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