Associate Professor of Mathematics
School of Arts & Sciences
Mathematics Division
Ph.D. in Pure Mathematics, Université de Tours (Tours, France)
M.S. in Pure Mathematics, Lebanese University (Beirut, Lebanon)
B.S. in Mathematics, Lebanese University (Beirut, Lebanon)
Dr. Rola Kiwan holds a PhD in Mathematics from University of Tours in France. Dr. Kiwan joined AUD in 2011 as an Adjunct Professor and was appointed Assistant Professor of Mathematics in 2012. In September 2022, she was promoted to Associate professor of Mathematics.
Between 2006 and 2007, Dr. Kiwan was an Instructor at the University of Tours-France, where she graduated from. She has worked for four years as an Assistant Professor at the United Arab Emirates University in Al Ain in the UAE.
Her research encloses: optimal placement problem for the Eigenvalues of the Direchlet Laplacian, Nodal sets of the second Dirichlet eigenvalue for doubly connected domains, and the Courant-Nodal sharp eigenvalues.
In addition, she is interested in research about the use of CAS calculators in teaching Calculus, especially for Architecture and Business Students.