Mhedine Alicherif, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellows

Postdoctoral Fellow

Location:

B5-4266-WS15

Research Interests

My background includes plasma physics, hydrodynamic, quantum and applied chemistry. My research focuses on the fundamental aspects of combustion and detonation and their interaction with plasma physics: reduction of the detonation cell size, reduction of the ignition delay time, enhancement of the deflagration-to-detonation process, laminar flame enhancement, microchannel-combustion. The development and application of plasma diagnostics is of great interest for these experiments.

Education

  • PhD, Plasma physics, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France, 2021
  • MSc, Plasma physics, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, 2018
  • BSc, Physics, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, 2018
  • BSc, Chemistry, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, 2018

Professional Profile

  • 2022-present: Postdoctoral fellow, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
  • Oct 2021-Mar 2022: Postdoctoral fellow, Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
  • Oct 2018-Oct 2021: Researcher(Ph. D), Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France

KAUST Affiliations

  • Clean Combustion Research Center (CCRC)

  • Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE)

Research Interests Keywords

Plasma physics Detonation ​Plasma assisted combustion Catalysis Experimental