The 2019 class of new Fellows continues the trend of increasing the ratio of women in the Academy. And 10 are from countries previously under-represented – or unrepresented – in TWAS membership.
R.A. Mashelkar, an Indian polymer scientist and TWAS Fellow, helped develop and find uses for smart gels that opened the door to a long list of discoveries put to clever use across fields.
Congolese scientist Lydie-Stella Koutika wins the TWAS-Al-Kharafi Prize for work investigating how to enrich nutrient-poor soil in the face of growing poverty and climate change.
Tchakouté Kouamo Hervé, a Cameroonian chemist, is working on a cement made with recyclable materials that could help control greenhouse gas emissions, too.
ICTP Director Fernando Quevedo was named the winner of the TWAS-Abdus Salam Medal, joining a cadre of past winners who count among the elite science leaders from the developing world.
Sudanese professor Hazir F.A. Elhaj is working to improve biofuel and biogas production in her country. For her achievements, she received the 2018 TWAS-Samira Omar Prize at the Academy's 28th General Meeting in Trieste, Italy.
Malian medical entomologist and 1997 TWAS Fellow Yeya Tiemoko Touré has discovered genetically different malaria mosquitoes, with implications for controlling the disease. For his achievements, he has won the 2018 TWAS-C.N.R. Rao Award.
TWAS has experienced significant growth during the six-year presidency of Bai Chunli. In an interview, Bai reviewed recent successes and the growing interest among developing countries for science-driven development.
Spraying aerosol particles into the atmosphere could block a portion of the sun's warming energy and help check global warming. But potential dangers of radiation management still need to be explored, scientists said at TWAS's Trieste Next roundtable.
The Academy's yearly General Meeting will feature prize ceremonies, lectures by high-level researchers, and two symposia – one on stem cells and gene editing and another on data analytics, social media and sustainability.