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Dr. Moh’d Rezeq
Dr. mohammad rezeq Associate Professor Physics

Contact Information
mohd.rezeq@ku.ac.ae +971 2 312 3936

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Biography

Dr. Moh'd Rezeq is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at Khalifa University (KU). He has extensive experience in nanotechnology, with more than 80 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers and 5 US patents. He has established the nanofabrication and nanoprobe lab at KU, capable of fabricating and characterizing nanomaterials at the sub-1 nm scale. His research focuses on low-power, energy-efficient nanodevices and nanomaterials. He is a PI on several internally and externally funded research projects. He is a founding member of the System-on-Chip research lab. He has supervised several graduate and senior undergraduate students, as well as more than 6 postdoctoral research fellows. He is a recipient of the KU’s “Excellence in Research Award”. Prior to joining KU, Dr. Rezeq worked at several world-class research institutes, including the National Institute of Nanotechnology (NINT) in Canada and the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) in Singapore.


Education
  • PhD in Physics - University of Ottawa / Canada

Teaching
  • Advanced laboratory I (PHYS351)
  • Advanced Solid State Physics (PHYS707)
  • Electricity and Magnetism I (PHYS321)
  • Mathematical Physics (PHYS250)
  • University Physics I (PHYS121)
  • University Physics II (PHYS122)
  • Applied Electromagnetics (ECCE320)

Affiliated Centers, Groups & Labs

Research
Research Interests
  • Nano-electronic devices and nano-sensors
  • Nano-lithography and nanofabrication
  • Field ion and electron microscopy
  • Scanning probe microscopy
  • Semiconductor devices
  • Superconductivity

Research Projects

Nanoparticles based nano-memory devices

We build nano-memory devices using individual metal (like gold or silver) nanoparticles coated with a thin layer of oxide as unit nano-memory cells. 

 

Nano-probe fabrication for nano-characterization

We fabricate nano-probes with sub-1 nm apex for nano-devices and fabrication and characterization of nanomaterials. 

Nanoparticle-based nano-sensors 

We fabricate nanoparticle-based nano-sensors for molecular sensing, especially for biomolecules.

Example: Gold Nanoparticles Monolayer Based Field-Effect Molecular Sensor

We have developed a novel and sensitive nano-sensor device for molecular characterization. This field-effect nano-sensor device is based on a well-arranged monolayer of gold nanoparticles on a thin film of SiO2. The device exhibited a very sensitive response to the exposure of charged and polar molecules. 

 

 

  

 

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) rectennas for photo-sensing and energy harvesting  

We use carbon nanotubes as nano-rectennas for infrared and optical light detection and solar energy harvesting 

Designing and engineering nano-antennas using Focused Ion Beams 

  • Designing photosensors based on nano-antennas structure will overcome the limitations of conventional photo sensors, which are limited to the material energy band gap and sensitivity issues.
  • Optical antennas are similar in design to RF antennas but operate in the optical wavelength range.
  • We have demonstrated a single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) as a sensitive nano-antenna.
  • We used Focused Ion Beam lithography to cut CNTs in particular lengths, 100, 150, and 200 nm. 

 

Quantum dots (QDs) based memory devices 

We characterize individual quantum dots using a conductive mode atomic force microscope (C-AFM) for developing multi-level quantum memory devices.  

 


Research Staff and Graduate Students:

Staff
Tholkappiyan Ramachandran Research Scientist
Ashraf Ali Postdoctoral Fellow
Students
Firdous Deader PhD candidate (Graduated in July 2025)
Husam Al Takrori PhD candidate
Sherif Elsayed PhD candidate
Hibah Shafeekali PhD candidate
Vacancies

1- A PhD candidate/ Physics Department to work on a project about carbon nanotubes (CNTs) based nano-sensors 

2- A PhD candidate/ Physics Department to work on a project about nanoprobes for nano-device fabrication. 

3- A PhD candidate/ Physics Department to work on a project about nanoparticle-based photosensors.