Prof. Zouheir sekkat

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ZOUHEIR SEKKAT

Associate Professor of Al Akhawayn University;

Professor of Osaka University, Japan

 

Born in Casablanca, Morroco.

Married; 3 children; and 39 years old.

 

CARRIER:

May. 02-Present             Professor, Handai Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.

Jan. 01-Present              Associate Professor, School of Science & Engineering Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane.

Aug. 99-Apr 02               Associate Professor, Department of Applied Physics, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.

Aug. 99-Dec. 01               Assistant Professor, School of Science & Engineering Al Akhawayne University in Ifrane.

Oct. 97-July 99                Senior Scientist, Department of Applied Physics, Osaka                                                        University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.

Jan. 96-Sept.97               Postdoctoral Researcher, Center on Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies: Stanford University, IBM Almaden and University of California, Davis, National Science Foundation funded partnership; at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Davis,CA.

Aug. 93-Jan. 96               Postdoctoral Researcher, Max-Planck Institute for Polymer                                                  Research, Mainz, Germany.

July 92-July 93                Postdoctoral Researcher, Institut d'Optique Théorique et                                                    Appliquée, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay.

 

EDUCATION:

1998                   Habilitation in Physics at Université de Paris-Sud, Orsay.

1996                   Doctorat d’Etat in Physics at Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fez.

1992                  Doctor of Philosophy in Physics at, Université de Paris-Sud, Orsay.

1989                  Diplome d'Etudes Approfondies in Physics at Université de Paris-Sud, Ecole Polytechnique, and Ecole Normale Supérieure (Rue d'ULM) at Paris.

 

TEACHING:

Mainly at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane and Osaka University, Japan.

 

Administration:

Chair of the hiring committee of the school of science and engineering of Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane.

 

THESIS ADVISOR:

1992 - 1997: Advised several Ms and Ph.D. students in Germany and Japan.

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

Optical Society of America, Member.

American Institute of Physics, Member.

American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry, Member.

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Invited Member.

Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation and Engineering, SPIE, Member.

 

REVIEWER:

Chemical Reviews. The Journal of the Optical Society of America B. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. The Journal of Microscopy. Macromolecules. Optics Letters. Optics Communications; and other journals.

 

EDITORIAL:

Optics Communications, Advisory Editorial Board.

 

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION:

Organized: The Japan-France Conference on Molecular Photonics and Biophotonics at the Micro- and Nano-scale, Awaji, Japan, 2003.

Organizing Committee: The Students International Symposium on Nano-phoptonics, Osaka, Japan, 2001.

 

INVITED SPEEKER:

- The Japan-France Conference on Molecular Photonics and Biophotonics at the Micro- and Nano-scale, Awaji, Japan, 2003.

- The International Nanophotonics Conference; Aix-en Provence, France, 2002.

And several other conferences (see Publications List)

 

VISITING SCIENTIST:

- IBM Research Division, Science and Technology, San Jose, California, September 1995.

- Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz-Germany, April-Mai 1998; and Mai 1999.

 

HONORS:

Biography published in "Who's Who in the World".