السيرة الذاتية

Academic Qualifications

2017    PhD     Subject: Nanotechnology – Physics

Title: Synthesis of Gamma and Theta Alumina Phases Complemented With First Principle Calculation

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

The PhD work was completed under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Zulkafli Bin Othaman, and Prof. Dr. Mohammad Alam Saeed

2010    M Sc.  Subject: Physics – Theoretical Physics

Title: Linear Optical and Four Wave Mixing Characteristics of Long Wavelength III-Nitride Quantum Dot Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Babylon, Iraq.

The M Sc. work was completed under the supervision of Assist. Prof. Dr. Hameed I. Abood, and Prof. Dr. Amin H. Al-Khursan

2005    B Sc.   Subject: Physics

Title: Solar Cell

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Al- Muthanna University, Iraq.

The B Sc. work was completed under the supervision of Assist. Prof. Dr. Abdul Ameer K. Farhood

Research Publications

1. Ahmed S. Jbara, I. Abood, and Amin H. Al-Khursan, “Effect of doping and in-composition on gain of long wavelength III-nitride QDs”, Journal of Optics, Vol. 41, No. 4 (2012) 214-223.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12596-012-0085-x

2. Amin H. Al-Khursana, Subhi, H.I. Abood, “Four-wave mixing in long wavelength III-nitride QD-SOAs”, Optik, Vol. 124, (2013) 4072– 4079.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2012.12.061

3. Ahmed S. Jbara, Zulkafli Othaman, and M A Saeed, “Effect of size and indium-composition on linear and nonlinear optical absorption of InGaN/GaN lens-shaped quantum dot”, Phys. B, Vol. 25, No. 5 (2016) 057801.

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-1056/25/5/057801

4. Shadab Dabagh, Ali Ati, S.K. Ghoshal, Samad Zare, R. M. Rosnan, Ahmed S. Jbara, Zulkafli Othaman, “Cu²⁺ and Al³⁺ co-substituted cobalt ferrite: Structural analysis, morphology and magnetic properties”, Bulletin of Materials Science, 39, No. 4 (2016) 1029–1037.

DOI: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12034-016-1233-8

5. Ahmed S. Jbara, Zulkafli Othaman, Ali A. Ati, and M. A. Saeed, “Characterization of gamma- Al₂O₃ nanopowders synthesized by co-precipitation method”, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 188, (2016) 24-29.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2016.12.015

6. Ahmed S. Jbara, Zulkafli Othaman, and M. A. Saeed, “Structural, morphological and optical investigations of θ-Al₂O₃ ultrafine powder”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 718, (2017) 1-6.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.05.085

7. Ahmed S. Jbara, Zulkafli Othaman, H. A. Rahnamaye Aliabad, and M. A. Saeed, “Electronic and Optical Properties of γ- and θ- Alumina by First Principle Calculations”, Advanced Science, Engineering and Medicine, 9, No. 4 (2017) 287-293.

 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1166/asem.2017.2007

8. Ahmed S. Jbara, Zulkafli Othaman, H. A. Rahnamaye Aliabad, and M. A. Saeed, “Investigated electronic and optical properties of γ- and θ-Al₂O₃: First principles calculations”, Advanced Science Letters, 24, No. 4 (2018) 3579-3581(3).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1166/asl.2018.11439

9. Ahmed S. Jbara, M. A. Saeed, and Muhammad Umer Saleem, “Theoretical investigation of structural and electronic properties of BeS_1-xSe_x alloys for optoelectronic applications”, Optik, Vol. 179 (2019) 1118–1122.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2018.10.162

10. Ahmed S. Jbara, Junaid Munir, Bakhtiar Ul Haq, and M. A. Saeed, “Density functional theory study of mixed halide influence on structures and optoelectronic attributes of CsPb(I/Br)₃“, Applied Optic, 59, No. 12 (2020) 3751- 3759.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.389100

11. Bakhtiar Ul Haq, S AlFaify, Ahmed S Jbara, R Ahmed, Faheem K Butt, A Laref, Aijaz Rasool Chaudhry, Zulfiqar Ali Shah, “Optoelectronic properties of three PbSe polymorphs”, Ceramics International, 46, No. 14 (2020) 22181-22188.

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2020.05.295

12. Saad Essaoud, Ahmed S. Jbara, “First-principles calculation of magnetic, structural, dynamic, electronic, elastic, thermodynamic and thermoelectric properties of Co₂ZrZ (Z = Al, Si) Heusler alloys”, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Vol. 531, No. 1 (2021) 167984-15.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2021.167984

13. Ahmed S. Jbara, Munir, J., Yousaf, M. and Saeed, M.A., “Pressure effect on structures and optoelectronic attributes of mixed halide CsPb (I/Br)₃: a density functional theory study”, Journal of the Optical Society of America A, Vol. 38, No. 7 (2021) 940-946.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.419563

14. Munir, J., Ahmed S. Jbara, Ain, Q., Fatima, K., Noor, N.A., Naeem, H., Jamil, M. and Yousaf, M., “An insight into the electronic, optical and transport properties of promising Zintl-phase BaMg₂P₂“, Physica B: Condensed Matter, Vol. 618, No. 1 (2021) 413181.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2021.413181

15. Junaid Munir, Muhammad Jamil, Ahmed S. Jbara, Kaneez Fatima, Quratul Ain, Hamid Ullah, Masood Yousaf, “Spin-polarized electromagnetic and optical response of full-Heusler Co₂VZ (Z Al, Be) alloys for spintronic application”, The European Physical Journal Plus, Vol. 136, No. 10 (2021) 1-18.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01968-x

16. Yousaf, M., Younis, M.W., Jbara, A.S., Khan, M.J.I., Murtaza, G. and Saeed, M.A., “Effect of layer sliding on the interfacial electronic properties of intercalated silicene/indium selenide van der Waals heterostructure”. Communications in Theoretical Physics,  74, No. 3 (2022) p.035701.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1572-9494/ac450f

17. Munir, J., Jbara, A.S., Ain, Q., Mohammed, L. and Yousaf, M., 2022. Magneto-electronic, and optical properties of reduced layered hybrid Zn (C₄H₄N₂) V₄O₁₀ complex: A DFT study. Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, 24(November-December 2022), pp.576-583.
18. Sâad Essaoud, S. and Jbara, A.S., 2023. Electronic-structural, thermo-electric, and thermo-mechanical properties of M₂AC and M₂AB (M= Nb or Mo, A= Al or Ga) compounds. Indian Journal of Physics, 97(1), pp.105-114.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12648-022-02386-0

19. Ain, Q., Jbara, A.S., Rizvi, S.Z.H., Shaheen, M. and Munir, J., 2023. Electromagnetic, optical and thermoelectric response of full-Heusler Co₂VGe alloy for spintronic and thermoelectric applications: DFT+ SOC study. Physica B: Condensed Matter, 657, p.414820.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2023.414820

20. Munir, J., Jamil, M., Jbara, A.S., Ullah, H., Murtaza, H., Ali, H.E. and Ain, Q., 2023. Electronic structure and optical and thermoelectric response of lead-free double perovskite BaMgLaBiO₆: a first-principles study. Journal of Computational Electronics, pp.1-13.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10825-023-02073-1

21. Hudabia Murtaza, Quratul Ain, Ahmed S. Jbara, Junaid Munir, Abdullah S. Aldwayyan, Hamid M. Ghaithan, Smahane Dahbi, Abdullah Ahmed Ali Ahmed, Saif M. H. Qaid, 2024. A DFT‑based determination of the physical attributes of Cs₂InBiF₆ fluoroperovskite by using multiple potentials. Optical and Quantum Electronic, 56(9), 1440.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-024-07361-z

22. Hudabia Murtaza, Quratul Ain, Ahmed S. Jbara, Junaid Munir, Abdullah S. Aldwayyan, Hamid M. Ghaithan, Abdullah Ahmed Ali Ahmed, Saif M. H. Qaid, 2024. The prediction of hydrogen storage capacity and solar water splitting applications of Rb₂AlXH₆(X= In, Tl) perovskite halides: A DFT study. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 198, p.112427.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2024.112427

23. Jbara, A.S., Naeem, H.T., Munir, J., M. A. Saeed, Toheed Akhter. Investigation of the Lead-Free Perovskites AlSnX₃ (X = Cl, Br, I) for Optoelectronic Applications: A First-Principles Analysis. J Inorg Organomet Polym (2025).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-025-03933-y

24. Ahmed S. Jbara, Zulkafli Othaman, H. A. Rahnamaye Aliabad, and M. A. Saeed, “Investigated electronic and optical properties of γ- and θ-Al₂O₃: First principles calculations”, 2^nd International Conference on Science, Engineering, and the Social Sciences (ICSESS 2016), 29^th May – 1^st June, 2016, Universiti Tecknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
25. Ahmed S. Jbara, and M. A. Saeed, “Theoretical investigation of structural and electronic properties of BeS_1-xSe_x alloys for optoelectronic applications”, 6th International Conference on Education (ICE 2018): Science Beyond Class room, 15-17 March, 2018, University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan.
26. Iman A. Laim, Ahmed S. Jbara, and Hadey K. Mohamad, ” Structural, and Electronic Properties of ZnX (X=S, Se, Te) By ‎First-principles Calculation”, 1st International Conference on Advanced Research in Pure and Applied Science (ICARPAS 2021): 24th-25th March 2021, College of Science, Al-Muthanna University, Samawah, Iraq.

Teaching Experience

Since 2010, I have been involved in teaching undergraduate students different subjects such as ‎Analytical Mechanics, Numerical Analysis, Statistical Mechanics, Mathematical Physics and Linear Algebra. Also, I have  ‎more skills in different DFT software, COMSOL, MATLAB, Visual basic.

Research Interests

Semiconductor band structures, low-dimension physics, quantum dot devices, Computational Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Physics, Nanotechnology, Density Functional Theory.

Administrative Activities:

• Head of Student Affairs Department (From 2011 to 2013)
• Head of Quality Assurance and University Performance Department (From 2019 to 2020)
• Assistant Dean for Administrative Affairs (From 2020 to 2024)

Workshops/Conferences

1. a) Presented Papers at National and International Conferences.
2. National Conference of Physics (NCP), 7-8 November, 2012, University of Baghdad and Babylon, Babylon-Iraq.
3. 2^nd International Conference on Science, Engineering, and the Social Sciences (ICSESS 2016), 29^th May – 1^st June, 2016, Universiti Tecknologi Malaysia, Johor-Malaysia.
4. 6^th International Conference on Education (ICE 2018): Science Beyond Class room

15-17 March 2018, University of Education, Lahore-Pakistan.

4. ‎1^st International Conference on Advanced Research in Pure and Applied Science (ICARPAS ‎‎2021): 24th-25th March 2021, College of Science, Al-Muthanna University, Samawah, Iraq.‎

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Website: http://profiles.mu.edu.iq/node/26 ; https://cv.mu.edu.iq/?entry=203

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ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmed-Jbara

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ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5326-7292

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