Abu-Labdeh-curriculum vitae-23-10-2013

Curriculum Vitae
Personal Data and Contact Information
First name
Abdel-Rahman
Date of birth
dd/mm/yy
11/02/1965

Middle Name
Mustafa
Martial Status
I am married
and I have four
daughters and
son

Mailing Address
Deanship of
Graduate Studies,
Arab American
University,
P.O.Box 240, Jenin,
Palestine.

Last Name
Abu-Labdeh

Citizenship

Languages

Palestinian\Canadian Arabic and English

Telephone
Number
Tel:
00970-4-2418888
(work)

Fax number

E-mail address

00970-42510810/818



00970-4-2504798
(home)
00970-599048164
(mobile)

Academic Background
Degree

Name of
Degree

Department,
University, Country

Started
mm/yy

Award
mm/yy

Doctorate

Ph. D. in
Atomic and
Molecular
Physics
( both
Computational
and
Analytical)
Diploma in
Educational
Rehabilitation
Master in
Experimental
Condensed
Matter
Physics
Bachelor of

Physics and Physical
Oceanography,
Memorial University of
Newfoundland,

Canada

9/1998

1/2004

Education ,
University of Jordan,
Jordan
Physics,
Yarmouk University,
Jordan

9/1990

6/1993

1/1988

8/1990

Physics,

1/1984

1/1988

Diploma
Master

Bachelor

1


Science, with
a Major in
Physics

Yarmouk University,
Jordan

Thesis Completed
1-Degree
Ph. D. in Theoretical
Atomic and Molecular
Physics (both
Computational and
analytical).

Supervisor

Date Completed- mm/yy

Dr. John Whitehead

1/2004

Title
Monte Carlo Simulations for Classical Two-Dimensional Dipolar Antiferromagnetic

Systems on a Square Lattice
2-Degree

Supervisor

M. Sc. in Experimental
Condensed Matter

Date Completed-mm/yy

Dr. Ibrahim AbuAljarayesh

8/1990

Title
Magnetic Properties of Metallic Magnetic Fluids (Fe-Hg)

Academic and Research Experience
Position Held and the
Nature of the Work
Associate Professor
Dean of Graduate Studies
Assistant Professor
Dean of the Faculty of
Arts and Sciences
Chairman of the Physics
Department

Department, Institution,
Country

Physics, Arab American
University,
Palestine
Arab American University,
Palestine
Physics, Arab American
University,
Palestine
Arab American University,
Palestine
Arab American University,
Palestine

2

Period
mm/yy-mm/yy
2/2013-Up to Date
9/2013-Up to Date
2/2009-3/2013
9/2009-8/2013
6/2009-8/2009


Assistant Professor
Chairman of the Graduate
Studies for
Natural Sciences
Coordinator of an ELearning Committee
Coordinator of Second

Physics Conference- 2007
Coordinator of the
General Physics Lab.22107
Coordinator of the
General Physics-22102
Graduate Studies
Committee Member
Improvement Education
Committee Member
Postdoctoral Fellowship
(Researcher in low
Dimensional Spin
System), Adjunct
Professor.
Researcher in Low
Dimensional Spin Systems
(Full Time)
Teaching Assistant,
Marking and supervised
undergraduate
Laboratories (Part Time)
Teacher,
Teaching Physics and
Science (Full Time)
Physics Instructor,
Teaching (Full Time)
Teaching Assistant,
Teaching First Year
Laboratories (Part Time)

Physics, An-Najah
National University,
Palestine
An-Najah National
University ,
Palestine
An-Najah National
University,
Palestine
An-Najah National
University,
Palestine
An-Najah National
University,
Palestine
An-Najah National
University,
Palestine
An-Najah National
University,
Palestine
An-Najah National
University,
Palestine
Applied Mathematics,
University of Western
Ontario, Canada
Physics and Physical
Oceanography,
Memorial University of

Newfoundland, Canada
Physics and
Physical Oceanography,
Memorial University of
Newfoundland, Canada
Elementary and Secondary
Schools,
Dahran Ahlyya Schools,
Saudi-Arabia
Department of Science,
Arab Community Collage,
Jordan
Department of Physics,
Yarmouk University,
Jordan

3

9/2005-1/2009
9/2007-7/2008
4/2008
9/2006-5/2007
Summer, 2006
Winter, 2006
Winter, 2006-Now
Winter, 2007-Now
5/20044/2005

1/2004-4/2004

9/1998-1/2004

8/1993-6/1998

9/1990-8/1993
1/1998-4/1990


Courses I have Taught

Name of the
Course
Linear Algebra

Number
of the
Course
040a

Target

Calculus 2

081b

First
Year
Students

1

Winter, 2005

General Physics

22101

First
year
Students

2

Fall, 2005

General Physics
Lab.

22017

First
Year
Students

2

Fall, 2005

Electromagnetism
2

22451

Fourth
Year
Students

1

Fall, 2005

Solid State
Physics 1

422551

Master
Students

1

Fall, 2005

General Physics

22102

First
Year
Students

2

Winter, 2006

General Physics
Lab.

22108

First
Year
Students

2

Winter, 2006

Atomic Physics

22361

Fourth
Year
Students

1

Winter, 2006

Second
Year
Students

4

Number
of
Sections
1

Semester,
Year

Department,
University

Fall, 2004

Applied
mathematics,
University of
Western
Ontario
Applied
mathematics,
University of
Western
Ontario
Physics, AnNajah

National
University
Physics, AnNajah
National
University
Physics , AnNajah
National
University
Physics, AnNajah
National
University
Physics, AnNajah
National
University
Physics , AnNajah
National
University
Physics , AnNajah
National


Electrodynamics

422521

Master
students

1

Winter, 2006

Special Topics in
Magnetism

422581

Master
Students

1

Winter, 2006

General Physics
Lab.

22017

First
Year
Students

2

Summer,
2006

Solid State 2

422552

Master
Students

1

Summer,
2006

General Physics

22101

First
Year
Students

2

Fall, 2006

General Physics
Lab.

22017

First
Year
Students

2

Fall, 2006

Solid State
Physics 1

422551

Master
Students

1

Fall, 2006

Mathematical
Physics

22353

Second
Year
Students

1

Fall, 2006

Quantum
Mechanics 1

422531

Master
Students

1

Fall, 2006

General Physics 2

22102

First
Year
Students

2

Winter, 2007

Atomic Physics

22361

Fourth
Year

Students

1

Winter, 2007

Thermodynamics
and Statistical
Physics

22241

Second
Year
Students

2

Winter, 2007

Electrodynamics

422521

Master

1

Winter, 2007

5

University
Physics , AnNajah
National
University
Physics , AnNajah
National
University
Physics , AnNajah
National
University
Physics , AnNajah
National
University
Physics , AnNajah
National
University
Physics, AnNajah
National
University
Physics, AnNajah
National
University
Physics , AnNajah
National
University
Physics , AnNajah
National
University

Physics, AnNajah
National
University
Physics , AnNajah
National
University
Physics , AnNajah
National
University
Physics , An-


students
Thermodynamics
and Statistical
Physics

22241

Second
Year
Students

1

Summer,
2007

Quantum
Mechanics 2

422532

Master
Students

1

Summer,
2007

Solid State
Physics 1

422551

Master
Students

1

Fall, 2007

General Physics 1

22101

First
Year
Students

2

Fall, 2007

Statistical
Mechanics

22455

Four
Year
Students

1

Fall, 2007

Mathematical
Physics 2

422562

Master
Students

1

Winter, 2008

Quantum
Mechanics 1

22354

Third
Year
Students

2

Winter, 2008

General Physics 2

22102

First
Year
Students

1

Winter, 2008

Quantum
Mechanics 2

422532

Master
Students

1

Summer,
2008

General Physics 1

22101

First
Year
Students

1

Summer,
2008

General physics 1

22101

First
Year
Students

2

Fall, 2008

Electrodynamics

422521

Master
Students

1

Fall,2008

6

Najah
National
University
Physics , AnNajah
National
University
Physics , AnNajah
National
University
Physics, AnNajah
National
University
Physics, AnNajah
National

University
Physics, AnNajah
National
University
Physics, AnNajah
National
University
Physics, AnNajah
National
University
Physics, AnNajah
National
University
Physics, AnNajah
National
University
Physics, AnNajah
National
University
Physics, AnNajah
National
University
Physics, AnNajah
National


Thermodynamics

01011261

Second
Year
Students

1

Fall,2008

Electromagnetism
I

01011332

Third
Year
Students

1

Fall, 2008

Atomic and
Molecular
Physics

01011443

Fourth
Year
Students

1

Winter, 2009

Special Topics

01011498

Fourth
Year
Students

1

Winter, 2009

General Physics

01011102

First
Year
Students

1

Winter,2009

Mathematical

Physics 1

422561

Master
Students

1

Winter,2009

Solid State
Physics 1

422551

Master
Students

1

Summer,2009

Nuclear Physics

01011442

Fourth
Year
Students

1

Fall, 2009

Quantum
Mechanics 1

01011351

Second
year
Students

1

Fall, 2009

Physics for
Medical Students

01011161

First
Year
Students

1

Fall, 2009

General Physics
Lab. For
Engineering
Students
Quantum
Mechanics 11

22115

First
Year
Students

1

Fall, 2009

01011352

Third
Year
Students
Third
Year

1

Spring, 2010

1

Fall, 2010

Programming

01011301

7

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Physics,
Arab
American
University
Physics,
Arab
American
University
Physics,
Arab
American
University
Physics,
Arab
American
University
Physics,
Arab
American

University
Physics, AnNajah
National
University
Physics, AnNajah
National
University
Physics,
Arab
American
university
Physics,
Arab
American
University
Physics,
Arab
American
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Physics, AnNajah
National
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Arab
American
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Arab
American


Students

Languages and
Software

University

Packages
Physics for
Medical Students

01011161

First
year
Students

2

Fall, 2010

Programming
Languages and
Software
Packages

01011301

Third
Year
Students

1

Spring, 2011

Physics for
Medical students

01011161

First
Year
Student

1

Spring, 2011

Programming
Languages and
Software
Packages

01011301

Third
Year
Students

1

Fall, 2011

Mathematics and
Software for
Physics

01011201

Second
Year
Students

1

Fall, 2011

Programming
Languages and
Software
Packages

01011205

Second
Year
Students

1

Spring, 2012

General Physics
II

01011102

First
Year
Students

1

Spring, 2012

General Physics
II

01011102

First
Year
Students

1

Summer,
2012

General Physics

II

01011102

First
Year
Students

2

Summer,
2012

Physics for
Information
Technology

01011171

First
Year
Students

1

Summer,
2012

Physics for

01011161

First

1

Fall, 2012

8

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Arab
American
University
Physics,
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American
University
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University

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Arab
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University
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American
University
Physics,


Medical students

Year
Student

Mathematics and
Software for

Physics

01011201

Second
Year
Students

1

Fall, 2012

Electromagnetism
I

01011332

Third
Year
Students

1

Fall, 2012

Electromagnetism
II

01011333

Third
Year
Students

1

Spring, 2013

Physics for
Medical students

01011161

First
Year
Student

1

Spring, 2013

Physics for
Medical students

01011161

First
Year
Student

2

Summer,
2013

Physics Lab for
Medical students

01011161

First
Year
Student

1

Summer,
2013

Physics for
Medical students

01011161 First
Year
Student

2

Fall, 2013

Arab
American
University
Physics,
Arab
American
University
Physics,
Arab
American
University
Physics,
Arab
American
University
Physics,
Arab
American
University
Physics,
Arab
American
University
Physics,
Arab
American
Universi
Physics,
Arab
American

University

Supervising and discussing the scientific theses
Title
Effects of a
Uniform Applied
Magnetic Field
and Temperature
on the Magnetic
Properties of the
Dipolar
Antiferromagneti
c planar System:
Parametric Study

Academic Supervising/Discussing University
Level
Supervisor
Master
An-Najah
National
University

9

Date: yy
27/8/2008


XO(X=Be, Zn)

Compounds
Under High
Pressure
Electronic and
Structural
Properties of
ScSb and ScP
Compounds
Under High
Pressure
FP-LAPW STUDY
OF PHASE
CHANGES IN AN
(A=Al, In, and
B)UNDER HIGH
PRESSURE
Electronic,
Structural and
Magnetic
Propertiesof
Al1−xMnxN in
Zincblende
Structure:FirstPrinciple Study
FP-LAPW
calculations of
the electronic
properties
andstructural
phase transitions
in CoO and CdO

Influences of a
Uniform External
Magnetic Field on
the Magnetic
Properties of the
Dipolar Antiferromagnetic
Heisenberg
System
A comparison
study between
observations and
simulation results
of Barghouthi
model for O+ and
H+ outflows in
the polar wind
Ga1−xMnxN
Magnetic
Semiconductors:
First-Principles
Study
Structural,
Electronic and
Magnetic
Properties of
Ga1-× Fe× N

Master

Internal Examiner

An-Najah
National
University

23/10/2008

Master

Co-Supervisor

An-Najah
National
University

2/7/2009

Master

Co-Supervisor

An-Najah
National
University

9/7/2009

Master

Co-Supervisor

An-Najah
National
University

24/6/2009

Master

External Examiner

An-Najah
National
Unversity

19/11/2009

Master

Supervisor

An-Najah
National
University

10/9/2009

Master

External Examiner

Al-Quds
University,
Jerusalem,
Palestine

28/4/2009

Master

Supervisor

An-Najah
National
University

18/11/2008

Mater

Supervisor

An-Najah
National
University

12/2/2010

10

Alloys (X=0,
0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1)
in Zincblende
Structure– First
Principle Study)
Synthesis of
Nano-Sized
Cobalt oxide
Nano-Particles
Stabilized in
Surfactant and
Polymer Matrix
and their
Magnetic
Properties
The Effect of the
Electromagnetic
Radiation from
High Voltage
Transformers on
Students Health
in Hebron District
The Electronic
Band Structure of
Graphene and
Carbon
Nanotubes

Master

External Examiner

An-Najah
National
University

9/5/2013

Master

External Examiner

An-Najah
National
University

18/7/2013

Master

External Examiner

An-Najah
National
University

11/4/2013

Workshops and Annual Meeting Attended

Name
RUFO Project Workshop in
E-Learning

WINS Workshop

Teaching at the University
Level
Introduction to
SHARCNET and Parallel
Programming
High Performance
Computing and Scientific
Visualization Tools

Department, University,
Country
Ramallah, Palestine
Western Institute for
Nanomaterials Science,
University of Western
Ontario
Teaching Support Centre,
University of Western
Ontario, Canada
SHARCNET Centered,
University of Western
Ontario, Canada
Advanced Computing and
Visualization Centre,

Memorial University of
11

Date: mm/dd/yy
June 24-25/2006

May 19/2005

August 16-20/2004
June 17/2004
(2:00-4:00PM)
September 25-28/ 2002


Parallel Programming
Workshops
SHARCNET General
Meeting

Newfoundland,
Canada
University of
New Brunswick,
Canada
SHARCNET Centered,
University of Western
Ontario, Canada

February 26-28/2001
June 24/2004

Fellowships and Other Awards
Name of
Award
Postdoctoral
Fellowship

Level

Type

Location

National

Research

CAP/NSERC
Student
Presenter
Award
Poster
Competition

National

Research

University of
Western

Ontario
CAP/NSERC,
Canada

National

Research

Excellence at
the
Undergradute
Level
Outstanding
Fellowship

Institutional

Academic

Institutional

Academic and
Research

Period:
mm/yy-mm/yy
05/200405/2005
08/200308/2003

MITACS 4th

Annual
Conference,
Canada
Yarmouk
University,
Jordan

05/200305/2003

Memorial
University of
Newfoundland,
Canada

09/199801/2004

01/198401/1986

Contributions
Articles Published in Refereed Journals
1- A. M. Abu-Labdeh, A. B. MacIsaac, K. De'Bell (2011).
Effects of a Uniform Perpendicular External Magnetic Field on the Dipolar
Heisenberg Model with Dominant Exchange Interaction, Journal of Physics:
Condensed Mattaer, Vol.23 No.29.
2- S. M. Al-Jaber and A. M. Abu-Labdeh (2011).
12


Effect of a Magnetic Field on an Atomic Orbital. Journal of Modern Physics.
Journal of Modern Physics (2), 1-4.

3- S. M. Al-jaber and A. M. Abu-Labdeh (2011).
Energy consideration in processes of transition to equilibrium state.
Natural Science 3 (2), 1-3
4- M. S. Abu-Jafar, A. M. Abu-Labdeh and M. El-Hasan (2010).
Structural and electronic properties of ScN in the rocksalt phase: FP-LAPW (+U)
Study. Computational Materials Science 50 (2), 269-273
5- A. M. Abu-Labdeh and S. M. Al-Jaber (2008).
Energy consideration from non-equilibrium to equilibrium state in the process of
charging a capacitor.
Journal of Electrostatics 66, 190-192.
6- A. M. Abu-Labdeh, A. B. MacIsaac, J. P. Whitehead, K. De'Bell, and G. M.
Cottam (2006).
Effects of a Uniform External Magnetic Field on the Magnetic Properties of a
Pure Dipolar Planar System.
Physical Review B 73 , 094412 .
7- A. M. Abu-Labdeh, J. P. Whitehead, K. De'Bell, and A. B. MacIsaac (2004)
The Effects of a weak Magnetic Surface Anisotropy on the Magnetic Phase
Diagram of the Dipolar Antiferromagnetic Heisenberg System.
Physical Review B 70, 144416.
8- A. M. Abu-Labdeh, J. P. Whitehead, K. De'Bell, and A. B. MacIsaac (2004)
Evidence for a reorientation transition in the phase behaviour of a twodimensional dipolar antiferromagnet.
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 16: 941-954.
9- A. M. Abu-Labdeh, N. P. Chafe, J. P. Whitehead, K. De'Bel, and A. B. MacIsaac
(2002)
Phase Behavior of Anti-ferromagnetic Plane Rotator Model.
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 14: 7155-7163.
10- A. M. Abu-Labdeh, J. P. Whitehead, K. De'Bell, and A. B. MacIsaac (2001)
Phase Behavior of Anti-ferromagnetic Ultra-thin Magnetic Films.
Physical Review B 65: 24434(1)-24434(10).
11- I. Abu-Aljarayesh and A. Abu-Libdeh (sic) (1991) Initial Susceptibility of Iron

in Mercury Magnetic Fluids. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 96:
89-96.
Conferences Presentations
Oral Presentation
Poster Presentation
1-Effects of a Perpendicular Magnetic
1- Effects of a Uniform External
Field in the Dipolar Heisenberg Model Magnetic Field on the Magnetic
with Dominant ExchangeInteraction,
Properties of a Pure Dipolar Planar
13


International Graduate Conference
on Science, Humanities and
Engineering 2011 (IGCSHE2011) ,5-52011, An-Najah National University.

2- Effects of a Uniform Perpendicular
External Magnetic Field on the Phase
Diagram of the Dipolar Heisenberg
Model with Dominant Exchange
Interaction, Palestinian Third Physics
Conference, April 21-22, 2008,AlQuds
University , Abu-Dees, Palestine.
3- Evidence for a Reorientation
Transition in the Phase Behaviour of a
Two-Dimensional Dipolar
Antiferromagnet, Second Physics
Conference-2007, May 7, 2007, AnNajah National University, Nablus,
Palestine.

4- Evidence for a reorientation transition
in the phase behaviour of a twodimensional dipolar antiferromagnet,
Annual American Physical Society
Meeting, March 22-26, 2004,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

System, 2005 Annual CAP Congress,
June 5-9, 2005, Vancouver, Canada.
2-Effects of a Uniform External
Magnetic Field on the Magnetic
Properties of a Pure Dipolar Planar
System, The Mathematics of Information
Technology and Complex systems
(MITACS) Conference, May 11-14,
2005, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
3-Phase Behavior of Anti-ferromagnetic
Plane Rotator Model, MITACS
Conference, May 8-10, 2003, Ottawa,
Ontario, Canada.
4-Phase Behavior of Anti-ferromagnetic
Plane Rotator Model, The 16th Annual
International Symposium on High
Performance Computing Systems and
Applications (HPCS) Conference, June
17-19, 2002, Moncton, New-Brunswick,
Canada.

5- Evidence for a reorientation transition
in the phase behaviour of a two
dimensional dipolar antiferromagnet,

First Graduate Student
Meeting (CAM), October 24-26, 2003,
Merida, Mexico.
Invited Talks
1- Effects of a Uniform External Magnetic Field on the Magnetic Properties of a
Pure Dipolar Planar System, Department of Applied Mathematics-University
of Western Ontario-Canada, April 19/2005.
2- Ph.D. Oral Defence, Memorial University of Newfoundland, January 21,
2004.
3- Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam, Department of Physics-Memorial University of
Newfoundland, July 23, 2002.
4- Monte Carlo Simulations for Classical Two-dimensional Dipolar
Antiferromagnetic Systems on a Square Lattice, February, 28, 2006, AnNajah National University, Nablus, Palestine.

Membership

14


Canadian association of physics (CAP) from 2004 to 2005
American Physical Society (APS) from 2003 to 2004
Shared Hierarchical Academic Research Computing Network (SHARCNET) from
2002
Western Canadian Research Grid Computing (WESTGRID) from 2000 to 2009

Computer Skills
1- Unix/Linux, Windows and Microsoft Office, Fortran, Basic, HTML, Matlab,
Mathematica, Maple, Latex, Xmgrace, Adobe Illustrator 10.
2- A user of the Shared Hierarchical Academic Research Computing Network
(SHARCNET)

3- A user of the Western Canada Research Grid Computing (WESTGRID)

Research of Interests

1- Low Dimensional Magnetic Systems and Nano-Particles
2- Magnetic Fluids
3- Structural, elastic, electronic and magnetic properties of semiconductors and dilute
semiconductors
4- Physical Modeling
5- Scientific Computing
6- E-Learning

References
Name
Dr. Adli Saleh

Mailing
Phone
address
number
Department of 00970-4Physics, Arab
2418888
American
ext. 1164
University,
P.O. Box 240,
Jenin, Palestine

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Fax
number
00970-42510810818

E-mail address



Prof. Dr.
Imad AlBarghouthi

Department of
Physics, AlQuds
University,
Abu-Dees,
Palestine

Dr.
Mohammed
Abu Jafar

Department of 00970-9Physics, An- 372475
Najah-National
University,
P.O.Box.7,
Nablus,
Palestine
Department of
00970-4Physics, Arab
2418888

American
ext. 1179
University,
P.O. Box 240,
Jenin, Palestine

Prof. Dr.
Atef
Qasrawi

Dr. Allan
MacIsaac

Prof. Dr.
John
Whitehead

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