Fellows
Fellows are senior scientists, scholars, innovators and accomplished professionals elected by the Liberia Academy of Sciences (LAS) in recognition of sustained achievement, leadership and significant contributions to science, education, technology, innovation, Liberia’s sustainable development or the advancement of the Academy’s mission. Fellowship is an honorary academic distinction and does not, by itself, confer governance authority.
Criteria & ProceduresMeet the Fellows
Each profile presents the Fellow's current professional role and a concise account of academic or professional work.
Sidat Yaffa
Professor of Agronomy; Director, UTG/WASCAL Doctoral Research Program on Climate Change and Education; Director, REPGam Project
A Gambian agronomist and climate-change scholar whose work spans climate-resilient agriculture, soil and water management, sustainable land use and postgraduate climate-science capacity building in West Africa.
Nimir O. Elbashir
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University; Secretary General, Sudanese National Academy of Sciences (SNAS); Secretary, AIChE Fellows Council
Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
Professor of Soil Biogeochemistry and Environmental Engineering; Ted & Jan Falasco Chair in Earth Sciences and Geology; Director, Sierra Nevada Research Institute
A soil biogeochemist, U.S. National Academy of Engineering member and former Director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science whose research examines soil carbon, climate change, land degradation and environmental resilience.
Mouhamadou Hassirou
Full Professor (CAMES), Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Faculty of Science and Technology
David Niyukuri
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Institute of Applied Statistics; Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Research Program in Public Health, Doctoral School
Peter Piot
Handa Professor of Global Health
A global health scientist, co-discoverer of the Ebola virus and former founding Executive Director of UNAIDS whose work has shaped international responses to HIV/AIDS, Ebola and epidemic preparedness.
Adedayo O. Ademiluyi
Professor, Department of Biochemistry
A Nigerian biochemist and Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences whose research focuses on functional foods, nutraceuticals, phytomedicine and the biochemical effects of bioactive compounds from tropical foods and medicinal plants.
Daniel Pauly
University Killam Professor; Principal Investigator, Sea Around Us
A University Killam Professor at the University of British Columbia and Principal Investigator of Sea Around Us whose work has transformed global fisheries science, catch reconstruction and understanding of the ecological impacts of fishing.
Pius Mpiana Tshimankinda
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Industry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Kinshasa; President, National Scientific Council of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
A Congolese chemist and President of the National Scientific Council of the Democratic Republic of the Congo whose research focuses on medicinal plants, natural products, sickle cell disease and environmental chemistry.
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