Mohamed S Kariapper

Biography

Dr. Mohamed S. Kariapper. Dr. Kariapper earned his PhD from University of Warwick, UK. His specialization is in Surface Science and he has employed a relatively novel technique of normal incidence X-ray standing Wave (NIXSW) to determine the surface adsorption structure on metal surfaces. He used high resolution soft X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (SXPS) to reveal two states of the adsorbed methanethiolate species formed on Cu(111) with different photoelectron binding energies. The interaction of alkane thiols with surfaces is of interest both from the point of view of desulphurisation catalysts and catalyst poisoning, and because these species form self-assembled monolayers which are of potential interest in molecular electronics. Results from his research work is published in high-impact journals including Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, and Journal of Physics – Condensed Matter. Dr. Kariapper has a keen interest in Physics Education Research (PER) and tries to implement those finding in the classroom and in the design and implementation of web-based instruction. He has authored an online courses for PHY101 (first year undergraduate physics – General Physics I) as the Principal Investigator funded by a grant awarded by Deanship of Academic Development, KFUPM (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia). And functioned as the team member of the PHY102 (General Physics II) online course. He has also been the coordinator of freshman labs in KFUPM and the key player in modernizing the labs and introducing online components into freshman physics.

Research Interest

Basi c Surface Science Techniques: XPS, LEED, Auger - Synchrotron based Surface Science Techniques: Normal Incidence X - ray Standing Wavefield absorption (NIXSW) Near Edge Absorption Fine Structure (NEXAFS) - Magnetization measurements: Vibrating Field magnetome ter - Electron Spin Resonance Spectrometer (ESR)