Prof. MA Guanghui Elected to TWAS Fellow--Institute of Process Engineering

Prof. MA Guanghui from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, was elected as a new fellow of the World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries (TWAS).

The following is the news from TWAS:

31 October 2023--The Academy elected 47 new TWAS Fellows today. Among them is one Nobel laureate, physicist Giorgio Parisi from Italy, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2021. This addition elevates the count of Nobel laureates within the Academy's membership to 13. Also, 19 new members are women — which amounts to 40% of the new cohort.

The election of the new Fellows will be effective starting on 1 January 2024, bringing the total TWAS membership to over 1,400.

MA Guanghui (China): (F). Professor and Director, State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, China. The nominee has been well known for her pioneer work on size-controllable, structure-controllable and surface-controllable biocompatible microspheres, enabling the successful production of uniform biocompatible microspheres for cell culture, chromatography, drug delivery and vaccine formulations by companies and institutions worldwide. Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, among others, she has received the Second Class Award of National Invention, the First Class Award of Beijing Science and Technology, the First Class Award of Science and Technology - Fundamental Research Achievement of the Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China, TWAS-TWOWS-SCOPUS Young women researcher award (Winner of Engineering and Technology Category).

About TWAS

For 40 years, The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries (TWAS) has been a leading force in developing crucial scientific capability in some of the most underdeveloped countries in the world. A global science academy founded in 1983 in Trieste, Italy, TWAS supports sustainable prosperity through research, education, policy, and diplomacy. With its partners, it has graduated over 1,000 PhDs and offered hundreds of postdoctoral fellowships to developing world scientists. The Academy also hosts prestigious scientific awards in the global South, has offered numerous research grants, and supports exchange visits for scientists. TWAS is a programme unit of UNESCO. More information: www.twas.org.