Mohammed Abdalla Elmufti
- Adjunct Faculty
Contact Info

- Name
- Dr. Mohammed Abdalla Elmufti
- Job Title
- Adjunct Faculty
- Office Number
- Planetary Hall, 201C
Affiliations
Departments
- Physics & Astronomy Department (Adjunct)
Research Areas
- Astrophysics
Education
- Ph.D. in Physics & Astronomy, George Mason University
- M.S. in Physics and Astronomy, University of the Western Cape
- B.S. in Physics or Astronomy, University of Khartoum
About
Mohammed Elmufti is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at George Mason University. His research spans radio astronomy, exoplanet science, and data analysis techniques. He works to characterize planetary systems—especially in the presence of stellar activity. At GMU, Dr. Elmufti teaches lower-division physics and astronomy courses, along with their associated lab components, with a particular interest in hands-on data-driven inquiry and bridging theory with observations.
Teaching Focus
Dr. Elmufti teaches PHYS 160, PHYS 243, and PHYS 260, as well as the associated laboratory courses PHYS 161, PHYS 244, PHYS 246 and astronomy labs ASTR 112, ASTR 114. His approach emphasizes conceptual clarity, computational methods, and engaging students with real data and observational techniques.
Selected Publications
- Elmufti et al., “TOI 560: Characterizing a Sub-Neptune Orbiting a Nearby K Dwarf” (2023)
- Elmufti et al., “Perturbations of dark energy models” (2012)
- Reefe et al., “Asynchronous object-oriented approach to the automation of the 0.8-meter George Mason University campus telescope in Python” (2022)
- Cale et al., “Diving Beneath the Stellar Activity: Disentangling Stellar Noise in Exoplanet Signals” (2022)
- Wittrock et al., “Validating AU Microscopii d with transit timing variations” (2023)
Awards
- GMU Summer 2024 Research Fellowship
- GMU Spring 2023 Research Fellowship
- Physics & Astronomy Summer 2023 Research Fellowship
- Mason Core Award (Fall 2019)
- M. O. Taha prize in Physics - University of Khartoum - Sudan - 2017.
Contact Info

- Name
- Dr. Mohammed Abdalla Elmufti
- Job Title
- Adjunct Faculty
- Office Number
- Planetary Hall, 201C