Zaid Sawlan is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Professor Raul F. Tempone's Stochastic Numerics Research Group (STOCHNUM) at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Prior to this, Zaid obtained a Ph.D. degree and a Master's degree in Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences (AMCS) under Professor Raul F. Tempone's supervision.

Research Interests

Zaid's research interests include Model calibration and Bayesian model comparison for fatigue data, Bayesian inference in linear parabolic PDEs with noisy boundary conditions, and History matching using ensemble Kalman filters.

• I. Babuska, Z. Sawlan, M. Scavino, B. Szabo, R. Tempone, Bayesian inference and model comparison for metallic fatigue data, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 304 (2016): 171-196.​​ 

• F. Ruggeri, Z. Sawlan, M. Scavino, R. Tempone, A hierarchical Bayesian setting for an inverse problem in linear parabolic PDEs with noisy boundary conditions​, Bayesian Analysis, 12, no. 2 (2017): 407-433.

• ​​M. Iglesias, Z. Sawlan, M. Scavino, R. Tempone, C. Wood, Bayesian inferences of the thermal properties of a wall using temperature and heat flux measurements, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 116 (2018): 417-431.

• M. Iglesias, Z. Sawlan, M. Scavino, R. Tempone, C. Wood, Ensemble-marginalized Kalman filter for linear time-dependent PDEs with noisy boundary conditions: application to heat transfer in building walls, Inverse Problems, 34, no. 7 (2018): 075008.​​

• I. Babuska, Z. Sawlan, M. Scavino, B. Szabo, R. Tempone, Spatial Poisson Processes for Fatigue Crack Initiation, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 345 (2019): 454-475.​​ 

Education Profile

• Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and Computational Science, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia (2018).
• M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics and Computational Science, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia (2012).​
• B.Sc. in Mathematics, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia (2010).

Professional Memberships

• Consultant at ARAMCO.​
• ​Teaching Assistant at KAUST (Bayesian Statistics).
• Visiting researcher at ICES, The University of Texas at Austin.​
• Research Intern at ARAMCO.
• Teaching Assistant at KAUST (Stochastic Methods in Engineering).
• ​​​Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).
• Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)​.

Awards and Distinctions

• 2008-2010 KAUST Discovery Scholarship, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
• 2010- KAUST Fellowship, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia.
• 2010 KAUST Provost Award, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia.