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Kh Mekheimer

Kh Mekheimer was elected as an AAS Fellow in 2020. As a fellow, Kh Mekheimer contributes to the development of the Academy's strategic direction through participation in AAS activities and governance structures. This gears the Academy's vision of transforming African lives through science.

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Kh Mekheimer

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Egypt

Year Elected

2020

Fellow Type

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Discipline

Mathematical Sciences

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Kh Mekheimer

Fellow

Country

Egypt

Year Elected

2020

Fellow Type

Fellow

Discipline

Mathematical Sciences

Biography

Prof. Mekheimer born in Egypt 1963, received a B.Sc. in Mathematics from Ain Shams University Cairo (1984), M.Sc. in Thermo-Elasticity from Al-Azhar University (1990), completed his doctorate in Bio-fluid Mechanics at Al-Azhar University in (1994). Currently, he is a professor of Applied Mathematics and Vice Dean of Research and Post-graduate Studies at the Faculty of Science (Men), Al-Azhar University, Egypt. He is leading an active group in his field of interest "Bio-Fluids". The roles played by Prof. Mekheimer, have many facets: In the scientific research part he has embarked on some fundamental aspects of the peristaltic transport of physiological fluids, blood flow in stenotic arteries, and atherosclerosis catheterization. Many of his student's research earned the prize of the best M. Sc Thesis. & Ph D. Thesis from the Egyptian Mathematical Society (2008, 2012, 2013,2019, 2020). He is Advisory Board Member of the International Islamic Institute for Population Studies and Research, Al-Azhar University 2020, Editor-in-Chief of Al-Azhar Bulletin of Sciences Journal, and Associated Editor of International Journals (Journal of the Egyptian Mathematical Society (JOEMS), SN Applied Sciences, Frontiers in Mathematical and Statistical Physics). Due to the high quality, high competitivity, and importance of the research of Prof. Mekheimer he has been highly cited (3647) and H-index (33) Scopus Citation Overview: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6602385344. Consequently, he has earned one of the State highest prizes namely the State Awards of Excellence Prize of Basic Science awarded by the ASRT (Academy of Scientific Research and Technology ) of Egypt 2018, besides other certificates from the Egyptian Mathematical Society (2008, 2012, 2013,2019, 2020) as well as other prizes from Taif University Saudi Arabia, namely the citation prize for Engineering and Basic Science branch 2012, 2013, and 2014 and OBADA-PRIZE for distinguished researcher 2020-by Natural Science Publishing cooperation. Also, the Order of the Republic-First Class Medal ” Science & Arts” from the Egyptian State 2019. Recently Prof Mekheimer was induced in the “Top 2% of world scientists” list published by Stanford University U.S.A., according to the updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicator, 2020 & 2021