Mahmoud Sharkawi, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Abu Dhabi Campus

Education
PhD in Applied Mathematics (Astrophysics specialization) ; Western University, Canada
MSc in Mathematical Finance ; McMaster University, Canada
BSc in Mathematics & Statistics; McMaster University, Canada
Research Interests
- Star formation physics
- Mathematics Education
- Physics Education
- Mathematical physics
Selected Publications
Basu, S., Sharkawi, M., & Machida, M. N. (2024). Outflows Driven from a Magnetic Pseudodisk. arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.04260. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ad1bf3
Sharkawi, M. (2023). The Magnetic Field of Protostar-Disk-Outflow Systems. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/9230/
Bino, G., Basu, S., Machida, M. N., Tritsis, A., Sharkawi, M., Kadam, K., & Das, I. (2022). Synthetic Polarization Maps of an Outflow Zone from Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations. The Astrophysical Journal, 936(1), 29. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ac7c0f
Bino, G., Basu, S., Sharkawi, M., & Das, I. (2022). Hourglass magnetic field from a survey of current density profiles. New Astronomy, 90, 101667. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1384107621000993
Teaching Courses
Calculus I 0107101
Calculus II 0107104
Discrete Structures 0107200
Linear Algebra 0107102
Probability & Statistics 0107103
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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