Title: Transient absorption spectroscopy of nanostructured semiconductor films at controlled potentials. An in situ spectroelectrochemical investigation of the photosensitization process
Author(s): BEDJA, I; Hotchandani, S; Kamat, PV
Source: JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY Volume: 401 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 237-241 Published: JAN 24 1996
Article Number: ISSN 1572-6657 Article Number: ISSN 1572-6657
Times Cited: 5
Title: DEGRADATION OF TEXTILE AZO-DYE BY ELECTROCHEMICALLY ASSISTED PHOTOCATALYSIS
Author(s): VINODGOPAL, K; BEDJA, I; KAMAT, PV
Source: ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Volume: 210 Pages: 150-ENVR Part: 1 Published: AUG 20 1995
Article Number: ISSN 0065-7727 Article Number: ISSN 0065-7727
Times Cited: 1
Title: CROWN-ETHER DERIVATIVES OF SQUARAINE - NEW NEAR-INFRARED-ABSORBING, REDOX-ACTIVE FLUOROIONOPHORES FOR ALKALI-METAL RECOGNITION
Author(s): DAS, S; THOMAS, KG; THOMAS, KJ, BEDJA, I et al.
Source: ANALYTICAL PROCEEDINGS Volume: 32 Issue: 6 Pages: 213-215 Published: JUN 1995 Article Number: ISSN 0144-557X Article Number: ISSN 0144-557X
Times Cited: 13
Title: CAPPED SEMICONDUCTOR COLLOIDS - SYNTHESIS AND PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIOR OF TIO2-CAPPED SNO2 NANOCRYSTALLITES Author(s): BEDJA, I; KAMAT, PV
Source: JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY Volume: 99 Issue: 22 Pages: 9182-9188 Published: JUN 1 1995
Article Number: ISSN 0022-3654 Article Number: ISSN 0022-3654
Times Cited: 113
Title: PHOTOINDUCED CHARGE-TRANSFER BETWEEN CARBON AND SEMICONDUCTOR CLUSTERS - ONE-ELECTRON REDUCTION OF C-60 IN COLLOIDAL TIO2 SEMICONDUCTOR SUSPENSIONS
Author(s): KAMAT, PV; BEDJA, I; HOTCHANDANI, S
Source: JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY Volume: 98 Issue: 37 Pages: 9137-9142 Published: SEP 15 1994
Article Number: ISSN 0022-3654 Article Number: ISSN 0022-3654
Times Cited: 62
Title: ELECTROCHROMIC AND PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIOR OF THIN WO3 FILMS PREPARED FROM QUANTIZED COLLOIDAL PARTICLES
Author(s): BEDJA, I; HOTCHANDANI, S; CARPENTIER, R, et al.
Source: THIN SOLID FILMS Volume: 247 Issue: 2 Pages: 195-200 Published: JUL 15 1994
Article Number: ISSN 0040-6090 Article Number: ISSN 0040-6090
Times Cited: 26
Title: A PHOTOCATALYTIC APPROACH FOR THE REDUCTIVE DECOLORI-ZATION OF TEXTILE AZO DYES IN COLLOIDAL SEMICONDUCTOR SUSPENSIONS
Author(s): VINODGOPAL, K; BEDJA, I; HOTCHANDANI, S, et al.
Source: LANGMUIR Volume: 10 Issue: 6 Pages: 1767-1771 Published: JUN 1994
Article Number: ISSN 0743-7463 Article Number: ISSN 0743-7463
Times Cited: 88
Title: CHLOROPHYLL-B-MODIFIED NANOCRYSTALLINE SNO2 SEMICONDUCTOR THIN-FILM AS A PHOTOSENSITIVE ELECTRODE
Author(s): BEDJA, I; HOTCHANDANI, S; CARPENTIER, R, et al.
Source: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS Volume: 75 Issue: 10 Pages: 5444-5446 Part: 1 Published: MAY 15 1994
Article Number: ISSN 0021-8979 Article Number: ISSN 0021-8979
Times Cited: 45
Title: PREPARATION AND PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZA-TION OF THIN SNO(2) NANOCRYSTALLINE SEMICONDUCTOR-FILMS AND THEIR SENSITIZATION WITH BIS(2,2'-BIPYRIDINE)(2,2'-BIPYRIDINE-4,4'-DICARBOXYLIC ACID)RUTHENIUM(II) COMPLEX
Author(s): BEDJA, I; HOTCHANDANI, S; KAMAT, PV
Source: JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY Volume: 98 Issue: 15 Pages: 4133-4140 Published: APR 14 1994
Article Number: ISSN 0022-3654 Article Number: ISSN 0022-3654
Times Cited: 185
Title: NAKED AND SURFACE-MODIFIED THIN SNO2 SEMICONDUCTOR COLLOID FILMS FOR THE PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CONVERSION OF LIGHT ENERGY
Author(s): BEDJA, I; HOTCHANDANI, S; KAMAT, PV
Source: ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Volume: 207 Pages: 52-BTEC Part: 2 Published: MAR 13 1994
Article Number: ISSN 0065-7727 Article Number: ISSN 0065-7727
Times Cited: 0
Title: ELECTROCHROMIC AND PHOTOELECTROCHROMIC BEHAVIOR OF THIN WO3 FILMS PREPARED FROM QUANTUM-SIZE COLLOIDAL PARTICLES
Author(s): HOTCHANDANI, S; BEDJA, I; FESSENDEN, RW, et al.
Source: LANGMUIR Volume: 10 Issue: 1 Pages: 17-22 Published: JAN 1994
Article Number: ISSN 0743-7463 Article Number: ISSN 0743-7463
Times Cited: 51
Title: PHOTOELECTROCHEMISTRY OF QUANTIZED WO3 COLLOIDS - ELECTRON STORAGE, ELECTROCHROMIC, AND PHOTOELECTRO-CHROMIC EFFECTS
Author(s): BEDJA, I; HOTCHANDANI, S; KAMAT, PV
Source: JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY Volume: 97 Issue: 42 Pages: 11064-11070 Published: OCT 21 1993
Article Number: ISSN 0022-3654 Article Number: ISSN 0022-3654
Times Cited: 97
Title: PHOTOINDUCED CHARGE TRANSFER BETWEEN FULLERENES AND TIO2 SEMICONDUCTOR COLLOIDS.
Author(s): KAMAT, PV; BEDJA, I HOTCHANDANI, S
Source: RECNT ADVANCES IN THE CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OF FULLERENES AND RELATED MATERIALS. ED. K. M. KADISH AND R.S. RUOFF PENNINGTON, NEW JERSEY, THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY. Pages: 964-975 Published: 1994
PAPERS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES:
1. Joachim Leeb, Michael Hilgendorff, Idriss Bedja, Lubomir Spanhel, Gerd. Müller, V. Gebhardt and D. Haarer, " Electroluminescence and Photoconductivity of Layered Hybrides Build Up of Nanosized II-VI-Semiconductor Crystallites ", presented at the twelve International Conference of Photochemical Conversion And Storage of Solar Energy, August 9-14, 1998, Berlin, Germany.
2 Idriss Bedja, Surat Hotchandani and Prashant V. Kamat, " Photosensitization of Composite Metal Oxide Semiconductors based Nanocrystalline Films", presented at the 96th Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie in Darmstadt, May 8th to 10th, 1997
3 Prashant V. Kamat, Idriss Bedja, Surat Hotchandani and K. Vinodgopal, "Modulation of Charge Injection in Nanostructured Semiconductor Thin Films. An insight into the Mechanism of Photosensitization", presented at the Electrochemical Society Meeting, October 1995, Chicago, Illinois.
4 Idriss Bedja, Surat Hotchandani, Di Liu, Richard W. Fessenden and Prashant V. Kamat "Nanocrystalline Semiconductor Thin Films as Novel Electrode Material for Photoelecrochemical Cells", presented at the Tenth Intemational Conference On Photochemical Conversion And Storage of Solar Energy, July 24-29, 1994, Interlaken, Switzerland.
5 Idriss Bedja, Surat Hotchandani, Robert Carpentier, Richard W. Fessenden and Prashant V. Kamat ' Photoelectrochemistry of Chlorophyll b coated on nanocrystalline Sn02 semiconductor films", presented at the Tenth International Conference On Photochemical Conversion And Storage of Solar Energy, July 24-29, 1994, Interlaken, Switzerland.
6 Idriss Bedja, Surat Hotchandani and Prashant V. Kamat, "Naked and Surface-Modified Thin Sn02 Semiconductor Colloid Films for the Photoelectrochemical Conversion of Light Energy", presented at American Chemical Society Meeting, March 1994, San Diego, California.
7 Idriss Bedja, Chouhaid Nasr, Surat Hotchandani and Prashant V. Kamat, "Preparation et Caracterisation des Films Minces a Semiconducteurs Colloidaux Sn02", presented at "62e Congres de l'ACFAS, May 16-20, 1994, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
8 Prashant V. Kamat, Di Liu, Idriss Bedja and Surat Hotchandani, "Photoelectrochermical
Behavior Of Thin Semiconductors Films", presented at 183rd Electrochemical Society Meeting", May 16-21,1993, Honollulu (Hawai).
9 Idriss Bedja, Surat Hotchandani and Prashant V. Kamat, "Comportement Electrochromique des Films Minces Prepares a partir de Particules Ultra-petites de Semiconducteurs Colldidaux W03", presented at "61e Congres de l'ACFAS, May 17-21, 1993, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada..
10 Idriss Bedja, Surat Hotchandani and Prashant V. Kamat, "Photo- And Electrochromic Behavior And Photoelectrochemistry Of Thin W03 Films Prepared from Ultrasmall Colloidal Semiconductor Particles", presented at Sixth International Conference on Organized Molecular Films, July 4-9, 1993, Trois-Riviems, Qc., Can.
11 Idriss Bedja, Denis Roy and Alain Adnot, "Etude de la Promotion Electronique des Sous-Monocouches de Potassium sur l'Oxydation du Silicium (100) par spectroscopies electroniques (AES, XPS)". presented at "58e Congres de de l'ACFAS, May, 1990, Quebec, Quebec, Canada.