Moataz Emam
Assistant Professor of Physics
Moataz Emam
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I received my Bachelor's degree in physics in 1994, followed by a Master's in 1997, both from Cairo University. I then came to the United States and received a PhD from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 2004. Between that year and my joining the faculty at SUNY Cortland in the fall of 2008, I worked as visiting faculty at Mt Holyoke College (assistant professor of physics and mathematics) and Clark University (assistant professor of physics), as well as brief teaching assignments at both UMass Amherst and Smith College. My teaching history includes all levels of undergraduate as well as graduate physics. I have also taught introductory and advanced calculus as well as astronomy. I love teaching, and throughout the years I have tried to come up with different methods of making notoriously difficult topics easier and more enjoyable to the students. Physics is a beautiful science, and I have often felt it my personal quest to convey that feeling to as many students as possible. My research interests are in theoretical high energy physics, particularly string theory and supergravity. I have worked on certain interesting solutions of these theories known as p-branes (pun intended) since the early years of graduate school, after a brief brush with (the so far non-existent but heavily sought after) magnetic monopoles. These branes have properties that connect physics with different disciplines of pure mathematics, particularly geometry and topology. I see the plethora of theories collectively known as the string theory landscape as a vast laboratory filled with all kinds of exotic samples. Studying those samples closely and how they relate to each other may eventually lead to a full understanding of the universe, if such a thing is at all possible. In addition, certain computational tools developed within string theory may prove to be invaluable to other branches of physics. My personal time is always best spent with my wonderful wife and three kids. We take every opportunity to travel and spend time with family and friends. Publication record (http://usparc.ihep.su/spires/find/hep/www?rawcmd=FIND+A+EMAM%2C+MOATAZ&FORMAT=www&SEQUENCE=) |
Moataz Emam
Office: Bowers Hall 127
Phone: 607-753-2914
E-mail:
moataz.emam@cortland.edu
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