KAUST Catalysis Center - Dr. Osman Bakr

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Osman Bakr, Ph.D. Professor of Material Science and Engineering
osman.bakr@kaust.edu.sa

Selected Publications

A New Class of Atomically Precise, Hydride-Rich Silver Nanoclusters Co-Protected by Phosphines
M.S. Bootharaju, R. Dey, L.E. Gevers, M.N. Hedhili, J.-M. Basset, O.M. Bakr
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 138 (42), pp. 13770-13773, (2016)
Direct functionalization of nanodiamonds with maleimide
O. El Tall, Y. Hou, E. Abou-Hamad, I.U. Raja, M.N. Hedhili, W. Peng, R. Mahfouz, O.M. Bakr...
Chem. Mater., 26 (9), 2766-2769, (2014)
Doping-Induced Anisotropic Self-Assembly of Silver Icosahedra in [Pt2Ag23Cl7(PPh3)10] Nanoclusters
M.S. Bootharaju, S.M. Kozlov, Z. Cao, M. Harb, N.i Maity, A. Shkurenko, M.R. Parida, M.N. ...
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b11875, (2017)

Ph.D., Applied Physics, Harvard University, USA, 2009
M.Sc., Applied Physics, Harvard University, USA, 2005
B.Sc., Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, 2003

2019-Present: Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
2015–2019: Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
2010–2015: Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
2009–2010: Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory for Nanoscale Optics, Harvard University, USA
2004–2009: Research Assistant, Supramolecular Nanomaterials Group, MIT, USA
2000–2003: Research Assistant, Advanced Inorganic Materials Group, MIT, USA