Mohamed Hag Ali Hassan
Professor Mohamed Hag Ali Hassan | |
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محمد حاج علي حاج الحسن | |
Hassan at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, November 2018 | |
Born | Mohamed Hag Ali Hag el Hassan 21 November 1947 |
Nationality | |
Alma mater | University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (BSc) University of Oxford (MSc, DPhil) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Applied mathematics Plasma physics Environmental modelling Geophysics Astrophysics |
Mohamed Hag Ali Hag el Hassan OMRI GCONMC FAAS FIAS FTWAS (Arabic: محمد حاج علي حاج الحسن, born 21 November 1947) is a Sudanese-Italian mathematician and physicist who co-founded numerous scientific councils. He is currently the President of The World Academy of Sciences.
Early life
Hassan was born in Elgetina, Sudan, on the 21st of November 1947.[3]
He obtained a bachelor’s degree (B.Sc.) with special honours from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne in 1968, followed by an M.Sc in Advanced Mathematics from the University of Oxford in 1969, and a DPhil.[4]
After obtaining his DPhil in Plasma Physics from the University of Oxford in 1974.[5]
Career
Hassan returned to Sudan later became Professor and Dean of the School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Khartoum from 1985 to 1986.
Frustrated by scientific stagnation in Sudan, and at the request of his father, Hassan visited Italy, and was then motivated to re-peruse science again by Nobel Prize laureate, Abdus Salam who was (at time) working at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste.[1] Abdus Salam offered Hassan an associate membership at ICTP to provide a conducive environment for research.
Hassan has a long list of publications in theoretical plasma physics and fusion energy, environmental modelling of soil erosion in drylands, and geophysics, astrophysics and space physics. He has also published several articles on science and technology in the developing world.[6]
Hassan was the founding Executive Director of the Academy of Science for the Developing World (TWAS) in 1983,[2] President of the African Academy of Sciences in 2000,[7] President of the Network of Academies of Science in Africa (NASAC) in 2001 and Chairman, President of the Sudanese National Academy of Sciences,[8] Director of Secretariat of InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) in 2001,[9] Honorary Presidential Advisory Council for Science and Technology, Nigeria in 2001, and Chair of the Governing Council of the United Nations Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries.[8] He also is a founding member of the Lebanese Academy of Sciences.[10]
He is a member of several merit-based academies of science, including TWAS,[2] the African Academy of Sciences, Islamic World Academy of Sciences,[11] Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales, Académie Royale des Sciences d’Outre-Mer, Pakistan Academy of Sciences; Lebanese Academy of Sciences,[10] Cuban Academy of Sciences, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, [12] Grand challenges Canada,[13] and Academy of Sciences of South Africa.[14]
Hassan is the co-chair of resident of the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), and chairman of the Council of the United Nations University (UNU).[15] He also serves on a number of Boards of international organizations worldwide, including the Board of Trustees of Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt,[16] the Council of Science and Technology in Society (STS ) Forum, Japan, the Board of the International Science Programme, Sweden, the Board of the Science Initiative Group (SIG), USA, the International Advisory Board of the Centre for International Development (ZEF), Germany, the advisory group of the Global Young Academy.[17]
Awards and honours
Hassan is Comendador (1996) and Grand (2005) Cross of the Brazilian National Order of Scientific Merit, Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2003), and he is the recipient of the G77 Leadership Award and of the Abdus Salam Medal for Science and Technology.[8][3][18]
Hassan is a Founding Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (1985), a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (1985),[19] a Fellow of the Islamic World Academy of Sciences (1992),[11] an Honorary Member of the Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales (1996), and a Foreign Fellow of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences (2002).
Personal life
Hassan is married with three children.[4]
Selected publications
- Mohamed H. A. Hassan (2005-07). Small Things and Big Changes in the Developing World. Science. 309 (5731): 65–66. doi:10.1126/science.1111138. ISSN 0036-8075.
- Mohamed H. A. Hassan (2001-06). Can Science Save Africa?. Science. 292 (5522): 1609–1609. doi:10.1126/science.292.5522.1609. ISSN 0036-8075
- Farouk El-Baz, Mohamed H. A. Hassan (2012-12-06). Physics of desertification. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-94-009-4388-9.
- Mohamed H. A. Hassan (2007-11-02). Building Capacity in the Life Sciences in the Developing World. Cell. 131 (3): 433–436. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2007.10.020. ISSN 0092-8674.
- Nicolas Cinausero, Alberto Fina, Jianwei Hao, Shonali Nazare, Everson Kandore, John Staggs, YC Wang, Sophie Duquesne, Robert Hicklin, Phil Wakelyn, Sabyasachi Gaan, Bob Howell, AR Horrocks, Paul Joseph, David Purser, Anna Stec, Mohamed Hassan, Cheryl Kindness, BB Marosfoi, Gerd Schmaucks, Gyorgi Marosi, Zbigniew Brzozwski, JM Lopez Cuesta, Gordon Nelson, Giovanni Camino, Charles Wilkie (2008/12/3). Fire Retardancy of Polymers: New Strategies and Mechanisms. Royal Society of Chemistry. ISBN 978-1-84755-921-0.
See also
References
- ^ a b Mohamed Hassan: The Early Years of TWAS, retrieved 2022-11-08
- ^ a b c "Mohamed Hassan". TWAS. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ a b "CV" (PDF).
- ^ a b Yumpu.com. "Mohamed H.A. Hassan - Mohamed Yassin". yumpu.com. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ 59. Self Presentation | Mohamed H A Hassan, retrieved 2022-11-08
- ^ "Mohamed H. A. Hassan". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ Mohamed H.A. Hassan on science academies in Africa, retrieved 2022-11-07
- ^ a b c "Hassan, Mohamed Hag Ali". TWAS. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ "Mohamed H. A. Hassan". InterAcademy Partnership (IAP). Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ a b "Members F-H". Academie Des Sciences Du Liban. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ a b "Prof. Mohamed H A Hassan – IAS". Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ "Mohamed H.A. Hassan". www.pas.va. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ "Mohamed H.A. Hassan". Grand Challenges Canada. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ "Mohamed Hag Ali Hassan | PALAST". The Palestine Academy for Science and Technology. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ "Mr. Mohamed H. A. Hassan | Department of Economic and Social Affairs". sdgs.un.org. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ "Speaker Information". www.bibalex.org. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ "Advisory Board". Global Young Academy. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ "Mr. Mohamed H. A. Hassan | Department of Economic and Social Affairs". sdgs.un.org. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ^ "Hassan Mohamed H. A. | The AAS". www.aasciences.africa. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
External links
- Mohamed Hag Ali Hassan publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Sudanese mathematicians
- Sudanese physicists
- 1947 births
- Living people
- Recipients of the Great Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit (Brazil)
- TWAS fellows
- Sudanese scientists
- Fellows of the African Academy of Sciences
- Founder Fellows of the African Academy of Sciences
- University of Khartoum alumni
- Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic