Name: Dr. Sabri Elatresh
Title: Assistant Professor
Brief research interests
My main research interests include:
- Materials at extreme conditions.
- Superconductivity and Dirac materials.
- Structure prediction and phase stability
Research Areas: Theoretical and computational condensed matter physics
Office: 6/116
Tel: 966-1-860-2860
Email: sabri.elatresh@kfupm.edu.sa
Website:
Lab(s):
Research Interests
Understanding the phase diagram of materials at extreme conditions of pressure and temperature is a fundamental problem in condensed matter physics. When materials are compressed or heated, modifications of their electronic structures lead to significant changes in their physical and chemical properties. Theoretical high-pressure physics plays an important role in predicting the properties of materials where no experimental measurements are available or explaining observations where measurements are insufficient. In addition to basic research, it is important for planetary science, and has also practical applications.
Biographical Sketch
Dr. Sabri Elatresh received his Ph.D. degree in Physics in 2015 from the Department of Physics & Atmospheric Science at Dalhousie University in Canada. Then he worked as a postdoctoral/visiting scientist at the University of Guelph & Cornell University, working alongside Professors Roald Hoffmann (1981 Nobel Prize Winner) and Neil W. Ashcroft (co-author of Solid-State Physics). Recently, Sabri joined the physics department at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals as an assistant professor. His current research interests include focusing on the study of materials at high pressure, which covers a broad range of topics in theoretical condensed matter physics. Sabri has expertise with various first-principles techniques and methods for computational modeling, which he has applied to investigate electronic, structural, and thermodynamic properties of solids and liquids. These are methods applicable to a wide range of problems in physics, chemistry, and material science.
AWARDS & HONORS
Best Poster Award (Oct 5, 2016): EFree Annual Meeting, Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago IL USA
Dr. W. Leiper Graduate Award (May 23, 2012): Yearly award in recognition of a teaching assistant who has provided an exceptional contribution to teaching in the department.
Department of Physics, Dalhousie University.
Teaching Assistant Award (May 23, 2012): Yearly award to a grad student with special ability pursuing a graduate degree in physics. Department of Physics, Dalhousie University.
KEY PUBLICATIONS
• M. G. Gorman, S. F. Elatresh, A. E. Lazicki, M. Cormier, D. McGonegle, R. Briggs, A. L. Coleman, S. Rothman, L. Peacock, J. Bernier, Y. Ping, F. Coppari, D. Braun, G. W. Collins, J. H. Eggert, J. S. Wark, S. Bonev, and M. I. McMahon. Crystal structures of magnesium electrides at terapascal pressures Nature Physics (2022), ISSN 1745-2481
• Tushar Bhowmick, Sabri F. Elatresh, A. D. Grockowiak, Weizhao Cai, W. A. Coniglio,Stanley W. Tozer, N. W. Ashcroft, Roald Hoffmann, Stanimir A. Bonev, and Shanti Deemyad. Structure and pressure dependence of the Fermi surface of lithium Phys. Rev. B Letter 106,L041112 (2022).
• S. F. Elatresh, T. Timusk, and E. J. Nicol. Optical properties of superconducting pressurized LaH10, Phys. Rev. B 102, 024501 (2020).
• Sabri F. Elatresh, Mohammad Tomal Hossain, Tushar Bhowmick, A. D. Grockowiak, Weizhao Cai, W. A. Coniglio, Stanley W. Tozer, N. W. Ashcroft, Stanimir A. Bonev, Shanti Deemyad, and Roald Hoffmann. Fermi surface studies of the low-temperature structure of sodium, Phys. Rev. B Rapid Communications 101, 220103(R) (2020).
• S. F. Elatresh, and S. A. Bonev. Stability and metallization of solid oxygen under high pressure, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. DOI: 10.1039/C9CP05267D (2020).
• S. F. Elatresh, Zhimou Zhou, N. W. Ashcroft, S. A. Bonev, Ji Feng, and Roald Hoffmann. High-pressure lithium as an elemental topological semimetal, Phys. Rev. Materials 3, 044203 (2019).
• Sabri F. Elatresh, Weizhao Cai, N. W. Ashcroft, Roald Hoffmann, Shanti Deemyad, and Stanimir A. Bonev. Reply to Martinez-Canales et al.: The structure(s) of lithium at low temperatures, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) USA 114:E8810- E8811 (2017).
• Sabri F. Elatresh, Weizhao Cai, N. W. Ashcroft, Roald Hoffmann, Shanti Deemyad, and Stanimir A. Bonev. Evidence from Fermi surface analysis for the low-temperature structure of lithium, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) USA 114:5389-5394 (2017).
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• Yuta Tsuji, Prasad L. V. K. Dasari, S. F. Elatresh, Roald Hoffmann, and N. W. Ashcroft. Structural Diversity and Electron Confinement in Li4N; the Potential for 0-D, 2-D and 3-D Electrides, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 138, 42, 14108-14120 (2016).
• S.F. Elatresh, S. A. Bonev, E. Gregoryanz, and N. W. Ashcroft. Role of Quantum Ion Dynamics on Melting of Lithium, Phys. Rev. B 94, 104107 (2016).
• F. Gorelli, S.F. Elatresh, C. L. Guillaume, M. Marques, G. J. Ackland, M. Santoro, S. A. Bonev, and E. Gregoryanz. Lattice Dynamics of Dense Lithium, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 055501 (2012).
