Mohamed Wafik ElSheikh
PhD Candidate in Mathematics · University of South Carolina
Department of Mathematics, University of South Carolina
1523 Greene Street, LeConte College, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
mwafik [at] sc [dot] edu ·
1523 Greene Street, LeConte College, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
mwafik [at] sc [dot] edu ·
I am a PhD candidate in mathematics at the University of South Carolina, working with Frank Thorne. My research sits at the intersection of arithmetic statistics and arithmetic dynamics: I compute finite Fourier transforms of invariant functions on spaces of binary forms, and I study primitive prime divisors and orbit intersections for the family f(x) = xd + c.
Before USC I completed an MSc in Mathematics at Sabancı University and a BS in Electronics and Communication Engineering at the American University in Cairo.
Current Teaching
Fall 2026: Instructor of Record, Calculus Workshop II, University of South Carolina.