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TWAS 27Th General Meeting - Kigali, Rwanda, 14-17 November 2016 List of Participants TWAS 27th General Meeting - Kigali, Rwanda, 14-17 November 2016 List of Participants 1 Samir ABBES 9 Sabah ALMOMIN (FTWAS) 18 Marlene BENCHIMOL Associate Professor Research Scientist Brazilian Academy of Sciences Higher Institute of Biotechnology of Beja Biotechnology Department Rio de Janeiro (ISBB) Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research Brazil Habib Bourguiba Street (KISR) BP: 382; Beja 9000 P.O. Box 24885 University of Jendouba Safat 13109 19 Tonya BLOWERS Jendouba 8189 Kuwait OWSD Programme Coordinator Tunisia Organization for Women in Science for 10 Ashima ANAND (FTWAS) the Developing World (OWSD) 2 Ahmed E. ABDEL MONEIM Principal Investigator c/o TWAS, ICTP Campus Lecturer Exertional Breathlessness Studies Strada Costiera 11 Zoology and Entomology Department Laboratory 34151 Trieste Faculty of Science Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute Italy Helwan University P.O. Box 2101 11795 Ain Helwan Delhi University 20 Rodrigo de Moraes BRINDEIRO Cairo Delhi 110 007 Director Egypt India Institute of Biology Federal University of Rio de Janeiro 3 Adejuwon Adewale ADENEYE 11 Asfawossen ASRAT KASSAYE (UFRJ) Associate Professor Associate Professor Rio de Janeiro Department of Pharmacology School of Earth Sciences Brazil Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences Addis Ababa University Lagos State University College of P.O. BOX 1176 21 Federico BROWN Medicine Addis Ababa Assistant Professor 1-5 Oba Akinjobi Way Ethiopia Departamento de Zoologia G.R.A. Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria Instituto de Biociências 12 Thomas AUF DER HEYDE Universidade de São Paulo 4 Ahmed A. AL-AMIERY Deputy Director General Rua do Matão, Travessa 14, n.101 Assistant Professor Ministry of Science and Technology Cidade Universitária Environmental Research Center Department of Science and Technology São Paulo SP. CEP 05508-900 University of Technology Private Bag X 727 Brazil Baghdad Pretoria 0001 Iraq South Africa 22 Ayse BUGRA Bogazici University 5 Fayzah M.A. AL-KHARAFI (FTWAS) 13 Akiça (Akissa) BAHRI (FTWAS) Ataturk Institute for Modern Turkish Emeritus Professor National Research Institute for Rural History Kuwait University Engineering, Water and Forestry 34342 Bebek Faculty of Science BP 10, Rue Hédi Karray, ARIANA 2080, Istanbul P.O. Box 21540 Tunisia Turkey Safat 13076 Kuwait 14 BAI Chunli (FTWAS) 23 Franco Martin CABRERIZO President Associate Professor 6 Salma Muhammed Zahran AL-KINDY Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) IIB-INTECH, sede Chascomús (FTWAS) 52 Sanlihe Road Intendente Marino KM 8,2 Dean Beijing 100864 CC 164, C.P. 7130, Chascomús College of Science China Provincia de Buenos Aires Sultan Qaboos University Argentina P.O.Box 36, 15 Yusuf BARAN Postal Code 123 Alkhod Professor 24 CAO Jinghua Muscat Abdullah Gul University Director General Sultanate of Oman Faculty of Life and Natural Sciences Bureau of International Cooperation Sumer Campus, 38080 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 7 Sabah A. Abdul-Wahab AL-SULAIMAN Kayseri 52 Sanlihe Road (FTWAS) Turkey Beijing 100864 Full Professor China Sultan Qaboos University 16 Endashaw BEKELE (FTWAS) College of Engineering Department of Biology 25 Pinakpani CHAKRABARTI (FTWAS) Department of Mechanical and Industrial Science Faculty Senior Professor and JC Bose National Engineering Addis Abba University Fellow P.O. Box 33, PC 123 P.O. Box 1176 Bose Institute Al-Khoud Addis Ababa P-1/12 CIT Scheme VII-M Sultanate of Oman Ethiopia Kolkata 700 054 India 8 Ahmed Abdulrahman Ahmed 17 Jalila BEN SALAH-ABBÈS AL-TABBAKH Associate Professor 26 Srinivasan CHANDRASEKARAN Senior Lecturer Higher Institute of Biotechnology of (FTWAS) Department of Physics Monastir Honorary Professor Al-Nahrain University Avenue Taher Hadded Department of Organic Chemistry Jadiriya BP 74 Indian Institute of Science P.O.Box 64055 Monastir 5000 Bangalore 560 012 - Karnataka Baghdad Tunisia India Iraq TWAS 27th General Meeting, Kigali, Rwanda, 14-17 November 2016 List of Participants - Page 2 27 Dipankar CHATTERJI (FTWAS) 36 María Isabel COLOMBO 45 Gabriella DE MELLO President, Indian Academy of Sciences Group Leader- Investigador Superior Project Manager Molecular Biophysics Unit Instituto de Histologia y Embriologia Brazilian Academy of Sciences/TWAS Indian Institute of Science (IHEM)-CONICET ROLAC Bangalore 560 012 Facultad de Ciencias Medicas Anfilofio de Carvalho, 29/3 andar India Universidad Nacional de Cuyo Rio de Janeiro, RJ Castilla de Correos 56 20030-060 28 CHEN Fang Mendoza 5500 Brazil Professor Argentina Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital 46 Wanderley DE SOUZA (FTWAS) Earth 37 Philip COTTON Head, Laboratory of Cell Structure Chinese Academy of Sciences Vice Chancellor Centro de Ciencias da Saude (CCS) No.9 Dengzhuang South Road University of Rwanda Prédio do Centro de Ciências da Saúde Haidian District UR-Head Office Cidade Universitária, Cep: 21.944-970 Beijing 100094 KK 737st Gikondo Rio de Janeiro RJ China P.O. Box 4285 Brazil Kigali 29 CHEN Guanrong (Ron) (FTWAS) Rwanda 47 DENG Zixin (FTWAS) Centre for Chaos and Complex Networks Dean City University of Hong Kong 38 Robin CREWE (FTWAS) School of Life Science and Biotechnology 83 Tat Chee Avenue Director Shanghai Jiaotong University Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR Centre for the Advancement of Science Building, Xuhui Campus China Scholarship 1954 Huashan Road University of Pretoria Shanghai 200030 30 CHENG Hui-Ming (FTWAS) Pretoria 0002 China Advanced Carbon Division, Shenyang South Africa National Lab for Mater. Sci. (SYNL) 48 Roseanne DIAB (FTWAS) Institute of Metal Research 39 Genya V. DANA Executive Officer Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMR Senior Science Policy Officer Academy of Science of South Africa CAS) Office of the Science & Technology (ASSAF) 72 Wenhua Road Adviser to the Secretary of State PO Box 72135 Shenyang 110016 Washington DC 20520 Lynnwood Ridge 0040 China USA South Africa 31 Jayaram N. CHENGALUR 49 Alicia DICKENSTEIN National Centre for Radio Astrophysics Dto. de Matemática, FCEN Tata Institute of Fundamental Research 40 Collet DANDARA Universidad de Buenos Aires Pune Associate Professor Ciudad Universitaria Pab. I - C1428EGA India Department of Clinical Laboratory Buenos Aires Sciences Argentina 32 Sok Ching CHEONG Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Group Leader Cape Town 50 Victorien Tamegnon DOUGNON Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation Anzio Road , Observatory 7325 Lecturer (CARIF) Cape Town Department of Human Biology 2nd Floor, Outpatient Centre South Africa Polytechnic School of Abomey-Calavi Sime Darby Medical Centre University of Abomey-Calavi No. 1 Jalan SS12/1A 41 Chandan DASGUPTA (FTWAS) Abomey-Calavi 47500 Subang Jaya Professor Benin Selangor Department of Physics Malaysia Indian Institute of Science 51 Mohamed M. EL-FAHAM Bangalore 560012 Scientific Advisor 33 Christopher J. CHETSANGA (FTWAS) India Bibliotheca Alexandrina Zimbabwe Academy of Sciences Center for Special Studies and Programs Tropical Resources Ecology Centre 42 Swapan Kumar DATTA (FTWAS) (CSSP) University of Zimbabwe Pro Vice Chancellor and Professor of El Shatby, Alexandria 21526 P O Box MP 1512, Mount Pleasant Crop Science Egypt Harare Visva-Bharati University Zimbabwe PO Santiniketan West Bengal 731235 34 Uchechukwu Madukaku CHUKWUOCHA India Senior Lecturer 52 Hala EL-KHOZONDAR (FTWAS) Department of Public Health Technology 43 Luiz DAVIDOVICH (FTWAS) Electrical Engineering Department Federal University of Technology Director BAS Islamic University of Gaza PMB 1526 Instituto de Fisica P.O. Box 108 Owerri Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Gaza Strip Imo State Cx.P. 68528 Palestinian Aut. Terr. Nigeria 21941-972 Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil 53 Mauricio Federico ERBEN 35 Anthony CLAYTON (FTWAS) CEQUINOR (UNLP-CONICET) Professor of Caribbean Sustainable 44 Fernando G. DE MELLO (FTWAS) Departamento de Química Development Instituto de Biofisica "Carlos Chagas Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Institute for Sustainable Development Filho" Universidad Nacional de La Plata 13 Gibraltar Camp Way Centro de Ciencias da Saude, Bloco "G" Argentina University of the West Indies Cidade Universitaria Mona Campus Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro Kingston 7 21941-590 Rio de Janeiro, R.J. Jamaica Brazil TWAS 27th General Meeting, Kigali, Rwanda, 14-17 November 2016 List of Participants - Page 3 54 Jean-Pierre Onvêhoun EZIN (FTWAS) 63 Krishnarajanagar Nagapa GANESH 72 GUO Lei (FTWAS) Emeritus Professor (FTWAS) President Institut de Mathématiques et Sciences Director Academy of Mathematics and Systems Physiques Indian Institute of Science Education and Science Quartier Avakpa, BP 613 Research (IISER) Chinese Academy of Sciences Porto-Novo 900, NCL Innovation Park No.55 Zhong Guan Cun East Road Bénin Dr Homi Bhabha Road Haidian District Pune 411008 Beijing 100190 55 Bernie FANAROFF India China Former Director and Strategic Advisor Square Kilometre Array 64 Marie-Christine GASINGIRWA 73 Julius Kofi HAGAN SKA SA Director General Senior Lecturer The Park,, 1 Park Road, Pinelands Science, Technology and Research Department of Animal Science Cape Town, Western Cape 7405 Ministry of Education School of Agriculture South Africa P.O. Box 622 University of Cape Coast Kigali Cape Coast 56 Olaniyi FAWOLE Rwanda Ghana Reseacher Faculty of AgriSciences 65 Yaye Ken GASSAMA 74 Asaf Haji Oglu HAJIYEV (FTWAS) Stellenbosch University Vice President Head of Department Stellenbosch 7602 National Academy of Sciences Institute of Controlled Systems South Africa ANSTS Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences Dakar 9, B. Vahabzade str. 57 FENG Kai Senegal Baku, AZ1010 Deputy Director Azerbaijan Division of International
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