Department: Scientific Program Committee
January 23, 2020
Eliane Ubalijoro
Dr. Eliane Ubalijoro joined Global Open Data in Agriculture (GODAN) in September 2019 as Deputy Executive Director for Programs. She is a Professor of Practice at McGill University’s Institute for the Study of International Development. She has been a final paper advisor through 5 cohorts of the International Masters for Health Leadership pioneered by Professor […]
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July 1, 2019
Mary Abukutsa-Onyango
Mary Abukutsa-Onyango is a distinguished scientist that has conducted pioneering research in African indigenous vegetables (AIVs) . Her work has had a tremendous impact on the utilization of indigenous vegetables in Africa and has led to her receipt of numerous, awards including Presidential, Africa Union awards and Edinburgh medal. Her work has inspired consumers, producers, […]
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June 4, 2019
Olaf Blanke
Olaf Blanke is Bertarelli Foundation Chair of Cognitive Neuroprosthetics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), where he directs the Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience at Geneva’s Campus Biotech. He founded and directed EPFL’s Center for Neuroprosthetics (2012-2018) and is Professor at Geneva University Hospital. Blanke’s research focuses on the neuroscience of consciousness and embodiment, […]
April 30, 2019
Genya V. Dana
An internationally recognized expert on the policy and science of synthetic biology and gene editing, and has advised foreign policy makers on the implications of emerging technologies. She served as a U.S. negotiator on science, technology and innovation in multi-lateral organizations like the United Nations, worked to advance science, technology and innovation for sustainable development […]
April 30, 2019
Marcus Wilms
Diploma/Master degree in Physics, University of Aachen, Germany PhD in Neuroscience, University of Marburg, Germany (PhD in Neuroscience) Postdoctoral research at the Research Centre Jülich, Germany. Published widely in Neuroscience using electrophysiological and functional imaging (fMRI) methods in animal and human visual systems. His research targeted the development of a visual prosthesis and the understanding […]
April 30, 2019
Berhanu Abegaz Molla
Contributed to the rapid growth and development of the Academy that has been witnessed in recent years During this time, the Academy secured recognition by the African Union and NEPAD, the technical executing agency of the Union The number of Fellows and in particular women fellows has increased significantly Assisted in articulating the three important […]
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April 30, 2019
Peter Tindemans
PhD in Theoretical Physics from Leiden University. Well-known for his contributions to science, technology and innovation policy in the Netherlands, Europe and globally. He was responsible for Dutch research and science policy from 1991-1999 covering all fields of science (including SSH: “Kleine Letteren/Baby Krishna”; International Institute for Asian Studies IIAS; International Institute for the Study […]
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April 30, 2019
Adam Sneyd
Teaching Award for outstanding teaching, College of Social and Applied Human Sciences, University of Guelph in 2014 Prinicipal Investigator, Africa Initiative Research Grant Ph.D. in Politcal Science from McMaster Universit […]
April 30, 2019
Bernard Slippers
Former Co-Chair, Global Young Academy Award for outstanding doctoral research from the International Union of Forestry Research Organizations President’s Award from the National Research Foundation in South Africa Founding member of the Global Young Academy in 2010 Founding member of the South African Young Academy of Science in 2011 Ph.D. in Plant Genetics from the […]
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April 30, 2019
Tatsuya Nakada
Former Spokesperson, CERN LHCb Initiated plans to build a ‘b factory’ – a machine producing large numbers of B mesons – at the Swiss Institute for Nuclear Physics (SIN) PhD in Physics, Heidelberg […]
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