Abdalrahman Abohalima
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Summary
I’ve recently nished my masters degree in astrophysics. I have curated a database for metal- poor stars, wrote a python GUI to access the sql database. On my free time I’m designing a web application for the database to make it easily accessible. Work Experience
JINAbase, Michigan state University Jun - Aug 2016 A curated database for metal-poor stars with a python GUI to access the database. A project for the Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics (JINA), supervised by Prof. Anna Frebel at MIT.
Education
M.Sc. Astrophysics, Lund University, Sweden May 2017 Masters thesis: Neutron - capture elements in the early universe. Supervisor: Dr. Louise Howes.
B.Sc. Physics, Alexandria University, Egypt June 2013
- Class Rank: 4/82, GPA: 3.41/4
- Bachelor’s Thesis: The constituents of the interstellar medium. Supervisor: Dr. Magdy Alabshehy.
Awards
- Lund University global scholarship; masters degree tuition fees. 2015 - 2017 Scholarship awarded on academic merit basis.
- Physics honors program, Alexandria University Jan 2012 - Jun 2013 Selection based on academic achievements, only 2 students joined the program my year. Teaching Experience
Physics instructor Sep 2013 - Jan 2014
Alexandria University, Egypt
Teaching laboratory physics for rst year science major students. Physics instructor (Part - time) Sep 2013 - Jan 2014 Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Marine Transport, Egypt Teaching laboratory physics for rst year engineering major students. Presentations
-Masters thesis introduction talk: Part of Lund’s masters program. Sep 2016
- Evolution of Martian atmosphere: Planetary sciences, masters course. Oct 2016
-Masters project rst results: Stellar population group at Lund University. Nov 2016 Skills
- Used Matlab to write programs and functions for 2 courses, 6 projects in both courses.
- I wrote a Python wrapper to automate my Masters project work, the wrapper controls an IDL program.
- I taught myself Python while working on JINAbase.
- During my undergrad studies I played basketball for the faculty’s team.