CV

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Profile

Mathematics educator with 10+ years of international experience teaching students from diverse backgrounds and academic levels. Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), demonstrating excellence in teaching practice and educational leadership. Currently combining a Research Fellowship at the University of Warwick with a part-time Associate Lecturer position at Birkbeck, University of London, marking an active transition towards a more dedicated teaching role. Committed to continuous improvement in pedagogy and to incorporating new approaches and technologies — including computational tools and formative feedback strategies — to enhance student learning.

Research Interests

Physics-based battery models; modelling bubble dynamics; boundary integral method; numerical methods; computational fluid dynamics.

Employment History

• Associate Lecturer (Part-time), Department of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics, Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK (2024 – Present)
  • Module leader for Linear and Nonlinear Optimisation (Level 7, MSc) and Calculus 2 (Level 6, BSc; delivered across Terms 1 and 2), taught in evening sessions to part-time and working students.
  • Designed full course materials: LaTeX Beamer lecture slides, gap-fill handouts, tutorial exercises, and Jupyter notebooks (Python and R) for computational illustration.
  • Developed and verified assessments (final examinations, mock examinations, and reassessment papers) with detailed marking schemes; provided constructive, personalised feedback to support diverse learner cohorts.
  • Integrated academic-integrity measures in response to emerging AI-use challenges in mathematics assessment.
• Research Fellow, Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (2023 – Present)
  • Joined the Multiscale Modelling team at the Faraday Institution to work on physics-based Li-ion battery modelling, including SEI growth and non-equilibrium thermodynamics formulations.
  • Lead PDRA of the Formation and SEI working group (WP3) within the Faraday Institution Multiscale Modelling (MSM) project: organise and chair regular cross-institutional research meetings (Warwick, Imperial, Southampton, Birmingham), set agendas, and coordinate progress across the group.
  • Module leader for MA9M4 at Warwick, contributing to the development and delivery of taught-postgraduate mathematical modelling content.
  • Provided teaching support and marking for undergraduate courses, including MA3D1 Fluid Dynamics, MA133 Differential Equations, and MA265 Methods of Mathematical Modelling 3.
  • Contributed to the PyBaMM (Python Battery Mathematical Modelling) open-source package as a maintainer.
• Private Mathematics Tutor (One-to-One), Independent, UK (2025 – Present)
  • Provided one-to-one mathematics tuition to undergraduate economics students, focusing on calculus, optimisation, and quantitative methods underpinning their degree.
• Mathematics Tutor, A-Team Academy, UK (2024 – Present)
  • Delivered one-to-one and small group tutoring for A-Level Mathematics students (2–4 h/wk).
  • Developed structured learning materials and individualised approaches to address diverse learning needs.
  • Implemented technology-enhanced learning methods to improve student engagement.
• Assessment Associate, Pearson, UK (2022 – Present)
  • Exam marker for 9FM0/02, 9FM0/3B, 9MA0/31 and 4PM1/02 during summer exam periods; additional marking contracts with OCR.
  • Applied standardised assessment criteria and participated in standardisation meetings.
• Computing Tutor, De Montfort University International College (DMUIC), Leicester, UK (2023)
  • Taught Visual Web Development courses covering C#, HTML, SQL, networking, and JavaScript.
  • Designed and facilitated practical lab exercises to reinforce theoretical concepts.
  • Provided academic support for diverse student cohorts, including international students.
• Assistant Professor, Mathematics Department, College of Science, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Erbil, Iraq (2019 – 2020)
  • Taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Multivariable Calculus, Introduction to Probability, Discrete Mathematics, and Numerical Methods.
  • Member of the scientific committee for undergraduate and postgraduate studies; supervised postgraduate research projects.
  • Concurrently served as a part-time Lecturer in the IT Department, Tishk International University.
• Research Fellow, School of Mathematics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK (2018 – 2019)
  • Worked on the EPSRC-funded project “Maximizing cavitation to clean dental implants”.
  • Developed numerical models for cavitation and single bubble dynamics using the Finite Volume Method (FVM) and Finite Element Method (FEM).
• Lecturer, Mathematics Department, College of Science, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Erbil, Iraq (2015 – 2018)
  • Taught Calculus I and II, and Computational Mathematics using MATLAB.
  • Led administrative duties as head of department and member of the exam board.
  • Concurrently served as a part-time Lecturer in the IT Department, Lebanese French University.
• Lecturer (MSc), Mathematics Department, College of Science, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Erbil, Iraq (2007 – 2011)
  • Taught Introduction to Numerical Analysis, Introduction to Visual Basic, and Linear Programming.
  • Coordinated departmental affairs including lecture timetables and served on examination committees.
  • Mentored junior teaching staff and provided pedagogical guidance.

Education

• Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, University of Birmingham, UK (2011 – 2015)
  • Thesis: “Three Dimensional Acoustic Microbubble Dynamics Near Rigid Boundary” (eprint)
  • Supervisor: Dr Qianxi Wang
• M.Sc. in Numerical Analysis, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Iraq (2005 – 2007)
• B.Sc. in Mathematics, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Iraq (1999 – 2003)

Funding, Prizes and Awards

• Project Lead, FUSE 2025, Faraday Institution, UK (2025)
• Higher Performance Contribution Award, University of Warwick (2024)
• Post-Doctoral Research Prize 2024 (Mathematics), FSEM, University of Warwick (2024)
• Recognition for Publications, Presidency of Salahaddin University-Erbil (2015, 2017, 2019)
• Teaching Excellence Recognition, Presidency of Salahaddin University-Erbil (2016, 2017, 2020)

Leadership and Research Management

• Lead PDRA, Formation and SEI Working Group (WP3), Faraday Institution Multiscale Modelling (MSM) Project, UK (2024 – Present)
  • Lead the postdoctoral research group within the MSM project: schedule and chair monthly working-group meetings across four partner institutions (Warwick, Imperial College London, Southampton, Birmingham).
  • Set meeting agendas, track actions and research progress, and act as the main point of coordination between PDRAs and project investigators.
  • Present group progress at MSM face-to-face project meetings and Faraday Institution events.

Professional Memberships and Service

• Fellow, Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK — Ref: PR324437 (2025)
• Associate Fellow, Higher Education Academy (HEA), UK — Ref: PR291688 (2024)
• Member, CIMPA (International Centre for Pure and Applied Mathematics), France (2025 – )
• Member, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), UK (2024 – )
• PDRA Representative, Multi-Scale Modelling (MSM), Faraday Institution, UK (2024)
• Founding Member, Kurdish Mathematical Society (2024)
• Member, Early Career Committee (ECC), University of Warwick (2024)
• Member, Scientific Committee, Faculty of Science, Tishk International University, Erbil, Iraq (2019 – 2020)
• Member, Scientific Committee, Mathematics Department, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Iraq (2019 – 2020)
• Member, Organizing Committee, Kurdish Academic Gathering celebrating Professor Kochar Birkar receiving the Fields Medal, London, UK (2018)
• Member, Committee for Developing Mathematics Curriculum for Science Departments, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Iraq (2017)

Professional Development, Summer Schools and Training

2026

• NEMD for Fluids & Interfaces (Non-Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics) — NEMD Summer School 2026, University of Edinburgh, UK (6–7 Jul 2026). Two-day intensive school on NEMD for fluid dynamics and interfacial phenomena: NEMD theory, interfacial properties, transport phenomena (slip lengths, heat fluxes, interfacial thermal transport), nanoscale hydrodynamics, and machine learning potentials. Hands-on HPC sessions running LAMMPS on Cirrus (UK Tier-2 national HPC service) with support from EPCC.
• SciCADE 2026 Research School for Early Career Researchers — Bayes Centre, University of Edinburgh, UK (22–26 Jun 2026). Five-day research school: Optimization in Data Science (C. Cartis, Oxford); Eigenvalue Optimization and Applications to Spectral Graph Theory (N. Guglielmi, GSSI); Introduction to Dynamics-Based Generative Modelling (N. Malkin, Edinburgh); Solving PDEs with FEM using NGSolve (J. Schöberl, TU Vienna).
• Intermediate Research Software Development — EPCC / ARCHER2, University of Manchester, UK (13–16 Apr 2026). Four-day course on collaborative research software engineering in Python: development environments and Git workflows, automated testing with pytest, continuous integration, robust software design, code review, packaging and release, and agile iteration from user feedback.

2025

• A Journey through Deep Learning Summer School — MaLGa Centre, University of Genoa, Italy (5 days, Jun 2025)

2024

• APP PGR: Academic and Professional Pathway for Postgraduate Researchers who Teach — University of Warwick, UK (Nov 2023 – Feb 2024)
• Faraday THRIVE Programme, “Skills for Thrive” — Faraday Institution, UK (Nov 2023 – Feb 2024)
• Cambridge Ellis Unit Summer School on Probabilistic Machine Learning — University of Cambridge, UK (5 days, Jul 2024)
• Machine Learning Crash Course — Summer School, University of Genoa, Italy (4 days, Jun 2024)
• Mathematics Education Workshop Series — Teaching And Learning Mathematics Online (TALMO), UK (2024 – 2025). Participant in multiple workshops including “Enhancing University Mathematics With Python” and “VisualPDE: Using Interactive Web-Based Simulations to Explore Partial Differential Equations”.

2023

• Introduction Course for New Lecturers in the Mathematical Sciences — IMA / Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge, UK (Sep 2023)
• Advanced Course: Batteries — Basic Principles, Experimental Investigations, and Modelling Across Scales — CISM, Udine, Italy (5 days, Sep 2023)
• Software Development Course — Code Your Future, UK (Jun 2022 – Mar 2023). Full-stack web development: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js, React, Express, and PostgreSQL.

2022 and earlier

• Data Science Bootcamp — TechTalent Academy, UK (Sep – Dec 2022). Data manipulation (NumPy, Pandas), data visualisation, and machine learning.
• Web Development Bootcamp — Bath Spa University, UK (Feb – Jun 2022)
• Analysing Data Bootcamp — Babington, UK (Dec 2021 – Feb 2022). 135-hour programme on data literacy, Excel, Power BI, data analysis and presentation.
• Online Training Session for Volunteer Tutoring — Action Tutor, UK (Mar 2022)
• Deep Learning Workshop — NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute, University of Birmingham, UK (Feb 2019)
• Software Carpentry — Python Workshop — University of Birmingham, UK (Nov 2018)

Conferences, Seminars and Invited Talks

2026

• Early Career Researcher Conference and Training Event 2026, Faraday Institution, UK (24–25 Mar 2026)
• ModVal 2026, 22nd Symposium on Modeling and Validation of Electrochemical Energy Technologies, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland (10–11 Mar 2026) — Poster
• Invited Trainer, Mathematical Education Workshop for Secondary Mathematics Teachers, Kurdish Mathematical Society, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq (24–25 Jan 2026) — delivered a session (in Kurdish Sorani) comparing mathematics curricula and assessment systems in the UK and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, for a selected cohort of 18 secondary teachers (from 150+ applicants) (link)

2025

• BMC-BAMC 2025, University of Exeter, UK (Jun 2025) — Presenting
• Battery Safety UK Conference, University of Warwick, UK (Apr 2025)
• Diversity & Decolonisation in Mathematics Conference, University of Warwick, UK (Mar 2025)
• ModVal 2025, 21st Symposium on Modeling and Validation of Electrochemical Energy Technologies, Karlsruhe, Germany (Mar 2025) — Poster
• PyBaMM Conference 5-6, London, UK (Feb 2025) — Presentation
• Applied Mathematics Seminar, University of Warwick, UK (Feb 2025) — Invited talk

2024

• KMS Seminar, “An Overview of Modelling: Bubble Dynamics and Battery Electrochemistry”, Kurdish Mathematical Society, online (Dec 2024)
• Invited talk, “An Overview of Mathematical Modelling: Fluid Dynamics as an Example”, Mathematics Forever Organization, Kurdistan Region, Iraq (Oct 2024)
• Faraday Institution Conference, Newcastle University, UK (Sep 2024)
• Oxford Battery Modelling Symposium (OBMS), University of Oxford, UK (Sep 2024) — Poster
• ModVal 2024, 20th Symposium on Modeling and Validation of Electrochemical Energy Technologies, Baden, Switzerland (Sep 2024) — Poster
• Early Career Researcher Conference and Training Event, University of Warwick, UK (Jul 2024) — Presentation
• Invited talk, “Math Meets Batteries: An Overview of Physics-Based Modeling”, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Iraq (Mar 2024)

2023

• Faraday Institution Conference, University of Birmingham, UK (Sep 2023)

2022 and earlier

• HackTheMidlands 7.0, Birmingham, UK (Oct 2022)
• TechMids Conference, Birmingham, UK (Oct 2022)
• PERCAT Postdoctoral Researcher Conference (EPS & LES), University of Birmingham, UK (Nov 2019) — Poster
• Workshop on Cavitation Exploitation, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia (Oct 2018) — Presentation
• West Asia Mathematical Schools by CIMPA, “Topics in Algebraic Number Theory and Diophantine Approximation”, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Iraq (Aug 2017) — Organiser
• 1st International Conference on Information Technology (ICoIT17), Kurdistan Region, Iraq (May 2017) — Presentation
• First Swedish-Kurdish Workshop on Educational Aspects of Applied and Industrial Mathematics, University of Zakho, Iraq (Nov 2015) — Presentation
• The Murphy International Scientific Meeting, “Amazing (Cavitation) Bubbles: Great Potentials and Challenges”, Kavli Royal Society Centre, Buckinghamshire, UK (Jul 2014) — Presentation

Supervision

• Extensive supervision experience, including final year undergraduate projects throughout my academic career.
• Co-supervised four PhD and three MSc students in Iraq and Iran from 2018 to 2024, in collaboration with professors at Urmia University of Technology, Iran, and Salahaddin University-Erbil, Iraq.

Technical Skills

• Programming Languages: Python, MATLAB, Fortran, C#, JavaScript, Visual Basic, Pascal
• Web Development: HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Node.js, Express
• Database Systems: PostgreSQL, MongoDB
• Microsoft Office: Word, Excel (PivotTables, VBA), PowerPoint
• Modelling Packages: OpenFOAM, ParaView, Abaqus, PyBaMM (maintainer)
• Development Tools: Git, GitHub, LaTeX, pytest, Continuous Integration (GitHub Actions)
• High-Performance Computing: SLURM workflows, ARCHER2, Warwick HPC (Hammer/Vulcan)
• Educational Technology: Virtual Learning Environments, online assessment platforms, LaTeX Beamer, Jupyter

Publications

A full list is available on the publications page and on my Google Scholar profile.

References

Available upon request.