Physics in Africa.
Physics in Africa.
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10.1038/s42254-020-0239-8
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2020
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Eassa N
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Sa'id RS;Fuwape I;Dikandé AM;Mimouni J;Hasford F;Haynes D;Gledhill I;Amolo G;Akin-Ojo O;Eassa N
在科学研究方面，特别是在物理学方面，非洲往往是孤立的，有时甚至被遗忘。但该地区潜力巨大，是世界上最年轻人口的家园，尽管存在各种问题，但在建立科学基础设施方面取得了稳步的进展，尽管进展参差不齐。十名非洲研究人员讨论了整个非洲大陆物理学家面临的各种挑战和机遇。十名非洲研究人员讨论了整个非洲大陆物理学家面临的各种挑战和机遇。拉比亚·萨利胡·萨伊德是尼日利亚卡诺巴耶罗大学大气物理学的全职教授。她拥有物理学博士、理学硕士和理学学士学位，以及环境与发展硕士学位，是粉尘气溶胶对气候和空气质量测量影响方面的专家。2015年，她获得了发展中世界妇女科学组织/世界科学院/埃尔塞维尔基金会早期职业(物理学)奖，该奖项奖励和鼓励在发展中国家工作和生活的妇女，她们处于科学职业生涯的早期阶段，经常克服巨大挑战实现卓越的研究。Ibiyinka Fuwape自1989年以来一直是尼日利亚阿库尔联邦科技大学的物理学教授。她目前是尼日利亚三角洲州阿巴哈-奥托市迈克尔和塞西莉亚·伊布鲁大学的副校长。她的研究兴趣包括混沌理论和非线性动力学在耦合振子系统、神经系统以及低层和高层大气研究中的应用。她是斯伦贝谢未来奖学金学院项目的校友。Alain Moise Dikandé(物理学全职教授)是喀麦隆布厄大学理学院物理系主任。他是Alexander von Humboldt‘资深研究人员’类别的研究员、阿卜杜勒·萨拉姆国际理论物理中心(ICTP，意大利的里雅斯特)高级研究员、《美国光学学会杂志》(Josa A和B)特刊《非洲的光学》的客座编辑，以及《光学杂志》的编辑委员会成员。Jamal Mimouni是阿尔及利亚天体物理学家，曾在阿尔及尔大学和美国接受高等教育(1985年在宾夕法尼亚大学获得粒子物理学博士学位)。他是阿尔及利亚君士坦丁第一大学天体物理学研究生课程的负责人，也是非洲天文学会的主席。他是阿拉伯穆斯林世界关于科学和社会的辩论的积极参与者。弗朗西斯·哈斯福德是加纳大学和加纳原子能委员会医学物理系主任，非洲医学物理组织联合会秘书长，国际原子能机构专家医学物理学家，IOMP(国际医学物理组织)网络小组委员会成员。他在加纳大学获得博士学位，是国际理论物理中心的研究员。他是2016年国际理论和应用物理联合会(IUPAP)/IOMP医学物理学青年科学家奖的获得者。迪莉娅·海恩斯在剑桥大学三位一体音乐厅获得博士学位，之后在同在剑桥的辉瑞制药材料科学研究所获得博士后奖学金。她自2007年以来一直在斯泰伦博什大学工作，现在是该大学化学和聚合物科学系的教授。迪利亚是组建非洲晶体协会指导委员会的主席。欧维(伊格尔)·格莱希尔曾在加州大学洛杉矶分校和斯坦福大学工作过一段时间，然后转到她的祖国南非的科学与工业研究委员会工作。她现在是威特沃特斯兰德大学的流动物理学客座教授。她曾任南非物理研究所所长和非洲科学院网络副主席。她编辑《非洲物理通讯》。乔治·阿莫罗是肯尼亚内罗毕技术大学物理和地球科学学院的物理学教授和主任，也是肯尼亚教育网络(KENET)计算模型和材料科学的研究员。他在南非威特沃特斯兰德大学获得博士学位，曾在肯尼亚埃尔多雷特的埃尔多雷特大学和莫伊大学工作，2016年移居肯尼亚技术大学。Omololu Akin-Ojo在伊巴丹大学获得物理学学士和理学硕士学位，在美国特拉华大学获得博士学位。在波士顿大学和意大利的里雅斯特阿卜杜勒·萨拉姆国际理论物理中心(ICTP)做了两次博士后工作后，他回到非洲--首先是尼日利亚，现在是卢旺达，担任东非基础研究所所长，东非基础研究所是一个物理培训和研究中心。他的主要研究兴趣是凝聚态物理及其对非洲发展和进步的应用。Nashwa Eassa是Al Neelain大学物理学副教授兼科学研究学院院长。她在南非纳尔逊·曼德拉城市大学(NMMU)的纳米光子学小组中担任博士后研究员。她拥有NMMU的物理学博士学位和瑞典林肯平大学的材料物理和纳米技术理学硕士学位。
Africa tends to be isolated and sometimes forgotten when it comes to scientific research and in particular physics. But the region has great potential, being home to the youngest population in the world, and despite a variety of issues, there has been steady, albeit uneven progress towards establishing a scientific infrastructure. Ten African researchers discuss the diverse challenges and opportunities faced by physicists across the continent. Ten African researchers discuss the varied challenges and opportunities faced by physicists across the continent. Rabia Salihu Sa’id is a full professor of Atmospheric Physics at Bayero University, Kano, in Nigeria. She holds a PhD, MSc and BSc in Physics and an MSc in Environment and Development, and is an expert in the effects of dust aerosols on climate and air quality measurements. In 2015, she received the OWSD (Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World)/TWAS (The World Academy of Sciences)/Elsevier Foundation Award for Early Career (Physics), which rewards and encourages women working and living in developing countries who are in the early stages of their scientific careers, having often overcome great challenges to achieve research excellence. Ibiyinka Fuwape has been a professor of physics at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria since 1989. She is currently the Vice Chancellor of the Michael and Cecilia Ibru University, Agbarha-Otor, Delta State, Nigeria. Her research interests include theory of chaos and application of nonlinear dynamics in coupled oscillator systems, neuronal systems, and lower and upper atmospheric research. She is an alumna of the Schlumberger Faculty of the Future Fellowship programme. Alain Moise Dikandé (full professor in physics) is Head of the Physics Department, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Cameroon. He is an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow in the ‘Experienced Researchers’ Category, a Senior Associate of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP, Trieste, Italy), guest editor of the special issue of the Journal of the Optical Society of America (JOSA A and B): Optics in Africa and member of the editorial board of Journal of Optics. Jamal Mimouni is an Algerian astrophysicist, who received his higher education between Algiers University and the United States (PhD in Particle Physics in 1985, University of Pennsylvania). He is the head of a graduate programme in astrophysics at Constantine 1 University in Algeria, and the President of the African Astronomical Society. He is an active participant in the debate on science and society in the Arab-Muslim World. Francis Hasford is the Head of Medical Physics at the University of Ghana and Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, Secretary General of the Federation of African Medical Physics Organizations, expert medical physicist for the International Atomic Energy Agency and member of the IOMP (International Organization for Medical Physics) Web Sub-committee. He received his PhD from the University of Ghana and is an associate of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics. He is the recipient of the 2016 International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)/IOMP Young Scientist Award in Medical Physics. Delia Haynes did her PhD at Trinity Hall at the University of Cambridge, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship with the Pfizer Institute for Pharmaceutical Materials Science, also at Cambridge. She has been at Stellenbosch University since 2007, where she is now a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science. Delia is the chair of the Steering Committee to form the African Crystallographic Association. Irvy (Igle) Gledhill spent time at the University of California, Los Angeles and Stanford before moving to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in South Africa, her home country. She is now Visiting Professor of Flow Physics at the University of the Witwatersrand. She is a past president of the South African Institute of Physics and a Vice-President of the Network of African Science Academies. She edits African Physics Newsletter. George Amolo is a professor of physics and Director of the School of Physics and Earth Science, The Technical University of Kenya, Nairobi, and a research associate in Computational Modelling and Materials Science with the Kenya Education Network (KENET). He received his PhD from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and worked in the University of Eldoret and Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya, before moving to the Technical University of Kenya in 2016. Omololu Akin-Ojo received his BSc and MSc Physics degrees from the University of Ibadan, and his PhD from the University of Delaware (USA). Following two postdoctoral stints at Boston University and the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Trieste, Italy, he returned to Africa — first to Nigeria and now Rwanda as Director of the East African Institute for Fundamental Research, a physics training and research hub. His main research interest is in condensed matter physics and its applications for African development and advancement. Nashwa Eassa is an associate professor of physics and the Dean of the Deanship of Scientific Research at Al Neelain University. She undertook a postdoctoral fellowship in the Nanophotonics group at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU), South Africa. She holds a PhD in physics from NMMU and Master of Science in material physics and nanotechnology from Linköping University, Sweden.