
Founding Fellows
TWAS's 42 Founding Fellows
The idea to create an academy for scientists from the developing world was first discussed among a small group of internationally renowned researchers in October 1981 during a meeting of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in Rome, Italy. Under the leadership of Abdus Salam, the Pakistani physicist and Nobel laureate, the Third World Academy of Sciences – TWAS – was founded in Trieste, Italy, in 1983, with a formal ceremony at the University of Trieste and the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP). The initial class of elected members – TWAS's Founding Fellows – was comprised of 42 scientists, nine of them Nobel laureates.
Akhtar, Muhammad | United Kingdom | 02-Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology |
Atiyah, Michael Francis | United Kingdom | 08-Mathematical Sciences |
Bekoe, Daniel Adzei | Ghana | 05-Chemical Sciences |
Benacerraf, Baruj | USA | 04-Medical and Health Sciences incl. Neurosciences |
Bernal, Ignacio | Mexico | 10-Social and Economic Sciences |
Bressani Castignoli, Ricardo | Guatemala | 03-Biological Systems and Organisms |
Chagas, Carlos | Brazil | 02-Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology |
Chandrasekhar, Sivaramakrishna | India | 09-Physics |
Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan | USA | 09-Physics |
Chern, Shiing-Shen | China | 08-Mathematical Sciences |
Croxatto Rezzio, Hector | Chile | 02-Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology |
Dhar, Nil Ratan | India | 05-Chemical Sciences |
Döbereiner, Johanna | Brazil | 01-Agricultural Sciences |
Fernández-Morán, Humberto | Sweden | 04-Medical and Health Sciences incl. Neurosciences |
Hua, Loo-Keng | China | 08-Mathematical Sciences |
Javan, Ali | USA | 09-Physics |
Khorana, Har Gobind | USA | 02-Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology |
Lal, Devendra | USA | 07-Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences |
Lambo, Thomas Adeoye | Nigeria | 04-Medical and Health Sciences incl. Neurosciences |
Lee, Tsung-Dao | USA | 09-Physics |
Leloir, Luis F. | Argentina | 05-Chemical Sciences |
Malu Wa Kalenga, Félix | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 08-Mathematical Sciences |
Menon, Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar | India | 09-Physics |
Miledi, Ricardo | USA | 04-Medical and Health Sciences incl. Neurosciences |
Milstein, César | United Kingdom | 02-Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology |
Odhiambo, Thomas Risley | Kenya | 03-Biological Systems and Organisms |
Paintal, Autar Singh | India | 04-Medical and Health Sciences incl. Neurosciences |
Pal, Benjamin Peary | India | 01-Agricultural Sciences |
Pavan, Crodowaldo | Brazil | 03-Biological Systems and Organisms |
Pereira, Helio Gelli | United Kingdom | 04-Medical and Health Sciences incl. Neurosciences |
Ramachandran, Gopalasamudram Narayana | India | 09-Physics |
Rao, Calyampudi Radhakrishna | USA | 08-Mathematical Sciences |
Rao, Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra | India | 05-Chemical Sciences |
Ratsimamanga, Albert Rakoto | Madagascar | 02-Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology |
Reichel-Dolmatoff, Gerardo | Colombia | 10-Social and Economic Sciences |
Roche, Marcel | Venezuela | 03-Biological Systems and Organisms |
Rosenblueth, Emilio | Mexico | 06-Engineering Sciences |
Salam, Abdus | United Kingdom | 09-Physics |
Siddiqui, Salimuzzaman | Pakistan | 05-Chemical Sciences |
Swaminathan, Monkombu Sambasivan | India | 01-Agricultural Sciences |
Ting, Samuel Chao Chung | USA | 09-Physics |
Yang, Chen Ning (Frank) | USA | 09-Physics |