Faculty

Dr. Ahmed Fathi Salem

Senior Lecturer


Brief Research Interests  

Electric and Magnetic Properties of Superconducting Materials. 

Research Areas

Superconductivity and Magnetism

Office: 
Tel: 966-1-860-8514
Email: afsalem@kfupm.edu.sa
Website: https://faculty.kfupm.edu.sa/phys/afsalem/

Lab(s): Superconductivity

Research Interests

Electric and Magnetic Properties of Superconducting Materials. 


Biographical Sketch

Dr. Ahmed F. Salem, Assistant Dean for Student Excellence & Success at KFUPM, leads initiatives in student success, honors education, and strategic planning. His work combines academic leadership with research in superconductors and contributions to teaching and community service.


AWARDS & HONORS: 

  • The Best Teaching Award 2015
  • The Educational Technology Award 2018

KEY PUBLICATIONS:

1. Enhancement of critical current density for nano-ZnO doped MgB₂ – Physica C 495 (2013).
2. Grain boundaries effects and ac-susceptibility in Al-doped MgB₂ – J. Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism (2014).
 3. AC Field Effects on Vortex Avalanches in Mg₁₋ₓAlₓB₂ Superconductors – Arab J. Sci. Eng. (2015).
4. Glassy magnetic behaviour and charge-ordering transitions in La₀.₇₅Ca₀.₂₅FeO₃−δ – Philosophical Magazine 97 (2017).
5. Normalized pinning force behavior in Mg₁₂₋ₓTiₓB₂ superconductors – Indian J. Physics (2019).

Dr. Ahmed F. Salem Lecturer 6/122 966-13-860-1253 afsalem@kfupm.edu.sa