Dr. Mohammad Hasan Alhakami
CAREER
Associate Professor | 2022-Present
Department of Physics and Astronomy, King Saud University
Associate Professor | 2020-2022
Nuclear Science Research Institute, KACST
Seconded to King Saud University | 2019-2020
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Assistant Professor | 2015-2020
Nuclear Science Research Institute, KACST
Researcher A | 2009-2015
The National Centre for Mathematics and Physics, KACST
Researcher | 2005-2009
The National Centre for Mathematics and Physics, KACST
Researcher | 2004-2005
The Atomic Energy Research Institute, KACST
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- PhD in Theoretical Physics
2012-2014
University of Manchester, UK
- Master of Advanced Study in Mathematics
2010-2011
DAMTP, University of Cambridge, UK
- Master of Science in Physics
2007-2009
Michigan State University, Lansing, USA
- Bachelor of Science in Physics with the second honor degree
2001-2004
King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
FELLOWSHIPS
Honorary Research Fellow
2017-2021
School of Physics and Astronomy, Particle Physics Theory Group, University of Glasgow, UK
FIELDS OF INTEREST
Theoretical nuclear and particle physics, effective field theories, hadron and heavy quark physics
MEMBERSHIPS
- Saudi Physical Society
- Saudi Association for Mathematical Sciences
STUDENT SUPERVISION
- PhD Program at King Saud University:
Graduated students:
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Emad Raslan |
Prof. Md Harunor Khan (main supervisor) Dr. Mohammad Alhakami (co-supervisor)
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Nwuyer Alshammari |
Prof. Omar Aldosary (main supervisor) Dr. Mohammad Alhakami (co-supervisor) |
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Current students: |
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Arwa Albahloul |
Prof. Mohammed Alayed (main supervisor) Dr. Mohammad Alhakami (co-supervisor) |
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Magdi Bajusair |
Prof. Mohammad Alamri (co-supervisor) Dr. Mohammad Alhakami (main supervisor) |
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High School Research Projects:
§Supervised the “2030 Visionaries” team participated in the Beamline for Schools competition 2023 in CERN.
§Supervised students in the 2018 Mawhiba Research Enrichment Program at KACST (1-26/7/2018).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Bachelor’s Degree:
Phys 104: General Physics
Phys 210: Classical Mechanics I
Phys 301: Mathematical Physics II
Phys 323: Electromagnetism II
Phys 404: Mathematical Physics III
Phys 452: Quantum Mechanics
Master’s Degree:
Phys 505: Advanced Quantum Mechanics
PhD:
Phys 652: Quantum Mechanics II
Phys 653: Quantum Electrodynamics
Phys 657: Advanced Quantum Field Theory
Phys 664: Quantum Chromodynamics
ADMINISTRATIVE WORKS
- 2022-present: Head of Theoretical Physics Group, Department of Physics and Astronomy, King Saud University
- 2016-2019: Head of the Department of Theoretical Nuclear Physics, KACST
- 12/2-30/9/2010: The Deputy Director of the National Centre for Mathematics and Physics, KACST
SCHOOLS, WORKSHOPS, AND CONFERENCES ATTENDED
2/11/2021: |
The role and achievements of Tabuk University in the Bell II experiment meeting. Department of Physics, University of Tabuk |
18-20/12/2017: |
Annual Theory Meeting, IPPP, Durham University, UK |
4-6/9/2017: |
UK Flavor Meeting, IPPP, Durham University, UK |
26/6-7/7/2017: |
Methods of Effective Field Theory & Lattice Field Theory, TU Munich, Germany |
28/8-4/9/2016:
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XIIth Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum, Thessaloniki, Greece |
31/8-3/9/2013: |
The 6th International Workshop on Charm Physics, University of Manchester, UK |
13-20/2/2010: |
ITEP Winter School in Physics, ITEP, Russia |
20/5-27/7/2005: |
CERN Summer students program, CERN, Switzerland |
SEMINARS AND PRESENTATIONS
9/11/2021: |
Talk, title: B meson physics: application to B factories, Department of Physics and Astronomy, King Saud University |
2/11/2021: |
Talk, title: B meson physics: application to Belle experiment, Department of Physics, University of Tabuk |
9/01/2019:
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Talk, title: Effective field theories for heavy quark systems, the National Centre for Laser and Optoelectronics, KACST |
28/11/2016: |
Talk, title: Hadron Physics and non-perturbative QCD for pedestrian, the National Centre for Applied Physics, KACST |
18/10/2016: |
Talk, title: D and B mesons masses in heavy meson effective theory, Physics Department, Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University |
29/08/2016: |
Talk, title: D and B mesons masses in chiral perturbation theory with heavy quark symmetry, XIIth Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum, Thessaloniki, Greece |
13/07/2009: |
Talk, title: Elementary particle Physics, The National Centre for Mathematics and Physics, KACST |
27/07/2005: |
Talk, title: Time Projection Chamber, ALICE Group, CERN, Switzerland |
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
- 2004-2005: Participated in designing and constructing the Ion Beam Accelerator at KACST
- Internal Examiner of the PhD Thesis of the student Norah Alomayrah
- Internal Examiner of the PhD Thesis of the student Ayman Al Khateeb
- Internal Examiner of the Master Thesis of the student Manal Aldail
- Manuscript reviewer for Annals of Physics
- 2017: Exam questions reviewer at Qiyas
- 2022-present: Superintendent of the library of the Physics Department at King Saud University
- Member in theoretical physics research group
- Member in nuclear physics research group
- Member in the following committees in Physics Department at King Saud University: Higher studies and research committee, Students affairs committee, and Study plans and learning resources committee
- 17-22/12/2015: Presented six training hours in the program: Introduction to Accelerator Physics. Nuclear Science Research Institute, KACST
- Presented seven intensive lectures on “The relativistic quantum mechanics” at the National Centre for Laser and Optoelectronics, KACST
- 18/6-25/7/2019: Presented twenty-six training hours in the program: The development of research capacity for academics in the field of Laser and Optoelectronics. KACST
- Summer 2008: Participated in the training program of students from Technical College in Riyadh
COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS
- Programming Languages: Python, Fortran
- Mathematical software: Mathematica
- Text formatting and office computing: LaTeX, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Operating systems: Linux, Windows
PUBLICATIONS
Mohammad H. Alhakami, Numa A. Althubiti and Nwuyer A. Al-shammari, Hadronic loop effects to excited scalar charmed mesons revisited, Journal of Physics G (Nuclear and Particle Physics), 50, 045002, 2023
Mohammad H. Alhakami, Predictions for the beauty meson spectrum, Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology), 103, 034009, 2021
Mohammad H. Alhakami, Spectroscopy of excited charmed mesons, Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology), 101, 016001, 2020
Mohammad H. Alhakami, Low-energy constants of heavy meson effective theory in lattice QCD, Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology), 98, 016008, 2018
Mohammad H. Alhakami, Short-range interactions and narrow resonances in effective field theory, Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology), 96, 056019, 2017
Mohammad H. Alhakami, Mass spectra of heavy-light mesons in heavy hadron chiral perturbation theory, Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology), 93, 094007, 2016
Mohammad H. Alhakami and Michael C. Birse, Power counting for three-body decays of a near-threshold state, Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology), 91, 054019, 2015