Among the 74 new academicians selected by TWAS this time, Vietnam has two scientists : Major General, Professor, Doctor of Science Nguyen The Hoang and Professor, Doctor Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai.
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) recently elected 74 new members, the highest number of members elected in TWAS's history.
Among them, Brazil and China have the most new academicians (10 people each), followed by India (9 people), Malaysia (7 people), South Africa (4 people), Bangladesh, Morocco, Pakistan (3 people each); Vietnam, Cuba, Egypt, the United States (2 people each)... Of these, there are 50 men and 24 women (32.4%).
The two Vietnamese scientists elected as TWAS academicians this time are Major General, Professor, Doctor of Science, People's Physician Nguyen The Hoang, Deputy Director of Military Central Hospital 108, and Professor-Doctor Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai, Vice Rector of the University of Science, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City.
The introduction of new TWAS members will be held at the next General Assembly meeting, scheduled for 2025.
TWAS's decision takes effect on January 1, 2025, bringing the organization's total membership to 1,444.
Major General, Professor, Doctor of Science, People's Physician Nguyen The Hoang, Deputy Director of Military Central Hospital 108, was born in 1965 in Ky Anh district, Ha Tinh province.
He was awarded the title of Associate Professor in Vietnam in 2006; received his Doctor of Science degree in 2008 and Associate Professor at the University of Munich in 2009. In 2018, he was awarded the title of Professor.
He is the principal author of over 100 research papers published in domestic and international journals, and has led and participated in numerous state-level and ministerial-level scientific research projects.
His scientific research focuses primarily on the fields of circulatory neoplasia and cell culture, free tissue flap transfer for microsurgical applications, treatment of complex congenital limb deformities, and organ transplantation.
In addition to numerous prestigious national and international scientific awards such as Vifotec, Nepomuc von Nussbaum, Karl-Max von Bauerfeind, APKO..., and the First and Third Class Labor Orders in 2012, he received the prestigious Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Scientific Prize from the Alexander von Humboldt German Academy of Sciences for exceptionally outstanding and groundbreaking scientific research.
Major General, Professor, Doctor of Science, People's Physician Nguyen The Hoang. (Source: Central Military Hospital 108)
Professor-Doctor Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai, born in 1974, is from Quang Ngai province and graduated with a degree in Chemistry from the University of Hanoi (now the University of Natural Sciences).
She later earned a PhD in pharmaceutical chemistry from Toyama Medical University, Japan.
She was appointed Associate Professor in 2014 and then Professor in 2021. In 2023, Professor Mai was awarded the title of Distinguished Educator.
Professor-Doctor Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai has pioneered the work "Xanthine Oxise Inhibitory Activity of Vietnamese Medicinal Plants," researching 288 extracts from 96 types of plants to treat gout, a pioneering effort in combining traditional Vietnamese medicine with modern science.
The research has uncovered many new compounds, raw materials for producing highly effective drugs to treat diseases such as gout, diabetes, Alzheimer's, arthritis, stomach ulcers, and cancer.
Professor-Doctor Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai has led 14 research projects and published 90 international and 80 national articles.
Professor-Doctor Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai has commercialized many types of health supplements and received the Ho Chi Minh City Innovation Award from the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City in 2019 and the Kovalevskaia Award in 2021, among many other awards.
The World Academy of Sciences is an international non-governmental organization under UNESCO, bringing together more than 1,400 outstanding scientists from over 100 countries and representing approximately 130 academies of science worldwide, including the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.
TWAS was founded in 1983. Before 2004, it was known as the Third World Academy of Sciences.
Currently, TWAS is an associate scientific member of the International Science Council (ISC) and the former International Council for Science (ICSU).
TWAS was officially recognized by the United Nations Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar in 1985.
Source: VNP
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