Prof. Ilori obtained his D.Phil. in 1972 from the University of Oxford in UK and joined the University of Ibadan in Nigeria as Lecturer where he rose through the ranks and became Professor in 1982.


He has served as Head of Department of Mathematics; Dean of the Faculty of Sciences and Provost of the College of Science and Technology, National President of the Mathematical Association of Nigeria and Chairman of the African Mathematical Union Commission on Pan-African Mathematical Olympiad.

He was appointed in 2004 Regional coordinator of the Network for West Africa Zone 1 of the African Mathematics Millennium Science Initiative. His research interests are in geometry and topology of flag manifolds and flag bundles. He has collaborations with different professional Societies and Scientific Institutions also, has received awards and recognitions and has 35 publications.

Abba Gumel is a Professor at University of Maryland (where he holds The Michael and Eugenia Brin Endowed E-Nnovate Chair in Mathematics).  He received his B.Sc. degree in mathematics from Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria and a PhD in Mathematics from Brunel University London, United Kingdom, in 1994.  His research work spans three main areas of Applied Mathematics, namely Mathematical Biology, Applied Dynamical Systems and Computational Mathematics.

 In particular, his work focuses on the use of mathematical approaches to gain insight into the transmission dynamics and control of emerging and re-emerging diseases. His recent emphasis is on modelling the effect of climate change on the global distribution and burden of vector-borne diseases, such as dengue fever, malaria, West Nile virus and Zika. Professor Gumel has written over 150 journal articles and edited three books.  He is actively involved in numerous capacity-building efforts in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) disciplines across the continent of Africa and other developing regions of the world.  He is a member of numerous professional organizations, and has received numerous awards and prizes in recognition of his research excellence and services. 

Tom Kariuki is a graduate of the University of Nairobi, Kenya, and the University of York, UK, where he undertook his PhD studies in immunology under the mentorship of Prof Alan Wilson.

He currently works at the Institute of Primate Research (IPR; www.primateresearch.org), a Biomedical and Conservation biology facility that is a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases and Human Reproduction, and an African ANDI Centre of Excellence in Preclinical Research, located in Nairobi, as Senior Research Scientistand current Director.

His research interests are on the immunology of major and neglected infectious diseases, co-infection of major and neglected diseases and the influence of worm infections on vaccination outcomes. He has published widely on aspects of vaccines and diagnosticsdevelopment for schistosomiasis (Bilharzia), malaria and co-infections. His research support comes from the European Foundations, NIH, South-South collaborations and local funding organizations.

He is a recipient of various international awards including Fellowship of the African Academy of Sciences, Senior Fellowship of the European Foundations Initiative for Neglected Tropical Diseases and presidential honor of the Order of Grand Warrior of Kenya for public service.

He is the current President of the Federation of African Immunological Societies (FAIS), a committee member of the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS)-Education Committee, and member of the management committee/acting Treasurer of the African Academy of Sciences. He also serves on other sporting, community and academic boards. He is married with two daughters.

Toka Diagana was born and raised in Mauritania. He received his PhD in mathematics from the UniversitéClaude Bernard – Lyon 1, France in 1999 and then joined Howard University in Washington DC, USA in August 2000 as a faculty.

He became a full professor in July 2007. His research interests are in evolution equations, operator theory, functional analysis, difference equations, stochastic differential equations, integrodifferential equations, and p-adic spectral theory. He has authored over 100 research articles and 6 books in mathematics. Diagana is the founding editor of the "African Diaspora Journal of Mathematics”, "Communications in Mathematics Analysis", and "Journal of Abstract Differential Equations and Applications", and serves as an editor-in-chief and/or an associate editor for several other mathematical journals.

Professor Diagana is a recipient of the Mauritanian well-known “Prix Chinguitt”. The Prix Chinguitt in sciences is a national prize awarded yearly to reward the merits of either a citizen of Mauritania or of another country for major research achievements in sciences.

The prize was awarded to Professor Diagana in December 2006 during an official ceremony in Nouakchott before the President of Mauritania and the diplomatic corps. Additionally, in Spring 2006, he received the Howard University’s Emerging Scholar award.

Academic qualifications: Higher Diploma in Applied Chemistry (Ibadan Poly), Postgraduate Diploma in Geological Sciences (ASUTECH), Master of Technology in Extraction Metallurgy (UJ), Master & Doctor of Technology in Environmental Health (CUT), PhD in Soil Mineralogy (UNIN), Certificates in Higher Education Management (UNIVEN), Project Management (UJ), Advanced Project Management (Thomson Netg & UL), Strategic Management (UNISA), and Governance, Risks & Ethics (Ernst & Young, ID & UJ). Research interests: geochemistry & mineralogy of soils and clay minerals, and environmental & human health.

He is Professor of Applied Clay Mineralogy & Environmental Geology since 2008, Secretary General of African Academy of Sciences (AAS) (2014 -) & Member of its Advisory Committee on Space, Earth and Environmental Sciences (2014-) and its Management Committee and Governing Council; Life Member: Geological Society of Africa (GSAf); and Association of Geoscientists for International Development (AGID); Member of Soil Science Society of Southern Africa (SSSSA), and International Association for the Study of Clays (AIPEA). He is Deputy Chairperson of Limpopo Research Forum (LRF) of South Africa; and National Research Foundation (NRF) C2 rated Researcher 2007-2012, 2013-2018.

Awards include: Indiana Black Expo, 1992; Briscoe Scientific (UK), 1996/1997; ESKOM Development Foundation, 2002; Ron Jenkins (USA), 2003; and INORMS-SARIMA, 2010; and leader of both Clays and Clay Minerals in Africa; and Human and Enzootic Geophagia in Southern Africa Projects. Importantly, he convened the 1st and 2nd International Conferences on Human and Enzootic Geophagia in Southern Africa; and chaired the Scientific Committee of the 1st International Conference on Clays and Clay Minerals in Africa; and the 1st and 2nd UNIVEN-WSU International Research Conferences.

He is Director of Research and Innovation, University of Venda; has worked in Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal, USA, Botswana and South Africa. Some previous positions held include Director: Research Development, Walter Sisulu University; Professor and Coordinator of Geology, Mining and Minerals Programs, University of Limpopo; Scientist in charge of the X-Ray Diffraction Unit, University of Botswana; Visiting Research Associate, Clay Minerals Research Laboratory, and Academic Tutor, Afro-American Tutorial Program, Indiana University, USA. Professor Ekosse has assisted, trained, supervised, promoted several postgraduate/masters/doctoral students, and continues to do so.

He has authored/co-authored 4 books; 10 book chapters; 138 refereed journal articles; 55 refereed articles in conference/workshop proceedings; six technical reports; 42 conference/workshop/seminar papers; one article in popular magazine; five edited works; two published book reviews; five articles in non-refereed journals; and 10 posters. In the last 15 years, he has organised 25 different scientific fieldworks in Botswana, Cameroon, South Africa & Swaziland; 5 Workshops, 6 International Conferences and Symposium. His research findings have been presented in Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, England, Italy, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mozambique, Uganda, Spain, South Africa, Swaziland, and USA.

Three recent and representative publications:

Diko M, Ekosse G, Ogola J (2016) Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Thermal analyses of kaolinitic Clays from South Africa and Cameroon. Acta Geodyn Geomater 13 (2) (182) DOI: 10.13168/AGG.2015.0052

Ngole-Jeme VM, Ekosse GE (2015) A comparative analyses of granulometry, mineral composition and major and trace element concentrations in soils commonly ingested by humans. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120808933, 12, 8933-8955

Ekosse GE, Mwitondi KS (2015) Principal component analysis evaluate the variations in major elements in kaolin deposit. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia 29 (1), 41-51

Prof Andrianamananjara was educated in the USA; masters in International Affairs at George Washington University (1967) and Economics at the University of Michigan (1969) and a PhD in Philosophy of Economics at the University of Michigan (1971).

He is the Founding Director- General of the Institute of Madagascar for Techniques of Planning (IMaTeP). He started working at the International Monetary Fund (1972). He became Adviser at the Directorate of Planning; Group of African Countries (1973 - 1975) and of the Prime Minister of Madagascar (1988 - 1991).

He was Alternate-Governor of the World Bank in USA, IMF Deputy for Reform of the International Monetary System. His research interests include: the development planning and basic component of an economy.

He has received many awards: Knight of the Order of Merit (Madagascar); Distinguished AFGRAD Alumni Awards of the America Institute of the USA. He has 9 publications and he is President of Madagascar’s National Academy of Arts, Letters and Sciences since 2002.

Prof. Kokwaro obtained his D.Phil. in 1987 from the University of Wales and subsequently (1993) did post doctoral studies at the University of Liverpool in UK.

He went through the normal academic ranks from Lecturer in 1984 to Full Professor in 1999. He is a researcher of pharmacology and clinical pharmacology, Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the University of UK, Professor of Pharmaceutics at the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Nairobi, the Founding Fellow of the Kenya National Academy of Sciences and the Founding Chairman of the Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacy Practice at the University of Nairobi.

His research interests are in health of African children with severe diseases in clinical pharmacology of anticonvulsants, severe acidosis as complication, population pharmacokinetics of aminigliycosides, biochemical pharmacology of novel resistance, resistance-reversal antimalarial drugs, and the use of proteomic techniques to identify markers of severe disease.

He was the first Executive Director of the AAS, Director of the Welcome trust Research Laboratories in Nairobi, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer of the African Centre for Clinical Trials, Chairman of the International Academic Board of the Tropical Institute of Community Health and Development in Africa (Kenya). He is author of 55 publications, holder of one patent (2005) and has collaborations with professional societies.

Dr. Akissa obtained the Degree of Agronomist in 1977 at the National High School of Agronomy of Toulouse in France, became Doctor-Engineer in “Sciences and Techniques in Vegetable Production and Quality Products” in 1982 at “Institut National Polytechnique” of Toulouse – France.

She obtained her PhD in Science in 1995 from the Institute of Science and technology of Lund University – Sweden. Her previous positions include: Researcher, Master of Research Program, Manager of the Laboratory, Lecturer, Director of research in Tunisia and Director for Africa International Water in Sri Lanka.

Currently, she is Director and Chief of Laboratory Research for Agricultural Engineering of Ministry of Agriculture. Her research interests include: agricultural use of marginal waters, sewage sludge and their impacts on the environment.

Her honours and awards include: Guinness awards for Scientific Achievement, King Baudoin of Sweden Award, and Kuwait Prize. She is a member of IWMI Board of Governors, TWAS Fellow, member of the International Water Academy of Oslo. She has 31 publications and 62 notes and reports.

Prof Calestous Juma was an internationally-recognized authority on the role of innovation in economic development. He was Professor of the Practice of International Development and Director of the Science, Technology, and Globalization Project at Harvard Kennedy School.

He also serves Faculty Chair for the School’s Innovation for Economic Development Executive Program. He co-chairs the High-Level Panel on Science, Technology and Innovation of the African Union (AU) and is a member of the judging panel of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.

He is a former Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and founding Executive Director of the African Centre for Technology Studies in Nairobi. He was Chancellor of the University of Guyana and has been elected to several scientific academies including the Royal Society of London, the US National Academy of Sciences, the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and the UK Royal Academy of Engineering.

Juma holds a DPhil in science and technology policy studies from the University of Sussex (UK). He has received several international awards and honorary degrees for his work on sustainable development.  His latest book, The New Harvest: Agricultural Innovation in Africa, was published in 2011 by Oxford University Press.

Prof Sospeter Muhongo, a distinguished scholar, is the Minister of Energy and Minerals of the United Republic of Tanzania and a Nominated Member of Parliament.

He is, “Officier, Ordre des Palmes Académiques”, an Honorary Fellow of the Geological Society of America (HonFGSA), an Honorary Fellow of the Geological Society of London (HonFGS), an Honorary Research Fellow of the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (HonFCAGS), a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (FTWAS), a Fellow of the Geological Society of Africa (FGSAf), a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (FAAS) and a Fellow of the Tanzania Academy of Sciences (FTAAS).


He is the first recipient (2004) of the Prof Robert Shackleton (UK) Award for Outstanding Research on the Precambrian Geology of Africa. He is the Vice President of the Commission of the Geological Map of the World (CGMW). He is a Full Professor of Geology at the University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania and an Honorary Professor of Geology at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Prof Muhongo was the Chair of the Jury for the African Union (AU) Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Awards – Continental Awards for Outstanding Scientists 2011 Edition.

He is a member of the Executive Board of the African Inter-Parliamentary Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation (AIPF-STI). He is effectively involved in various high-level regional (Africa) and global STI strategic policy processes (e.g. Africa-Europe STI partnerships). He is a Member of the International Experts Group (Global Science Forum) of OECD and has occupied numerous important national, regional and international professional positions dealing with STI, earth resources, science policy and science diplomacy. Prof Muhongo was nominated by his country to be a candidate (2009) for the post of the Director General of UNESCO.

He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of African Earth Sciences (Elsevier), Associate Editor of Precambrian Research (Elsevier) and a member of several editorial boards of science journals and bulletins. He is the Senior Editor of the published book (2009) on, “Science, Technology and Innovation for Socio-Economic Development: Success Stories from Africa.”

Prof Muhongo has published over 200 research papers in international journals of high impact factors. He has co-authored widely used geological and mineral maps of Africa, East Africa and Tanzania. He has delivered more than 300 invited keynote speeches around the world at international conferences. He has undertaken over 100 contracted scientific research projects, and consultancy services in the mineral industry, environmental issues and STI policy matters.

Over the past two decades, Prof Muhongo has co-organized over 100 expert group meetings and international earth sciences, STI and science policy conferences, including those on “Science with Africa (Rapporteur-General)” which are hosted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the African Union Commission (AUC) and their partners. Prof Muhongo has developed a special interest in the application of STI for sustainable growth and socio-economic development of the global society.

He received his B.Sc. in Mathematics in 1967, M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics in 1972 at Cairo University and PhD in Pure Mathematics at Lancaster University (UK) in 1977.

Prof. Doha is currently Head Department of Mathematics at Cairo University and Head of Promotion Committee of Research Assessment for Associate Professorships – Supreme Council of Egyptians Universities.  His earlier appointments include: Demonstrator, Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer, Associate Professor and Professor at Cairo University.


His research areas are:  Spectral methods for ordinary and partial differential equations by using orthogonal polynomials, connection and linearization problems between classical continuous – discrete and q-orthogonal polynomials, polynomial and rational approximation for functions defined by differential equations. He has been research visitor in Italy and Saudi Arabia.

He is Editorial Board Member of IJAMS, Member of American Mathematical Society, Vice President of the Egyptian Mathematical Society, Member of SIAM, Chairman of the Egyptian National Evaluation Committee for promoting Assistant Professor in Mathematics, Reviewer for Zentrablatt Mathematics. He has 27 publications.

Dr. Fofack obtained his PhD in 1998 from the American University of Washington D.C in the USA. He has served as Lecturer in France (1989 - 1991) and USA (1994 - 1997) then joined the World Bank in 1995 as Research Economist for the Poverty Reduction and Social Development (1995).

From this time, he has been serving the same institution in different countries and since 2002, he was appointed at the World Bank Institute as Senior Economist and Leader Macroeconomics and Policy Assessment Skills Program. He is contributing to the establishment of the Nelson Mandela Institute supported by institutions such as TWAS and AAS.

His research interests include: Banking and finance in economic growth and development, perspectives in economic and financial integration, dependency structure between official and parallel exchange rates in dual exchange regimes, micro-macro linkage and design of growth strategies, public expenditure allocation and growth. He has published 3 books, 22 articles (2005).

Prof. Kowero obtained his Doctorate in 1983 from the University of Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania. He also has an Honorary Doctorate (Doctor Honoris Causa), from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.


He has a M.Sc. (Wildland Resources Sciences) from the University of California, Berkley, M.Sc. (Forestry economics) and B.Sc. (Forestry) both from University of Dar es Salaam. He has 10 years of international research in forestry economics, management, policy analysis and extensive modelling in forestry with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), as a Senior Scientist and Regional Coordinator. This involved working with donors (fund raising) and many governments, institutions and individuals within and outside Africa.He has vast experience (over 20 years) in planning, evaluating, reviewing and monitoring academic, development and research programmes in forestry and related fields, both in Africa and outside Africa.

He has 20 years of experience in teaching in several universities, namely the University of Dar es Salaam, Sokoine University of Agriculture (both in Tanzania); the Eduardo Mondlane University (EMU) in Mozambique, and Moi University in Kenya ; at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the areas of policy formulation and analysis, economics and econometrics, operations research, forest management and administration.

He also has extensive experience in establishing and administering forestry and related institutions (i.e. institutional development, governance and financial management). For example, he facilitated establishment of CIFOR Regional Offices in West Africa, Central Africa, and Eastern & Southern Africa. He was CIFOR Regional Coordinator for Eastern and Southern Africa for 7 years. Also at Sokoine University of Agriculture, he has served as the head of the Department of Forest Economics.

At EMU, he was Head of the Department of Forestry as well as Director of the University Directorate of Scientific Affairs. He has also held other important administrative positions as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Tanzania Wood Industry Corporation designated by the President of the United Republic of Tanzania. He was also the leader of a pan-African initiative namely “Sustainable Forest Management in Africa” between 2006 and 2008.He guided the establishment of the African Forest Forum (AFF) in 2007, and has since been its Executive Secretary.

AFF is a pan-African forestry institution based in Nairobi, Kenya. He has led and worked with various multidisciplinary and multinational/cultural teams in many of his activities. He has worked on many issues in his areas of speciality in all major forest types in Africa: the rain forests, woodlands and savannahs; as well as in the administration of forestry related institutions, wood processing industry, including marketing and trade.

He has 70 peer reviewed publications, including chapters in books, and books.

He is member of professional and similar organizations like the Commonwealth Forestry Association, Tanzania Association of Foresters, Tanzania Academy of Sciences, African Academy of Sciences, and the Advisory Board of the World Bank Programme on Forestry (PROFOR).

Prof. Demel Teketay obtained his B.Sc. from Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia), M.Sc. in 1986 from the Reading University (UK) and PhD in 1996 from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden) and held a position of Post-Doctoral Fellow in the same University.

His research interests include ecosystem analysis and conservation, diversity structure, dynamics and conservation of forest coffee areas, diversity and mechanisms of regeneration of forest species, forest certification, role of fire in the regeneration of plants species, protection and conservation of forest and biodiversity, restoration of degraded forested sites, impact of plantations on indigenous woody species regeneration, medicinal plants, wild plants with edible fruits/seeds, ethno-botany and ethno-ecology.

He is currently Professor in Forest Science, Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Previously, he has served at various capacities as: Executive Manager, African Eco-labelling Mechanism, Nairobi, Kenya; Associate Professor in Forest Science and Research Scholar in Plant Ecology, Okavango Research Institute, University of Botswana, Maun, Botswana; first African Regional Director, Forest Stewardship Council – African Regional Office (FSC Africa), Kumasi and Accra, Ghana; Director General and Director of Forestry Research, Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Assistant Professor, Alemaya University, Alemaya, and Wondo Genet College of Forestry, Wondo Genet, Ethiopia; Postdoctoral Fellow, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala and Umeå, Sweden; Assistant Professor, Alemaya University Alemaya, Ethiopia; Lecturer, Addis Ababa University, Alemaya College/University of Agriculture, Alemaya; Postgraduate Fellow, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, Netherlands; Assistant Lecturer, Addis Ababa University, Alemaya College/University of Agriculture, Alemaya, Ethiopi; Graduate Assistant, Addis Ababa University, Alemaya College/University of Agriculture, Alemaya, Ethiopia; and Extension Agent and Coffee Quality Inspector, Ministry of Coffee and Tea Development (MCTD), Agaro and Jimma, Ethiopia.


He is a member of Ecological Society of Eastern Africa (ESEA); African Forest Forum (AFF); Forest Stewardship Council; International Association of Landscape Ecology (IALC); Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society; Forestry Society of Ethiopia; African Network of Ethno-botany and Ethno-ecology; International Union of Forest Research Organization (IUFRO) Project Group P2. 04-00: Seed Problems; Tropical Biological Association; International Society for Tropical Ecology; and Biological Society of Ethiopia (one of the Founding Members).

He has published 218 scientific articles and technical reports, i.e.  five books, 13 articles in books 132 peer-reviewed articles in international and national journals, five articles in quasi-scientific journals, 10 small articles published in bulletins and newsletters, 18 published abstracts and 13 technical reports.

He has also obtained several recognitions, i.e. appointed as an International Fellow of the Forestry Unit of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (KSLA); selected as a member of the United Nations University – Institute of Natural Resources in Africa(UNU-INRA) College of Research Associates (CRA); ranked as Number 1 in the “Ranking of scientists in Botswana Institutions According to Their Google Scholar Citations Public Profiles”; honored and recognized for outstanding contribution to the advancement of science in Ethiopia by the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences by conferment of the status of Associate Fellow (2014); recognition for Professional Services/Contribution from the Ethiopian e-Journal for Research and Innovation Foresight in 2011 - Ee-JRIF Vol 3, No 1 (2011) – Agriculture and Forestry Issue: pp (60-64); honored and recognized for outstanding contribution to the advancement of science in Africa by the African Academy of Sciences by conferment of the status of Fellow; trophy from the Wondo Genet College of Forestry and Natural Resources for outstanding contribution to forest research in Ethiopia; gold medal and Certificate of Appreciation from the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) for meritorious achievements in the National Agricultural Research System; “Man of the Year representing Ethiopia for 2008” – award, which exemplifies the importance and validation of deeds well done; “The Key Award” - issued for those who have attained high levels of personal success while demonstrating an ongoing determination toward enriching the lives of others; “Commemorative Medal of Honor, Special Hallmark 2000” - medal of Honor commemorating distinguished lifelong achievements; “International Cultural Diploma of Honour” - awarded for exceptional service to a profession and/or contribution to the area in which the nominee lives; and “Man of the Year 2000” - awarded for outstanding accomplishments to date and the notable example set for peers and entire community from the American Biographical Institute (ABI), USA.

Prof. Kofane obtained his PhD in 1987 from the University of Bourgogne in France. He has been Head of the Mechanical Laboratory of Physics of the faculty of Science at the University of Yaoundé I and is the originator of the parameterized double-well potential used in phase transitions in quantum tunneling. More recently, he has pioneered a Hamiltonian which describes the spin dynamics of ferromagnets subject to ease-plane anisotropy and a parameterize Zeeman energy.

His research interests include nonlinear dynamics, solution theory, chaos theory, statistical mechanics, classical and quantum mechanics and have made important contributions in the area of the theories of solutions and chaos including continuous and discrete non linear systems, classical and quantum systems. He has written more than 100 papers and is Senior Associate of the Abdu Salaam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP). He is a member of many professional Societies and Scientific Institutions.

Prof. Ben Lakhdar obtained her M.Sc. in 1968, Thesis of 3e Cycle in 1971 and Doctorate in 1978 at University of Pierre and Marie Curie in France where she held the position of Lecturer in 1969; went back to Tunisia and became Professor in 1984 at the Faculty of Sciences of Tunis.


She is the founding President of the Tunisian Society of Optics. She has served as Director of LSAMA (that involves 35% of women researchers) and her research interests are in atomic and molecular physics-collisions, astrophysics, plasma, optics-photonics, space science-space techniques, environment-Air pollution-water pollution, biotechnology, teaching of physics, science education – research and technology development in Africa, science history, space occupation and the future for mankind.

She has collaborations with professional societies and Scientific Institutions and, she also has several national, regional and international recognitions and awards. She has 58 publications in journals, 55 papers on communication and Seminars.

Mahouton Norbert Hounkonnou is a full Professor of Mathematics and Physics at the  University of Abomey-Calavi, Republic of Benin. His works deal with noncommutative and nonlinear mathematics including differential equations, operator theory, coherent states, quantization techniques, orthogonal polynomials, special functions, graph theory, nonassociative algebras, nonlinear systems, noncommutative field theories and geometric methods in Physics.

He is co-author and reviewer of books, referee and associate editor for renowned journals in mathematics, mathematical physics and theoretical physics. He has published more than 150 main refereed papers in outstanding ISI-ranked journals and international conference proceedings in the fields of mathematics, mathematical physics and theoretical physics.

He is a visiting professor at African, Asian, European and North American Universities.

Together with his peers at the international level, he founded the International Chair in Mathematical Physics and Applications (ICMPA - UNESCO Chair) of the University of Abomey-Calavi where he created a multi-university master degree and PhD programmes in mathematics with connections, motivations or applications to physics, or in physics with important relations to mathematics. The best African students from about 13 French and English speaking countries are selected to follow these programmes which attract prominent and leading mathematicians and mathematical physicists worldwide who come to give lectures and supervise student research, what has substantially increased international collaboration with African, Asian, American, European and Indian scientists and mathematicians. The ICMPA-UNESCO Chair presently hosts the international conference series and school on Contemporary Problems in Mathematical Physics, which is held every two years and each year since 1999  and 2005, respectively. These activities have led to a significant network of researchers connected with the ICMPA-UNESCO Chair, who benefit from the resources so made available in mathematics and mathematical physics, and the development of world-class mathematics and science in Africa.

Professor Hounkonnou has co-supervised more than 32 PhD and 31 M. Sc. theses of students from Belgium and different African countries (Benin,  Burkina-Faso, Burundi, Cameroun, Democratic Republic of Congo, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal,  Togo, Zambia, etc.).

He is the current President of the Benin National Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters.

His membership extends to the International Association of Mathematical Physics, American Mathematical Society, African Academy of Sciences (AAS), the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS),   UNESCO Scientific Board for International Basic Sciences Programme (IBSP), as well as other scientific organisations.