Organization and membership
A new academy honoring outstanding early-career scientists from around the world has just been launched under the auspices of the InterAcademy Panel for International Issues (IAP). In an editorial published this week in Science (subscription required), 6 founding members of the Global Young Academy (GYA) present the new organization.
Members to the GYA will all be scientists in their mid-thirties, nominated by senior scientists in their country and selected by international peer-review. The GYA will be capped at 200 members and membership will be for just 4 years to prevent the aging of the organization's membership. Currently, the GYA counts more than 100 young scientists from 40 different countries.
One central aim of the GYA is to spur creation of national young scientist academies that "encourage and empower their members to engage in interdisciplinary research, communicate science to society, and provide advice on national science policies, especially those affecting young scientists," the founding members write in the Editorial. Importantly, the GYA also aims to foster scientific exchange and collaborations between talented young scientists from the developed and developing world.
But the organization's main motivation is to put more focus on the accomplishments of younger scientists, countering what the editorial writers perceive to be a bias towards older, established scientists. "Senior scientists receive most of the resources available for scientific research, and younger scientists rarely receive societal recognition for their work. This situation is growing worse as life expectancies and retirement ages increase, along with the average age for attaining scientific independence." Perhaps as a consequence, they say, "science is typically not a top career choice." The Global Young Academy is a means of providing some recognition for the best young scientists globally.
Members
Abdoul Khadir Diop, Cheikh
University Cheikh Anta Diop Senegal
Adeyemo, Olanike
University of Ibadan Nigeria
Afshari, Reza
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Iran
Ahmad, Aftab
University of the Punjab Pakistan
Akindele, Abidemi
University of Lagos, Nigeria Nigeria
Akpa, Onoja
University of Ibadan, Nigeria Nigeria
Al Ghouti, Mohammad
Fahad Bin Sultan University, Saudi Arabia Jordan
Alcarazo Velasco, Manuel
Max Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung Germany
Alvarez, Felipe
Universidad de Chile Chile
Amin Ibrahim S. Nada, Amal
National research center, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt Egypt
Andersson Svahn, Helene
Royal Insititue of Technology, Stockholm Sweden
Arafat, Abeer
Royal Scientific Society Jordan
Arthur, Patrick
University of Ghana Ghana
Attallah, Moataz
University of Birmingham United Kingdom
Augustine Enakpodia, Ofomaja
University of Benin Nigeria
Aycan, Zeynep
Turkey
Aydogan, Nihal
Hacettepe University Turkey
Baig, Tanvir
University of Dhaka Bangladesh
Balaba, Dorothy
Program for Accesible heath Communication and Education (PACE) Uganda
Bandyopadhyay, Ranjini
Raman Research Institute India
Basyaruddin Abdul Rahman, Mohd
Universiti Putra Malaysia Malaysia
Baum, Julia
University of Victoria Canada
Baykasoglu, Adil
University of Gaziantep Turkey
Beaudry, Catherine
École Polytechnique de Montréal Canada
Betti, Arianna
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam The Netherlands
Beyene, Negussie
Sokoine University of Agriculture Tanzania
Bin Tariq, Abdullah
University of Rajshahi Bangladesh
Brosens, Koenraad
University of Leuven (KULeuven) Belgium
Brück, Tilman
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and Humboldt University of Berlin Germany
Cavallotti, Carlo
Politecnico di Milano Italy
Chaiyen, Pimchai
Mahidol University Thailand
Chan, Kai
University of British Columbia Canada
Chan, Yoke-Fun
Malaysia Malaysia
Chen, Bing
Memorial University of Newfoundland Canada
Chen, Liwei
Suzhou Institute of Nanotechnology and Nanobionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences China
Chiou, Fang-Yi
Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica Taiwan
Choi, Hee Cheul
South Korea
Choo, Kim-Kwang Raymond
University of South Australia Australia
Choudhury, Charisma
Bangladesh Univeristy of Engineering and Technology (BUET) Bangladesh
Clark, Alexander
University of Alaberta Canada
Correa, Jose
Universidad de Chile Chile
Costales Cordero, Jaime
Ecuador
Creus, Marc
University of Basel Switzerland
D'Souza, Raissa
University of California at Davis USA
da Conceição Pequito Teixeira, Maria
Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa Portugal
Ding, Ke
Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences China
Dominik, Martin
University of St Andrews United Kingdom
El Kharraz, Jauad
Euro-Mediterranean Information System on know-how in the Water sector France
El-Khamisy, Sherif
Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University Egypt
Elagroudy, Sherien
Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University Egypt
Esmaeilzadeh, Saeid
Sweden
Esser, Matthew
CSIR National Laser Centre South Africa
Farrukh, Muhammad Akhyar
GC University Lahore Pakistan
Febres Cordero, Fernando
Simon Bolivar University Venezuela
Feldman, Michal
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel
Gabaldón Estevan, Toni
Spain
Garcia-Martinez, Javier
University of Alicante Spain
Gazal-Ayal, Oren
University of Haifa Israel
Gopakumar, Rajesh
Harish-Chandra Research Institute India
Gueye, Moustapha
Senegalese Agricultural Research Institute Senegal
Hanein, Yael
Tel-Aviv University Israel
Hanes, Justin
Johns Hopkins University USA
Hassan, Hisham
Sudanese Academy of Young Scientists Sudan
He, Jr-Hau
Taiwan
Hilgenkamp, Hans
University of Twente & Leiden University The Netherlands
Hod, Oded
Tel Aviv University Israel
Hsu, Shang-Te
Taiwan
Huete-Pérez, Jorge
Universidad Centoamericana Nicaragua
Hutchinson, David
University of Otago New Zealand
Ingelsson, Erik
Karolinska Institutet Sweden
Israelowich, Ido
Tel Aviv University Israel
Iyayi Unuabonah, Emmanuel
Redeemer's University Nigeria
Johnsrude, Ingrid
Queen's University Canada
Kano, Mitsunobu
Okayama University Japan
Kapparov, Kassymkhan
Agency on Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
Karoonuthaisiri, Nitsara
National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Thailand
Kassen, Rees
University of Ottawa Canada
Katayama, Hiroyuki
Japan
Kerr, Jeremy
University of Ottawa Canada
Keskitalo, E. Carina
Political Science Sweden
Khantachawana, Anak
King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi Thailand
Kirabira, John
Uganda
Kivimaa, Paula
Finnish Environment Institute Finland
Kläui, Mathias
Physics Germany
Komai, Shoji
Nara Institute of Science and Technology Japan
Kovalchuk, Olga
Canada
Kruenate, Jittiporn
The National Metal and Material Technology center(MTEC), Thailand Science park Thailand
Lee, Tae-Woo
South Korea
Leonelli, Sabina
University of Exeter United Kingdom
Li, Xuelong
Chinese Academy of Sciences China
Liu, Xingsheng
Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics of CAS China
Loo, Yueh-Lin
Princeton University USA
Lu, An-Hui
Dalian University of Technology China
Lupercio, Ernesto
Cinvestav Mexico Mexico
M. Matin, Maryam
Department of Biology Iran
M.Thadhani, Vinitha
Institute of Chemistry, Ceylon Sri Lanka
Madhavan, Guruprasad
National Academy of Sciences USA
Magno, Carlo
De La Salle University Philippines
Majozi, Thokozani
University of Pretoria South Africa
Mamdouh Ahmad, Islam
Royal Scientific Society-Information Technology Center Jordan
Manjura Hoque, Sheikh
Atomic Energy Centre, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission Bangladesh
Manjurul Karim, M.
University of Dhaka Bangladesh
Mao-Chang, Liang
Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica Taiwan
Maphanga, Regina
University of Limpopo South Africa
Martinez, Salome
Chile
Martinez Aldaya, Maite
Technical University of Madrid Spain
Mashkina, Olga
Finnish Environment Institute Finland
Maze, Jeronimo
Pontificia Universidad Cat様ica de Chile Chile
McLaren, Sandra
University of Melbourne Australia
Meegama, Gayan
Sri Lanka
Miller, Stephen
University of Florida USA
Modi, Albert
South Africa
Moguerza, Javier
Rey Juan Carlos University Spain
Mohamed, Hiba
University of Khartoum, Institute of Endemic Diseases Sudan
Mohd Yahaya, Normi
Universiti Putra Malaysia Malaysia
Montenegro-Bethancourt, Gabriela
Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment Aging and Metabolism (CeSSIAM) Guatemala
Muyonga, John
Makerere University Uganda
N. Wanjala, Francis
University of Nairobi Kenya
Nakamura, Masaki
Osaka University Japan
Nampala, Paul
Uganda National Academy of Sciences Uganda
Narita, Vanny
University of Al Azhar Indonesia Indonesia
Neergheen, Vidushi
University of Mauritius Mauritius
Netea, Mihai Gheorge
Netherlands
Ngure , Peter
Daystar University Kenya
Nyakauru Gona, Philimon
University of Massachusetts USA
O'Brien, Jeremy
University of Bristol UK
Ocloo, Augustine
University of Ghana Ghana
Okechukwu Esimone, Charles
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Nigeria
Ola, Idowu
Obafemi Awolowo University Nigeria
Oliveira e Silva, Luis
Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa Portugal
Oosterkamp, Tjerk
Leiden University Netherlands
Ormeci, Banu
Carleton University Canada
Phanraksa, Orakanoke
National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) Thailand
Piyawattanametha, Wibool
National Electronics & Computer Technology Center and Chulalongkorn University Thailand
Priller, Josef
Department of Neuropsychiatry and Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin Germany
Qin, Song
Yantai Insitute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences China
Ramanitrahasimbola, David
Pharmacy Madagascar
Rasid, Mohd
Malaysia
Rezwana Rahman, Sabita
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangladesh
Ron, Santiago
Pontificia Universidad Cat½ca del Ecuador Ecuador
Sabovljevic, Marko
University of Belgrade Serbia
Siddappa, Nagadenahalli
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School USA
Simon, Alexandru
Romanian Academy Romania
Slippers, Bernard
University of Pretoria South Africa
So, Regina
Ateneo de Manila University Philippines
Sohn, Hoon
KAIST South Korea
Songkasiri, Warinthorn
National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) Thailand
Soror, Sameh
Faculty of Pharmacy, Helwan University Egypt
Speckmann, Bettina
Eindhoven University of Technology The Netherlands
Su, Yi-Hsien
Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica Taiwan
Sunday Asaolu, Olumuyiwa
University of Lagos Nigeria
Sutherland, Michael
University of Cambridge UK
Taele, Molibeli
National University of Lesotho Lesotho
Takemura, Hitomi
Kyushu International University Japan
Tanaka, Yoshihiro
Nagoya Institute of Technology Japan
Thanh, Nguyen TK
University College London and The Royal Institution of Great Britain United Kingdom
Tickner, James
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Australia
Tornberg, Anna-Karin
Senegal
Van der Wiel, Wilfred
University of Twente Netherlands
Van Thanh, Ngo
Institute of Physics Vietnam
Vaz-Pinto, Raquel
Institute for Political Studies - Catholic University of Portugal Portugal
Walther, Philip
University of Vienna Austria
Walton, Krista
Georgia Institute of Technology USA
Warner, Jamie
Australia
Watanabe, Koyo
University of Oulu Finland
Weiss, Gregory
University of California, Irvine USA
Weyhenmeyer, Gesa
Uppsala University Sweden
Wright, Caradee
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) South Africa
Yamuna, Krishnan
India
Yetis Kara, Bahar
Bilkent University Turkey
Zigman, Mihaela
Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), University of Heidelberg Germany
Åkerman, Johan
University of Gothenburg & Royal Institute of Technology Sweden
