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Alouini, Mohamed-Slim

Alouini, Mohamed-Slim

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Alouini is a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, California, USA, in 1998. Alouini is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Optica (formerly the Optical Society of America (OSA)). Other recognitions include his selection as Fellow of the African Academy of Science in 2018 and Member of the Academia Europaea in 2019. Over the last years, Alouini has been addressing the uneven global distribution, access to, and use of information and communication technologies by studying and developing (i) new generations of integrated space-air-ground networks as a solution to provide connectivity to far-flung, less-populated, and/or hard-to-reach areas and (ii) novel thrifty wireless networks to achieve digital inclusiveness for low-income neighborhoods.
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TWAS-CAS Young Scientists Award for Frontier Science

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Former CAS and TWAS President Bai Chunli played a central role in creating the award, currently funded for five years.

The recipients receive USD10,000 sponsored by Lenovo, a global leader in consumer, commercial, and enterprise technology that is the largest PC company in the world.

The subject rotates among various fields of science. The 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 awards recognized achievements respectively in the physical sciences; astronomy and cosmology; earth sciences; and mathematics and Artificial Intelligence (AI). 

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Sebai, Hichem

Sebai, Hichem

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Sebai is an associate professor and director (2017) of the Higher Institute of Biotechnology of Beja, University of Jendouba, Tunisia. He earned his PhD at Carthage University (2009), Tunisia, and served as a member of the scientific council since 2011. From 2012 on, he has coordinated the master Technology Applied to Dairy and Meat, and since 2017 has served as a coordinator in the master Functional Agro-Resources. He headed the Animal Biotechnology Department (2014-2017). Since 2013 he has been a founding member and treasurer of the Tunisian Association of Biotechnology and Bio-Resources Valorisation, and a member of the National Sectorial Commission in Biological Sciences, since April 2018. His research activities focus on the chemical composition of some medicinal plant extracts and essential oils, their antioxidant capacities, and their protective properties against chemical and biological molecules (metals, loperamide, castor oil, sulfuric acid, dextran sulfate, high fat diet, and others), induced oxidative stress, metabolic, and digestive system disorders such as ulcer, colitis and esophagitis.
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Higher Institute of Biotechnology of Beja – University of Jendouba, Tunisia – Av H. Bourguiba – BP 382 - 9000 Beja – Tunisia
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