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Department of Physics and Astronomy

Amal al-Wahish

Senior Lecturer

Amal al-Wahish is a condensed matter experimental and neutron scattering physicist. She holds a Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics and Neutron Scattering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where her research focused on Neutron Scattering Studies of Phosphate Proton Conductors under the guidance of D. Mandrus. Prior to her doctoral studies, she earned an M.Sc. in Applied Physics from The Hashemite University, Jordan, and a B.S. in Physics, also from The Hashemite University.

Dr. al-Wahish has contributed extensively to the field through her roles as a reviewer for peer-reviewed scientific journals such as Physical Review B and Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. Dr. Al-Wahish has played a vital leadership role within the Physics Department, serving on numerous key committees. She is a driving force behind initiatives that engage STEM students and the wider community, with a strong commitment to empowering and supporting first-year college students as they transition into academic life.

Specializations

Experimental condensed matter physics and neutron scattering


Representative Publications

1. Walid M. Khalilia, Lilia A. Mashal, Alyda R. Faugno, Khalil M. Thabayneh, Amal al-Wahish Assessment of Radon Exhalation Rate and Radium Content in Soil Samples from East West Bank, Jericho Governorate. (submitted to JER)

2. Noah Warren, Baker Wong, Alyda R. Faugno, Lilia A. Mashal, Amal al-WahishAddressing the Barriers to Individual Action Against Climate Change with Fire Spread and Ice Melt Models, (To be submitted)

3. K. R. O’Neal, Arpita Paul, Amal al-Wahish, Kendall D. Hughey, Avery L. Blockmon, Xuan Luo, Sang-Wook Cheong, Vivien Zapf, Craig V. Topping,John Singleton,Mykhalo Ozerov,Turan Birol,and Janice L. Musfeldt. Spin-lattice and electron-phonon coupling in a 3d/5d hybrid Sr3NiIrO6 Nanorods, Nature Quantum Materials (npj Quantum Materialsvolume) 4, Article number: 48 (2019).

4. Amal al-Wahish, Lucas Ehinger, Krishna Kharel , and O. Gunaydin-Sen, Neutron Powder Diffraction and Spectroscopy Investigation of Ammonium Sulfate. (To be submitted)

5. K. R. O’Neal, Amal al-Wahish, Zhaoqian Li, Guy Dhalenne, Alexandre Revcolevschi, Xue-Tai Chen, and Janice L. Musfeldt. Charge and Bonding in CuGeO3 Nanorods, ACS Nano Letter . 2018, 18, 6, 3428-3434.

6. Amal al-Wahish, Krishna Kharel , and O. Gunaydin-Sen,Neutron Powder Diffraction and Infrared Spectroscopy Study of the Ammonium Sulfate at Low Temperature, APS Meeting Abstracts (2018)

7. Amal al-Wahish, U. al-Binni, L. Tetard, C. Bridges, K. Kharel, OÅN . GuÅNnaydın-S.en, M. P. Paranthaman, A. Huq, and D. Mandrus. Structure and Dynamics investigations of Sr/Ca-doped LaPO4 Proton Conductors J. Phys. Chem. C, , 121 (22), pp 11991, (2017). Amal al-Wahish 9

8. Amal al-Wahish , K. R. ONeal, C. Lee, S. Fan ,K. Hughey, M. O. Yokosuk, A. Clune, Z. Li, J.A. Schlueter, J. L. Manson, M. -H. Whangbo, and J. L. Musfeldt, Magnetic Phase Transitions and Magnetoelastic Coupling in S = 1/2 Heisenberg Antiferromagnets. Phys. Rev. B 95, 104437, (2017).

9. K. R. O’Neal, Amal al-Wahish, Zhaoqian Li, Peng Chen, Jae Wook Kim, Sang-Wook Cheong, Guy Dhalenne, Alexandre Revcolevschi, Xue-Tai Chen, and Janice L. Musfeldt. Vibronic coupling and band gap trends in CuGeO3 nanorods. Phys. Rev. B 96, 075437, (2017).

10. Shiyu Fan ,I. Manuel, Amal Wahish, Ken O’neal, Kevin Smith, C. J. Won, J. W. Kim, S.-W. Cheong, J. T. Haraldsen, and J. L. Musfeldt. Electronic chirality in the metallic ferromagnet FexTaS2. Phys. Rev. B 96, 205119, (2017).

11. Kendall Hughey, Amanda J. Clune, Michael O. Yokosuk, Amal al-Wahish, Kenneth R. O’Neal, Shiyu Fan, Nandita Abhyankar, Hongjun Xiang, Zhiqiang Li, John Singleton, Naresh Dalal, and Janice L. Musfeldt. Phonon mode links ferroicities in multiferroic (CH3)2NH2Mn(HCOO)3 PhysRevB.96.180305, (2017).

12. R. Seemaladinne, Sahithya Pati, Krishna Kharel , A. Bafana, E. Wujcik, Amal al-Wahish and O. Gunaydin- Sen, Ammonia Borane with Polyvinylpyrrolidone as a Hydrogen Storage Material: Comparison of Different Molecular Weights, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids.110, 394, (2017).

13. Amal al-Wahish, U. al-Binni, C. Bridges, S. Tang, Z. Bi, M. P. Paranthaman, A. Huq, and D. Mandrus. Neutron investigation in Sr/Ca-doped LaPO4 at elevated temperature. Chem. Mater. 28, 7232, (2016).

14. M.O. Yokosuk, S. Artyukhin, Amal al-Wahish, X. Wang, J. Wang, Z. Li, S. Cheong, D. Vanderbilt, and J.L. Musfeldt Bulletin of the American Physical Society 62 (4) (2017).

15. JT Z. N. BUCK, H. KAISER, R. A. WINHOLTZ, H. TAUB, T. TUMLIN, Amal al-Wahish .Continuous freezing and melting of water in proximity to nanostructured CuO coatings Bulletin of the American Physical Society 62. (2017)

16. Amal al-Wahish, U. al-Binni, C. Bridges, S. Tang, Z. Bi, M. P. Paranthaman, A. Huq, and D. Mandrus. In Situ Neutron Diffraction of Rare-Earth Phosphate Proton Conductors Sr/Ca-doped LaPO4 at Elevated Temperatures Bulletin of the American Physical Society 62, (2017).

17. M.O. Yokosuk, Amal al-Wahish, Sergey Artyukhin, D. Mazumdar, P. Chen, K. R. O’Neal, Junji Yang, Yoon- Seok Oh, Stephen A. McGill, K. Haule, David Vanderbilt, Sang-Wook Cheong, and J. L. Musfeld, Magnetoelectric coupling through the spin flop transition in Ni3TeO6 Physical Review Letters. 117, 147402, (2016).

18. Kendall Hughey, Amanda J. Clune, Michael O. Yokosuk, Amal al-Wahish, Kenneth R. O’Neal, Shiyu Fan, Nandita Abhyankar, Hongjun Xiang, Zhiqiang Li, John Singleton, Naresh Dalal, and Janice L. Musfeldt. Phonon mode links ferroicities in multiferroic (CH3)2NH2Mn(HCOO)3 Bulletin of the American Physical Society 62 (4),(2017).

19. Amal al-Wahish, D. Armitage, U. al-Binni, B. Hill, R. Mills, Niina Jalarvo, L. Santodonato, K.W.Herwig, and D. Mandrus. A New Apparatus Design for High Temperature (up to 950 C) Quasi-elastic Neutron Scattering in a controlled gaseous environment. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 86, 095102, (2015).

20. M.O. Yokosuk, S. Artyukhin, Amal al-Wahish, X. Wang, J. Wang, Z. Li, S. Cheong, D. Vanderbilt, and J.L. Musfeldt, Tracking the continuous spin-flop transition in Ni3TeO6 by infrared spectroscopy. Phys. Rev. B 92, 144305, (2015).

21. Amal al-Wahish, Neutron Scattering Studies of Phosphate Proton Conductors, Dissertation, Advisor: D. Mandrus, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, (2015).

22. Amal al-Wahish, N. Jalarvo, Z. Bi, K. W. Herwig, C. Bridges, M. P. Paranthaman and D. Mandrus. Quasi- Elastic Neutron Scattering Reveals Fast Proton Diffusion in Ca-doped LaPO 4. J. Phys. Chem. C 118, 20112, (2014).

23. Amal al-Wahish, Perturbation theory in the framework of the probability density equation, Masters Thesis, Advisor: M. al-Jaghoub, Hahemite University, Zarqa, Jordan, (2003). Amal al-Wahish 10

24. Amal al-Wahish, Daniel M Pajerowski, Brian C Sales, K. W. Herwig, David Mandrus , Neutron Scattering Studies of SrHPO4 (To be submitted)

25. Amal al-Wahish, Daniel M Pajerowski, Brian C Sales, K. W. Herwig, David Mandrus, Neutron Scattering Studies of BarHPO4 (To be submitted)

26. Amal al-Wahish, Daniel M Pajerowski, Brian C Sales, K. W. Herwig, David Mandrus , Neutron Scattering Studies of Newberyite MgHPO4 •3H2O (To be submitted)

27. Magneto- infrared spectroscopy invetigating of 4.2% Co-doped MnWO4, MnPSe3, MnPS3 and CuGeO3, Cell 3 upto 17 T (Under preparation)

28. Amal al-Wahish, K. Hughey, Ken O’neal, Jan Musfeldt. Spectroscopic signatures of spin helices and polarization flops in 4.2 %Co-doped MnWO4 (Under preparation)