Meet the members of our research center. We can be reached at nyuad.SITE@nyu.edu
Nader Masmoudi is a professor of mathematics at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at the University of New York since 2008. He moved to France to study mathematics first at Ecole Normale Superieure, and later on at université Paris-Dauphine, where he obtained his PhD under the supervision of Pierre-Louis Lions, working on asymptotic problems in fluid mechanics. He is interested in fluid mechanics. He works on probability, analysis and geometry. Gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad (1992). Best scientific article in Annales Henri Poincaré (2011). National Science Foundation Fellowship (2012), Fermat Prize (2017), and King Faisal Prize in Science (2022).
Tej-eddine Ghoul earned his PhD from the University of Paris 13, after that he moved to New York University in New York as a Courant Instructor (Assistant Professor of Mathematics) during two years where he taught Calculus and Linear Algebra. Currently, he is Assistant Professor of Mathematics at NYU Abu Dhabi. Before his PhD he worked also for the CEA (Atomic Energy Center) about the LIBS (Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy) for one year. His research area is PDE (Partial Differential Equations) that arises in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, more specifically he is interested in the formation of singularity and the asymptotic behavior of the solutions. More specifically, he works about blow-up dynamics of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations to obtain a qualitative description of singularity formation of the solutions and the stability of these dynamics. He is also interested by the long-time behavior of the solutions of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations.
Francesco Paparella is interested in developing and studying mathematical models for geophysical fluids and Earth-systems processes. His main focus has been on convection in fluids with one or two buoyancy-changing scalars. But he also works on vortex dynamics, time series analysis, granular flows and ecological and population dynamics modeling.
Jun Zhang research interests lie in the field of physics of fluids and complex systems, which includes biomechanics or bio-locomotion (organismal swimming and flying, and walking), geophysical fluids (thermal convection, continental dynamics, and erosion), solid-on-solid friction, urban heat-island effect, and self-organization phenomena at different scales.