Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Qatar University.

Mohamed A. Mabrok, Ph.D.

I am an Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics at Qatar University, where I teach and do research at the intersection of mathematics, control theory and artificial intelligence.

My path in mathematics began at Suez Canal University in Egypt, continued through a research masters at the University of Queensland, and led to a Ph.D. at the University of New South Wales in Australia, where I worked with Professor Ian Petersen on negative imaginary systems theory and its applications to flexible structures and nano-positioning.

Over the past fifteen years the research has moved from classical robust control and dynamical systems into deep learning for healthcare — stroke diagnosis and breast cancer detection — robotics perception, quantum control, and AI in education, without leaving the earlier work behind: the mathematics travels better than the labels suggest.

I care a great deal about teaching, and believe technology can change how mathematics is learned rather than only how it is delivered. The course platform is the argument for that, built and funded personally, and used with real classes before any part of it was made general.

Education

• Ph.D., Applied Mathematics / Electrical Engineering — University of New South Wales, Australia, 2010–2013. Specialisation in automation and control. Thesis: New Results on Negative Imaginary Systems Theory with Application to Flexible Structures and Nano-Positioning. Advisor: Professor Ian Petersen.
• M.Sc., Applied Mathematics — Suez Canal University, Egypt, and University of Queensland, Australia, 2006–2009.
• B.Sc., Applied Mathematics — Suez Canal University, Egypt, 1999–2004. Outstanding Student Award, four consecutive years.

Positions

• Associate Professor — Qatar University, 2022–present. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences.
• Associate / Assistant Professor — Australian University, Kuwait, 2017–2021. Teaching Excellence Award 2021/2022.
• Research Associate — KAUST Robotics Lab, Saudi Arabia, 2015–2017.
• Research Associate — UNSW Canberra, Australia, 2013–2015.
• Lecturer — Suez Canal University, Egypt, 2004–2010.

Visiting positions

• RASHED Lab, University of Hyogo, Japan — 2024
• KAUST, Saudi Arabia — 2015
• Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA — 2012
• University of Queensland, Australia — 2008

Contact

Email is the reliable way to reach me: m.a.mabrok@qu.edu.qa

Prospective students: send a CV and a short note about what you would like to work on, rather than a general enquiry — it is much easier to answer well.