El Mostafa Kalmoun

El Mostafa Kalmoun is a Professor at Al Akhawayn University's School of Science and Engineering. He received his doctorate in Applied Mathematics (Optimization) from Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco, in 2001. He subsequently held a postdoctoral position at Erlangen-Nürnberg University, Germany (2001–2004), and was a recipient of the MIF grant at Niigata University, Japan.

His academic appointments include roles as Assistant Professor (2001–2007), Associate Professor (2007–2015), and Full Professor (2015) at Cadi Ayyad University; Visiting Professor at CRM and Pompeu Fabra University, Spain (2007–2008) and University Utara Malaysia (2009–2011); Associate Professor at King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia (2011–2018); and Associate Professor at Qatar University (2018–2021).

His research specializes in vector optimization and computational mathematics, applied to domains like image processing, nanocomposites, and flow dynamics.

He has received prestigious awards and grants, including:

• MIF grant (Japan)
• DAAD fellowship (Germany)
• DFG grant (Germany)
• Fellowship from Spanish Ministry of Education and Sciences
• Grant from Spanish Agency of International Cooperation
• Grant from French Cooperation Service
• Fellowship from The World Academy of Sciences