Dr. Mohammad Hasan Alhakami

Bio

I was born in Mezhira village in Jazan. I completed my general education in Mezhira. I hold a bachelor's degree in physics from King Saud University, a master's degree in physics from Michigan State University, Lansing, USA, a master's degree in advanced studies in mathematics from the University of Cambridge, UK, and a PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of Manchester, UK. Honorary Research Fellow, University of Glasgow, UK. Before joining King Saud University, I worked at the Nuclear Science Research Institute in KACST. I'm interested in understanding the nature of the strong nuclear force through investigating properties of heavy hadrons using effective field theories.

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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:	Emad Raslan	Prof. Md Harunor Khan (main supervisor) Dr. Mohammad Alhakami (co-supervisor)
	Nwuyer Alshammari	Prof. Omar Aldosary (main supervisor) Dr. Mohammad Alhakami (co-supervisor)
Current students:
Current students:	Arwa Albahloul	Prof. Mohammed Alayed (main supervisor) Dr. Mohammad Alhakami (co-supervisor)
	Magdi Bajusair	Prof. Mohammad Alamri (co-supervisor) Dr. Mohammad Alhakami (main supervisor)

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:	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:	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