Abdul Wahab
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University Postal Address: 123 Al-Khod, P.O. Box 36, Muscat, Oman Office: Room 0236. Web: https://www.squ.edu.om/science/ GoogleScholar | ResearchGate | Curriculum Vitae | ORCiD | Scopus | Publons |
Education
Ph.D. Applied Mathematics, École Polytechnique Paris, France (Oct.09- Nov.11)
M.S. Mathematical Modeling, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-PARIS VI, Paris, France (Sep.08-Sep.09)
M.Sc. Applied Mathematics, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-PARIS VI, Paris, France (Sep.07-Aug.08)
M.Sc. Mathematics, International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan (Sep.03-Dec.05)
M.Human Resource Management, Virtual University of Pakistan, Lahore, Pakistan (May.19-Apr.21)
B.Sc. Mathematics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan (Sep.01-Aug.03)
M.S. Mathematical Modeling, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-PARIS VI, Paris, France (Sep.08-Sep.09)
M.Sc. Applied Mathematics, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-PARIS VI, Paris, France (Sep.07-Aug.08)
M.Sc. Mathematics, International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan (Sep.03-Dec.05)
M.Human Resource Management, Virtual University of Pakistan, Lahore, Pakistan (May.19-Apr.21)
B.Sc. Mathematics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan (Sep.01-Aug.03)
Academic Experience
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos Unviersity, Oman (Since Jan.24)
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, School of Sciences and Humanities, Nazarbayev Unviersity, Kazakhstan (Oct.20-Feb.24)
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Science & Technology, Pakistan (Jan.20-Sep.20)
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Sciences, National University of Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan (Nov.18 - Nov.19)
Chairperson and Associate Professor, University of Education, Pakistan, Attock Campus (Feb.18 - Nov.18)
Research Assistant Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea (Feb.17-Jan.18)
Korea Research Fellow, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea (Jan.16-Jan.17)
Assistant Professor, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan, Was Campus (June.12-Oct.15)
Post Doctoral Fellow, Université Paris Diderot- PARIS VII, Paris France (Dec.11-Aug.12).
Lecturer, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan, Wah Campus (Jul.06-Jun.07)
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, School of Sciences and Humanities, Nazarbayev Unviersity, Kazakhstan (Oct.20-Feb.24)
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Science & Technology, Pakistan (Jan.20-Sep.20)
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Sciences, National University of Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan (Nov.18 - Nov.19)
Chairperson and Associate Professor, University of Education, Pakistan, Attock Campus (Feb.18 - Nov.18)
Research Assistant Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea (Feb.17-Jan.18)
Korea Research Fellow, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea (Jan.16-Jan.17)
Assistant Professor, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan, Was Campus (June.12-Oct.15)
Post Doctoral Fellow, Université Paris Diderot- PARIS VII, Paris France (Dec.11-Aug.12).
Lecturer, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan, Wah Campus (Jul.06-Jun.07)
Awards and Honors
Best Researcher of the Year 2017: Bio-Imaging and Signal Processing Lab (BISPL), Dept. of Bio & Bain Engineering, KAIST, S. Korea
Best Researcher of the Year 2016: Bio-Imaging and Signal Processing Lab (BISPL), Dept. of Bio & Brain Engineering, KAIST, S. Korea
Korea Research Fellowship 2015: National Research Foundation of Korea, S. Korea (Jan.16-Feb.20)
Research Productivity Award 2015: COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan
Research Productivity Award 2014: COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan
Research Productivity Award 2013: COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan
Young Post Doctoral Fellowship: École Polytechnique Paris, France (Dec.11-Aug.12)
Doctoral Fellowship: Higher Education Commission of Pakistan through NBS-France Program (Jun.07-Nov.11)
Gold Medal, Distinction & First Position in MSc. Mathematics 2007: International Islamic University Islamabad Pakistan.
Best Researcher of the Year 2016: Bio-Imaging and Signal Processing Lab (BISPL), Dept. of Bio & Brain Engineering, KAIST, S. Korea
Korea Research Fellowship 2015: National Research Foundation of Korea, S. Korea (Jan.16-Feb.20)
Research Productivity Award 2015: COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan
Research Productivity Award 2014: COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan
Research Productivity Award 2013: COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan
Young Post Doctoral Fellowship: École Polytechnique Paris, France (Dec.11-Aug.12)
Doctoral Fellowship: Higher Education Commission of Pakistan through NBS-France Program (Jun.07-Nov.11)
Gold Medal, Distinction & First Position in MSc. Mathematics 2007: International Islamic University Islamabad Pakistan.
Research Invitations
- Suleyman Demirel University, Almaty, Kazakhstan (31 Jul.- 04 Aug.23)
- University of Doha for Science and Technology, Doha, Qatar (May 4-14, 23)
- Department of Mathematics, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman (Feb. 8-14, 23)
- Institut Camille Jordan, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon 1, France (21-31 Jul.19)
- Department of Mathematics, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong (18-24 Dec.17)
- Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics, Berlin, Germany (19-24 Jul.16)
- Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics, Berlin, Germany (7-15 Aug.15)
- Department of Mathematics & Applications, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France (18-29 May 15)
Research Grants
- Properties and applications of elastic scattering coefficients (Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, Grant No. 11022021FD2914, 135,263 USD, Jan.2022 - Dec.2024, Principle Investigator).
- Electromagnetic wave prospecting for perfectly conducting objects buried in layered media (Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, Social Policy Grant, 10,000 USD, Jul..2022 - Jul..2023, Principle Investigator).
- Sampling theory and applications for inverse scattering problems (National Research Foundation of Korea, Grant No. NRF-2015H1D3A1062400, 300,000 USD, Jan.16 - Feb.18, Co-Principle Investigator).
Travel Grants
- Chebyshev Grant from The International Mathematical Union, to attend The International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM-2022) (5-14 Jul. 2022) at Saint Petersburg, Russia. (Congress was held virtually due to political unrest).
- Travel Grant from The International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, to attend 9th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM2019) (15-19 Jul.19) at Valencia, Spain.
- Travel Grant from A3 Foresight Research Project: Modeling and Computation of Applied Inverse Problems, to attend 8th International Conference on Inverse Problems and Related Topics (27 Jun.- 01 Jul.15) at Seoul, South Korea.
- Travel Grant from Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) Foundation, to attend 3rd Heidelberg Laureate Forum (23-28 Aug.15) at Heidelberg, Germany.
- Travel Grant from Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach (MFO), to attend the workshop Applied Harmonic Analysis and Sparse Approximation (16-22 Aug.15) at Oberwolfach, Germany.
- Travel Grant from Centre International de Mathematiques Pures & Appliquees to attend CIMPA-Indonesia School Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Imaging (25 Aug-05 Sep.14) at Bandung, Indonesia.
- Travel Grant NANUM from National Institute for Mathematical Sciences (NIMS) Korea, to attend The International Congress of Mathematicians (13.-21 Aug.14) at Seoul, South Korea.
Current & Former Students
Postdocs
- Dr. Rab Nawaz, Currently, Associate Professor at COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan (Aug. 1 - 31, 22).
- Dr. Muhammad Imran Anwar, Currently, Professor at Govt. Collage Jhang, Pakistan, (Jun.-Sep., 22).
- Dr. Farrukh Zeeshan Khan, Currently, Assistant Professor at University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Pakistan. (Nov.-Dec. 23).
- Tasawar Abbas, Inverse scattering using asymptotic techniques, PhD. thesis, International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan (Co-supervised with Prof. Muhammad Sajid), Referees: Prof. Hongyu Liu (Hong Kong Baptist University) and Prof. Hyundae Lee (INHA University, S. Korea), (Aug. 18).
- Aisha Tursynkozha, Ph.D. student at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan since May 22 (Co-supervized with Prof. Ardak Kashkynbayev).
- Saman Anjum, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan, Jun.13.
- Shaista Qaim Shah, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan, Jan.14.
- Nazma Javaid, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan, Jun.14.
- Sikandar Fiaz, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan, Jun.14.
- Sharmeen Shahid, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan, Jun.14.
- Aibike Nagyz, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, Jun.24.
- Vladislav Ryspayev, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, Oct.22-Dec.23.
- Tamirlan Mukazhanov, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, Oct.22-May.23.
- Daniiar Suiunbekov, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, Oct.22-Dec.23.
- Bauyrzhan Kurmangaliyev, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, Oct.23-Dec.23.
- Azamat Kassimbekov, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, Oct.22-Dec.23.
- Sanat Shukarov, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, Jul-Sep23.
- Muhammad Safdar, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, Jul.22-Dec.23.
- Kishwat Ejaz Malik, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, Aug.-Dec.22.