Samia Alyami

An experienced professional who is an expert in non-linear optics and has advanced knowledge of conducting experiments in the lab, including designing and building a heterodyne four-wave mixing setup and performing optical measurements at cryogenic temperatures. Proficient in the extraction of 2D materials such as metal dichalcogenide (TMDCs) monolayers and gold nanolithography. Shows high proficiency in student advising, public speaking, proposal writing, and research planning. Shows expertise in practical laboratory skills and multitasking, along with a mission of promoting STEM activities.

• OSHA Hazard Communication Standard Training Training - 2019
• EPA Hazardous Waste Training Training - 2019
• Lasers Training Training - 2019
• Julia Workshop on Scientific Programming and Data Science Training - 2017
• Career Education Workshop Training - 2020
• The Sharing Science Workshop & Practicum Training - 2021
• Ultraviolet Light Training Training - 2022

Technical Competence:

Operating Ti-Sapphire CW/Pulsed Laser, femtosecond laser, solid state lasers, lock-in amplifiers, heterodyne detection, four wave mixing, electronic mixing, delay beams, spectrometers, photodiode detectors, oscilloscopes, photomultipliers, frequency analyzers,  photoluminescent, transmission, reflections, temperature controllers, cryogenic vacuum system, 2D materials exfoliation, 2D materials viscoelastic stamping, nanosphere lithography, fabrication and characterization of gold-coated TMDCs and nanowires, and strong coupling in hybrid plasmonic and photonic systems.

Image analysis: 

SEM, AFM, and Light Microscope.

· Posters presentation, “Plasmon-Exciton interaction in gold nanotriangle covered MoSe2 monolayers”, APS March Metting, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2023. 

· Oral presentation, “Photoluminescence from Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDs)”, GSG Interdisciplinary Academic Conference, University of Cincinnati, April 2022. 

· Seminar talk, “Photoluminescence from Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDs)”, the Department of Physics, Xavier University, May 2022. 

· Seminar talk, “Photoluminescence from Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDs)”, the Department of Physics, Xavier University, June 2023. 

· Seminar talk, "Optical properties of 2D materials", the Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, November 2020.

· Seminar talk, "Strong coupling and quantum entanglement effects in plasmonic nanowires and 2D-dichalcogenides", University of Cincinnati, March 2022.  

· “Photoluminescence from Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDs)”, the Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, November 2022. 

· Poster presentation, “Plasmon-Exciton interaction in gold nanotriangle covered MoSe2 monolayers”, the Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, January 2023. 

· Seminar talk, “Plasmon-Exciton interaction in gold nanotriangle covered MoSe2 monolayers”, the Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, October 2023.