Department of Applied Mathematics and Sciences Al Ghurair University -

B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics and Statistics (with optional concentration in Mathematical Biology or Financial Mathematics)

The B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics & Statistics graduates students who possess both the knowledge and skills to make an immediate contribution towards realization of the economic and educational aspirations for Dubai, defined in the Dubai Economic Vision 2030.

The concentration in Mathematical Biology helps students gain expertise in mathematical thinking related to biomedical systems and medicine.

The concentration in Mathematical Finance aims to provide training in the application of engineering methodologies and quantitative skills in finance.

Faculty at the AMS department are dedicated to innovative and interactive teaching methods, and have helped launch modern teaching methods and courses, both within and outside the AMS Department, such as:

Collaborative Workshop Physics
Freshmen Engineering Design
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Senior Engineering Design
Game-based Chemistry Learning

In addition, the Department of AMS offers assistance to the Peparatory Program that aims to bridge the difficulties faced by UAE high school graduates when they enroll in college.

ACADEMIC FACULTY
Dr. Robert Bennell Associate Professor of Mathematics and Chair(Interim)	Dr. Davide La Torre Associate Professor of Mathematics and Associate Chair
CHEMISTRY
Dr. Deborah Gater Assistant Professor of Chemistry	Dr. Ibrahim Yildiz Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Dr. Maguy Abi Jaoude Assistant Professor of Chemistry	Dr. Sharmarke Mohamed Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Dr. Suryani Lukman Assistant Professor of Chemistry	Mrs. Mualla Kara Lecturer of Chemistry
Mrs. Safaa Al Yousif Laboratory Instructor of Chemistry	Ms. Sanaa Jamaly Laboratory Instructor of Chemistry
MATHEMATICS
Dr. Mohd Halim Shariff Associate Professor of Mathematics	Dr. Rachad Zaki Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Dr. Faisal Shah Khan Assistant Professor of Mathematics	Dr. Joel Lucero-Bryan Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Dr. Omar El Dakkak Assistant Professor of Mathematics	Dr. Simon Phoenix Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Dr. Samuel Feng Assistant Professor of Mathematics	Dr. Anoop Sivasankaran Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Dr. Waldo Arriagada Assistant Professor of Mathematics	Dr. Zanin Kavazovic Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Dr. Oluwaseun Sharomi Assistant Professor of Mathematics	Dr. Mohammad Tufail Malik Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Dr. Mohamed Kamel Riahi Assistant Professor of Mathematics	Dr. Jianyi Lin Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Dr. Mohammad Al Khaleel Assistant Professor of Mathematics
PHYSICS
Dr. Abdel Isakovic Associate Professor of Physics	Dr. Issam Qattan Associate Professor of Physics
Dr. George Wesley Hitt Associate Professor of Physics	Dr. Moh’d Rezeq Associate Professor of Physics
Dr. Jamal Hassan Assistant Professor of Physics	Dr. Dirar Al Homouz Associate Professor of Physics
Dr. Matthew Martin Assistant Professor of Physics	Dr. Nayla El-Kork Assistant Professor of Physics
Ilyas Farhat Laboratory Instructor of Physics	Ms. Rola Al Mahainy Laboratory Instructor of Physics

Research in the AMS Department is funded by local and international agencies and the department is actively working to setting up and developing modern experimental and computing research facilities. AMS faculty are members of prestigious world-wide professional organizations such as ACS, AMS, APS, IEEE, MRS, SIAM, AAPT and others, and several are winners of prestigious peer-reviewed research awards.

Quantum Computing Research Group

The Quantum Computing Research Group (QCRG) is a multi-disciplinary research effort into the theory and the practical development of quantum computers and their innovative technological applications. The Group includes several Applied Mathematics and Sciences staff. You can read more about it on the QSRG web page.

Research interests of the AMS faculty are as follows:

Faculty Member	Research Areas
Dr. Robert Bennell	Algorithms for practical approximation of curves and surfaces
Dr. Davide La Torre	Fractal Analysis Inverse Problems Mathematical Modeling Mathematical Economics Mathematical Finance Multicriteria Optimization Optimal Control Mathematical Imaging
Dr. George Wesley Hitt	Nuclear Astrophysics Fast Radioactive Nuclear Beams Physics Education and Research-Based Curriculum Development
Dr. Faisal Shah Khan	Quantum Information and Communication Technology (Q-ICT) Non-cooperative Game Theory Categorical Reasoning in Quantum Physics and General Relativity
Dr. Tufail Malik	Mathematical Biology Epidemiology Microbial Ecology Environmental-Economic and Health-Capital Models Syndromic Surveillance
Dr. Ibrahim Yildiz	Organic Synthesis Nanoparticle Synthesis Biomedical Sensing Bioconjugation Reactions Biomedical Imaging Drug Delivery
Dr. Dirar Al Homouz	Computational Physics / Dynamics of protonic conductors Computational Biophysics / Protein folding in vivo Bioinformatics / gene expression regulation
Dr. Jamal Hassan	Water behavior in confined geometries (nano- cavities ) using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR). Water-proton spin exchange study in mesoporous materials. Study of hydration and de-hydration process in confined nano-spaces using NMR. Magnetic Resonance Imagine (MRI) of water distribution in fuel cell components. Study of water dynamics and phases in confined spaces using NMR and MRI.
Dr. Abdel Isakovic	X-ray nanofocusing and nano-diffraction (nano-XRD), micro- and nano-fluorescence Nanoscale and mesoscale electron transport and noise, including spin transport Nanofabrication methods for silicon, diamond, germanium in nanophotonics Infrared and ultraviolet spectroscopy (absorption, reflectance, photo- and electroluminescence), with focus on spin-sensitive and strongly correlated systems Spin and charge density waves, and statistical models of ultrathin magnetic films Research involving undergraduates and Physics education research (in all topics above) Noise and correlations and statistical physics methods applied to complex phenomena
Dr. Moh’d Rezeq	Nanotechnology: nano-materials and nano-devices Scanning Tunneling Microscope Field Ion and Electron Microscopes Superconductivity
Dr. Issam A. Qattan	Electromagnetic and Spin Structure of the Nucleons. Leptonic and Hadronic Scattering. Heavy Ion Collisions. Two-Photon Exchange and Coulomb Distortion Corrections to High-Precision Electron and Neutrino Scattering Measurements and Cross Sections. Radiation Protection, Measurements, and Dosimetry. Spintronics and Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors (DMSs). Material Science and Nanotechnology: Mossbauer Spectroscopy, X-ray Diffraction, AFM, STM, NMR, Gamma, Alpha, Beta, and X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy.
Dr. Rachad Zaki	Homogenization Perforated domains Multiple scales Partial differential equations
Dr. Joel Gregory Lucero-Bryan	Modal Logic General Topology Relational Structures
Dr. Yanthe Pearson	Mathematical Biology Growth and differentiation of developing neurons Comparative phylogenetics
Dr. Mohd Shariff	Elasticity Continuum Modelling, Damage Mechanics Finite Element Numerical Methods (including large scale computing/parallel computing), Application of AI in Metal Forming Optimisation Methods, Digital Phase Locked Loop.
Dr. Samuel Feng	Stochastic processes in modeling and understanding decision making Large scale computation Limitations on artificial and human intelligence
Dr. Suryani Lukman	Disease-associated biomolecules Structural bioinformatics Structure-dynamics-based virtual screening and drug design Data Analytics
Dr. Deborah Gater	Membrane Biophysics Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Dr. Anoop Sivasankaran	Celestial Mechanics Dynamical Systems Gravitational few-body problems
Dr. Maguy Abi Jaoude	Material Engineering & Separation Sciences (selective extraction & purification, water desalination, waste-water treatment, catalysis) Metal Oxides / Composite materials Porous adsorbents (monoliths, core shell, pillar clays) Porous membranes Biomimetic / Biocompatible materials Surface functionalization
Dr. Nayla El-Kork	Near- Field Optical Microscopy Confocal Microscopy Optical properties of nanoparticles Quantum Chemical Simulations
Miss Safaa Mohamad Al Yousif	Super critical fluid in nanotechnology applications Polymer synthesis and their applications
Dr. Sharmarke Mohamed	X-ray Crystallography Computational Crystal Structure Prediction Crystal Engineering
Mrs. Mualla Kara	Organic Geochemistry Analytical Chemistry
Dr. Waldo Arriagada	Dynamical Systems and ODE’s Complex Geometry
Dr. Omar El Dakkak	Exchangeability, urn processes and applications to Bayesian Nonparmaetric Statistics, Hoeffding-ANOVA decompositions and applications to Asymptotic Statistics, Theory of Empirical processes and Vapnik-Chervonenkis combinatorics Nonparametric Bootstrap Probabilistic Limit Theorems and Stein’s method
Dr. Oluwaseun Sharomi	Mathematical Modeling: Epidemiology (HIV, Chlamydia, Tuberculosis, H1N1) High Performance Computing (Parallel Computing) Problem Solving Environment (PSE) Heart Simulation

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Department of Applied Mathematics and Sciences

Department of Applied Mathematics and Sciences

ACADEMIC FACULTY

CHEMISTRY

MATHEMATICS

Dr. Jianyi Lin

PHYSICS

Ms. Rola Al Mahainy

Faculty Member

Research Areas