Hassan Mohamed Hag Ali

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).