
Fellow
Hassan Mohamed Hag Ali
President, Sudanese National Academy of Science (SNAS)
Current nationality
Italy
Current country of residence
Sudan (the)
Biodata
Hassan is president of the Sudanese National Academy of Sciences, was TWAS president from 2019–22, chair of the Governing Council of the United Nations Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries, and of the International Advisory Board of the Centre for Development Research, Germany. He covered high-level positions: was president of the InterAcademy Partnership; TWAS founding executive director; president of the African Academy of Sciences; founding president of the Network of African Science Academies, and chair of the Council of United Nations University. After earning his PhD in mathematics from Oxford University he returned to Sudan and became a professor and dean of the Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, Khartoum University. Among his honours are: Commander and Grand Cross of the Brazilian Order of the National Scientific Merit, and Officer of the Order of Merit of Italy. He is a member of scientific academies, including the Belgian, Colombian, Cuban, Moroccan, Pakistani, South African, and the Pontifical. He is the recipient of the G77 Leadership Award and of the Abdus Salam Medal for Science and Technology. In 2025, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (UK).
Sustainable Development Goals
Keywords
Theoretical plasma physics, wind erosion, sand and dust transport, diffusion of dust particles.
ELECTED
1985
Section
08. Mathematical Sciences
TWAS Awards
Abdus Salam Medal (2015)
Country where living and working for the majority of the last 10 years
Sudan (the)
Last updated on 21/05/2025