Physics

Biography

Dr. Abdalla M Darwish is a professor of physics, was recently named Dillard University’s first Presidential Professor he is also holds Ruth Simmons University Distinguished Professor. Darwish obtained his BS in Nuclear Engineering from University of Alexandria, MS in Solid State Physics and PhD in optics and laser physics from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Then, he joined Al A&M University in 1993 where he supervised 7 graduate students (5 MS and 2PhD). He has been at Dillard University faculty member since 1998 and has served the university in numerous administrative roles, including chair of the physics department, chair of the School of STEM, interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and Associate Provost and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs. Darwish is an expert in thin film fabrication using the MAPLE and Pulse Laser Deposition techniques. He has authored over 86 publications in the areas of nonlinear optical materials, magnetic resonance, waveguides, thin film fabrication and optical sensors. Over the course of his tenure at Dillard, Darwish has been able to secure over $15 million in grant funds as a PI or CoPI to establish many programs and research enterprises in physics and the School of STEM such as LS-LAMP, GAELA, TESSE, GAMP, AGAP, NASA-EPSCoR LA, NASA SPACE consortium grant, NASA-NORC for STEM retention, HBCU-LIST program (University of Pennsylvania) and the current major research programs “Pulsed Laser Deposition of materials”. These projects were funded by research grants from the Air Force Office of Scientific research, Army Research Office, NASA, NSF, NASA EPSCoR. Dr. Darwish filed for five patents on his new inventions of double and triple MAPLE and pulsed laser ablation, and he is in the process of filing six patent which changes the way the pulsed laser deposition of materials is done around the world. In addition, Dr. Abdalla Darwish holds a public office where he has been serving as member of city of Kenner civil service board since its inception in 2007 until present. He took the Oath of the office in January 2007. During his term, the civil service rules were established for the first time, the separation of the HR and CS rules were separated, new pay scale and class planes were approved. Dr. Darwish was awarded the Monte Lemann Award from the civil service league of the State of LA in Oct 2014.

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