November 2025

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Abdalqasem@KSU.EDU.SA

 

Education

Doctor of Philosophy| 2022– 2025 | The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

• Major: Physics.
• Research field: Atomic, molecular and ultrafast high energy laser physics

Master of Science | 2019– 2022 | The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

• Major: Physics.

Bachelor of Science | 2011 - 2015 | King SAUD UNIVERSITY, RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA

• Major: Physics.
• First Class Honors and the highest among the College of Science.
• Awarded the Academic Distinction Award by the College of Science (2013-2015).
• Awarded a Scholarship from King Saud University for M.Sc. & Ph.D.

 

Experience

Assistant professor | 2025 – Current | King SAUD UNIVERSITY, RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA

• Courses Offered:
  • • 103 PHYS | Classical Mechanics
    • 499 PHYS | Graduation Projects

Graduate Research assistant | 2019 – 2025 | The Ohio State University

• Research: Utilizing and Controlling the Ionization Electron Wavepacket in the Strong Field Regime for Molecular Imaging and Ionization Enhancement.
• Publications:
  • • C. H. Yuen, S. Hosseini-Zavareh, A. Alqasem, S. J. Wang, P. Muddukrishna, E. Mullins, Yaguo Tang, P. Agostini, L. F. DiMauro, C. D. Lin, and C. I. Blaga, “Identification of Molecular Isomers Using Laser-Induced Electron Diffraction” (submitted).
    • Spencer Walker,  Abdulaziz Alqasem, Abraham Camacho Garibay, Cosmin I. Blaga, Alexandra S. Landsman, and Louis F. DiMauro, “Nonadiabatic strong-field photoionization revisited” (Submitted to PRL).
• Worked with:
  • • Femtosecond Laser system (~12mJ, 55 fs, 800nm, 1K Hz).
    • Time-of-flight spectrometer measuring electrons and ions of noble gases, molecules, and an alkali metal (Cesium).
    • Programming and utilizing ultrafast electronics.
    • Optical devices for tuning the wavelength of ultrafast pulses:
      • Sum Frequency Generation: 480nm to 600 nm
      • TOPAS OPA: 1200nm to 2400nm
      • Mid-IR OPA: 3um to 4um
    • Vacuum system of a 10-9 torr background pressure.

Graduate Research assistant | 2018 | OTTAWA UNIVERSITY, CANADA

• Research: Investigating the gain mechanisms of air lasing in N2+.
• Publications:

Britton, M., Lytova, M., Ko, D. H., Alqasem, A., Peng, P., Villeneuve, D. M., ... & Corkum, P. B. (2020). Control of N 2+ air lasing. Physical Review A, 102(5), 053110.

• Worked with:
  • Femtosecond Laser system (~5 mJ, ~32 fs, 800 nm, 1K Hz).
  • XUV vacuum chambers.

Graduate Research assistant | 2015 – 2017 | King saud university

• Research: Investigating perovskite lasing properties.
• Publications:
  • • Qaid, Saif M.H.; Khan, M. Naziruddin; Alqasem, Abdulaziz; Hezam, Mahmoud; Aldwayyan, Abdullah: 'Restraining effect of film thickness on the behaviour of amplified spontaneous emission from methylammonium lead iodide perovskite', IET Optoelectronics, 2018
    • M. Hezam, A. Alqasem, S. Qaid, G. Jacopin, M. N. Khan, N. Arora, M. I. Dar, B. Deveaud, M. K. Nazeeruddin, A. Aldwayyan, “Investigation of Threshold Carrier Density of Amplified Spontaneous Emission from Optically Pumped Formamidinium Lead Bromide Perovskite Film”, (submitted to Advanced Optical Materials).
• Worked with:
  • • Picosecond Nd:YAG laser system.
    • Perovskite as a lasing medium (measuring its ASE at different experimental parameters).

Teaching assistant | 2015 – 2017 | King saud University

• Courses:
  • • General physics labs.
    • Computational physics lab (Python).
    • Modern physics tutorials.
    • Classical mechanic tutorials.
• Research
  • • Molecular Imaging using femtosecond laser systems
    • Restoring femtosecond laser system to full operational status after long downtime.

 

Capabilities:

• Ultrafast Laser Systems & Instrumentation
  • • Hands-on experience operating state-of-the-art ultrafast femtosecond laser systems.
    • Operating and maintaining Optical Parametric Amplifiers (OPA) with tunable wavelengths from 0.4 µm to 4 µm.
    • Operating Ultra-high vacuum (UHV) systems below 10-9 torr.
    • Detection of ultrafast electronic and optical signals on picosecond and nanosecond timescales.
• Programming & Data Science
  • • Proficient in Python, Mojo, Fortran, Julia and C/C++ with 10+ years of coding experience.
    • Data analysis, numerical simulations, and scientific computing: NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, Matplotlib.
    • Teaching experience: undergraduate Python course (three semesters).
    • GUI development: Qt (QML), Streamlit, Tkinter.
    • AI & Machine Learning: PyTorch, TensorFlow/Keras, Scikit-learn.
• High-Performance & Cloud Computing
  • • Experience with Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) and OSU Unity cluster.
    • Cloud platforms: Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure.
    • Parallel and distributed computing: OpenMP, OpenMPI, Python Ray.
    • Development of efficient Time Dependent Schrödinger Equation (TDSE) codes in modern Fortran.
• Embedded Systems & Hardware Control
  • • Programming and integration of embedded devices and scientific hardware.
    • Time-to-Digital Converters (TDCs): TDC2228A & TDC4208.
    • CAMAC controller.
    • Microcontrollers: Arduino, STM32.
    • Microprocessors: Raspberry Pi.

 

Board and Committee Experience

• The Physics and Astronomy department committee | 2025 – Current | King Saud University
• The training and Community Service Center, College of Science | 2025 – Current | King Saud University
• The Committee for Curriculum and Learning Resources, Department of Physics | 2025 – Current | King Saud University

 

Research Interest:

• Ultrafast (femtosecond and attosecond) laser systems.
• High energy strong field laser systems.
• Atomic molecular and laser physics
• Molecular Imaging
• High-performance scientific computing.
• Artificial intelligence.