TWAS has announced its newest class of Young Affiliates, highly accomplished early-career scientists who through the programme will receive more opportunities for professional growth.
Every year TWAS, through its five Regional Partners, selects up to 25 scientists under 40 to become Young Affiliates for a period of six years. During this time, they interact with TWAS Fellows, attend TWAS General Meetings and General Conferences as observers, and participate in events organized by the Regional Partners themselves.
In exchange, these young scientists provide tremendous energy and enthusiasm, individual perspectives, ideas, and personal experience. By creating fresh connections through the promotion of international collaborations, TWAS Young Affiliates expand the Academy's impact at the regional and local levels. After six years of affiliateship, they become TWAS Young Alumni.
TWAS elected its first group of Young Affiliates in 2007. In 2016, during the TWAS's 27th General Meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, the Young Affiliates officially established the TWAS Young Affiliates Network (TYAN).
Currently, TWAS has 122 Young Affiliates and 297 Alumni.
Below is a list of the new slate of Affiliates, whose profiles are visible in the TWAS Directory.
TWAS Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Partner (TWAS-SAREP) at the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) in Pretoria, South Africa
Ndong Abdourahmane - Senegal
Mary Amoako - Ghana
Happi Mouthé Gervais - Cameroon
Lydia Rhyman - Mauritius
Halima Sumaya Twabi - Malawi
TWAS Arab Regional Partner (TWAS-AREP) at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt
Ayman Ahmed - Sudan
Ahlam Zaid Alkilani - Jordan
Nadia Arrousse - Morocco
Ridha Horchani - Oman
Mohammed Kadhom - Iraq
TWAS Central and South Asia Regional Partner (TWAS-CASAREP) at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in Bangalore, India
Evana Akhtar - Bangladesh
Faroha Liaqat - Pakistan
Nargiza Sataeva - Kyrgyzstan
Prabhat Kumar Singh - India
Kaveesha Jayani Wijesinghe - Sri Lanka
TWAS East and South-East Asia and the Pacific Regional Partner (TWAS-SAPREP) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China
Sri Fatmawati - Indonesia
Paul Kuman - Papua New Guinea
Siu Yee New - Malaysia
Ugyen Penjor - Buthan
Jiajun Xu - China
TWAS Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Partner (TWAS-LACREP) at the Brazilian Academy of Sciences in Rio de Janeiro
María Eugenia Cabrera Catalán - Guatemala
Nathalie Valeska Casanova Morales - Chile
Diego Marques Ferreira - Brazil
Maria Cristina Romero-Rodríguez - Paraguay
Fernando José Zorto Aguilera - Honduras