Draft:Husam N. Alshareef

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Husam N. Alshareef is a materials scientist whose research concerns nanoscale materials for energy storage and electronics. He is a professor of materials science and engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia,^{[1] [2]} where he leads a research group working on battery materials,^[3] and in 2026 became dean of the university's Physical Science and Engineering Division.^[4]

Before entering academia, Alshareef worked in the semiconductor industry at Micron Technology and Texas Instruments, developing materials and fabrication processes for integrated circuits. He has been named a highly cited researcher by Clarivate and is a fellow of several scientific societies, including the American Physical Society, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Materials Research Society.^[5]

Alshareef earned a bachelor's degree in ceramics engineering from Alfred University in 1990 and master's and doctoral degrees in materials science and engineering from North Carolina State University in 1992 and 1995.^[6]

After completing his doctorate, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico, where he worked on ferroelectric materials for non-volatile memory. He then spent about a decade in the semiconductor industry at Micron Technology and Texas Instruments, developing materials and fabrication processes for integrated circuits.^[6] He joined KAUST in 2009 and chaired its materials science and engineering program from 2013 to 2016.^[4]

Alshareef's research group develops nanoscale materials for energy storage and electronics. Much of its work concerns rechargeable battery chemistries—including lithium-ion, lithium-metal, sodium-ion and aqueous batteries—with an emphasis on improving energy density, safety, cycle life and performance at extreme temperatures.^{[2] [3]}

A recurring theme is electrolyte engineering: altering the liquids and additives that carry ions between a battery's electrodes in order to stabilise the electrode surfaces and suppress unwanted side reactions. In 2025 the group reported the use of non-solvating additives to improve high-voltage sodium-metal batteries, work that was covered by the trade press.^[2] Other studies have examined how the structure of water-based electrolytes affects the lifespan of aqueous batteries.^[3]

The group also studies MXenes, a family of two-dimensional materials that combine high electrical conductivity with chemically active surfaces, and has developed methods for incorporating them into devices such as transistors, sensors, micro-supercapacitors and energy harvesters.

Alshareef has been elected a fellow of several professional bodies, including the American Physical Society in 2019,^[7] the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 2024,^[8] and the Materials Research Society in 2025,^[9] and he has also held fellowships of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the United States National Academy of Inventors and the UK Institute of Physics. In 2018 he received the Kuwait Prize for Clean Energy Technologies from the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences.^[10] Clarivate has named him a highly cited researcher in materials science in several years since 2019.^[5]

• Kim, Hyunho; Wang, Zhenwei; Alshareef, Husam N. (2019). "MXetronics: Electronic and photonic applications of MXenes". Nano Energy. 60: 179–197. doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2019年03月02日0.

• Zhang, Yi-Zhou; El-Demellawi, Jehad K.; Jiang, Qiu; et al. (2020). "MXene hydrogels: fundamentals and applications". Chemical Society Reviews. 49 (20): 7229–7251. doi:10.1039/d0cs00022a. PMID 32936169.

• Zhu, Kaichen; Pazos, Sebastian; Aguirre, Fernando; et al. (2023). "Hybrid 2D–CMOS microchips for memristive applications". Nature. 618 (7963): 57–62. doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05973-1. PMID 36972685.

• Guo, Dong; Thomas, Simil; El-Demellawi, Jehad K.; et al. (2024). "Electrolyte engineering for thermally stable Li–S batteries operating from –20 °C to 100 °C". Energy & Environmental Science. 17 (21): 8151–8161. doi:10.1039/D4EE03191A.

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