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Academic Positions

Assistant Professor
Khalifa University of Science and Technology

Teaching mathematics.
Applicant and co-applicant on interdisciplinary research projects.
Research and development of new methodologies for the simulation of biomedical phenomena.
Work on discontinuous Galerkin methods for complex flows.

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Senior Researcher
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich

Coordination and co-management of a joint Swiss National Science Foundation project involving the Computer Vision Laboratory (ETH Zürich), the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (ETH Zürich), and the Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery (University Hospital Zürich).
Preparation of the final project report.

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Postdoctoral Researcher
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich

Coordination and co-management of a Swiss National Science Foundation project involving the Computer Vision Laboratory (ETH Zürich), the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (ETH Zürich), and the Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery (University Hospital Zürich).
Mathematical modeling and development of computational methods for free-surface flows and biomedical phenomena.
Co-supervision of students.
Interaction with medical partners and preparation of project reports.

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Postdoctoral Researcher
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Research and development of computational methods for cardiovascular flow and myocardial tissue modeling at the mesoscopic scale.
Advising Bachelor and Master students.
Teaching mathematics at the Faculty of Basic Sciences of EPFL at Bachelor level, including course material preparation, writing the Analysis I booklet, coordinating teaching assistants, preparing exams, and grading.

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ATER – Attaché Temporaire d’Enseignement et de Recherche
Université de Grenoble

Teaching mathematics and leading computer-based exercises in Matlab/Octave.
Teaching load: 96 hours per year at Bachelor level.

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Moniteur d’Initiation à l’Enseignement Supérieur
Université de Grenoble

Teaching assistant for several mathematics courses and exercise sessions.
Teaching load: 64 hours per year at Bachelor level.
Pedagogical training: ten days per year at CIES Grenoble.

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Education

Doctorate in Applied Mathematics
Université de Grenoble

10/2007 – 04/2011

Institution: Université de Grenoble & CNRS (France)

Teams: LJK (EDP) & LIPhy (DyFCom)

Thesis: Numerical modeling of the dynamics of red blood cells using the level set method (link)

Funding: CNRS Doctoral Fellowship

Focus: Modeling and simulation of biological vesicles and red blood cells in microcirculation.

PhD Committee:

Jacques Prost – President
Marco Picasso – Referee
Bertrand Maury – Referee
Pierre Saramito – Director
Chaouqi Misbah – Director
Christophe Prud’homme – Member

Master’s Degree in Applied Mathematics
Université de Grenoble

2006 – 2007

Team: MOISE (LJK & INRIA Rhône-Alpes)

Thesis: Numerical modeling of viscoplastic fluids with free interface (pdf)

Distinction: Bien

Supervisors: Prof. Pierre Saramito, Prof. Vuk Milisic

Engineering Diploma
École Polytechnique de Tunisie

2003 – 2006

Top engineering school in Tunisia, accessible through a highly selective national exam (top ~5%).

Preparatory Classes MPSI/MP
IPEST

Elite institution (~top 1%). Intensive two-year program preparing for competitive exams to top French Grandes Écoles and Tunisian engineering schools.

Outcome: Admission to École Polytechnique de Tunisie.

Scientific Service

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