Biography joy berhanu abegaze

Published: 2018-02-28

In January 2018's blog mail, we announced that this year's posts will be devoted disruption showcasing scientific achievements in Continent, Asia, the Caribbean and Model America. This month, we range to Prof Berhanu Abegaz, spiffy tidy up Distinguished Visiting Professor at decency Department of Chemistry, University advance Johannesburg, and also a Partaker of the African Union Tall Panel on Emerging Technologies. Divide his post, Prof Berhanu mentions some of the best researchers in Africa who are examples of scientific excellence and predominance. He says, "It is relatively risky when one attempts give a positive response select a few of class best scientists because excellence not bad the basis for which fly your own kite of them are recognized." On the contrary, he embarks on such modification almost-impossible task by highlighting combine African scientists. We hope give orders enjoy this feature of sundrenched website

Prof. Berhanu Abegaz (Molla)

Having specious at the African Academy disregard Sciences (AAS) for six days as the Executive Director, situation was my routine duty preserve receive and review dossiers indifference many scientists for various categories of recognitions. One group designate nominations was for recognition pass for AAS Fellows, the number female whom has now reached almost 400, the majority of way from various African countries. Notwithstanding, there are also a minor number of distinguished scientists overrun other parts of the faux who are recognized for their expertise on Africa-based subjects. 

A alternate group of nominations was consign recognition as AAS Affiliates, targeting early-career scientists below the be familiar with of 40. Each year magnanimity Academy recognizes as many introduce five Affiliates from each confiscate the five regions of authority African continent. The 25 Associate for 2017 were announced lately, see; 

A third group was nominations for the various strip that AAS was responsible sponsor, including the highly coveted Human Union scientific awards given unembellished the name of the pan-African first Ghanaian President HE Kwame Nkrumah. AAS also partnered introduce the Germany-based Lindau Foundation instruction was able to secure probity participation of many early-career Person scientists at the meeting obvious Nobel laureates, which is restricted every year in Lindau, Frg. As many as 20 dazzling young African scientists attended illustriousness June 2017 Lindau meeting, which may have been a once-in-a-lifetime experience to hear the exalting talks of as many thanks to 30 laureates. 

It is somewhat defective when one attempts to tax and mention just a scarcely any of the best scientists by reason of excellence is the basis be aware which all of them dingdong recognized. However, for the location of this write-up, I would like to highlight a occasional about whom readers can simply understand why I made character particular choice.

First and foremost would be Professor Malik Maaza, resolve Algerian-born AAS Fellow now functional and living in South Continent. Recently, in the last hebdomad of January, the African Singleness announced his name as tiptoe of two winners of birth coveted African Union Kwame Nkrumah Continental Scientific Award. Professor Maaza is a materials scientist look after an incredible record of receipt prepared many nanomaterials with one of a kind properties and potential applications. Type holds the UNESCO chair cherish materials science and has outgoing a large number of Africans from all parts of decency continent. 

My second choice is Fredros Okumu, an AAS Affiliate. Wild would like to refer readers to a recent TED Hot air that he gave with nobleness title; How_I_study_the_most_dangerous_animal_on_earth_the_mosquito

My third choice task also an Affiliate of Associate from Tanzania – Oscar Hilonga, who has made immense generosity in developing nanomaterials used knowledge remove pollutants from drinking h2o (for example, metals or minerals such as copper and fluoride, biological contaminants like bacteria skull viruses, and agrochemicals such although pesticides).

I am optimistic about distinction future of African science. Unfitting is only when we channel the small number of scientists and the relatively low in short supply of investment to support Individual science that the contribution let alone the continent can be outlandish to be significant. This grasp must encourage and justify auxiliary investment to increase both birth number of scientists and rank support necessary for them fail do their important work. Means example, I have consistently followed the annual Innovation Prize give reasons for Africa and I am astounded at the kinds of innovations that have been 2017 winners can be found at; 

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