Jackson Levi Said
Contact
Information
Institute of Space Sciences and
Astronomy
University of Malta
Msida MSD 2080
Malta
Tel: +356 2340 3035
E-mail: jackson.said@um.edu.mt
Date and place
of Birth
01 November 1987, Malta
Gender
Male
Experience
Position:
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Lecturer
October 2014 –
Institute of Space Sciences and Astronomy
University of Malta
Malta
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Visiting Lecturer
October 2013 – September 2014
Department of Mathematics, Science & Technical Education
University of Malta
Malta
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Visiting Lecturer
October 2012 – September 2014
Department of Physics
University of Malta
Malta
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Astrophysics Researcher
August 2009 – September 2009
Oxford Astrophysics Department
Kristian Zarb Adami
Oxford (United Kingdom)
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Associate Scientist (ATLAS)
June 2009 – August 2009
CERN
Edward Sarkisyan-Grinbaum
Genève (Switzerland)
Citizenship
Maltese/Irish
Education
The University of Malta
Ph.D., November 2014
• Thesis Title: Alternative Theories of Gravity: Tests and New Solutions (Under
Dr Kristian Zarb Adami)
B.Sc.(Hons) in Mathematics and Physics, June 2010
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• Thesis Title: Particle Dynamics in the Kerr-Newman Spacetime (Under Dr Kristian Zarb Adami)
Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary School
Advanced Levels: Mathematics and Physics
Intermediate Levels: Applied Mathematics, English, Philosophy and Systems of
Knowledge
Antonio Bosio Boys Secondary School
Ordinary Levels: Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, English, Maltese, German, European Studies
Mother
Tongues
English, Maltese
Papers
Levi Said, J., Sultana, J., and Zarb Adami, K., Gravitomagnetic effects in conformal
gravity, Physics Review D, 88, 087504 (2013).
Levi Said, J., Sultana, J., and Zarb Adami, K., Charged Cylindrical Black Holes in
Conformal Gravity, Physics Review D, 86, 104009 (2012).
Sultana, J., Kazanas, D., and Levi Said, J., Conformal Weyl gravity and perihelion
precession, Physics Review D, 86, 084008 (2012).
Levi Said, J., Sultana, J., and Zarb Adami, K., Exact Static Cylindrical Solution to
Conformal Weyl Gravity, Physics Review D 85, 104054 (2012).
Levi Said, J., and Zarb Adami, K., Cosmological Effects on Black Hole Formation,
arXiv:1201.0750v1 [gr-qc] (2012).
Levi Said, J., and Zarb Adami, K., Rotating Cylindrical Black Holes as Particle Accelerators, Physics Review D 83, 104047 (2011).
Levi Said, J., and Zarb Adami, K., The Generalized Uncertainty Principle in f(R)
Gravity for a Charged Black Hole, Physics Review D 83, 043008 (2011).
Levi Said, J., and Zarb Adami, K., Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen correlation in Kerr-Newman
spacetime, Physics Review D 81, 124012 (2010).
Teaching
Experience
The University of Malta
Teaching
• Lecturer FST0571 Mathematics for Commerce 1 (6ECTS)
• Lecturer FST0572 Mathematics for Commerce 2 (6ECTS)
• Lecturer LAS1002 A Short History of the Universe: The Big Bang to the Dinosaurs (8ECTS)
• Lecturer PHY3110 Physical Optics (4ECTS)
• Lecturer PHY3265 Cosmology and Relativity (4ECTS)
• Lecturer PHY3281 Introduction to Astronomy and Cosmology (4ECTS)
• Lecturer SSA5015 Mathematics and Statistics for Astroinformatics (5ECTS)
• Lecturer SSA5020 Mathematical Astrophysics (5ECTS)
• Lecturer SSA5025 Introduction to Astronomy and Cosmology (5ECTS)
• Coordinator DGP0982 Introduction to LATEX for professional and scientific writing
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Lecturer MSS1209 Mathematics for Physicists 1 (2ECTS)
Lecturer MSS2006 Mathematics for Physicists 2 (2ECTS)
Lecturer Pre-Foundations Mathematics and Physics
Lecturer FST0004 Calculus (4ECTS)
Lecturer Foundations Mathematics Support (8ECTS)
Lecturer PHY1020 Basic Concepts in Physics 1 (2ECTS)
Lecturer PHY1030 Basic Concepts in Physics 2 (2ECTS)
Demonstrator PHY1100 Physics Practical I (4ECTS)
Demonstrator PHY2100 Physics Practical II (8ECTS)
Demonstrator PHY3101 Physics Practical III (6ECTS)
Lecturing MAT0002 Core Mathematics (4ECTS) [2011 – 2012]
Lecturing and Tutorials CHE5505 Analysis and Testing 2 (6ECTS) [2011 – 2012]
Instructor
• Final Year Thesis Project (Undergraduate Students): Benjamin Bose (2011),
Mark Pace (2014), Gabriel Farrugia (2014)
Teaching
Experience
The University of Malta
Ph.D
• Gabriel Farrugia
M.Sc
• Mark Pace
Conferences
and Workshops
• One Hundred Years of Strong Gravity, 10th – 12th June 2015, Complexo Interdisciplinar (Instituto Superior Técnico), Lisbon, Portugal.
• Relativity meets Entanglement and High Energy, 13 – 15 September 2011, Imperial
College, London, UK (A Working Group Meeting of the COST Action MP1006,
organized by Helen F. Dowker & Beatrix C. Hiesmayr).
Events
Co-Organized
• COSMOS IN THE MED 2014, 24th – 26th September 2014, University of Malta,
Msida, Malta (Workshop, local organizer)
• Quantum Malta 2012: Fundamental Problems in Quantum Physics, 24 – 27 April
2012, University of Malta, Valletta, Malta (conference, local organizer).
• Black Holes: From Quantum To Gravity, 24 – 27 April 2012, University of Malta,
Valletta, Malta (conference, local organizer).
Editorial
Boards
National
Examination
Boards
• Project Manager of Xjenza (2012–).
• MATSEC Advanced Level Physics Board (2011–2015).
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Committees
• Board of the Institute of Space Sciences and Astronomy (2014–)
• Management Committee member of COST ACTION CA15117 “Cosmology and Astrophysics Network for Theoretical Advances and Training Actions (CANTATA)”
(2016-2020).
• Management Committee member of COST ACTION MP1304, “Exploring fundamental physics with compact stars (NewCompStar)” (2013–2017).
• Management Committee member of COST ACTION MP1006, “Fundamental problems in Quantum Physics” (2011–2015).
Non-Technical
Talks,
Presentations
and Activities
• Discover University, University of Malta, “What is Science? What can it teach us
about the World?” (November, 2013).
• Judge for “Malta Student Science Forum” (2011–2012).
• Open Week, University of Malta, “The Creation of the Universe” (March, 2011).
General Public
Articles
• Cutajar, D, Farrugia, C., Levi Said, J., and Zarb Adami, K., The Einstein Enigma,
THINK, Issue 5 (2013).
• Levi Said, J., Conformal Gravity: Possibly the Next Revolution in Gravity Research,
Journal for the International Association of Physics Students 1 (2012).
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