Under the leadership of Mohamed Elhadidy (Zewail City for Science and Technology, Egypt) the 51 member selection committee of the Global Young Academy has finalised the selection of 40 new members to join the GYA in June 2020 for a tenure of five years. Each application was evaluated by at least three selection committee members in two successive rounds of reviews, and scored based, first and foremost, on the excellence of their scientific research, but also importantly, on demonstrated societal engagement.
The new member cohort comes from 30 different countries, from all GYA general disciplines, and includes 23 females, 1 non-binary, and 16 males.
Among other activities, the GYA acts as a facilitator and (virtual) convenor for the growing global network of National Young Academies (NYAs). We are therefore delighted to see that a number of our new GYA members are also members of – or in leadership positions in – their country’s NYA.
Additionally, we are pleased to welcome a number of Young Affiliates of The World Academy of Science (TWAS) among our 2020 membership intake.
Please join us in extending a very warm welcome to:
Alma Hernández-Mondragón, SECTEI, CDMX, Mexico
Amy Quandt, San Diego State University, USA
Andreea Molnar, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Carlo D’Ippoliti, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Chandra Sharma, IITH, India
Chika Ejikeugwu, Ebonyi State University, Nigeria
David Fernandez Rivas, University of Twente, Netherlands
Derya Baran, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Devina Lobine, University of Mauritius, Mauritius
Erna Karalija, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Eshchar Mizrachi, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Estella Carpi, University College London, UK
Janilyn Arsenio, Manitoba Centre for Proteomics and Systems Biology, Canada
Jonathan Tennant, Indonesia
Josep Armengol, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Justine Nzweundji, Cameroon
Karen Cloete, South Africa
Leila Niamir, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, Germany
Mai Tolba, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Markus J. Prutsch, European Parliament, Belgium
Menattallah Elserafy, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Egypt
Mita Dasog, Dalhousie University, Canada
Muhammad Farooq, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Myrtani Pieri, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Nafissa Ismail, University of Ottawa, Canada
Natasha Gownaris, Gettysburg College, USA
Nina Yasuda, University of Miyazaki, Japan
Nurcan Tuncbag, METU Informatics Institute, Turkey
Patrick Roberts, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Germany
Pei Sean Goh, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
Prabhat Singh, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India
Pradeep Kumar, Wits University, South Africa
Prosper Ngabonziza, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Germany
Ramia Albakain, University of Jordan, Jordan
Saja Al Zoubi, Christ Church Oxford University, UK
Sami Miaari, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Sophie Theriault, University of Ottawa, Canada
Sri Fatmawati, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Indonesia
Syed Abbas, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India
Victorien Tamègnon Dougnon, University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin
Zhen Wang, China