Twas in Action

Mohamed Hassan, a distinguished and highly influential Sudanese advocate for science in the South, will take office in 2019.

Sedaminou Judith Gbenoudon, an immunologist from Benin, won the TWAS-Abdool Karim Prize for her achievements in malaria research.

TWAS has announced the winners of the TWAS Prizes for 2020 at the Academy's General Conference in Trieste, Italy.

The 2019 class is nearly 30% women scientists and, for the first time, more than 100 countries will be represented in the Academy.

The Indian polymer scientist is honoured for seminal research on smart gels that led to a long list of further discoveries

Congolese scientist Lydie-Stella Koutika wins the Al-Kharafi Prize for work investigating how to enrich poor soil.

The Cameroonian chemist was honoured at the 28th TWAS General Meeting for developing an environmentally friendly cement

ICTP Director Fernando Quevedo has been awarded the TWAS-Abdus Salam Medal at the Academy's 28th General Meeting in Trieste, Italy.

Sudanese researcher Hazir Farouk A. Elhaj honoured for contributions to energy production in Sudan.

Malian entomologist wins TWAS-C.N.R. Rao Award for his research on the genetics of malaria mosquitoes