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Academic Positions
Assistant Professor
Khalifa University of Science and Technology
Main responsibilities:
+ Lecturer of Mathematics;
+ Applicant and Co-applicant of interdisciplinary research projects;
+ Research and development of new methodologies for the simulation of biomedical phenomena;
+ Discontinuous Galerkin methods for complex flows.
Senior Researcher
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich
Main responsibilities:
+ Coordination and co-management of a joint Swiss National Science Foundation project between 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 project final report.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich
Main responsibilities:
+ Coordination and co-management of a Swiss National Science Foundation project between 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 the simulation of free surface flows and biomedical phenomena;
+ Co-supervision of students;
+ Discussion with medical partners and preparation of project reports.
Postdoctoral Researcher
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Main responsibilities:
+ Research and development of new computational methods for the modeling of the cardiovascular flow and myocardial tissue at the mesoscopic scale;
+ Student advisor for Bachelor and Master projects;
+ Teaching Mathematics at the Faculty of Basic Sciences of EPFL on Bachelor’s level, including the preparation of courses’ materials, writing the course booklet (Analysis I), managing teaching assistants, preparing exams and grading.
ATER – Attaché Temporaire d’Enseignement et de Recherche
Université de Grenoble
Main responsibilities:
+ Teaching mathematics and leading computer-based exercises in Matlab/Octave environment;
+ Duties: 96 hours/year of teaching Mathematics on Bachelor’s level.
Moniteur d’Initiation à l’Enseignement Supérieur
Université de Grenoble
Main responsibilities:
+ Assistant for several cycles of mathematics courses and leading exercise sessions;
+ Duties: 64 hours/year of teaching Mathematics on Bachelor’s level;
+ Pedagogical internships: ten days of training per year at CIES Grenoble.
Education
Doctorate in Applied Mathematics
Université de Grenoble
10/2007 – 04/2011
Employer: Université de Grenoble, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (French CNRS), France.
Team: EDP (Laboratoire Jean Kuntzmann) and DyFCom (Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique).
Thesis title: Numerical modeling of the dynamics of red blood cells using the level set method. (« Modélisation numérique de la dynamique des globules rouges par la méthode des fonctions de niveau« ).
Followship: Bourse Docteur-Ingénieur of CNRS
Distinction: The university does not give distinctions.
Description: This interdisciplinary research, in symbiosis between applied mathematics and physics, focuses on the mathematical modeling and development of efficient methodologies for the simulation and validation of the dynamics of individual biological vesicles and red blood cells in small capillaries.
PhD Committee:
- Jacques Prost (French Academy of Sciences, General director of ESPCI ParisTech), President;
- Marco Picasso (Professeur Titulaire, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Referee;
- Bertrand Maury (Professor, École Polytechnique and Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris), Referee;
- Pierre Saramito (Director of Research, French CNRS), Thesis Director;
- Chaouqi Misbah (Director of Research, French CNRS), Thesis Director;
- Christophe Prud’homme (Professor, University of Strasbourg), Member.
Master’s Degree in Applied Mathematics
Université de Grenoble
2006 – 2007
Team: MOISE (Laboratoire Jean Kuntzmann and National Research Center INRIA Rhône-Alpes).
Thesis title:
Numerical modeling of the dynamics of viscoplastic fluid with free interface. (« Dynamique des fluides viscoplastiques à interface libre« ).
Distinction: Bien.
Supervisors: Prof. Pierre Saramito and Prof. Vuk Milisic.
Engineering Diploma
École Polytechnique de Tunisie
2003 – 2006
Top engineering School in Tunisia, which is accessible for only top ranked students who succeed their national exam of entrance to engineering schools (within top 5% in the national « concours »).
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Cycle préparatoire MPSI/MP
Institut Préparatoire aux Études Scientifiques et Techniques – IPEST
Elite institution which enrolls barely 1% of the elite of Tunisian students. An intensive two-year preparatory course for competitive entrance exams into top French (« Les Grandes Ecoles ») and Tunisian engineering schools. Ranking in the national entrance exam for engineering schools: admission to the École Polytechnique de Tunisie.
Awards
| 2016 | Best Paper Award, 18th International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Numerical Analysis, London (2016) UK. |
| 2016 | Best Presentation Award, 18th International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Numerical Analysis, London (2016) UK. |
| 2013 | Award/Premium by the Dean of the Faculté des Sciences de Base (FSB) of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). |
| 2007-2010 | Ph.D. fellowship (Bourse de Doctorat pour Ingénieur BDI) from the French National Center for Scientific Research CNRS. |
| 2003-2006 | Fellowship from the Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research on the basis of admission to the top-ranked engineering school in Tunisia: Ecole Polytechnique de Tunisie. |
| 2001-2003 | Fellowship from the Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research on the basis of the results in Baccalauréat and admission to the Institut Préparatoire aux Etudes Scientifiques et Techniques (IPEST). |
Scientific Service
Reviewer for
| IJNMBE | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering |
| JCAM | Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics |
| ANM | Applied Numerical Mathematics |
| MMNP | Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena |
| BMMB | Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology |
| Eng Computation | Engineering Computations |
| SIMUL-T SOC MOD SIM | Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International |
| Book Publishing Group | CRC Press Taylor & Francis, London, United Kingdom |
| MICCAI | Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention |
Member of the Editorial board of
| JEMAS | Journal of Engineering Mathematics and Applied Sciences Published in UK by Roman Science Publications Inc. |
