Maha Alammari

Curriculum Vitae
 
Personal Information
Name: Maha Al-Ammari
Nationality: Saudi
Relationship Status: Married
Number of Children: two
E-mail: malammari@ksu.edu.sa
Phone Number: 8055493
 Profile Overview

• Self-motivated, hardworking and goal-oriented with flexibility, commitment and optimism
• Adaptable to the new environment, devoted, conceptual thinker, honest, perseverance and cooperative
• Understanding of education/ administration with quantitative and conceptual abilities; leverage keen analysis, insights and team approach to drive organizational improvements and implementation of best practice

Credentials

• PhD: Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Numerical Computing, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, 2011
• MSc: Master of Science in Mathematics-Functional Analysis, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with grade 4.94 out of 5, 2006 
• BSc : Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with an Excellent grade 4.99 out of 5 and  first class honor, 2003
• High School: Al-Abnaa’  School, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with an excellent grade 99.9 %, 1999
• Spoken Languages: Arabic and English

 
 
Professional Experience

• Vice Head of Mathematics Department at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 2015-September 2017

(The Department got the National Academic Accreditation in 2016 and is planning to renew the International Academic Accreditation in 2017)

• Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2011-now
• Member of the Board of Directors for the Saudi Society for Mathematical Sciences since May the 15th, 2017.
•  A demonstrator at Mathematics Department in the College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2004-2008       
• A demonstrator at Mathematics Department in The University of Manchester, 2009-2010
• An assistant trainer at Mawhiba, Summer Camp, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2011
• A member in the Examinations committee at Mathematics Department in the College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh Saudi Arabia, 2011
• A member in the committee of developing the educational process in the Department of Mathematics at King Saud University, 2012-2013
• A member of the Organizing Committee for the 4th "Teaching and Learning Mathematics in General Education- Distinct research and experiences" Conference ,King Saud University, Riyadh 21-23 / 10/2014

Professional Development
Attended Courses and Workshops

• A course on Qualifying Administrative Leaders, 8—10 January 2016, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• A program in Student-Centered Learning, 08 December 2016, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• Teaching and Learning, 27-31 July 2015, University of South Florida, Tampa, United States of America.
• The Basics of Career Assessment, 17-18 May 2015, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• Elaborating Tables and Registration Mechanism, 2-3 November 2014, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• Effective teaching workshop, December 2012, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• Safe and Comfortable Learning Context Workshop, November 2012, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 
• Professional teaching competencies in HE, November 2012, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 
• Workshop on learning based brainstorming, 16-17 September 2012, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 
• Workshop on training young students for the Mathematics Olympics, 25-30 August 2012, Mawhiba, Saudi Arabia.   
• Viva Survivor Workshop, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, 21st July 2010, The University of Manchester, UK.
• Graduate Teaching Assistance (GTA) Workshop, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, 20th February 2009, The University of Manchester, UK.
• Supporting Postgraduate Students who teach Mathematics and Statistics Workshop. 6th November 2008, The University of Manchester, UK.
• Academic Writing Workshop, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, 11th February 2008, The University of Manchester, UK.

 
Memberships

• SIAM-Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics
• ILAS-International Society of Linear Algebra 
• Saudi Association for Mathematical Sciences

 
Research
Published Papers

• Hermitian matrix polynomials with real eigenvalues of defiinite type-part I:  Classification. Linear Algebra Appl., 436 (2012), 3954-3973.
• Standard Triples of Structured Matrix Polynomials. Linear Algebra Appl., 437 (2012), 817-834. 

Papers to appear

• M. Al-Ammari, Jia and F. Tisseur. Structured inverse quadratic eigenvalue problems. In preparation. 
•  M. Al-Ammari, Y. Nakatsukasa, V. Noferini and F. Tisseur. On the Sign Characteristic of Structured Matrix Polynomials. In preparation. 

Theses

• Analysis of Structured Polynomial Eigenvalue Problems, Ph.D. Thesis, The University of Manchester, August 2011.
• Products of Bergman Space Toeplitz Operators and Brown-Halmos Type Theorems, M.Sc. Thesis, King Saud University, June 2006.

Scientific Refereeing

• Participating as a referee at  The First Cultural Scientific Concourse for the Girl Students from Universities and Institutes of Higher Education in the GCC, 20 January 2015, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

• Refereed for Arab Journal of Mathematical Sciences (AJMS), 2014.

• Refereed for Linear Algebra and its Applications Journal (LAA), 2013.

• Participating as a referee at National Olympiad for Scientific Creativity on 19/3/2012, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

• Refereed for IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis and SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and applications, 2011.

• Participating as a referee at National Olympiad for Scientific Creativity on 19/3/2012, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Talks at Conferences

• SIAM Conference on Applied Linear Algebra, 18-22 June 2012, Universitat Politecnica De Valencia, Spain. "Standard Triples of Structured Matrix Polynomials"
• ILAS conference, 21-25 June 2010, Pisa Italy. "Classification of Hermitian Matrix Polynomials with Real Eigenvalues"
• 23rd Biennial Conference on Numerical Analysis 23-26 June 2009, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland "Quasidefinite Matrix Polynomials"
• Young Researchers Workshop on Spectral Theory, Quantum Chaos and Random Matrices, June 29th-July 1st, 2009, Cardiff University, UK. "Hyperbolic Matrix Polynomials"

Attended Conferences and Workshops

• SIAM Conference on Applied Linear Algebra, 26-30 October 2015, Hayatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA  
• The First Cultural Scientific Concourse for the Girl Students from Universities and Institutes of Higher Education in the GCC, 20 January 2015, Riyadh, Saudi Aarbia
• 2012 SIAM Conference on Applied Linear Algebra, 18-22 June 2012, Universitat Politecnica De Valencia, Spain.
• GCF, January 21st-24th 2012, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• MOPNET4, April 27th-March 28th 2011, The University of Manchester, UK.
• The 2nd Manchester SIAM Student Chapter Conference, May 20th, 2011, The University of Manchester, UK (presented poster: Numerical Linear Algebra Group in Manchester).
• The 1st Manchester SIAM Student Chapter Conference, April 62th, 2010, The University of Manchester, UK.
• MOPNET2, March 29th-March 30th 2010, University of Nottingham, UK.
• The 3rd Annual Oxford University SIAM Student Chapter, February 9th, 2010, University of Oxford, UK.
• Mathematics Research Students Conference (MRSC), May 2009, The University of Manchester, UK.
• The 50th British Applied Mathematics Colloquium (BAMC), 31 Mar-3 April 2008, The University of Manchester, UK.
• Workshop on New Directions in Functions of Matrices, May 2008, The University of Manchester, UK.
• Workshop on Structured Matrix Polynomials, 13th November 2007, University of Nottingham, UK.

Activities

• Attending "The Higher Education of Girls in The Kingdom" Symposium, 14/1/2013, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Organizing the 1st Manchester SIAM Student Chapter Conference, April 26th, 2010, Manchester, UK
• Participating in Saudis around the world radio program, England, 2010
• Participating in "A returning scholarship student" event  at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2011
• Participating in organizing the open day at King Saud University,  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2005

 More on General Education

• Attending selected sessions of WEP 2013, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, January 2013.
• Interested in self- development.
• A workshop on virtual classrooms, October 2012, King Saud University.
• A course on using smart board and display stand (E-podium) effectively, 18 September 2012, King Saud University.
• Computer courses on Microsoft front page,  Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia flash, New Horizon, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2004
• English Language Courses, Direct English, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2005
• A course on Scientific Research,  Research Center, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2005
• A course on  French Language for beginners,  The International Society, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom