Prof. Fathalla Rihan | Statistical Analysis | Best Scholar Award

United Arab Emirates University | United Arab Emirates

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Professor Fathalla A. Rihan: A Distinguished Expert in Mathematical Sciences 📚✨

Current Position(s) & Employment History 🏫

• Professor of Mathematics (2017–present)
  Department of Mathematical Sciences, College of Science, UAE University, UAE 🇦🇪
• Professor of Mathematics (2011–present)
  Department of Mathematics (on leave), Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Egypt 🇪🇬
• Associate Professor (2012–2017)
  Department of Mathematical Sciences, College of Science, UAE University, UAE
• Assistant Professor (2008–2012)
  Department of Mathematical Sciences, College of Science, UAE University, UAE
• Associate Professor of Mathematics (2005–2011)
  Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Egypt
• Honorary Research Fellow (2000–2010)
  School of Mathematics, University of Manchester, UK 🇬🇧
• Assistant Professor (2000–2005)
  Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Egypt
  (On leave for Post-Doctoral research in the UK)
• Senior Research Fellow (2003–2006)
  Salford University, UK, in collaboration with Met Office (Reading University)
• Research Fellow (2001–2003)
  School of Mathematics, Manchester University, UK
• Postgraduate Studentship and Lecturer Assistant (1996–2000)
  Department of Mathematics, Manchester University, UK
• Lecturer (1992–1996)
  Department of Mathematics, Helwan University, Egypt
• Instructor (1987–1992)
  Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Egypt

Education 🎓

• Doctor of Science (DSc) in Mathematics (2019)
  National University of Uzbekistan
  Dissertation: “Qualitative and Quantitative Features of Delay Differential Equations and Their Applications”
• Ph.D. in Mathematics (2000)
  University of Manchester, UK
  Thesis: “Numerical Treatment of Delay Differential Equations in the Biosciences”
• M.Sc. in Numerical Analysis (1992)
  Helwan University, Egypt
  Thesis: “Spectral and Pseudo-Spectral Method for Solving Partial Differential Equations Using Orthogonal Polynomials”
• B.Sc. in Mathematics (1985)
  Alexandria University, Egypt, Graduated with Honours

Research Interests  On Statistical Analysis🔬

Prof. Fathalla A. Rihan leads two primary research groups:

• Numerical Analysis & Mathematical Biology
  • Mathematical modeling of phenomena with time-lags (cell division, population dynamics, infectious diseases, etc.)
  • Numerical treatments for Ordinary, Partial, and Delay Differential Equations (DDEs), as well as Fractional Order Differential Equations
  • Parameter estimation and sensitivity analysis
• Data Assimilation & Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP)
  • Advanced data assimilation techniques like 3DVar/4D-Var systems
  • Impact of Doppler radial velocities on analysis and forecasting

Research Projects 📊

• 2024–2026: PI, AUA-UAEU Project: “Continuous Runge-Kutta Methods for Pantograph Delay Differential Equations”
• 2022–2024: PI, ZU-UAEU Project: “Impact of Stochastic Noise on COVID-19 Dynamics in the UAE”
• 2022: PI, SURE+ 2022 Program: “Mathematical Modeling of COVID-19 in the UAE”
• 2021–2023: PI, UPAR-UAEU Project: “Quantitative Features of Delay Differential Equations in Biological Systems”
• 2017–2019: PI, SQU/UAEU Project: “Delay Differential Models of Immune Response with Viral/Bacterial Infections”

Awards & Recognition 🏆

• Resignation Award for Publications in Top 5% Journals (2023)
• Member of Mohammed Bin Rashid Academy of Scientists (2021–present)
• Top 2% World Scientist (Stanford University 2019–2022)
• University Excellence Merit Allowance (2019–2020)
• College Excellence Award for Service (2019–2020)
• Distinguished Research Awards (2017–2019)
• College Award for Scholarly Research (2014–2015)

Visitor ships 🌍

• Research Visitor (2000–2001): Manchester University, UK
• Research Visitor (2001): University of Hertfordshire, UK
• Research Visitor (2003–2004): NCAR & Oklahoma Weather Center, USA

Publication Top Notes

Optimal control of glucose-insulin dynamics via delay differential model with fractional-order

• • Authors: Fathalla A. Rihan, K. Udhayakumar
  • Journal: Alexandria Engineering Journal
  • Year: 2025-02 🗓️

Modeling Hybrid Crossover Dynamics of Immuno‐Chemotherapy and Gene Therapy: A Numerical Approach

• • Authors: Muner M. Abou Hasan, Seham M. AL‐Mekhlafi, Fathala A. Rihan, Hannah A. Al‐Ali
  • Journal: Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences
  • Year: 2025-02-03 🗓️

Stabilization of bilinear systems with distributed delays using the Banach state space decomposition method

• • Authors: Ayoub Cheddour, Abdelhai Elazzouzi, Fathalla A. Rihan
  • Journal: IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information
  • Year: 2024-12-19 🗓️

Continuous Runge–Kutta schemes for pantograph type delay differential equations

• • Authors: Fathalla A. Rihan
  • Journal: Partial Differential Equations in Applied Mathematics
  • Year: 2024-09 🗓️

Fractional order delay differential model of a tumor-immune system with vaccine efficacy: Stability, bifurcation and control

• • Authors: Fathalla A. Rihan, K. Udhayakumar
  • Journal: Chaos, Solitons & Fractals
  • Year: 2023-08 🗓️