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Zahid Hussain
Scientific Support Group Leader
Senior Staff Scientist
ZHussain@lbl.gov
6-2254
510-486-7591 tel
510-495-2067 fax

Advanced Light Source Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
One Cyclotron Road, MS 6R2100
Berkeley, CA 94720-8226
Education | Professional Experience | Fellowships, Awards, Honors
Professional Service | Research Interests | Recent Publications
 

Education

            
M.Sc/M. Phil, University of Islamabad, Pakistan (1970- 1974)

Visiting Scientist, Department of Electrical Engineering (Ingolf Lindau), Stanford University (1976 - 1977)

Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii; major part of research done at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (1974 - 1979)
           
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Professional Experience

          
Post Doctoral Research Associate, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA, (Prof. David A. Shirley), (1979-1981)

Associate Professor, Department of Physics, KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, (1982-89)

Professor, Department of Physics, KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. (1995-present)

Staff Scientist, E. O. Lawrence Berkeley National Berkeley Laboratory (1990-1997)

Senior Staff Scientist and Scientific Support Group Leader, Advanced Light Source Division, E. O. Lawrence Berkeley National Berkeley Laboratory (1997-present)
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Fellowships, Awards, Honors

       
Merit Scholarship, University of Islamabad, Pakistan (1970-74)
East-West Center Doctoral Scholarship, Hawaii (1974-1979)
Best Research Award, College of Sciences, KFUPM (1988-1989)
Outstanding Performance Award, E.O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (1997, 1998, 2000)

Professional Service
Member, 12th International Conference on Vacuum Ultraviolet Radiation Physics, Organization Committee (1998), Guest editor of the proceedings

Member, Pier Oddone’s ALS Users Task Force (1998)

Member, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Award Committee (1998 - 2003)

Guest Editor, Special Issue of J. of Electron Spectroscopy “Electron Spectroscopy with
Synchrotron Radiation: Past, Present and Future” (2002)
 
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Research Interests
Study of highly correlated electron systems with ultrahigh high energy and momentum resolution photoemission, resonant inelastic scattering spectroscopy and study of dynamics with coherent scattering.
Development of novel techniques with synchrotron radiation instrumentation for ambient pressure photoemission (up to 20 torr) and NEXAFS for the study of environmentally relevant materials, biological systems, surface catalytic reactions in presence of reactants and study of surface dynamics.
         
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Recent Publications
From a list of over 170 refereed journal publications.

1) W. L. Yang, V. Brouet, X. J. Zhou, S. A. Kellar, P. V. Bogdanov, A. Lanzara, A. Goldoni, F. Parmigiani, Z. Hussain and Z.-X. Shen, Band Structure and Fermi Surface of Electron-Doped C60 Monolayers, Science 300 (2003) 303-306.
2) X. J. Zhou, T. Yoshida, A. Lanzara, P. V. Bogdanov, S. A. Kellar, K. M. Shen, W. L. Yang, F. Ronning, T. Sasagawa, T. Kakeshita, T. Noda, H. Eisaki, S. Uchida, C. T. Lin, F. Zhou, J. W. Xiong, W. X. Ti, Z. X. Zhao, A. Fujimori, Z. Hussain and Z.-X. Shen, Universal Nodal Fermi Velocity in High Temperature Superconductors, Nature (London) 423(2003)398.
3) A. Darmascelli, Z. Hussain and Z.-X. Shen, Angle-Resolved Photoemission Studies of the Cuprate Superconductors, Reviews of Modern Physics, 75 (2003) 473-541.
4) P. V. Bogdanov, A. Lanzara, X. J. Zhou, W. L. Yang, H. Eisaki, Z. Hussain and Z.-X. Shen, Anomalous Momentum Dependence of the Quasiparticle Scattering Rate in Overdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89 (2002) 167002.
5) T. Yoshida, X. J. Zhou, T. Sasagawa, W. L. Yang, P. V. Bogdanov, A. Lanzara, Z. Hussain, T. Mizokawa, A. Fujimori, H. Eisaki, C. Kim, Z. X. Shen, T. Kakeshita and S. Uchida, Metallic Behavior of Lightly Doped La2–xSrxCuO4 with a Fermi Surface Forming an Arc, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91 (2003) 027001.
6) T. E. Glover, G. D. Ackermann, A. Belkacem, P. A. Heimann, Z. Hussain, R. W. Lee, H. A. Padmore, C. Ray, R. W. Schoenlein, W. F. Steele, and D. A. Young, Metal-Insulator Transitions in an Expanding Mettalic Fluid: Particle Formation Kinetics, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90 (2003) 236102.
7) Pasl A. Jalil, N. Tabet, M., Faiz, N.M. Hamdan, Z. Hussain, "Surface Investigation on Thermal Stability of Tungstophosphoric Acid Supported on MCM-41 Using Synchrotron Radiation”, Applied Catalysis A, March 2003.
8) N. Tabet, M. Faiz , N.M. Hamdan, Z. Hussain, High Resolution XPS Study of Oxide Layers Grown on Ge Substartes, Surface Science, 523 (2003), 68-72.
9) Suzer, S. Sayan, M.M. Banaszak Holl, E. Garfunkel, Z. Hussain and N.M. Hamdan, Soft X-Ray Photoemission Studies of Hf Oxidation J. of Vacuum science and Technology, 21, (2003) 106-109.
10) Pasl A. Jalil, M. Faiz, N. Tabet, N.M. Hamdan, Z. Hussain, A Study of Stability of Tungstophosphoric Acid, H3PW12O40, Using Synchrotron XPS, XANES, Hexane Cracking, XRD and IR Spectroscopy, J. of Catalysis, 217 (2003), 292-297.
11) D. F. Ogletree , H. Bluhm, Gennadi Lebedev, C. S. Fadley, Z. Hussain, and M. Salmeron, A differentially pumped electrostatic lens system for photoemission studies in the millibar range, Rev of Scientific Instruments, 73, 3872 (2003).
12) X. J. Zhou, Z. Hussain and Z.-X. Shen, High Resolution Angle-Resolved Photoemission Study of High Temperature Superconductors: Charge-Ordering, Bilayer Splitting and Electron-Phonon Coupling, invited review in Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, 126(2002)145-162.

13) A. Lanzara, P. V. Bogdanov, X. J. Zhou, H. Eisaki, T. Yoshida, A. Fujimori, Z. Hussain and Z.-X. Shen, Coupling of Quasiparticles to Phonons in High Temperature superconductors, Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, 127(2002)37-4.
14) J. Diaz, N. M. Hamdan P. Jalil, Z. Hussain, S. M. Valvidares and J. M. Alameda “Understanding the magnetic anisotropy in Fe-Si amorphous alloys” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 38, No. 5 (2002), 2011.
15) R. Denecke, J. Morais, R. X. Ynzunza, G. H. Fecher, J. G. Menchero, L. Liesegang, J. Kortright, Z. Hussain and C. S. Fadley, Angular and temperature dependence of the magnetic circular dichroism in 4d core-level photoemission from Gd(0001), Phys. Rev. B 65, 245421 (2002).
16) H. Bluhm, D. F. Ogletree, C. S. Fadley, Z. Hussain, and M. Salmeron, The Premelting of Ice studied with photoelectron spectroscopy, J. Phys. Cond. Matter 14, L227 (2002).
17) S. Mynenei, Y. Luo, L. Naslund, M. Cavalleri, L. Ojamae, H. Ogasawara, A. Pelmenschikov, Ph. Wernet, P. Vterlein, C. Heske, Z. Hussain, L. G.M. Pettersson, and A. Nilsson, Spectroscopic probing of local hydrogen bonding structures in liquid water, J. Phys.: Codens. Matter 14 No 8 (26 Feb 2002) L213-L219.
18) A. Lanzara, P. V. Bogdanov, X. J. Zhou, S. A. Kellar, D. L. Feng, E. D. Lu, S. Uchida, H. Eisaki, A. Fujimori, K. Kishio, J.-I. Shimoyama, T. Noda, S. Uchida, Z. Hussain, and Z.-X. Shen, Dual nature of the Electronic Structure of the Stripe Phase, Nature 412, 510 (2001).
19) P. V. Bogdanov, A. Lanzara, S. A. Kellar, X. J. Zhou, E. D. Lu, W. J. Zheng, G. Gu, J.-I. Shimoyama, K. Kishio, H. Ikeda, R. Yoshizaki, Z. Hussain, and Z. X. Shen, Evidence for an Energy Scale for Quasiparticle Dispersion in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 2581 (2001).
20) X. J. Zhou, P. V. Bogdanov, S. A. Kellar, T. Noda, H. Eisaki, S. Uchida, Z. Hussain, and Z.-X. Shen, Dual nature of the Electronic Structure of LaNdCuO4the Stripe, Phys. Rev. Lett 86, 5578 (2001).
21) P. V. Bogdanov, A. Lanzara, X. J. Zhou, S. A. Kellar, D. L. Feng, E. D. Lu, H. Eisaki, J. I. Shimoyama, K. Kishio, Z. Hussain and Z. X. Shen, ARPES Study of Pb-doped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8-a New Fermi Surface Picture, Phys. Rev. B 64, 180505 (2001).
22) A. Lanzara, P. V. Bogdanov, S. A. Kellar, X. J. Zhou, E. D. Lu, G. Gu, J. -I. Shimoyama, K. Kishio, Z. Hussain and Z. X. Shen, Evidence for abrupt change in dispersion and scattering rate of quasiparticles in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8, Journal of the Physics and Chemistry of Solids 62, 21(2001).
23) T. Yoshida, X. J. Zhou, M. Nakamura, S. A. Kellar, P. V. Bogdanov, E. D. Lu, A. Lanzara, Z. Hussain, A. Ino, T. Mizokawa, A. Fujimori, H. Eisaki, C. Kim, Z. X. Shen, T. Kakeshita and S. Uchida, Electron-like Fermi surface and Remnant (pi,0) feature in overdoped La1.78Sr0.22CuO4, Phys. Rev. B 63, 220501 (2001).
24) A.W. Kay, J. Garcia de Abajo, S.-H. Yang, E. Arenholz, B.S. Mun, , N. Mannella, Z. Hussain, and M.A. Van Hove, C.S. Fadley, Multiple-Atom Resonant Photoemission, Physical Review B 63, 115119 (2001).
25) J. Diaz, S. Anders, X. Zhou, E. J. Moler, S. A. Kellar, and Z. Hussain, Analysis of the Pi* and sigma* bands of the x-ray absorption spectrum of amorphous carbon, Physical Review B 64, 125204 (2001).
26) S.-H. Yang, B.S. Mun, A.W. Kay, S.-K. Kim, J. B. Kortright, J. H. Underwood, Z. Hussain, C.S. Fadley, Depth-resolved photoemission spectroscopy with soft X-ray standing waves, J. of Electron Spectroscopy and Rel. Phenom, 114, 1089 (2001).
27) P.V. Bogdanov, A. Lanzara, S.A. Kellar, X.J. Zhou, E.D. Lu, W. Zheng, G. Gu, K. Kishio, J.-I. Shimoyama, Z. Hussain and Z.-X. Shen, Evidence for an Energy Scale for Quasiparticle dispersion in Bi2212, Phys. Rev. Lett., 85, 2581 (2000).
28) X. J. Zhou, P. V. Bogdanov, S. A. Kellar, T. Noda, H. Eisaki, S. Uchida, Z. Hussain, and Z. -X. Shen, One-Dimensional Electronic Structure and Suppression of d-wave Node State in (La1.28Nd0.6Sr0.12) CuO4, Science, 286, 189 (1999).