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INSTITUTE OF NANO OPTOELECTRONICS RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY (INOR)

Main Campus

UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA (USM)

APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Starting Date in USM: 20 April 2022

zai@usm.my

+6(04) 653 (Ext) 5655

https://experts.usm.my/cvitae/zai

B Sc, FIZIK / MATEMATIK
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES (AMERIKA SYARIKAT)
M A, FIZIK
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES (AMERIKA SYARIKAT)
SIJIL PERGURUAN LEPASAN IJAZAH, FIZIK / MATEMATIK
MAKTAB PERGURUAN PERSEKUTUAN, PULAU PINANG (MALAYSIA)
PhD, FIZIK
OHIO UNIVERSITY, ATHENS, OHIO, UNITED STATES (AMERIKA SYARIKAT)

BIOGRAPHY

Professor Dr. Zainuriah Hassan’s area of expertise is wide band gap semiconductor materials and devices. She is currently an Honorary Professor at INOR, USM and was the Director of INOR in 2016 and 2018-2021. She is also currently an Honorary Adjunct Faculty at Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria. She was also formerly the Director of CRI Natural Sciences (2013-2015) and Dean (2010-2012) at the School of Physics, USM.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

1) GaN/advanced semiconductor technology. 2) Growth/deposition and characterization of wide band gap semiconductor materials, in particular III-Nitrides (GaN and related alloys), ZnO, CdS, TiO2, CdO, and other metal oxides as well as porous and nanostructured materials and devices. 3) Fabrication, characterization, and simulation/design of optoelectronic and electronic devices such as LEDs/laser, solar cells, sensors and transistors.