Abdullah Riaz

Abdullah Riaz

Research Scientist
Germany
Urdu, German, Arabic, English

About Me

I am an experimental physicist with experience of more than three years after my PhD. My expertise in scientific techniques mainly includes spark plasma sintering of metals and ceramics, 3D printing, and materials charac…

Experience

Junior research group leader (Equivalent to Assistant Professor)

University of Rostock
Mar 2020 - Present · 6 years 4 months

1. Conducting lectures and supervising undergraduate and graduate students
2. Leading research activities in spark plasma sintering laboratory, including materials development for renewable energy and bone implant applications
3. Responsible for the development of a rapid tooling process using 3D printing
4. Responsible for writing proposals for research proposals for funding
5. Conducting research on piezoelectric materials for bone tissue engineering and energy harvesting biomedical applications

Research Scientist (equivalent to Assistant Professor) – Junior research group leader

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology, University of Rostock, Germany
Present

Conducting lectures and supervising undergraduate and graduate students
Leading research activities in spark plasma sintering laboratory, including materials development for renewable energy and bone implant applications
Responsible for the development of a rapid tooling process using 3D printing
Responsible for writing proposals for research proposals for funding
Conducting research on piezoelectric materials for bone tissue engineering and energy harvesting biomedical applications
Voluntarily reviewer of multiple peer-reviewed journals

Research Assistant

Institute of Physics, University of Rostock, Germany

Taught exercise lectures and practicals to graduate students
Conducted research on piezoelectric ceramic materials
Assembled experimental setup and performed in-situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction experiments in a German electron synchrotron facility, Hamburg Germany
Assisted researchers in spark plasma sintering laboratory, Rostock Germany
Gained experience in multiple devices, including X-ray diffraction, nanoindentation, differential scanning calorimetry, ferroelectric and piezoelectric tests, scanning electron microscopy, as well as energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy

Skills

Academic Research Academic Writing Academics Support Research Project Management Higher Education Teaching Spark plasma sintering 3D printing Materials characterization Teaching Student supervision Proposal writing Research leadership OriginPro MATLAB Gnuplot Rietveld refinement Simplify3D aixPlorer UMT Match Fityk ImageJ VESTA Microsoft Windows Microsoft Office Suite LaTeX X-ray diffraction Nanoindentation Differential scanning calorimetry Ferroelectric testing Piezoelectric testing Scanning electron microscopy Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy Synchrotron X-ray diffraction Additive manufacturing Composite extrusion modeling
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