Mohamad Abdo

Optical physicist engineer with over 9 years of experience in the design and modeling of advanced optical systems. Skilled in programming and data analysis.

Optical Engineer at Kampf Telescope Optics (2022-02 – Present)

• Construction and installation of an adaptive optics system for optical communication in space at the Teide Astronomical Observatory (Tenerife).
• Design and construction of optomechanical components enabling 6-dimensional alignment.
• Design and construction of optical assemblies to verify the performance of highly sophisticated optical assemblies.
• Assembly, measurement, analysis and documentation of the optical performance of precision optical systems and subsystems.
• Prepared for and contributed to formal design reviews
• Development of Python analysis tools to evaluate the performance of the modulation transfer function (MTF) of optical systems.

PhD Student at University of Stuttgart (2018-05 – 2022-01)

Research on quantum technologies

• Conduction of the first measurement in the world that combines high spatial and temporal resolution on strongly correlated electron materials with technological applications
• Scientific project co-leader, experiment planning, execution, reporting and interviewing and evaluation of PhD candidates
• Full set-up of modern laser-scanning tunneling microscopy lab: installation and validation (total of ~2M€).
• Supervision of Master and Bachelor students in their projects

Research assistant at Max-Planck Institute (FKF) (2015-07 – 2018-04)

Research on quantum technologies

• Built a novel and state-of-the-art experiment for quantum technology investigations that combine femtosecond temporal resolution with atomic spatial resolution
• Designed and built a versatile and robust optical setup to characterize and perform THz-pump-probe spectroscopy in a scanning tunneling microscope

Research assistant at University of Stuttgart (2014-01 – 2015-01)

Research in atomic physics

• Design of and build an optical setup to measure high frequency modulation in Rydberg atoms
• Design, simulate the response of and test printed circuit board to generate electric fields up to few GHz.

Ph.D in Physics – University of Stuttgart (2018-05 – 2021-09)

M.Sc in Physics – University of Stuttgart (2012-10 – 2015-01)

M.Sc in Physics – Lebanese University (2009-09 – 2011-09)

B.Sc in Physics – Lebanese University (2006-09 – 2009-09)