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Elections for new Honorary Members (Honorary Academicians), Full Members (Academicians), and Associate Members of the Asian Academy of Sciences took place on 20–21 October 2026 during the AAS General Assembly held in Sanya, Hainan Province, PRC.

Nomination of Honorary Academicians of the Asian Academy of Sciences

Republic of Korea

(South Korea)

NOMINATION OF NOBEL LAUREATE, PROFESSOR RAE KWON CHUNG

FOR ELECTION AS HONORARY ACADEMICIAN OF THE ASIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Professor Rae Kwon Chung

Professor Rae Kwon Chung

Nobel Peace Prize Winner (2007, as a member of the IPCC)

Chairman of the International Committee of the Global Energy Prize, Director of the Ban Ki-moon Foundation (Republic of Korea), Honorary Professor of Incheon National University

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RATIONALE FOR NOMINATION

The Asian Academy of Sciences nominates Professor Rae Kwon Chung for election as an Honorary Academician in recognition of his outstanding contributions to science, international cooperation, and the advancement of sustainable development in Asia and worldwide.

SCIENTIFIC AND PUBLIC ACHIEVEMENTS

In 2007, Professor Chung was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize as a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Lead Author of its Special Report on Technology Transfer. His efforts in accumulating and disseminating knowledge on anthropogenic climate change laid the foundation for global countermeasures.

Professor Chung is the author and active advocate of the Low Carbon Green Growth concept, which views climate action as a driver of economic development and job creation. This paradigm is fully aligned with the strategic objectives of the Asian Academy of Sciences.

CAREER MILESTONES

Professor Chung has held key positions in the South Korean government and international organizations. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade for the Republic of Korea, as Korea's first Climate Change Ambassador, and as Director of the Environment and Development Division at UN ESCAP. He was also a Senior Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Climate Change.

SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE AASc

The election of Professor Chung as an Honorary Academician of the AAS would be a well-deserved recognition of his outstanding contribution to science and the global community, and would serve as a powerful source of inspiration for scholars across Asia, particularly in the fields of sustainable development and climate policy.

Professor Giro-Kai Hong

Professor Giro-Kai Hong

Professor Emeritus, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Ph.D.

World-renowned Theoretical Physicist | Founder of "Qiosmotic Dynamics."
Specialization: Quantum AI architecture; Information physics.
Education:
- University of Michigan,

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- Columbia University,

- Massachusetts Institute of Technology,

- Princeton University.

Executive profile:

Dr. Giro-Kai Hong is a transdisciplinary theorist whose work spans physics, philosophy, cognitive science, and technological design. Trained within one of the most intellectually dense constellations of 20th-century thought—including Noam Chomsky, Philip Morrison, and Gian-Carlo Rota—he has pursued a lifelong project: the integration of logical, physical, and cultural systems into a unified framework. His current work, Qiosmosic Dynamics, proposes a post-binary paradigm in which reality is understood as a field of quantum-informational waves (qi), giving rise to a new architecture for both physics and computation. This framework addresses foundational problems in quantum theory while offering a low-energy alternative to contemporary AI infrastructure.

The Qiosmosic Computational Architecture (9P-QM):

A novel quantum hardware paradigm—Nine-Palace Qubit Matrix—based on passive resonant computation.

Instead of binary switching, computation emerges through phase alignment and coherence formation.

• Targets orders-of-magnitude reduction in energy-per-inference

• Provides a pathway toward sustainable AI infrastructure

• Reframes computation as field dynamics rather than symbolic manipulation

Nomination of Full Members (Academicians) of the Asian Academy of Sciences

China

Kan Shi

Kan Shi

Expert Receiving Special Government Allowance of the State Council

Full Professor, Ph.D. in Psychology, First Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the Chinese Psychological Society ; Former Vice President of the Chinese Association of Social Psychology; Psychologist Accredited by the Chinese Psychological Society; President of the Asian Association for Organization and Employee Promotion (EAP).

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State Awards:

A total of 10 Science and Technology Progress Awards at the national, provincial/ministerial, and Chinese People's Liberation Army levels (including 3 First Prizes, 5 Second Prizes, and 2 Third Prizes).

Public Awards:

2019 "Discipline Construction Achievement Award," the highest award of the Chinese Psychological Society; 2023 First Prize of the 22nd Zhejiang Provincial Philosophy and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award；Lifetime Achievement Award of the Asian Association for Organization and Employee Promotion (EAP)

USA

Jie Wu

Jie Wu

Director of the Center for Networked Computing, Laura H. Carnell Professor, Temple University

Full Professor, Distinguished Professor, Florida Atlantic University, Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, M.S. in Computer Science, Shanghai University of Science and Technology (now Shanghai University).

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Honorary title:

Fellow of AAAS;

Fellow of IEEE;

IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Visitor;

ACM Distinguished Speaker.

State Awards:

NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund Program (Overseas).

Public Awards:

Faculty Research Award, Temple University, 2022-2023;

  • Distinguished Research Award, College of Science and Technology, Temple University, 2021-2022;
  • Distinguished Mentoring Award, College of Science and Technology, Temple University, 2020-2021;
  • Outstanding Service Award, IEEE Technical Committee on Distributed Processing (TCDP), 2018;
  • Best paper award, Proc. of the IEEE MASS, 2023;
  • Best paper award, Proc. of the IEEE ICC, 2018;
  • Best paper award, Proc. of the IEEE MASS, 2016;
  • Best paper award, Proc. of the IEEE/ACM IWQoS, 2016;
  • Best paper runner-up award, Proc. of the ICCCN, 2016;
  • CCF Overseas Outstanding Achievement Award, 2011.

Pakistan

Ashraf Muhammad

Ashraf Muhammad

Vice President of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences,

Fellow (Academician) of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences,

Fellow (Academician) of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS),

Fellow (Academician) of The Islamic World Academy of Sciences,

Rector (President) of the University of Lahore

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Honorary Titles:

Honorary Doctor of Philosophy, Lanzhou University, China;
Honorary Professor, Huanggang Normal University, China;

Honorary Professor, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China;

Honorary Professor, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan;

Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) - a substantive (titled) degree awarded by the University of Liverpool, UK.

Previous positions:

Chairman (President) of the Pakistan Science Foundation; Vice Chairman, Punjab Agriculture, Food and Drug Authority; Vice-Chancellor (President) of the Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Agriculture, Multan; Vice Chancellor (President), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF); Dean of the Faculty of Sciences (UAF); Professor and Chairman of the Department of Botany (UAF).

Membership:

- The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS);

- The Islamic World Academy of Sciences (IAS);

- Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS)

- Member of the National Core Group for Natural Sciences at the Commission on Higher Education;

- Member of the Pakistan Botanical Society;

- Member of the Society for the Advancement of Science in Pakistan;

- Member of the National Curriculum Committee of the Commission on Higher Education

- Co-Convener of Ethical Appeal Review Board (EARB), Higher Education Commission of Pakistan

Awards:

Research.com, an international organization, has ranked Dr. Ashraf 18th position worldwide and first position in the Country in the field of Plant Sciences and Agronomy; ScholarGPS.com (A California-based organization) has ranked Dr. Ashraf as a Highly Ranked Scholar-Lifetime. Moreover, Stanford University in the US ranked him 288th in the 2024 data for Plant Biology, and overall, in position 587 among all scientists worldwide. He has secured a Top Position among 945 Pakistani scientists listed in the Stanford Rankings; the COMSTECH Lifetime Achievement Award in Biology 2021; HEC Lifetime Achievement Award, 2012; Honorary Professor of Lanzhou University, China, 2013; Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Second highest Civil Award) by the President of Pakistan conferred in 2016; Lifetime Achievement Award by the Pakistan Botanical Society, Karachi, 2015; Distinguished Scientist of the Year in the field of Botany, 2013, by the Pakistan Academy of Sciences; Lifetime Achievement Award, 2013, by the Higher Education Commission, Islamabad, Pakistan; Scientific Advisor for the Green Technology Program, Rural Development Administration, Government of the Republic of Korea, from January 2010 to December 2012; Khwarizmi Award, 2012; FAO Medal for Excellent Research in Plant Stress Biology, 2012; Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Civil Award) from the President of Pakistan, 2006; HEC Distinguished National Professor, 2005; Honorary Scientist of the Rural Development Authority, Government of the Republic of Korea, 2005-2008; Dr. Agha G.D. Ahmad Medal, 2003; Best Teacher Award, Higher Education Commission, 2002; Presidential Civil Award, Pride of Performance, 2000; Presidential Award, Izaz-i-Fazeelat, 1997; Gold Medal of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences, 1997; First Award in Biology (monetary award of 25,000 rupees/-), National Book Foundation, Ministry of Education, Government of Pakistan, 1994; Fulbright Research Award, The United States Educational Foundation, 1993/94; Cash Prize of 15,000 Rupees /- (2nd Prize) in Biology, National Book Foundation, Ministry of Education, Government of Pakistan, 1992; Salam Prize (instituted by Nobel Laureate Dr. Abdus Salam) in Natural Sciences (Biology), 1992; Gold Medal (Biology, under 40), Pakistan Academy of Sciences, 1990; Golden Star, National Farm Guides Council (Hamdard Foundation), Pakistan, 1988; Medal for 1st Position in M.Sc, 1980.

Dr. M. Aslam Baig

Dr. M. Aslam Baig

Secretary General of Pakistan Academy of Sciences

Fellow (Academician) of Pakistan Academy of Sciences

Full Professor, PhD., Distinguished National Professor National Center for Physics Quaid-i-Azam University Campus, Islamabad.

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Previous positions:

Distinguished National Professor National Center for Physics 2012 to date Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad Meritorious Professor 2004 2010 Dean Faculty of Science 2009 Professor of Physics 1991-2009 AssociateProfessor 1987-1991 Assistant Professor 1986-1987 Director Science UNESCO funded 16 nation collaborative venture SESAME Jordan 20042006 UNESCO Consultant on SESAME 2003 2004 Research Scientist Physikalisches Institute Bonn University Germany 1982-1986 SERC Research Fellow Blackett Laboratory Imperial College London UK 1981-1982Alexander Von Humboldt Fellow Bonn University FR Germany 1980 1981Post-Doctoral Fellow Blackett Laboratory Imperial College London UK 1979-1979 Research Assistant Blackett Laboratory Imperial College London UK 1977-1977 Research Officer Department of Physics Karachi University1974-1977.

Memberships:

- Alexander von Humboldt Visiting Professor Bonn University Germany (2008);

- Kaiserslautern University 1999 2000 2001 Fellow Pakistan Nuclear Society Member Institute of Physics UK;

- Member German Physical Society Germany.

Awards:

Gold Medal (ZA Hashmi) Pakistan Science Foundation 2012; Hilal-i-ImtiazGovernment of Pakistan 2009; HEC Distinguished National Professor 2006; Sitara-i-Imtiaz Government of Pakistan 2004; Senior ICTP Associate Award 2004/2008; Project Director Masters Trainers in Physics HEC 2003-2007; Best University Teacher Award Higher Education Commission (HEC) 2003; Director Preparatory School on Bio-photonics QAU Islamabad 2002; Lecturer Synchrotron Radiation Sciences JAPS Jordan October 2002; Lecturer Winter College on Spectroscopy & Applications March 2001; ICTP TriesteItaly Lecturer Winter College on Quantum Optics ICTP Italy March 1997;Cash Prize Incentive on Publications Government of Pakistan 1997; Gold Medal Pakistan Academy of Sciences 1987.

Hassan Amir Shah

Hassan Amir Shah

Fellow (Academician) of Pakistan Academy of Sciences

Full Professor, PhD, Director ORIC, Forman Christian University , Lahore.

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Previous positions:

He served as Vice Chancellor of Government College University (GCU), Lahore from 27 August 2015 to 24 October 2019. During this tenure, he also held additional responsibilities as Vice Chancellor of the University of Narowal, and Vice Chancellor of Punjab Tianjin University of Technology. Prior to these roles, he was Professor at Forman Christian College from 21 February 2014 to 27 August 2015. At Government College University, Lahore, he served as Chairman of the Department of Physics from July 2011 to 20 February 2014, and earlier from 22 July 2002 to 2 June 2008, while also working as Professor from 2002 to 20 February 2014 and as an HEC Tenure Track Professor from November 2005 to February 2014. Earlier in his career, he served at the University of the Punjab as Associate Professor (May 1995 – 4 June 2002), Assistant Professor (16 May 1989 – May 1995), and Lecturer (April 1986 – May 1989). He also gained international research experience through postdoctoral fellowships, at the Institute of Space Plasma Physics, Frascati, Italy (October 1984 – December 1985), Queen Mary College, University of London (December 1982 – December 1983), and the University of Sussex (April 1982 – December 1982).

State Awards:

Sitara-e-Imtiaz (2011) by the Government of Pakistan;

was elected Fellow of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences (2018).

Anwar ul Hasan Gilani

Anwar ul Hasan Gilani

Consultant, Higher Education Commission, Islamabad,

Fellow (Academician) of Pakistan Academy of Sciences

Previous positions:

Consultant (PR & I) & In-charge Quality Assurance, Higher Education Commission, Islamabad, Vice Chancellor, University of Haripur, 2019-22; Chairman, Pakistan Council for Science & Technology, 2015-2018; Tandem Dean, Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Ethiopia, 2013-14; Distinguished National Professor, Higher Education Commission, 2004 to date; Pakistan Academy of Medical Sciences: Secretary General, 1999-2002, Scientific Secretary, 2002-2009; International Foundation for Science, Sweden: Scientific Advisor, 2000 to date; World Health Organization, Geneva: Advisor on Essential Medicine, 2006-2010; The Aga Khan University, Karachi: Chairman, Board of Graduate Studies, 2008-2009; Vice Chair, Research and Graduate Studies, 2008-2013, Director, PhD Program in Health Sciences, 2008-2013; Professor of Pharmacology, 1997 to 2019; Associate Professor, 1992-97; Assistant Professor, 1988-92; Senior Instructor, 1986-88; Lecturer, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 1979-86.

Memberships:

Fellow, TWAS -The World Academy of the Sciences; Fellow, Pakistan Academy of Medical Sciences; Fellow, Ibn-Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences; Board Member, International Society of Ethnopharmacology; Member, Drug Registration Board, Ministry of Health, 1999-2002; WHO Advisor on Traditional Medicine and Essential Medicine; Member, British Pharmacological Society, Biochemical Society (London); World Innovation Foundation; International Society for Medicinal Plant Research (Germany), International Society of Pharmaco-economics and Outcome Research (Founding President, Pakistan Chapter), Pakistan Hypertension League, Pakistan Nutrition and Dietetic Society.

Awards:

Merit scholarship, from primary school to PhD; Boehringer International Research Award-1988 (Germany); National Book Foundation Research Awards, Ministry of Education, 1991 and 1994; Salam Prize in Biology, TWAS, The World Academy of Sciences, 1992; Ibn-Al-Hayatham Prize in Biological Sciences, 1995; Outstanding Teacher Award by the Aga Khan University, 1996; Aga Hassan Abedi Gold Medal in Medical Sciences by Pakistan Academy of Sciences, 1999; Presidents Award for Pride of Performance, 2000; Dr. Israr-ul-Haq Award, Alumni Association of the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad; Sitara-i-Imtiaz by President of Pakistan, 2004; Professorship, Pakistan Academy of Medical Sciences, 2004; Life-Time Academic Achievement Award by the Higher Education Commission, Government of Pakistan, 2011; Dr Z.A. Hashmi R&D Gold Medal, Pakistan Science Foundation, 2014; Hilali-I-Imtiaz by the President of Pakistan, Government of Pakistan.

Raza Shah

Raza Shah

Director, International Center of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Karachi, Fellow (Academician) of Pakistan Academy of Sciences

Full Professor, PhD, Senior Professor, UNESCO Chair on Medicinal and Bio-organic Natural Product Chemistry.

Memberships:

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; Chemical Society of Pakistan; Pakistan Academy of Sciences; The Islamic World Academy of Sciences; Fellow Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh.

Awards:

Khwarizimi International Award by the Ministry of Science, Research & Technology, Iran (2024); First Prize from China Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology (2023); Top Scientists award for the year 2019 by KPK, Government of Pakistan; Best-Book award of the year 2017 by HEC, Government of Pakistan; Civil Award (Tamgha-i-Imtiaz) by the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (2015); Dr. M. Raziuddin Siddiqi Prize (Gold Medal) from Pakistan Academy of Sciences (2015); Atta ur Rahman Prize (Gold Medal) from Pakistan Academy of Sciences (2006); Abdus Salam prize in Chemistry for young scientist from ICTP Italy (2006).

Mongolia

Demberel Sodnomsambuu

Demberel Sodnomsambuu

President of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences (MAS),

Academician of MAS

Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Honorary Professor of Irkutsk National Research Technical University member of the International Association of Academies of Sciences.

Career progression: from research fellow at the Institute of Mathematics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences to deputy director, academic secretary, and director of the Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences.

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Demberel Sodnomsambuu actively contributes to the development of Mongolia's international scientific ties, particularly with Russia and China. In October 2025, he led a delegation of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences during cooperation negotiations in the field of ecology and sustainable development with the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has also facilitated the development of international relations between the Mongolian Academy of Sciences and the Polish Academy of Sciences, and participated in the scientific and technical conference of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO).

State Awards:

Distinguished Scientist;

Order of the Polar Star.

Budeebazar Avid

Budeebazar Avid

First Vice president of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences

Academician of MAS

Full Professor, Doctor of chemical sciences.He heads the national CODATA committee (the Committee on Data of the International Council for Science) for Mongolia.

State Awards:

  • Order of the Polar Star;
  • National High-Level Talent of China;
  • He was awarded the highest honor in Zhejiang Province for foreign experts — the “West Lake Friendship” award.
Tsegmed Tserendorj

Tsegmed Tserendorj

Vise President of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences

Academician of MAS

Academician of Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Full Professor, Doctor of Historical Sciences.

Honorary title:

Honorary Doctor of the Institute of Mongolian Studies, Buddhology and Tibetology of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

State Awards:

Order of the Polar Star of Mongolia (2024).

Public Awards:

Jack Weatherford Prize (2012).

Other Awards:

Outstanding Academic Title of Mongolia.

Azerbaijan

Arif Salimov

Arif Salimov

Chairman of the Expert Council on Mathematics and Mechanics of the Higher Attestation Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Full Professor, Doctor of Physico-Mathematical Sciences, Honored Scientist of Azerbaijan (2019), Head of the Department “Algebra and Geometry” at Baku State University, Azerbaijan.

Membership:

Member of Steering Board, Turkic World Mathematical Society.

State Awards:

Project Performance Award (PPÖ), TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey), Ankara (2015);

Public Awards:

Harizmi Prize in Mathematics (2024), Medal of the Turkic World Mathematical Society (2023);

Other Awards:

For best book (monography) “Tensor operators and their applications, Nova Sci. Pub., New York (2013).

Georgia

Solomon pavliashvili

Solomon pavliashvili

Academician of National Academy of Sciences of Georgia,

Deputy Minister of Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia

Full Professor, PhD of Economic Sciences, D.Sc. of Economic Sciences. Vice-President, Academy of Economic Sciences of Georgia.

Honorary title:

- Honorary Citizen of Mestia(2023);

- Honorary Citizen of Lentekhi(2024);

- Honorary Citizen of Gareji(2024);

- Honorary Citizen of Batumi(2025).

State Awards:

    First-Degree Scientific Scholarship of the President of Georgia (1999);

    President's Commendation (2001).

      Public Awards:

      - Paata Gugushvili Scientific Prize (2019);

      - Honorary Certificate of the Academy of Economic Sciences of Georgia (2019);

      - Certificate of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Georgia (2019);

      - Gold Medal of Georgian Technical University (2023);

      - Honorary Certificate of the National Academy of Sciences of Georgia (2023);

      - Honorary Certificate of the National Academy of Sciences of Georgia (2024);

      - Certificate for Outstanding Contribution to the BIOFIN Initiative (2024);

    David Gurgenidze

    David Gurgenidze

    Rector of the Georgian Technical University,

    Academician of Georgian National Academy of Sciences,

    Full Professor, PhD. Chairman of the Permanent Conference of HE of Georgia

    Membership:

    - Chairman of the Permanent Conference of Rectors of Georgia; Georgian Academy of Fazisi;
    - Georgian Academy of Legal Sciences; Engineering Academy of Georgia;
    - Georgian Energy Academy;
    - Governing Board of the Foundation of the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia;
    - Georgian National Prize Commission; SDSU Advisory Board;
    - Editorial-Publishing Board of the Georgian Technical University;
    - Scientific-Consultative Board of the Georgian Parliament Regional Politics and Self-Government Committee;
    - Scientific Advisory Council of the Committee on Sectoral.

    State Awards:
    - Medal of Honor (1999) (Georgia);
    - "Merit for Lithuania" — Knight's Cross (2022) (Lithuania);

    Public Awards:
    - Title of Honoured Builder of Georgia (2019) (Georgia);
    - Honorary Title of Ekvtime Takaishvili Laureate, awarded with a Bronze Medal (2023), Georgia;
    - Giorgi Nikoladze Medal of the Georgian Technical University (2023), Georgia;

    Other Awards:
    - The "Golden Feather" (2007) (Georgia);
    - Dante Alighieri Gold Medal and Diploma (2023) (Italy).

    Goneli Arakhamia

    Goneli Arakhamia

    Head of the Scientific and Organizational Department, National Academy of Sciences of Georgia

    Full Professor, University of Georgia, Doctor of Historical Sciences.

    In previous years, he worked at the I. Javakhishvili Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography. Author of the monograph "Ancient Georgian ancestral chronicles: (Source studies. research.)

    Teimuraz Khurodze

    Teimuraz Khurodze

    Supervisory Board Member - East-West University Powered by Arizona State University

    Full Professor, D.Sc, Supervisory Board Member - East-West University Powered by Arizona State University.

    State awards:

    Order of Honor.

    Public awards:

    Young Scientist Award.

    Nodar Grdzelishvili

    Nodar Grdzelishvili

    Academic Secretary of the Center for Innovation and Advanced Technologies of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences

    Assistant Professor, Georgian Technical University, Doctor of Economics PhD.

    Associate Professor, Faculty of Mining Geology and Sustainable Mountain Development, Georgian Technical.

    Membership:

    Full member of the Georgian Academy of Business Sciences;

    Full member of the Georgian Academy of Ecological Sciences;

    Member of the Phase Academy;

    Public awards:

    Georgian National Academy of Sciences Honorary Certificate.


    Levan Japaridze

    Levan Japaridze

    Academician of Georgian National Academy of Sciences

    Full Professor, Doctor of technical Science. G.Tsulukidze Mining Institute; Chairman of Scientific Council; Head of the Center of Mining Technology and Underground Construction

    Honorary title:

    Laureate of the Georgian National Prize in sciense:

    Membership:

    Member of the Engineering Academies of Georgia;


    Member of the Engineering Academies of Russia;


    Member of the Russian Academy of Mining Sciences.

    State Awards:

    Order of Honor of Georgia.

    Samushia Jaba

    Samushia Jaba

    Rector and the Chairman of the Academic Council at LEPL – Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

    Academician, Full Professor, PhD in History, Professor of History, Faculty of Humanities at LEPL –

    Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University.

    Membership:

    • Member of the Georgian Association of Historians;
    • Member of the Tinatin Tsereteli Georgian Academy of Diverse International Law Scholars;
    • Member of the National Committee of Historians;

    Public Awards:

    The University of Warsaw medal;

    Award of the Georgian Museum of Arts "Crystal Apholon 2016".

    Levan Ujmajuridze

    Levan Ujmajuridze

    Academician of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Georgia, Director of the LEPL Scientific-Research Center of Agriculture

    Full Professor, D.Sc., Professor of Georgian Agrarian University, Professor of Georgian Technical University, Professor of Caucasus International" University.

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    Honorary Title:

    - Honorary Citizen of Chokhatauri Municipality of Georgia;

    - Honorary Doctor of Batumi Shota Rustavely State University;

    Membership:

    - Chairman of the Scientfic Council of the Research Center of Agriculture;

    - Member of the Presidium of the GeorgiaAgricultural Sciences;

    - Member of the Dissertayion Council of Caucasus International University.

    Public Awards:

    - Honorary Winemaker of Georgia;

    - Order of 'Wine of the Georgian Sommelier Association;

    - Certificate of Appreciation of the Parliament of Georgia;

    - Certificate of Appreciation of the Georgian Academy of the Agricultural Sciences.

    Other Awards:

    - National Coordinator of Plant Genetic Resources ander FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) and ECPGR (European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources);

    - National Viticulture Coordinator of The Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Georgia;

    - Scientific Expert for the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia;

    Uzbekistan

    Bobomurat AHMEDOV

    Bobomurat AHMEDOV

    Director, Institute of Theoretical Physics National University of Uzbekistan, Academician of the Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences

    Full Professor, D.Sc., Honorary Researcher of Uzbekistan „FAN ARBOBI“.

    Membership:

    - Member of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS);

    - Member of the Islamic World Academy of Sciences (IAS);

    - Member of the International Core Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

    State Awards:

    - Awarded with the State Highest Scientific Title "Honorary Researcher of Uzbekistan" in Year 2021;

    - Uzbekistan State Order “Glory of Labor”, in Year 2012.

    Public Awards:

    - COMSTECH Best Research Paper in Physics Award 2025;

    - ‘2nd International TURKIC WORLD SCIENCE AWARDS: Ulugh Beg Aviation and Space Sciences Award 2025;

    - "The Researcher of the Year 2018" in Uzbekistan, by Scopus;

    - “Science Leader” Web of Science award - 2017 by the Clarivate Analytics as the highly cited author in Uzbekistan, Award of The World - -- Academy of Sciences for Young Scientists in Physics in Uzbekistan in Year 2001;

    - Award of Uzbekistan Acad. Sci. for Young Scientists in Physics,1996;

    - International Science Foundation Award, 1994; CNR-NATO Grant, 2004;

    - NATO Reintegration Grant, 2004-2007;

    - DAAD; Wolksvagen; Erasmus+.

    Other Awards:

    Chair Professor of Harbin Institute of Technology;

    Top 2% Scientist: Stanford/Elsevier;

    Outstanding Referee by EJP etc.

    Jasurjon Akhatov

    Jasurjon Akhatov

    Head of the Laboratory, Physical-technical Institute named after S.A. Azimov, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan

    Full Professor, D.Sc.

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    Membership:

    - Member of ISES (International Solar Energy Society)

    - Member of SolarPACES (Executive Committee member)

    - Member (Vice Chairman) of The Council of Uzbekistan Physicists

    - Editor in Chief, The Journal of Applied Solar Energy (Springer)

    - Member of EB, UNEC JEAS (Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences)

    - Member of the Scientific Committee for awarding of the scientific degrees at the Physical-technical Institute;

    - Member of the Scientific Committee for awarding scientific degrees at Karshi State technical University.

    Public Awards:

    - CAS President’s International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) - Visiting Scientist Fellow, IEE, CAS, Beijing, China, 2019.

    - The Fellowship of The Ministry of Innovation Development of Uzbekistan. PSA at CIEMAT, Almeria, Spain, 2018.

    - 2013 - DAAD Postdoctoral Fellowship. Kassel University, Kassel, Germany.

    - 2012 - Erasmus Fellowship. Politechnico di Torino, Turin. Italy. 2011 - UNESCO/Israel Co-Sponsored Postdoctoral Fellowship. Technion Institute of Technology, Israel.

    - 2010 - Erasmus Mundus Fellowship. USC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

    - 2009 - KOICA Scholarship. KIER, KEMCO, Seoul, South Korea.

    - 2008 - INTAS Fellowship for Young Scientists. Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus, Turkey.

    - 2007 - INTAS Fellowship for Young Scientists. Durham University, Durham, UK.

    - 2006 - CAS-TWAS International Fellowship, IEE, CAS, Beijing, China.

    Kyrgyzstan

    Akymbek Abdykalykov

    Akymbek Abdykalykov

    President of the International University of Innovation Technologies

    Full Professor, Doctor of Technical Sciences.

    Honorary titles:

    -Honored Scientist of the Kyrgyz Republic, Winner of the Gold Medal of Mustafa Kemal International Foundation for Science and Culture (2007);

    -Honored Worker of Education of the Kyrgyz Republic (27 September 2007);

    -Honorary Professor of the International Association of Civil Engineering Universities (20 October 2011);

    -Honorary Professor of the Kazakh University of Economics and Consulting;

    -Honorary Professor of Osh Technological University named after M. M. Adyshev (28 April 2023).

    Membership:

    -Chairman of the Council of University Rectors of the Kyrgyz Republic;

    -Board Member of the Presidium of the International Association of Civil Engineering Universities of the CIS Countries;

    -Full Member (Academician) of the Engineering Academy of the Kyrgyz Republic (2014);

    -Full Member (Academician) of the International Transport Academy (20 September 2005);

    -Full Member (Academician) of the Kazakhstan Academy of Quality Management (1 September 2005);

    -Academician of the International Academy of Sciences of Pedagogical Education (24 February 2009).

    State Awards:

    Laureate of the State Prize of the Kyrgyz Republic in Science and Technology.

    Public Awards:

    -Academician of the Engineering Academy of the Kyrgyz Republic;

    -Academician of the International Transport Academy of the Russian Federation;

    -Academician of the Kazakh Academy of Quality Management;

    -Academician of the International Academy of Pedagogical Sciences;

    -A. Grishmanov Prize of the Russian Engineering Academy (27 November 2019), for long-standing work and achievements in the building materials industry and construction industry;

    -Gold Medal and International Atatürk Prize, Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk) International Charitable Foundation for Science and Culture (2007);

    -Order of Lomonosov, National Committee for Public Awards of the Russian Federation;

    -Order “Star of Glory. Economy of Azerbaijan”, National Business Rating Organising Committee (20 June 2018);

    -Gold Medal of the International Academy of Engineering (2014);

    -Medal “For Contribution to Road Science”, KazdorNII (2014).

    Other Awards:

    -Honored Worker of Education of the Kyrgyz Republic,

    -Laureate of the International Contest "Symbols of Eurasian Integration"

    -Certificate of Honour of the Kyrgyz Republic, awarded by the President (2002).

    -Certificate of Honour of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic, No. 052.

    -Certificate of Honour of the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic (2017).

    -Certificate of Honour of the Central Commission for Elections and Referendums of the Kyrgyz Republic (17 December 2010).

    -Certificates of Honour of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Kyrgyz Republic (2020) and the Bishkek City Council.

    -Excellence in Education badge of the Kyrgyz Republic (1995).

    -Excellence in Science badge of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic (2023).

    -Excellence in the Trade Union Movement in Education and Science (2007).

    Nomination of Associate Members of the Asian Academy of Sciences