Welcome
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Northern British Columbia.
My research interests are in Number Theory, Modular Forms, Moments of L-functions, Automorphic L-Functions and Rankin-Selberg Convolutions. For more details, see my publications page.
My research is supported by NSERC Discovery Grant “Moments and Value-Distribution of Automorphic L-functions” (2025–2030).
I was one of the lead collaborators on the PIMS-funded Collaborative Research Group: L‑functions in Analytic Number Theory (2022–2025). In previous years, our CRG organized Comparative Prime Number Theory Symposium which was hosted at UBC Vancouver (June 17–21, 2024), the BIRS-hosted summer school Inclusive Paths in Explicit Number Theory at UBCO (July 2–15, 2023), and Moments of L-functions Workshop at UNBC (July 25–29, 2022).
Brief Biography
I received my MSc in Mathematics from the American University of Beirut in August 2007 with Kamal Khuri-Makdisi. In May 2013, I graduated from The University of British Columbia with a PhD in pure Mathematics. My PhD supervisor was Nike Vatsal. After that, I spent two years at Queen’s University as a Coleman Postdoctoral Fellow working with Ram Murty. From August 2015 until July 2017, I was a PIMS Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Lethbridge working with Amir Akbary, Habiba Kadiri and Nathan Ng.
Announcements
There are two postdoctoral positions at UNBC starting in September 2025. One of the positions is open for researchers with interests in analytic number theory, analytic theory of L‑functions, automorphic forms, arithmetic geometry, and arithmetic statistics. The successful candidate will be working with Stanley Xiao and myself. Priority will be given to applications received by July 9, 2025, but applications will be accepted until the position is filled.