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Waad Saftly
Country of origin: Syria Currently in: Syria, Homs General field of specialization: Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences-
Degrees
2015 Doctorate Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences -
Current Research Activities
Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences
*Groundbreaking participation in developing the most advanced code (SKIRT code https://skirt.ugent.be) in the astronomical community that studies the light from galaxies, both photometrically and spectroscopically. *Studying the dust energy balance problem in spiral galaxies based on high-resolution hydrodynamics simulations. *Studying the formation and evolution of galaxies across cosmic time, which is one of the most important topics in modern astronomy. * Investigate galaxy evolution is cosmological hydrodynamics simulations. These simulations numerically emulate all the physical processes at play in the formation and evolution of galaxies, in a fully cosmological framework.
Publications resulting from Research:
1. Waad Saftly, Khaled Abdullah, The geometric origin of inertial frames, Journal of AL-Baath University, 2019, Volume 41.
2. M Baes, F Allaert, P Camps, G de Geyter, I De Looze, J Fritz, G Gentile, TM Hughes, Waad Saftly, M Stalevski, S Viaene, Observing and modelling the dust in nearby galaxies, 2017, Publications de l'Observatoire Astronomique de Beograd 96, 17-26
3. Jacopo Fritz, Ilse De Looze, Maarten Baes, Peter Camps, Waad Saftly, Angeles Pérez Villegas, Mariana Rivaz-Sánchez, Marko Stalevski, Evanthia Hatziminaoglou, The heating of diffuse dust at large scale in AGNs: a radiative transfer model study, 2016, Active Galactic Nuclei: What's in a Name?, 101
4. Maarten Baes, Joris Verstappen, Ilse De Looze, Jacopo Fritz, Waad Saftly, Edgardo Vidal Pérez, Marko Stalevski, Sander Valcke Erratum: “Efficient Three-dimensional NLTE Dust Radiative Transfer with SKIRT”(2011, ApJS, 196, 22), The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2016, 223 , 17
5. Gianfranco Gentile, C Tydtgat, Maarten Baes, Gert De Geyter, Mina Koleva, GW Angus, WJG De Blok, Waad Saftly, Sébastien Viaene, Disk mass and disk heating in the spiral galaxy NGC 3223, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2015, 576, A57
6. Waad Saftly, Maarten Baes, Gert De Geyter, Peter Camps, F Renaud, J Guedes, Ilse De Looze, Large and small-scale structures and the dust energy balance problem in spiral galaxies, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2015, 576, A31.
7. Waad Saftly , 3D Grid structures for realistic radiative transfer simulations of dusty galaxies , 2015, Ghent University .
8. Waad Saftly, Maarten Baes, Peter Camps, Hierarchical octree and kd tree grids for 3D radiative transfer simulations, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2014, 561, A77 .
9. Waad Saftly, Peter Camps, Maarten Baes, KD Gordon, Sebastiaan Vandewoude, A Rahimi, Marko Stalevski, Using hierarchical octrees in Monte Carlo radiative transfer simulations, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2013, 554, A10.
10. Peter Camps, Maarten Baes, Waad Saftly, Using 3D Voronoi grids in radiative transfer simulations, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2013, 560, A35.
11. Peter Camps, Maarten Baes, Gert De Geyter, Waad Saftly, Ilse De Looze, Three-dimensional continuum radiative transfer simulations of dusty systems, 7th Annual international conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP), 2013, 474, 53-58.
12. Maarten Baes, Gert De Geyter, Peter Camps, Waad Saftly, I De Looze, J Fritz, D Gadotti, M Stalevski, Dust radiative transfer: modeling the complex interplay between dust and starlight in galaxies, Proceedings of The Life Cycle of Dust in the Universe: Observations, 2013, 70.
13. Maarten Baes, Joris Verstappen, Ilse De Looze, Jacopo Fritz, Waad Saftly, Edgardo Vidal Pérez, Marko Stalevski, Sander Valcke, Efficient three-dimensional NLTE dust radiative transfer with SKIRT, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2011, 196 (2), 22.
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchAdministrationTeaching*Assistant professor at the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Information Technology Engineering at Al-Baath University (Syria), *Part-time assistant professor at Antioch Syrian University (Syria) *My current work includes many duties : teaching in different topics in mathematics, research, supervising master students, refereeing scientific papers, refereeing master theses, organizing workshops and conferences, leading mathematics Olympiad students in Syria. * Vice dean for administrative affairs at the Faculty of Health Sciences at Al-Baath University. * Member of the Science Faculty Council. * Member of the Mathematics Department Council. *Head of the Teachers Syndicate at the Faculty of Sciences since 11th March 2020. *Member of Distinction and Creativity Agency in Syria.
Affiliations
Faculty of Health Sciences at Al-Baath University.Presentation given
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Other Awards
Jun 2022L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Rising Talents Award.The Foundation L'Oréal and UNESCO awarded me in the context of the 2022 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Rising Talents Program. The excellence of my research project has been recognized by an International Selection Committee, and I have been selected as one of the fifteen (15) International Rising Talents to receive the 2022 award to support my research work and encourage the development of my scientific career.Feb 2021L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science - Young Talents program AwardOn behalf of the L’Oréal Foundation and the National Council for Scientific Research - Lebanon (CNRS-L), I have been selected among the six winners chosen from a pool of scientists coming from five Levant countries to receive the 2021 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science - Young Talents program Award. L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science program, honors and empowers Arab female scientists from Levant countries whose findings have contributed to the advancement of scientific knowledge with the firm belief that the “World Needs Science, and Science Needs Women”.May 2023JCI Syria TOYP 2023I have been selected as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons in Syria for the year 2023. JCI (Junior Chamber International) is a worldwide community of young active citizens who are changing the world, one community at a time.
