Anas Yousef
Physicist, lecturer and materials researcher working across computational and experimental physics, with a focus on understanding how structure, composition and electronic states govern the measurable properties of materials.
Researching materials from two directions.
My work combines first-principles modelling with experimental materials characterization. On the computational side, I use density functional theory to investigate crystal stability, electronic structure, density of states, charge distribution, optical response, magnetism, transport and thermoelectric behaviour. On the experimental side, my work and collaborations include material preparation, spectroscopy, electrical and impedance measurements, magnetic measurements, and the interpretation of measured physical response.
The common question behind these studies is simple: why does a material exhibit a particular property? Rather than treating calculated or measured quantities as isolated results, I am interested in the links between symmetry, bonding, orbital character, composition, defects, spin and the resulting optical, electrical, magnetic or transport behaviour.
Materials, methods and physical interpretation.
My research covers semiconductors, perovskites, double perovskites, half-Heusler and related intermetallic systems, low-dimensional and carbon-based materials, and functional compounds with potential relevance to energy, optoelectronics, sensing and magnetic applications. Computational workflows involve tools such as VASP, WIEN2k, VASPKIT, BoltzTraP2 and Bader analysis, together with post-processing and data interpretation.
A recurring theme in my publications is the connection between structural change and physical response: how substitution changes band structure, how symmetry affects optical anisotropy, how spin polarization modifies transport, and how theoretical predictions compare with experimentally observed behaviour.
Teaching, collaboration and scientific communication.
Alongside research, I teach physics at university level and create educational video content. Conferences, poster presentations, scientific visits and collaboration are an important part of my academic activity because they connect calculations and measurements with broader scientific discussion. The video library on this website collects lectures, explanations and science-oriented series from my YouTube channels while keeping playback on YouTube.
Research record.
My peer-reviewed work spans computational materials physics, experimental characterization and combined theory–experiment studies. The Publications section of this website provides direct access to selected papers and to my researcher profiles on ORCID, Scopus, Google Scholar, Web of Science and SciProfiles.