TWAS 14th General Conference & 28th General Meeting Trieste, Italy (27-29 November 2018) List of Participants as of 20 November 2018
1 Roula ABDEL-MASSIH 8 Ahmad Juma AL-SALMAN 15 Carlos Alberto ARAGÃO DE CARVALHO Department of Biology Department of Mathematics (FTWAS) Faculty of Sciences College of Science Director of Innovation & Technology at INMETRO University of Balamand Sultan Qaboos University National Research Council (CNPq) El-Koura PO Box 36, Al Khod 123 Muscat Av. Ataulfo de Paiva, 765/401 P.O. Box 100 Tripoli Oman Leblon, 2240-034 Lebanon Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil 9 Sabah A. Abdul-Wahab AL-SULAIMAN (FTWAS) 2 ADHIKARI Basanta Raj Full Professor Associate Professor Sultan Qaboos University 16 Rinaldo ARGENTIERI Institute for Disaster Management and College of Engineering Ufficio del Vicario del Prefetto Reconstruction Department of Mechanical and Industrial Prefettura di Trieste Sichuan University- Hong Kong Polytechnic Engineering Piazza Unità d'Italia 4 University P.O. Box 33, PC 123 34121 Trieste No. 122 Huanghe Middle Road Section 1 Al-Khoud Italy Shuangliu District, Chengdu Sultanate of Oman China 17 Caroline ASIIMWE 10 Ahmed Abdulrahman Ahmed AL-TABBAKH Budongo Conservation Field Station 3 Nihad ADNAN Senior Lecturer P.O. Box, 362 Assistant Professor Department of Physics Masindi Department of Microbiology Al-Nahrain University Uganda Jahangirnagar University Jadiriya Dhaka 1342 P.O.Box 64055 18 Ahmed AZAD (FTWAS) Bangladesh Baghdad Incepta Distinguished Professor Iraq Bangladesh University of Health Sciences 4 Imtiaz AHMAD (FTWAS) 125/1 Darus Salam Professor Emeritus 11 Sulayma ALBARWANI (FTWAS) Mirpur-1 Department of Zoology Sultan Qaboos University Dhaka-1216 University of Karachi College of Medicine and Health Sciences Bangladesh Karachi 75270 Department of Physiology Pakistan P.O.Box 35, PC 123 19 Akiça (Akissa) BAHRI (FTWAS) Muscat National Research Institute for Rural Engineering, Oman 5 Nasser Said Fayal AL SALTI Water and Forestry Assistant Professor BP 10, Rue Hédi Karray, ARIANA 2080 College of Science 12 Nahid ALI (FTWAS) Tunisia Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) Chief Scientist P.O. Box 36 Head of Infectious Diseases and Immunology 20 BAI Chunli (FTWAS) P.C. 123 Al-Khoudh Division President Oman CSIR - Indian Institute of Chemical Biology Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 4 Raja S C Mullick Road 52 Sanlihe Road Kolkata 700 032 6 Fayzah M.A. AL-KHARAFI (FTWAS) Beijing 100864 India Emeritus Professor China Kuwait University Faculty of Science 13 Sabah ALMOMIN (FTWAS) 21 Dorairajan BALASUBRAMANIAN (FTWAS) P.O. Box 21540 Research Scientist Director of Research Safat 13076 Biotechnology Department L.V. Prasad Eye Institute Kuwait Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) Road No. 2 P.O. Box 24885 Banjara Hills Safat 13109 7 Salma Mohamed Zahran AL-KINDY (FTWAS) Hyderabad 500034 Kuwait Dean India College of Science Sultan Qaboos University 14 Ashima ANAND (FTWAS) 22 Sanghamitra BANDYOPADHYAY P.O.Box 36, Principal Investigator Director Postal Code 123 Alkhod Exertional Breathlessness Studies Laboratory Indian Statistical Institute Muscat Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute 203 BT Road Sultanate of Oman P.O. Box 2101 Kolkata 700108 Delhi University West Bengal, India Delhi 110 007 India TWAS 14th General Conference & 28th General Meeting , Trieste, Italy, 27-29 November 2018 List of Participants - Page 2
23 Yusuf BARAN 31 Franco Martin CABRERIZO 39 Amitabha CHATTOPADHYAY (FTWAS) Professor Associate Professor Professor and SERB Distinguished Fellow Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics IIB-INTECH, sede Chascomús CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Faculty of Science Intendente Marino KM 8,2 Uppal Road Izmir Institute of Technology CC 164, C.P. 7130, Chascomús Hyderabad 500 007 Urla, Izmir Provincia de Buenos Aires India Turkey Argentina 40 Anthony K. CHEETHAM (FTWAS) 24 João Lucas Marques BARBOSA (FTWAS) 32 Ismail CAKMAK Treasurer and Vice-President Emeritus Professor Professor The Royal Society Universidade Federal do Ceara Sabanci University 6-9 Carlton House Terrace Rua Carolina Sucupira 723 Ap 2002 Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences London SW1Y 5AG 60140120 Fortaleza, Ceara 34956 Tuzla United Kingdom Brazil Istanbul Turkey 41 CHEN Guanrong (FTWAS) 25 Ganapathy BASKARAN (FTWAS) Centre for Chaos and Complex Networks SERB Distinguished Fellow 33 Sylvio CANUTO (FTWAS) City University of Hong Kong Distinguished Visiting Research Chair Institute of Physics 83 Tat Chee Avenue 31 Caroline Street North University of São Paulo Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics R. Matão 1371, Cid. Universitária China Waterloo, Ontario 05508-090 Sao Paulo, SP Canada Brazil 42 CHEN Fahu (FTWAS) Key Laboratory of West China's Environmental 26 Jalila BEN SALAH-ABBÈS 34 CAO Jinghua System (ministry of Education) Assistant Professor Director General School of Earth and Environment Sciences Higher Institute of Biotechnology of Monastir Bureau of International Cooperation Lanzhou University. Lanzhou Avenue Taher Hadded Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) China BP 74 52 Sanlihe Road Monastir 5000 Beijing 100864 43 Sok Ching CHEONG Tunisia China Group Leader Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation (CARIF) 27 Tonya BLOWERS 35 CAO XiaoFeng (FTWAS) 2nd Floor, Outpatient Centre OWSD Programme Coordinator Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology Sime Darby Medical Centre Organization for Women in Science for the Chinese Academy of Sciences No. 1 Jalan SS12/1A Developing World (OWSD) No.1 West Beichen Road, 47500 Subang Jaya c/o TWAS, ICTP Campus Chaoyang District Selangor Strada Costiera 11 Beijing 100101, Malaysia 34151 Trieste China Italy 44 Rajaa CHERKAOUI EL MOURSLI (FTWAS) 36 Karen CASTILLO Faculty of Sciences 28 Pablo Alberto BOLAÑOS-VILLEGAS Young Researcher Université Mohammed V Adjunct Professor Laboratory of Molecular Sensors 4 avenue Ibn Battouta Fabio Baudrit Agricultural Station Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de BP 1014 RP University of Costa Rica Valparaíso (CINV) Rabat La Garita de Alajuela University of Valparaíso Morocco Alajuela 20102 Gran Bretaña 1111 Costa Rica P.O.Box 2360102, Valparaíso 45 Christopher CHETSANGA (FTWAS) Chile Zimbabwe Academy of Sciences 29 Eliete BOUSKELA (FTWAS) Tropical Resources Ecology Centre Laboratory for Clinical and Experimental Research 37 Hombe Gowda Sharat CHANDRA (FTWAS) University of Zimbabwe on Vascular Biology (BioVasc), Biomedical Center, Honorary Director P O Box MP 1512, Mount Pleasant State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rua São Centre for Human Genetics Harare Francisco Xavier, 524 - 20550-013 Rio de Janeiro - Biotech Park, Electronic City Phase I Zimbabwe RJ Bangalore 560 100 Brazil India 46 Emile Rugamika CHIMUSA Senior Lecturer 30 Barbara BURMEN 38 Mei-Hwei CHANG (FTWAS) Division of Human Genetics Level 3 Senior Research Officer Distinguished Chair Professor, Wernher and Beit North Institute of Infectious Kenya Medical Research Institute and Centers for Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine Disease and Molecular Medicine Disease Control Research and Public Health National Taiwan University Hospital University of Cape Town Collaboration No.8, Chung-Shan S. Road Observatory 7925 P.O. Box 1578-40100, Kisumu Taipei, Taiwan, China South Africa Kenya TWAS 14th General Conference & 28th General Meeting , Trieste, Italy, 27-29 November 2018 List of Participants - Page 3
47 Sun-Lin CHUNG (FTWAS) 54 Collet DANDARA 62 Wanderley DE SOUZA (FTWAS) Institute of Earth Sciences Senior Lecturer and Researcher Head, Laboratory of Cell Structure Academia Sinica Division of Human Genetics Centro de Ciencias da Saude (CCS) 128, Sec. 2, Academia Road Faculty of Health Sciences Prédio do Centro de Ciências da Saúde Nangang, Taipei 11529 University of Cape Town Cidade Universitária, Cep: 21.944-970 Taiwan, China Anzio Road Rio de Janeiro RJ Observatory Brazil 7925 Cape Town 48 Anthony CLAYTON (FTWAS) South Africa Professor of Caribbean Sustainable Development 63 Eugenia María DEL PINO VEINTIMILLA (FTWAS) Institute for Sustainable Development Professor (retired) 13 Gibraltar Camp Way 55 Warshi Shamila DANDENIYA Escuela de Ciencias Biologicas University of the West Indies Senior Lecturer Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador Mona Campus Department of Soil Science Av. 12 de Octubre 1076 y Roca Kingston 7 Faculty of Agriculture Apartado 17-01-2184 Jamaica University of Peradeniya Quito Kandy 20400 Ecuador Sri Lanka 49 Carlos A. COELLO COELLO Professor 64 Roseanne DIAB (FTWAS) CINVESTAV-IPN 56 Eqbal Mohammed Abdu DAUQAN Executive Officer Departamento de Computación Associate Professor Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAF) Departments Public Health, Sport and Av. IPN No. 2508 Nutrition PO Box 72135 Col. San Pedro Zacatenco Faculty of Health and Sport Science Lynnwood Ridge 0040 México, D.F. 07300 University of Agder South Africa México 4630 Kristiansand Norway 65 Lorenzo Justiniano DÍAZ CASADO (FTWAS) 50 Claudio COLAIACOMO 57 Luiz DAVIDOVICH (FTWAS) Professor Vice President, Academic Relations President, Brazilian Academy of Sciences (BAS) Departamento de Matemática PUC-Rio Elsevier Instituto de Fisica Edifício Cardeal Leme, sala 862 - Radarweg 29 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 225 Amsterdam 1043 NX Cx.P. 68528 Rio de Janeiro - CEP 22451-900 The Netherlands 21941-972 Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil Brazil 51 Robin CREWE (FTWAS) 66 E. Salif DIOP (FTWAS) Director 58 Maria DE KLEIJN University Professor Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship Senior Vice President, Analytical Services University Cheikh Anta Diop University of Pretoria Elsevier B.P. 5346 Pretoria 0002 Radarweg 29 Dakar-Fann South Africa 1043 NX Amsterdam Senegal The Netherlands 52 Christian Joseph R. CUMAGUN 67 Roberto DIPIAZZA Crop Protection Cluster 59 Fernando G. DE MELLO (FTWAS) Mayor College of Agriculture Instituto de Biofisica "Carlos Chagas Filho" Comune di Trieste University of the Philippines Los Baños Centro de Ciencias da Saude, Bloco "G" Piazza Unità d'Italia 4 College, Laguna 4031 Cidade Universitaria 34121 Trieste Philippines Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro Italy 21941-590 Rio de Janeiro, R.J. 53 Felix Dapare DAKORA (FTWAS) Brazil 68 Ricardo Guillermo DURÁN President, African Academy of Sciences (AAS) Professor Professor and DST/NRF South African Research 60 Gabriella DE MELLO Departamento de Matemática and IMAS Chair in Agrochemurgy and Plant Symbioses Project Manager (UBA-CONICET) Chemistry Department Brazilian Academy of Sciences/TWAS ROLAC Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Arcadia Campus, 175 Nelson Mandela Drive Anfilofio de Carvalho, 29/3 andar Universidad de Buenos Aires Tshwane University of Technology Rio de Janeiro, RJ Ciudad Universitaria - Pabellón I Private Bag X680 20030-060 (C1428EGA) Buenos Aires Pretoria 0001 Brazil Argentina South Africa
61 Marilda Antônia DE OLIVEIRA SOTOMAYOR 69 Askar DZHUMADIL'DAEV (FTWAS) Professor of Mathematical Economics Institute of Mathematics Graduate School of Economics Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan Getúlio Vargas Foundation Pushkin street 125 Rio de Janeiro (EPGE/FGV-RJ) Almaty 050010 Brazil Kazakhstan TWAS 14th General Conference & 28th General Meeting , Trieste, Italy, 27-29 November 2018 List of Participants - Page 4
70 Mohamed EL-FAHAM 78 FENG Kai 86 Rodolfo GAMBINI (FTWAS) Scientific Advisor Deputy Director Professor Bibliotheca Alexandrina Division of International Organization Programmes Instituto de Fisica Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP) Bureau of International Cooperation Facultad de Ciencias El Shatby, Alexandria 21526 Chinese Academy of Sciences Igua 4225 Esq. Mataojo Egypt 52 Sanlihe Road Montevideo Beijing 100864 Uruguay China 71 Hala EL-KHOZONDAR (FTWAS) Electrical Engineering Department 87 GAO Fu (George) (FTWAS) Islamic University of Gaza 79 Maurizio FERMEGLIA Deputy Director-General P.O. Box 108 Rector Chinese Center for Disease Control and Gaza Strip Università degli Studi di Trieste Prevention (China CDC) CAS Key Laboratory of Palestinian Aut. Terr. Piazzale Europa 1 Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute Trieste of Microbiology Italy Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 72 Ibrahim ELMOJTABA No.1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District Assistant Professor Beijing 100101 Department of Mathematics and Statistics College 80 Valderez P. FERREIRA (FTWAS) China of Science Department of Geology, Center of Technology and Sultan Qaboos University Geosciences, federal University of Pernambuco, P. O. Box 36, Al Khodh rua Acad^mico Hélio Ramos s/n Cidade 88 Sedaminou Judith GBENOUDON Muscat Universitária 50740-530 Recife, PE University of Abomey Calavi Oman Brazil 04 BP 1221 Cotonou Benin 73 Encieh ERFANI 81 Claudia FIGUEIREDO Assistant Professor Assistant Professor IASBS (Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic School of Pharmacy 89 Ratna GHOSH (FTWAS) Sciences) Center of Health Sciences James McGill Professor and Macdonald Professor No. 444, Prof. Yousef Sobouti Boulevard Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) McGill University P. C. 45137-66731 Zanjan Rua Carlos Chagas Filho, 373 – Ilha do Fundão Faculty of Education Iran, Isl. Rep. Bloco B – SS – Sala 16 3700 McTavish Street CEP 21941-902 Rio de Janeiro Montreal, Quebec H3A 1Y2 Brazil Canada 74 Alex Chika EZEH Professor P.O. Box 10787-00100 GPO 82 Debora FOGUEL (FTWAS) 90 Mounir GHRIBI Nairobi Full Professor of Biochemistry Director, Sustainable Blue Growth Initiative Kenya Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) In-Charge of International Cooperation and Instituto de Bioquimica Médica Leopoldo de Meis Strategic Partnerships Centro de Ciências da Saúde Research Promotion and International Cooperation 75 Jean-Pierre EZIN (FTWAS) Av Carlos Chagas Filho, 377 Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Emeritus Professor Bloco E sala 42 Sperimentale - OGS Institut de Mathématiques et Sciences Physiques Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941-902 Borgo Grotta Gigante, 42/c Quartier Avakpa, BP 613 Brazil 34010 SGONICO (Trieste) Porto-Novo Italy Bénin 83 Anamaría FONT (FTWAS) Escuela de Física 91 Rolando A. GITTENS 76 Stefano FANTONI Facultad de Ciencias Staff Scientist President Universidad Central de Venezuela Institute of Scientific Research and High The Trieste International Foundation for Progress Avenida Los Ilustres, Los Chaguaramos Technology Services - INDICASAT AIP and Freedom of Sciences (FIT) Caracas 1040-A 219 City of Knowledge, Clayton c/o ICTP Campus Venezuela Panama 0843-01103 Trieste Panama Italy 84 Domiziana FRANCESCON Program Officer 92 Jaqueline GODOY MESQUITA 77 Hazir FAROUK ABDELRAHEEM ELHAJ Elsevier Foundation Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Radarweg 29 Department of Mathematics Department of Mechanical Engineering 1043 NX Amsterdam Institute of Exact Sciences Sudan University of Science and Technology The Netherlands University of Brasilia Khartoum Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro Sudan 70910-900 Brasília 85 Raghavendra GADAGKAR (FTWAS) Brazil Centre for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560 012 India TWAS 14th General Conference & 28th General Meeting , Trieste, Italy, 27-29 November 2018 List of Participants - Page 5
93 Pablo Alberto GONZALEZ MUNOZ 100 Lê Tuân HOA (FTWAS) 108 Oswalt Rafael JIMÉNEZ CALDERA Assistant Professor Director Director Institute of Capacity Building, Research Department of Molecular Genetics and Institute of Mathematics Hanoi (IMH) and Environmental Development (CIDEA) Microbiology Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology University of Central America (UCA) Faculty of Biological Sciences (VAST) Roundabout Ruben Darío 150 mts West Pontifical Catholic University of Chile 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Managua Nicaragua Av. Portugal 49, Edificio 210, piso 6 10307 Hanoi Santiago, 8330025 Vietnam Chile 109 JIN Ya-Qiu (FTWAS) Lab Director 101 Mahouton Norbert HOUNKONNOU (FTWAS) Key Laboratory of Wave Scattering and Remote 94 GUO Lei (FTWAS) President Holder Sensing Information President International Chair of Mathematical Physics and Fudan University Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science Applications 220 Handan Road Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICMPA-UNESCO Chair) Shanghai 200433 No.55 Zhong Guan Cun East Road University of Abomey-Calavi China Haidian District 072 BP 50 Cotonou Beijing 100190 Republic of Benin China 110 Luna KAMAU (FTWAS) Chief Research Officer 102 Rabia HUSSAIN (FTWAS) Centre for Biotechnology Research and 95 Mahabir GUPTA (FTWAS) Distinguished National Professor Development Research Professor and Director The Aga Khan University Kenya Medical Research Institute Center for Pharmacognostic Research on 17/3/A Mohammed Ali Housing Society P.O. Box 54840 Panamanian Flora Hashim Tabba Road, Off Sharae Faisal Nairobi-00200 College of Pharmacy Karachi Kenya University of Panama Pakistan Box 0824 - 00172 Republic of Panama 111 KANG Le (FTWAS) 103 Maurizio IACCARINO (FTWAS) Director General Deputy Permanent Observer of the Order of Malta Institute of Zoology 96 Mohammad Ahmad HAMDAN (FTWAS) to UNESCO Chinese Academy of Sciences Senior Advisor Via San Giovanni in Porta, 40 Bei Chen Xi Lu 1-5, B515 Arab Open University Sc. A, Int. 6 Chao Yang District P.O. Box 1339 80138 Napoli Beijing 100101 Amman 11953 Italy China Jordan
104 Muntaser Eltayeb IBRAHIM (FTWAS) 112 Lakshmi Mannepalli KANTAM (FTWAS) 97 Mario HAMUY Head Unit Dr.B.P. Godrej Distinguished Professor Professor Department of Molecular Biology Department of Chemical Engineering Departamento de Astronomía Institute of Endemic Diseases Institute of Chemical Technology FCFM University of Khartoum Nathalal Parekh Marg, Matunga Universidad de Chile P.O.Box 102, Khartoum Mumbai-400019 Casilla 36-D Sudan India Santiago Chile 105 Mohammad Qasim JAN (FTWAS) 113 Zahurul KARIM (FTWAS) Adviser Chairman 98 Mohamed Hag Ali HASSAN (FTWAS) OIC Standing Committee on Scientific and Center for Agri-research and Sustainable President, Sudanese Academy of Science (SNAS) Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH) Development CASEED c/o UNICONS COMSTECH Secretariat House 59, Road 12-A Street 21, Bldg 74 D/H New Extension (Amarat) 33 Constitution Avenue, G-5/2 Dhanmondi P.O. box 8149 Islamabad 44000 Dhaka 1209 Khartoum Pakistan Bangladesh Sudan
106 Jamel JEBALI 114 Eugenie KAYITESI 99 Mohamed Fawzy Ramadan HASSANIEN Assistant Professor Senior Lecturer Professor Higher Institute of Biotechnology of Monastir Department of Biotechnology and Food Deanship of Scientific Research Avenue Taher Hadded Technology Umm Al-Qura University Monastir 5000 Makkah, KSA Tunisia University of Johannesburg Room 2206 John Orr Building Egypt Doornfontein campus, P.O. Box 17011 107 JIAO Nianzhi (FTWAS) Doornfontein 2028 State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Johannesburg Science South Africa Xiamen University A2-301, Zhou Longquan Building Xiamen Fujian 361102 China TWAS 14th General Conference & 28th General Meeting , Trieste, Italy, 27-29 November 2018 List of Participants - Page 6
115 Zeyaur Rahman KHAN (FTWAS) 123 Aderemi Oluyomi KUKU (FTWAS) 131 Mattheus Theodor LOOTS Principal Scientist and Leader, Habitat University of Ibadan Senior Lecturer Management Programme Post Office Box 22574 Department of Statistics International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ibadan University of Pretoria Ecology (icipe) Oyo State 0002 Pretoria PO Box 30772-00100 Nigeria South Africa Nairobi Kenya 124 Cato Thomas LAURENCIN (FTWAS) 132 Mohamed MANSOUR (FTWAS) Van Dusen Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Professor Emeritus 116 Shamsun Nahar KHAN Surgery Institut für Automatik Associate Professor UConn Health Center ETH-Zentrum, ETL I 11 Department of Pharmacy 263 Farmington Avenue Physikstr. 3 East West University Farmington, CT 06030-3711 CH-8092 Zürich Plot No A/2, Main Road USA Switzerland Jahurul Islam City, Aftabnagar Dhaka 1212 125 Jai-Young LEE (FTWAS) 133 Reza MANSOURI (FTWAS) Bangladesh Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Professor Technology (KAIST) Head, School of Astronomy and Astrophysics - 117 Haseena KHAN (FTWAS) 671-7 Yeogsam-dong, Gangnam-gu IPM Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seoul Farmanieh University of Dhaka Korea, Rep. Sharif University of Technology Dhaka 1000 PO Box 19395-5531 Bangladesh Tehran 126 Wen-Hwa LEE (FTWAS) Iran, Isl. Rep. Chancellor 118 Farhana KHANAM China Medical University (Taichung, Taiwan) Deputy Project Coordinator No.91 Hsueh-Shih Road 134 Cletos MAPIYE Enteric and Respiratory Infections Unit Taichung, Taiwan, China Senior Lecturer International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Department of Animal Sciences Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) Stellenbosch University 127 Edward LEMPINEN 68, Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Sarani, Mohakhali 1082 Mike DeVries Bldg Public Information Officer Dhaka 1212 Corner Merriman and Bosman Streets The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Bangladesh P Bag X1, Matieland 7602 ICTP Campus Stellenbosch Strada Costiera 11 South Africa 119 Sudesh Kaur KHANDUJA (FTWAS) 34151 Trieste Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Italy (IISER, Mohali), Sector 81, 135 Evgenia MARKVARDT Knowledge City, S.A.S Nagar OWSD Associate Programme Manager 128 LI Yin Punjab Organization for Women in Science for the Institute of Microbiology India Developing World (OWSD) Chinese Academy of Sciences c/o TWAS, ICTP Campus No. 1, West Beichen Road, Chaoyang District Strada Costiera 11 120 Mohammad KHANFAR Beijing 34151 Trieste Assistant Professor China Italy Faculty of Pharmacy University of Jordan 129 Manuel de Jesus LIMONTA-VIDAL (FTWAS) 11942 Amman 136 Tshilidzi MARWALA (FTWAS) Director Jordan Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research Innovation Regional Office for Latin America and the Library and Post. Grad. Studies Caribbean Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment 121 Lydie-Stella KOUTIKA International Council for Science (ICSU) University of Johannesburg CRDPI, Research Center on the Sustainability and KM. 23.5 Carretera Federal Mexico-Cuernavaca PO Box 524 Productivity of Industrial Plantations Casa Tlalpan Ave. Cipreses s/n Auckland Park 2006 B.P. 1291, Pointe-Noire Col. San Andres Totoltepec Johannesburg Congo, Rep. Tlalpan 14400 D.F. Mexico City, Mexico South Africa
130 LIU Yansui 137 Raghunath Anant MASHELKAR (FTWAS) 122 Mmamoloko KUBAYI NGUBANE Professor National Research Professor Minister 11 A Datun Road 3rd Floor, Adams Court, Minister of Science & Technology Chaoyang District Above Bank of Baroda, Private Bag X727 Beijing 100101 Baner Road, Baner Pretoria 0001 China Pune – 411045 South Africa India TWAS 14th General Conference & 28th General Meeting , Trieste, Italy, 27-29 November 2018 List of Participants - Page 7
138 Carlos Frederico Martins MENCK (FTWAS) 147 Romain MURENZI (FTWAS) 154 Thidarat NIMCHUA Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1374 Executive Director National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) - for the Biotechnology (BIOTEC) USP, São Paulo, 05508-000 SP advancement of science in developing countries National Science and Technology Development Brazil c/o ICTP Agency (NSTDA) Strada Costiera 11 113 Thailand Science Park, Khlong Nueng, Khlong 34151 Trieste Luang, Pathum Thani 12120 139 Yunus Daud MGAYA (FTWAS) Italy Thailand Director General National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) 3 Barack Obama Drive 148 Theonest Kahangwa MUTABINGWA (FTWAS) 155 Marian Asantewah NKANSAH P.O. Box 9653, 11101 Dar es Salaam Hubert Kairuki Memorial University Senior Lecturer Tanzania 322 Regent Estate Department of Chemistry P.O. Box 65300 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Dar-es-Salaam Technology (KNUST) 140 Shiraz MINWALLA (FTWAS) Tanzania Kumasi Professor Ghana Dept of Theoretical Physics Tata Institute of Fundamental Research 149 Helena B. NADER (FTWAS) 1 Homi Bhabha Rd Departamento de Bioquímica 156 Atunga NYACHIEO Mumbai 40000 Instituto de Farmacologia e Biologia Molecular Senior Research Scientist India Escola Paulista de Medicina Institute of Primate Research (IPR) Universidade Federal de São Paulo WHO Collaborating Centre Rua Três de Maio, 100 P.O. Box 24481-00502 Karen 141 Naba Kumar MONDAL (FTWAS) 04044-020 São Paulo, SP Nairobi Senior Professor Brazil Kenya Department of High Energy Physics Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Homi Bhabha Road 150 Valakunja NAGARAJA (FTWAS) 157 Bade OGUNDIPE Mumbai 400005 President President, Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria India Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Consultant Ophthalmologist Research Cornea and Anterior Segment Services (A Deemed University) University College Hospital 142 Ali Akbar MOOSAVI-MOVAHEDI (FTWAS) Jakkur, Bengaluru 560 064 Ibadan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics India Nigeria University of Tehran Iran 151 Viêt Trung NGÔ (FTWAS) 158 Eva OHLSSON Director Unit for Research Cooperation 143 Lynn MORRIS Institute of Mathematics Swedish International Development Cooperation Executive Director a.i. Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology Agency (Sida) National Institute for Communicable Diseases (VAST) Valhallavägen 199 HIV Virology Section 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, 10317 Bo Ho, Hanoi S-105 25 Stockholm 1 Modderfontein Road, Sandringham, 2131 Vietnam Sweden South Africa
152 Tao Thien NGUYEN 159 Bolanle A. OJOKOH 144 Mansourou MOUDACHIROU (FTWAS) Head of Science and Department of Nature Senior Lecturer Perpetual Secretary Conservation Department of Computer Science Benin National Academy of Sciences Vietnam National Museum of Nature (VNMN) Federal University of Technology 01 BP 2126 Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology P.M.B. 704, Akure Cotonou (VAST) Nigeria Benin A20 Building, No 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay Hanoi 160 Francisca Nneka OKEKE (FTWAS) 145 Keto Elitabu MSHIGENI (FTWAS) Vietnam Department of Physics and Astronomy Vice-Chancellor University of Nigeria, Nsukka Hubert Kairuki Memorial University 153 Fabrizio NICOLETTI Nsukka P.O. Box 65300 Head, Scientific & Technological Bilateral and Nigeria Dar es Salaam Multilateral Unit Tanzania Direzione Generale per il Sistema Paese (DGSP) 161 Glaucius OLIVA (FTWAS) Ministero Affari Esteri e Cooperazione Professor 146 Marianne MUREITHI Internazionale (MAECI) Instituto de Física de São Carlos Department of Medical Microbiology & Piazzale della Farnesina, 1 Universidade de São Paulo KAVI Institute of Clinical Research Rome Av Trabalhador Saocarlense, 400 University of Nairobi Italy São Carlos SP 13566-590 Nairobi Brazil Kenya TWAS 14th General Conference & 28th General Meeting , Trieste, Italy, 27-29 November 2018 List of Participants - Page 8
162 Esther OROZCO (FTWAS) 169 PEI Gang (FTWAS) 176 Alejandro RAGA Dean President Professor Department of Infectomic and molecular Tongji University 1239 Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares pathogenesis Siping Road Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico CINVESTAV IPN Shanghai 200092 Circuito Exterior S/N Ave. IPN # 2508 China Cd. Universitaria Col San Pedro Zacatenco 04510 Ciudad de Mexico Mexico D.F. CP 07360, AP 14-740 CDMX 170 Hoang Hiep PHAM Mexico Mexico Associate Professor Institute of Mathematics 163 Seza ÖZEN Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology 177 Agepati Srinivasa RAGHAVENDRA (FTWAS) Hacettepe University 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road Dean Faculty of Medicine Building A5, Cau Giay School of Life Sciences Department of Paediatric Rheumatology Hanoi Department of Plant Sciences Sihhiye campus, 06100-Ankara Vietnam University of Hyderabad Turkey Hyderabad 500 046 India 171 Quoc Khanh PHAN (FTWAS) 164 Maria José PACIFICO (FTWAS) Head Full Professor Department of Mathematics 178 Victor Alberto RAMOS (FTWAS) Instituto de Matematica International University, Vietnam National Emeritus Professor Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro University Hochiminh City Instituto de Estudios Andinos Caixa Postal 68530 Linh Trung, Thu Duc Universidad de Buenos Aires Cidade Universitaria Hochiminh City Ciudad Universitaria Ilha do Fundao, CEP 21970-941 Vietnam 1428 Buenos Aires Rio de Janeiro RJ Argentina Brazil 172 Wirulda Nik POOTAKHAM Researcher 179 Jagannatha Kosagisharaf RAO (FTWAS) 165 Enrico PADULA National Center for Genetic Engineering and Director and Chief Executive Officer and Capo Ufficio X Biotechnology (BIOTEC) Distinguished Scientist Direzione Generale per il Sistema Paese (DGSP) 113 Thailand Science Park, Phahonyothin Road Institute for Scientific Research and Technology Ministero Affari Esteri e Cooperazione Khlong Nueng, Khlong Luang Services (INDICASAT AIP) Internazionale (MAECI) 12120 Pathum Thani Building 219, Clayton Piazzale della Farnesina, 1 Thailand City of Knowledge Rome Panama City Italy Republic of Panama 173 Thalappil PRADEEP Professor 166 Massimo PAOLI Department of Chemistry 180 Elisa REIS (FTWAS) Programme Coordinator Indian Institute of Technology Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Sociais (IFCS) The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Madras, Chennai Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) ICTP Campus 600 036 India Largo de S.o Francisco, N. 1 S/ 412 Strada Costiera 11 Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22051-070 34151 Trieste Brazil 174 Firdausi QADRI (FTWAS) Italy Senior Director Centre for Vaccine Sciences 181 Flávia RIBEIRO-GOMES 167 Mohamed Iqbal PARKER (FTWAS) International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Researcher Director Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) Laboratory of Malaria Research International Centre for Genetic Engineering and 68 Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Sarani Oswaldo Cruz Institute – FIOCRUZ Biotechnology (ICGEB) Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212 Av. Brasil, 4365 Pav. 26 room 515 Cape Town Component Bangladesh 21040900 Manguinhos, RJ Wernher and Beit Building (South) Brazil UCT Campus 175 Fernando QUEVEDO (FTWAS) Anzio Road, Observatory 7925 Director 182 Juan Gualterio ROEDERER (FTWAS) Cape Town The Abdus Salam International Centre for Emeritus Professor of Physics South Africa Theoretical Physics (ICTP) 4875 Sioux Drive, Apt. 102 Strada Costiera 11 Boulder, CO 80303 168 Maria Cristina PEDICCHIO 34151 Trieste USA President Italy Istituto nazionale di oceanografia e di geofisica 183 Alessia ROSOLEN sperimentale (OGS) Assessore al Lavoro, Formazione Borgo Grotta Gigante 42/C Istruzione, Ricerca, Università e Famiglia 34010 - Sgonico (TS) Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia Italy Piazza dell'Unita d'Italia 1 34121 Trieste Italy TWAS 14th General Conference & 28th General Meeting , Trieste, Italy, 27-29 November 2018 List of Participants - Page 9
184 Thomas ROSSWALL (FTWAS) 192 Ylann SCHEMM 200 Alcides Nobrega SIAL (FTWAS) Bellmansgatan 5 Director Nucleus for Geochemical Studies and Stable 118 20 Stockholm Elsevier Foundation Isotope Laboratory (NEG-LABISE) Sweden Radarweg 29 Department of Geology 1043 NX Amsterdam Center of Technology and Geosciences The Netherlands Federal University of Pernambuco 185 Siddhartha ROY (FTWAS) Recife, PE, 50670-000 Senior Professor Brazil Department of Biophysics 193 Flavia SCHLEGEL Bose Institute Assistant-Director-General Natural Sciences P1/12, CIT Scheme VII M United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific 201 Jerson SILVA (FTWAS) Kolkata 700054 Organization (UNESCO) Centro Nacional de Ressonancia Magnetica India 7 place de Fontenoy Nuclear Jiri Jonas (CNRMN) 75700 Paris 07 SP Instituto de Bioquimica Medica (CCS) France Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 186 Utkir ROZIKOV (FTWAS) Ilha do Fundao Leading scientific fellow 21941-590 Rio de Janeiro RJ Institute of Mathematics 194 Giusto SCIARABBA Brazil 29, Do'rmon Yo'li str. Advisor to Executive Director, TWAS 100125, Tashkent The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Uzbekistan ICTP Campus 202 Vinod Kumar SINGH (FTWAS) Strada Costiera 11 Director 34151 Trieste Indian Institute of Science Education and Research 187 Stefano RUFFO Italy (IISER), Bhopal Director Indore By-pass Road Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati Bhauri, Bhopal 462 066 (MP) [International School for Advanced Studies] 195 Hichem SEBAI India Via Bonomea 265 Associate Professor 34136 Trieste Department of Animal Biotechnology Italy Higher Institute of Biotechnology of Beja 203 Bikash SINHA (FTWAS) Av H. Bourguiba Homi Bhabha Professor BP 382 - 9000 Beja Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre 188 Elly Nyambobo SABIITI (FTWAS) Tunisia Sector-1 Block-AF Makerere University/Uganda National Academy of Bidhan Nagar Sciences (UNAS) Kolkata 700 064 Department of Agricultural Production 196 Arunava SEN India School of Agricultural Sciences, Makerere Professor University 7, S. J. S. Sansanwal Marg P.O. Box 7062 New Delhi 204 Sudeshna SINHA (FTWAS) Kampala 110016 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Uganda India Mohali India 189 Kolawolé Valère SALAKO 197 Mohammad SHAMSHER ALI (FTWAS) Associate Researcher Immediate Past President 205 Inez SLAMET-LOEDIN (FTWAS) Laboratory of Biomathematics and Forest Bangladesh Academy of Sciences Head Estimations (LABEF) Southeast University Genetic Transformation Laboratory Faculty of Agronomic Sciences House 64/B, Road 18 International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) University of Abomey-Calavi Banani, Dhaka 1213 Makati City 04 BP 1525, Cotonou Bangladesh Philippines Benin 198 SHI Yong (FTWAS) 206 Etotepe A. SOGBOHOSSOU 190 Abdin Mohamed Ali SALIH (FTWAS) Director Assistant Professor Civil Engineering Department The Key Lab of Big Data Mining and Knowledge Faculty of Agricultural Sciences Faculty of Engineering Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences University of Abomey-Calavi The University of Khartoum No. 80, Zhongguancun East Road, Haidian District, Abomey Calavi PO Box 15030 Beijing 100190 Benin Al-Amarat Post Office, Khartoum China Sudan 207 Ajay Kumar SOOD (FTWAS) 199 Rudrapatna K SHYAMASUNDAR (FTWAS) President, INSA 191 Poonam SALOTRA (FTWAS) JC Bose National Fellow and Distinguished V. Department of Physics Molecular Parasitology Laboratory Professor Indian Institute of Science National Institute of Pathology (ICMR ) Department of Computer Science and Engineering Bangalore 560 012 Safdarjung Hospital Campus Indian Institute of Technology Bombay India New Delhi 110029 Powai India Mumbai 400 076 India TWAS 14th General Conference & 28th General Meeting , Trieste, Italy, 27-29 November 2018 List of Participants - Page 10
208 V. S. SUBRAHMANIAN 216 Siu Mui TSAI (FTWAS) 223 Jose Ferran VALDEZ LORENZO The Dartmouth College Distinguished Professor in Full Professor Professor Cybersecurity, Technology, and Society Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA) Centre of Mathematical Sciences Director, Institute for Security, Technology and University of São Paulo National Autonomous University of Mexico - UNAM Society Piracicaba - São Paulo Campus Morelia Department of Computer Science CEP 13.416-000 CP 58190, Morelia Dartmouth College Brazil Michoacan Hanover NH 03755 Mexico USA 217 Yu-Chee TSENG Chair Professor 224 Vera Lúcia da Silva VALENTE GAIESKY (FTWAS) 209 Subra SURESH (FTWAS) Department of Computer Science Department of Genetics President National Chiao Tung University Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Nanyang Tecnological University Hsin-Chu,30010 POBox 15053. CEP 91501-970. Singapore Taiwan, China Porto Alegre, RS Brazil 210 Kalulu TABA (FTWAS) 218 Baljinova TSETSEG (FTWAS) Professor Head 225 Cesar Gomes VICTORA (FTWAS) University of Kinshasa Laboratory of Microbiology Emeritus Professor Faculty of Sciences Institute of Biology Federal University of Pelotas B.P. 190 Mongolian Academy of Sciences (MAS) Rua Marechal Deodoro 1160 Kinshasa XI Ulaanbaatar-51 Pelotas, RS, 96020-220 D.R. Congo Mongolia Brazil
211 TAN Weihong (FTWAS) 219 Azzaya TUMENDELGER 226 Ashok Kumar VIJH (FTWAS) Distinguished Professor and Director Researcher Maître de Recherche State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry Hydro-Quebec Institute of Research Chemometrics Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology 1800 Blvd. Lionel Boulet Hunan University Mongolian Academy of Sciences (MAS) Varennes, Quebec th Changsha 410 082 Hunan 4 Building of the MAS J3X 1S1 China Peace Avenue Canada Bayanzurkh District 13330 Ulaanbaatar 212 Abdel Nasser TAWFIK (FTWAS) 227 Luisa Lina VILLA Mongolia Director Professor Egyptian Center for Theoretical Physics (ECTP) Innovation in Cancer Laboratory Nile University (NU) 220 Vaughan TUREKIAN Instituto do Cancer do Estado de São Paulo e Juhayna Square on 26th of July Corridor, Executive Director Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Sheikh Zayed District, Policy and Global Affairs Paulo 12677 Giza The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, HCFMUSP. R. Dr. Ovídio Pires de Campos 872 Egypt and Medicine CEP 05403-911 – São Paulo 500 Fifth Street, NW SP, Brazil Washington, DC 20001 213 Hervé TCHAKOUTÉ KOUAMO USA University of Yaounde I 228 Sandhya VISWESWARIAH (FTWAS) Laboratory of Applied Inorganic Chemistry Department of Molecular Reproduction, University of Yaounde I 221 Daniel Mario UGARTE Development and Genetics Box 812, Yaounde Professor Biological Sciences Building GA09 Cameroon DFA-IFGW-UNICAMP Indian Institute of Science Rua Sérgio Buarque de Holanda 777 Bangalore 560012 Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz India 214 Rémy Bertrand TEPONNO 13083-859 Campinas SP Associate Professor Brazil University of Dschang 229 WANG Shouyang (FTWAS) P.O. Box 67 Vice President Dschang 222 Bishal Nath UPRETI (FTWAS) Academy of Mathematics and Systems Cameroon Academician Nepal Academy of Science and Science/Center for Forecasting Science Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences Department of Geology Zhongguancun East Road No.55 215 Yeya Tiemoko TOURÉ (FTWAS) Tribhuvan University Beijing 100190 Researcher and Professor 205, Dhobidhara, Kumari Marg China Faculté de Médecine et d'Odonto-stomatologie Dillibazar, Kathmandu-33 (FMOS) Nepal University des Sciences, Techniques and 230 Lu-Hai WANG (FTWAS) Technologies de Bamako (USTTB) Vice President B.P 1805 Bamako National Health Research Institutes Mali No. 35, Keyan Road, Zhunan Town Miaoli County 350 Taiwan 40402, China TWAS 14th General Conference & 28th General Meeting , Trieste, Italy, 27-29 November 2018 List of Participants - Page 11
231 Han-Ching WANG 238 YUAN Yaxiang (FTWAS) 246 ZHAO Guochun Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science Professor Science Chinese Academy of Sciences Department of Earth Sciences Institute of Biotechnology Zhong Guan Cun The University of Hong Kong National Cheng Kung University Beijing Pokfulam Road Tainan China Hong Kong Taiwan , China China 239 Khatijah Mohamad YUSOFF (FTWAS) 232 Norbu WANGDI Dean 247 ZHENG Xiaojing (FTWAS) Deputy Chief Forestry Officer Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular President Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Sciences Xidian Univeristy Environmental Research Universiti Putra Malaysia n. 2 South Taibai Raod Lamai Goempa 43400 UPM, Serdang Xi'an 710071 Jakar Selangor DE China Bumthang Malaysia Bhutan 248 ZHENG Xiaoying (FTWAS) 240 Fathiah ZAKHAM Director/Professor 233 Roberto Juan José WILLIAMS (FTWAS) Assistant Researcher Institute of Population Research President Department of Laboratory Medicine WHO Collaborating Center of Reproductive Health National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and Population Science Sciences (ANCEFN, Argentina) University of Hodeidah Peking University INTEMA (Univ. Mar del Plata-CONICET) P.O Box 3114 Beijing 100871 Av. J. B. Justo 4302 Yemen China 7600 Mar del Plata Argentina 241 Patricia ZANCAN 249 ZHOU Qi (FTWAS) Associate Professor Professor 234 XIAO Feng Laboratório de Oncobiologia Molecular – LabOMol Institute of Zoology Associate Professor Departamento de Biotecnologia Farmacêutica Chinese Academy of Sciences State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Faculdade de Farmácia 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District Chemistry Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ Beijing 100101 Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences Av. Carlos Chagas Filho 373 China RCEES, CAS Rio de Janeiro – RJ – 21941-902 18# Shuangqing Road Brazil 250 ZHOU Xiangyu (FTWAS) Haidian District Institute of Mathematics Beijing 100085 242 ZHANG Pingwen (FTWAS) Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science China School of Mathematical Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Peking University Beijing 235 YANG Wei (FTWAS) Beijing, 100871 China President China President Office 251 ZOU Zhigang (FTWAS) Zhejiang University 243 ZHANG Dabing Professor, President Hangzhou 310058 Professor Kunshan Innovation Institution, Nanjing University China Room 117, Block2 Director of environmental materials and renewable Dongchuan Road 800 energy research center 236 Siamak YASSEMI (FTWAS) Shanghai Jiao Tong University Nanjing University Dean, Faculty of Mathematics, Statistics and China No. 22 Hankou Road, Computer Science Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093 School of Math., Stat. & Comp. Sci. China 244 ZHANG Xu (FTWAS) College of Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai Branch University of Tehran Chinese Academy of Sciences P.O. Box 14155-6455 319 Yue Yang Road Tehran Shanghai 200031 Iran China
237 Mariamawit Yonathan YESHAK 245 ZHAO Yuliang Assistant Professor Deputy Director-General Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry & Institute of High Energy Physics Pharmacognosy Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) School of Pharmacy National Center for Nanoscience and Technology College of Health Sciences Beijing Addis Ababa University China PO Box 1176, Addis Ababa Ethiopia