TWAS 12th General Conference and 23rd General Meeting, Tianjin, China, 18-21 September 2012 List of Participants (by surname) (as of 10 September 2012) 1 Samir ABBES 9 Salma M.Z. AL-KINDY (FTWAS) 17 Rajaona ANDRIAMANANJARA (FTWAS) Associate Professor Department of Chemistry President Higher Institute of Biotechnology of Beja College of Science Madagascar National Academy of Arts, (ISBB) Sultan Qaboos University Letters and Sciences University of Jendouba P.O.Box 36, Boîte Postale 4400 Habib Bourguiba Street Postal Code 123 Rue Fernand Kasanga, Tsimbazaza BP: 382; Beja 9000 Muscat Antananarivo 101 Tunisia Sultanate of Oman Madagascar 2 Roula ABDEL-MASSIH 10 Mohamed AL-LAWATI 18 Raoelina ANDRIAMBOLOLONA (FTWAS) Associate Professor Associate Professor Director General Department of Biology College of Science National Institute for Nuclear Sciences and Faculty of Sciences Sultan Qaboos University Technology University of Balamand P.O. Box 36 Al-Khodh 123 Boîte Postale 4279 El-Koura Sultanate of Oman 101 Antananarivo P.O. Box 100 Tripoli Madagascar Lebanon 11 Bruce M. ALBERTS (AFTWAS) Editor-in-Chief, Science Magazine 19 Ignatios ANTONIADIS 3 Mohamed A. ABDOU (AFTWAS) UCSF MC 2200 Physics Department Director Genentech Hall Room N312A CERN-Theory Division Head UCLA Fusion Technology Group 600 16th Street CH 1211 Geneva 23 420 Westwood Plaza San Francisco, CA 94158-2517 Switzerland 44-144, Engineering IV USA Los Angeles, CA 90095-1597 USA 20 Farooq ANWAR 12 Virgílio Augusto F. ALMEIDA (FTWAS) Associate Professor Computer Science Department Department of Chemistry 4 Berhanu M. ABEGAZ (FTWAS) Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais University of Sargodha Executive Director (UFMG) Sargodha 40100 African Academy of Sciences (AAS) Av. Antônio Carlos 6627 – Pampulha-ICEx Pakistan PO Box 24916 31270-010 Belo Horizonte Nairobi Brazil Kenya 21 Carlos Alberto ARAGÃO DE CARVALHO (FTWAS) 13 Sabah ALMOMIN (FTWAS) Av. Ataulfo de Paiva, 765/401 5 Driss ABOUTAJDINE (FTWAS) Biotechnology Department Leblon, 2240-031 Chairman Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research Rio de Janeiro, RJ Faculté des Sciences (KISR) Brazil Université Mohammed V Souissi University P.O. Box 24885 Avenue Ibn Battouta Safat 13109 B.P. 1014, Rabat Kuwait Morocco 22 Alexander Eduardo ARBIETO MENDOZA Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Mathematics Institute 14 Lilliam Margarita ALVAREZ DIAZ (FTWAS) Av. Athos da Silveira Ramos 149 6 Imtiaz AHMAD (FTWAS) Merit Member and Executive Secretary Centro de Tecnologia Bloco C Professor Emeritus Cuban Academy of Sciences Cidade Universitária CP 68530, 21941-909 Dr. Afzal Hussain Qadri Biological Head of the Group of Promotion of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Research Center Sciences University of Karachi Capitolio Nacional Karachi 75270 La Habana Pakistan Cuba 23 Muhammad ASHFAQ (FTWAS) Dean Faculty of Agriculture University of Agriculture 7 Viqar Uddin AHMAD (FTWAS) 15 Shendi Nada AMAL AMIN IBRAHIM Faisalabad 38040 HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry Associate professor Pakistan International Center for Chemical and National Research Centre (NRC) Biological Sciences El-Buhouth Street University of Karachi 12311 Cairo - Dokki Karachi 75270 Egypt 24 Muhammad ASHRAF (FTWAS) Pakistan Dean Faculty of Sciences University of Agriculture 16 AN Zhisheng (FTWAS) Faisalabad 38040 8 Fayzah M. A. AL-KHARAFI (FTWAS) Chair Pakistan Kuwait University Chinese Academy of Sciences Faculty of Science Institute of Earth Environment P.O. Box 21540 10# Fenghui South Road Safat, 13076 Xi'an High-Tech Zone 710054 Kuwait China TWAS 12th General Conference, Tianjin, China, 18-21 September 2012 — List of Participants' Mailing Addresses — Page 2 25 Asfawossen ASRAT KASSAYE 33 Mahdi BALALI-MOOD (FTWAS) 41 Jalila BEN SALAH-ABBÈS Associate Prof. Director Assistant Professor School of Earth Sciences Medical Toxicology Centre Higher Institute of Biotechnology of Addis Ababa University Mashad University of Medical Sciences Monastir P.O. BOX 1176 Azadi Square Avenue Taher Hadded Addis Ababa Mashhad 91779 47857 BP 74 Ethiopia Iran, Isl. Rep. Monastir 5000 Tunisia 26 Thomas AUF DER HEYDE 34 Dorairajan BALASUBRAMANIAN (FTWAS) Deputy Director-General Director of Research 42 Driss BEN SARI (FTWAS) Human Capital and Knowledge Systems L.V. Prasad Eye Institute 36, rue Ait Ali-Souissi Department of Science and Technology Road No. 2 Rabat DST Building, CSIR Campus Banjara Hills Morocco Meiring Naude Road Hyderabad 500034 Brummeria, Pretoria India South Africa 43 Patricia BERJAK (FTWAS) Emeritus Professor 35 Srikumar BANERJEE (FTWAS) Plant Germplasm Conservation Research 27 Nyong Eno AWAI Homi Bhabha Chair Professor SBCS (Biology) Building Personal Assistant to the Hon. Minister Bhabha Atomic Research Centre University of Kwazulu-Natal Federal Ministry of Science and 4th floor, Central Complex South Ring Road, Westville Campus Technology Mumbai 400 085 4001 Durban Federal Secretariat Towers (5th & 9th India South Africa floors) Shehu Shagari Way,Central Area, P.M.B. 331 Garki, Abuja 36 BAO Xinhe (FTWAS) 44 Luiz BEVILACQUA (FTWAS) Nigeria State Key Laboratory of Catalysis Emeritus Professor Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Chinese Academy of Sciences (UFRJ) 457 Zhongshan Road Graduate School of Engineering, COPPE 28 Esi AWUAH Dalian 116023 Instituto A.L.Coimbra, Centro de Vice Chancellor China Tecnologia University of Energy and Natural Bloco B, Room 101 Resources Ilha do Fundão, Caixa Postal 68506 P.O. Box 214 21945-970, Rio de Janeiro RJ Sunyani, Brong Ahafo Region 37 Francisco J. BARRANTES (FTWAS) Brazil Ghana Director Laboratorio de Neurobiología Molecular Programa de Investigaciones Biomédicas UCA--CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias 45 Rajendra BHATIA (FTWAS) 29 Ahmed A. AZAD (FTWAS) Médicas Distinguished Scientist Advisor, Biotechnology Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina Indian Statistical Institute Centre for Advanced Scientific Research Av. Alicia Moreau de Justo 1600 7 Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg Dhaka University C1107AFF Buenos Aires New Delhi, 110 016 Ramna Argentina India Dhaka 2 Bangladesh 38 Ganapathy BASKARAN (FTWAS) 46 Vincent BIRUTA Institute of Mathematical Sciences Minister 30 Adnan BADRAN (FTWAS) CIT Campus Ministry of Education President Chennai 600113 BP 622 Petra University India Kigali PO Box 961343 Rwanda Amman 11196 Jordan 39 Ita Okon BASSEY EWA Federal Minister Federal Ministry of Science and 31 Akiça (Akissa) BAHRI (FTWAS) Technology 47 Tonya BLOWERS Coordinator, African Water Facility 4th floor, phase II Public Information Office African Development Bank Federal Secretariat The Academy of Sciences for the 13, rue du Ghana Abuja Developing World (TWAS) B.P. 323 Nigeria c/o ICTP 1002 Tunis Belvédère Strada Costiera 11 Tunisia 34014 Trieste Italy 40 Endashaw BEKELE (FTWAS) Department of Biology 32 BAI Chunli (FTWAS) Science Faculty President Addis Abba University 48 Mostapha BOUSMINA (FTWAS) Chinese Academy of Sciences P.O. Box 1176 Chancellor 52 Sanlihe Road Addis Ababa Institute of Nanomaterials and Beijing 100864 Ethiopia Nanotechnology (INANOTECH) China Moroccan Advanced Science, Innovation and Research (MAScIR) ENSET, AV. des FARS, Madinal Al Irfane 10100 Rabat Morocco TWAS 12th General Conference, Tianjin, China, 18-21 September 2012 — List of Participants' Mailing Addresses — Page 3 49 María Ester BRANDAN (FTWAS) 58 CHANG Gordon 66 CHEN Jia'er (FTWAS) Instituto de Física Chairman Vice Chairman Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Illycaffe Shanghai Co. Ltd. School of Physics A.P. 20-364 7B&D, Silver Tower, Jiu An Plaza Peking University México 01000 DF 258 Tong Ren Road No. 4-501, Bldg No. 12 Mexico Shanghai 200040 Lan Qi Ying, Haidian District China Beijing 100084 China 50 Xavier CAICEDO (FTWAS) Department of Mathematics Universidad de los Andes 67 CHEN Lin (FTWAS) Apartado Aereo 4976 59 CHANG Kung Ching (FTWAS) State Key Laboratory of Brain and Bogotá Professor Cognitive Science Colombia School of Mathematical Sciences Institute of Biophysics Peking University Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100871 15 Datun Road, Chaoyang District China Beijing 51 Antonio Carlos CAMPOS DE CARVALHO China (FTWAS) Professor Titular Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho 60 CHANG Wen-Chang (FTWAS) Bloco G-CCS - UFRJ Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences 68 CHEN Mu-Fa (FTWAS) Cidade Universitaria, Ilha do Fundâo College of Medicine School of Mathematical Sciences Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941-900 Taipei Medical University Beijing Normal University Brazil No. 250 Wuxing Street, Xinyi Dist. Beijing, 100875 Taipei City 110 China Taiwan, China 52 CAO Jinghua Deputy Director General 69 CHEN Pei-Jer (FTWAS) Bureau of International Cooperation 61 Dipankar CHATTERJI (FTWAS) Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine Chinese Academy of Sciences Molecular Biophysics Unit College of Medicine 52 Sanlihe Road Indian Institute of Science National Taiwan University Beijing 100864 Bangalore 560 012 No 7 Chung-Shan South Road China India Taipei Taiwan, China 53 Lila CASTELLANOS SERRA (FTWAS) 62 CHE Chi-Ming (FTWAS) Head Hui-Wai Haan Chair of Chemistry 70 CHEN Sai-Juan (FTWAS) Center for Genetic Engineering and Department of Chemistry Director Biotechnology (CIGB) The University of Hong Kong Shanghai Institute of Hematology Vaccines Division Pokfulam Road Rui-Jin Hospital Ave. 31 entre 158 y 190 Cubanacan Hong Kong Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Playe C. de La Habana 10600 China Medicine Cuba 197 Rui-Jin Road II Shanghai 200025 China 54 Elvan CEYHAN 63 Anthony K. CHEETHAM (AFTWAS) Associate Professor Goldsmiths' Professor Department of Mathematics