ICTP Director Fernando Quevedo has been elected as an Associate
Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS),
during its general meeting in Hyderabad, India.
Quevedo, a Guatemalan national, began his tenure as ICTP Director
a year ago, coming to the Centre from Cambridge University, UK,
where he is a professor of theoretical physics. He is a well-known
theoretical particle physicist with wide-ranging research interests
in string theory, phenomenology and cosmology. He has worked
at such prestigious research institutes as CERN and the Los Alamos
National Laboratory, USA.
According to the TWAS web site, the main criterion for election as
a TWAS Member is scientific excellence. Only those scientists who
have attained the highest international standards and have made
significant contributions to the advancement of science can be
nominated as Fellows or Associate Fellows.
Fellows are scientists who live and work in developing countries
and who have made contributions to their fields of science that
meet internationally accepted standards of excellence.
Associate Fellows are scientists who live and work in developed
countries, have made contributions to their fields of science that
meet internationally accepted standards of excellence, and,
additionally, have distinguished themselves in efforts to promote
science in developing countries.
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TWAS honours ICTP Director
Quevedo elected as Associate Fellow
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