NASAC Board Members
Prof. Mahouton Norbert HOUNKONNOU
NASAC PRESIDENT
Area of Specialization: Mathematics & Physics
Title: Professor
Affiliation(s): – Benin National Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters;
– International Chair in Mathematical Physics and Applications (ICMPA-UNESCO Chair), University of Abomey-Calavi
Brief Bio-data:
Dr. Sc in 1992 from catholic University of Louvain in Belgium, Mahouton Norbert Hounkonnou is a full Professor of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin Republic. His works deal with noncommutative and nonlinear mathematics including differential equations, operator theory, coherent states, quantization techniques, orthogonal polynomials, special functions, graph theory, nonassociative algebras, nonlinear systems, noncommutative field theories and geometric methods in Physics.
Prof. Rajaâ CHERKAOUI EL MOURSLI
Vice-President for Policy Review and Administration, NASAC
Areas of Specialization: Physical Sciences (Nuclear and high energy physics)
Title: Prof
Affiliation(s): Hassan II Academy of Science and Technology, Morocco
Brief Biodata:
Pr. Rajaâ Cherkaoui El Moursli is a full-time Professor of Physics at the Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat and a member of the Hassan II Academy of Science and Technology, Morocco. She worked as a head of the Laboratory for Nuclear Physics (1996-2017). She was Vice-President for Research, Innovation, Cooperation and Partnership of Mohammed V University (2013 – 2017).
Prof. Oumar SOCK
Prof. Irvy GLEDHILL
Vice-President for International Relations and Scientific Affairs, NASAC
Area of Specialization: Computational Physics
Title: Professor
Irvy (Igle) Gledhill holds a BSc and BSc (Hons) from Rhodes University and a PhD in plasma physics from the University of Natal, South Africa. She worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of California, Los Angeles, on plasma physics, and at Stanford University on Space Shuttle physics.
For 30 years, she specialised in transonic computational fluid dynamics in aeronautics at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa.
Emerita Prof. Isabella Akyinbah QUAKYI
Title: Emerita Professor
Affiliation(s): Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS)
Brief Biodata: Emerita Prof. I. A. Quakyi specializes in Immunology, Parasitology and Public Health. University of Ghana (UG). Her research and teaching over the past four decades focused on malaria immunity, immunoparasitology, immunopathology, immunodiagnosis, autoimmunity, molecular immunology and vaccine development.
Dr. Louis Jean Claude Autrey
Secretary General, NASAC
Area of Specialization: Biological Sciences
Title: Doctor
Affiliations (S): Chancellor, University of Mauritius
Past President, Mauritius Academy of Science and Technology
Brief Biodata:
BSc (Lond), MSc, PhD, DSc (Exeter), FTWAS, FMAST, FRSB, CBiol
Dr. Jean Claude Autrey is the Chancellor of the University of Mauritius, the General Secretary of the International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, the Chair of the Board of Directors, Bonsucro (London), Member of the Board of Directors, Mauritius Institute Biotechnology, Chairperson of the MSIRI/MCIA R&D Committee, Chairman ACP Committee on Sugar and its Scientific Advisory Group, Member of Council of the Mauritius Academy of Science and Technology. He has spent most of his career as a researcher on sugarcane and other crops and have served in this area for more than 55 years. He has more than 200 peer-reviewed scientific papers and more than 150 expert reports. He has worked in 22 countries in Africa.
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Former NASAC Presidents
Prof. Mostapha BOUSMINA
Title: Professor
Affiliation(s): Hassan II Academy of Science and Technology, Morocco
Brief Biodata:
Prof. Bousmina is the current Chancellor of the Hassan II Academy of Science and Technology in Morocco and also serves as the President of the Euro-Mediterranean University of Fez the responsible of the Euromed University project. At the request of the Moroccan government, he established the Institute of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology in Rabat in 2008 and serves as its Director General.
Prof. Mohamed H A Hassan (Founding President)
Area of Specialization: Mathematics and Physics
Title: Professor
Affiliation(s): Sudanese National Academy of Science (SNAS)
Brief Biodata:
Mohamed H A Hassan is President of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Italy and the Sudanese National Academy of Sciences (SNAS), Sudan; Chairman of the Governing Council of the United Nations Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries, Turkey and Chairman of the International Advisory Board of the Centre for International Development (ZEF), Germany.
Prof. Robin Michael Crewe (2010-2013)
Area of Specialization: Chemistry and Biochemistry
Title: Professor
Affiliation(s): African Academy of Science
Brief Biodata:
He is the past President of the Academy of Science of South Africa, was elected the President of the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC) during the 6th General Assembly of NASAC held in Cape Town in 2010. He took over from Professor Mohamed Hassan who laid a solid foundation for African science academies to work together through this network.
Former NASAC Board Members
Prof. Rose Gana Fomban LEKE
Title: Professor
Affiliation(s): Cameroon Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Brief Biodata:
Emeritus Professor Rose Gana Fomban Leke is Professor of Immunology and Parasitology, a Fellow of the Cameroon Academy of Sciences CAS, The African Academy of Science AAS, and The World Academy of Science, TWAS.