Research Group

🔬 Current Members

Mohamed Hibat-Allah: Principal Investigator.

Adil Attar: PhD Student (since Fall 2025) - former M.S. in Physics at University of Alberta.

Mouad Belgacem: PhD Student (incoming on Fall 2026) - former M.S. in Physics at École Normale Supérieure de Lyon.

Hanwu Zhou: Spring 2026 co-op UWaterloo student.

🎓 Alumni

Asif Ayub: Research Associate - Fall 2024 and Fall 2025.

🚀 Prospective Members

Postdocs

There is no postdoc opening at the moment. However, if you already have funding and are interested, feel free to reach out to discuss possible research directions.

Graduate Students

PhD:

I am currently at capacity in terms of PhD student supervision. However, students who already have funding and who are interested in PhD research are welcome to reach out to discuss possible research directions aligned with their interests.

Master (thesis program):

I have an opening for a domestic Master’s student. If you are interested in F28, you can send a CV, transcripts, and a statement of interest by email well ahead of the Jan 15 deadline. You can also formally apply here for the MMath (thesis) program https://uwaterloo.ca/applied-mathematics/graduate-students/applying before the Jan 15 deadline.

Undergraduate Students

For Fall 26, internship positions have been already filled. If you’re interested in Winter 27 or after, feel free to contact me to see if there is mutual interest and and apply for funding if needed.

There are several opportunities for undergraduates to engage in research at the interface of physics and machine learning:

• Projects can count as co-op placements.
• Many opportunities are paid, and funding can be arranged.

Examples of funding opportunities:

• Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) — for Canadian citizens and permanent residents
• Mathematics Undergraduate Research Award (MURA) — open to all students at the Math Faculty of UWaterloo.