
Program
Lecture Hall,
4D2
Monday, February 3, 2025
Welcome and Introduction
09:00-09:30 Bernhard Keimer MPI for Solid State Research
Max Planck Society and Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
09:30-10:00 Ghaleb Natour Forschungszentrum Jülich & RWTH Aachen
The Palestinian-German Science Bridge
10:00-10:30 – Coffee break –
Materials for Sustainable Energy I
10:30-11:00 Simon Krause MPI for Solid State Research & University of Ulm
Functional Light-Induced Dynamics in Framework Materials
11:00-11:30 Hikmat S. Hilal An-Najah National University
Strategies to Improve Nanofilm Electrode Characteristics for
Photoelectrochemical Solar Cells with Higher Performance
11:30-11:45 Heba Nassar An-Najah National University
Efficient Electro-catalytic Removal of Aqueous Nitrate using Nano- copper Particles
11:45-12:00 Ibrahim Nassar An-Najah National University
Electro-Mineralization of Aqueous Phenazopyridine Using Platinum
Nanoparticles Deposited onto Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes
12:00-12.15 Luca Camuti MPI for Solid State Research
Direct Imaging of Electrochemical Palladium Hydride Formation
from PdCoO2 for Highly Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
12:15-13:30 – Lunch –
Nanomagnetism and Spintronics I
13:30-14:00 Stefan Blügel Forschungszentrum Jülich
Magnons in metallic altermagnets: Insights from many-body perturbation theory
14:00-14:30 Muayad Abu Saa Arab American University
Magnetic and Thermal Properties of Graphene Magnetic Quantum Dots
14:30-15:00 Claire Donnelly MPI for Chemical Physics of Solids
Topological textures in nanomagnets from x-ray tomography
15:00-15:15 Mahmoud Zeer Forschungszentrum Jülich
Exploring Spin-orbitronics and Topological Effects in 2D Rare-Earth
Dichalcogenides
15:15-15:30 Mohammed Qahoosh Forschungszentrum Jülich
Establishing fundamentals of ARPES spin textures with the model
material PtTe₂
15:30-16:00 -- Coffee break –
Advanced Experimental Methods
16:00-16:30 Andrea Lausi SESAME Synchrotron Light Source
Experimental facilities at SESAME
16:30-17:00 Adli Saleh Arab American University
Surface Analytical Techniques: Advances and Challenges
17:00-17:30 Ghaleb Natour Forschungszentrum Jülich & RWTH Aachen
Engineering and technology for materials research via neutron science
17:30-18:00 Giulia Pacchioni Nature Reviews Materials
Q&A Session on Scientific Publishing
18:30-20:00 – Dinner at MPI and subsequent discussions -
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Materials for Sustainable Energy II
9:00-9:30 Michael Saliba University of Stuttgart
Perovskite Solar Cells
9:30-10:00 Zafer Hawash Birzeit University
Chemical and electronic interfacial dynamics in perovskite halide solar cells
10:00-10:30 Iyad Saadeddin An-Najah National University
Enhanced Supercapacitor Performance through Laser Modified
Activated Carbon
10:30-11:00 – Coffee break –
11:00-11:15 Ahmad Jabr An-Najah National University
Methylene Blue Adsorption by Laser-Modified Activated Carbon
11:15-11:30 Sara Akhereibi Forschungszentrum Jülich
Resolving the Microstructure of AZO Thin Films on silicon solar cell substrates
11:30-11:45 Fatmeh Estaiteh Arab American University
Screen printing metallization for n-TOPCon
11:45-12:00 Maisam Shadid Arab American University
Effect of TiN electrodes and Gd-doping on HfO₂ structural properties
12:00-13:00 – Lunch –
Nanomagnetism and Spintronics II
13:00-13:30 Samir Lounis Forschungszentrum Jülich & University of Halle
Spintronics in the nanoworld: from magnetic skyrmions down to single
adatoms
13:30-14:00 Ali Alavi MPI for Solid State Research
Challenges and recent progress in the quantum chemical description
of open-shell molecules and spin systems
14:00-14:15 Sufyan Shehada Forschungszentrum Jülich
Ab-initio investigation of the interplay between the hyperfine
interaction and complex magnetism
14:15-14:30 Hend Shahed Forschungszentrum Jülich
The Barocaloric Effect in Spin Crossover Compounds
14:30-14:45 Eman Raddad Forschungszentrum Jülich
Effect of deuteration on caloric effects in spin-crossover compounds
of Fe(PM-BiA)2(NCS)2
14:45-15:00 Khaled Abdulhaq An-Najah National University
Single electron in an asymmetric double quantum dot
15:00-15:30 -- Coffee break –
15:30-16:00 F. Stefan Tautz Forschungszentrum Jülich
Nanoscale Engineering of Quantum Systems at Surfaces
16:00-16:30 Laura Guasco MPI for Solid State Research & MLZ Garching
Impact of hydrogenation on magnetic structures from neutron reflectometry
16:30-17:00 Amal Aldarawsheh Forschungszentrum Jülich
Emergence of zero field intrinsic antiferromagnetic solitons in thin films
17:00-17:15 Amir Tavabi Forschungszentrum Jülich
Novel Instrumentation for Studies of Light-Electron-Matter Interactions and
Advanced Magnetic Imaging in the Transmission Electron Microscope
17:15-17:30 Nihad Abuawwad Forschungszentrum Jülich
Electrical Engineering of Topological Magnetism in Two-Dimensional
Heterobilayers
18:30-20:00 – Dinner Stuttgart Vaihingen / final discussions –
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Electronic Materials and Devices
9:00-9:30 Hazem Khanfar Arab American University
Smart performance of polycrystalline WO3 thin films achieved via
aluminum nanosheet coating
9:30-10:00 Bernhard Keimer Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
Electronic reconstructions at metal-oxide interfaces
10:00-10:15 Lara Abu Samen Arab American University
Al-Sb stacks designed for electro-optical applications
10:15-10:30 Michael Neumann Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
Mechanism of single photon emission from hexagonal boron nitride
10:30-11:00 – Coffee break –
11:00-11:30 Gideok Kim Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
Synthesis and applications of metal-oxide heterostructures
11:30-12:00 Atef Qasrawi Arab American University
Growth of Nb₂O₅ Oxide Layers on Selenium Substrates for Enhanced
Optical Absorption and Microwave Oscillations
12:00-12:15 Bayan Kmail Arab American University
Nb2O5 nanosheets designed for high-frequency applications
12:15:12:30 Bahaa Asad Birzeit University
ZnO decorated with Au for HCN gas sensing using density functional theory
12:30-13:30 – Lunch –
13:30-13:45 Ksenia Rabinovich Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
Epitaxial growth and stoichiometry control of pyrochlore Nd2Ru2O7 thin films
13:45-14:00 Wala Ghannam Arab American University
Design and applications of SeO₂ microwires
14:00-14:15 Fadil Al-Jaljouli Forschungszentrum Jülich
Modeling and characterizing all-solid-state batteries based on
continuum mechanics
14:15-14:30 Sameh Othman Forschungszentrum Jülich
Active Matter under Alignment Field
14:30-15:00 – Coffee break –
15:00-16:30 Closing discussion and individual exchange
16:30-17:30 MPI Laboratory Tour
18:00-20:00 – Dinner at MPI and closing discussion