Vietnamese female professor elected as academician of the World Academy of Sciences

Among the 74 new academicians elected 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 academicians, the largest number of elected academicians in the history of TWAS.

Among them, Brazil and China are the two countries with the most new academicians (10 people), followed by India (9 people), Malaysia (7 people), South Africa (4 people), Bangladesh, Morocco, Pakistan (each country has 3 people); Vietnam, Cuba, Egypt, the United States (each country has 2 people)... Of which 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 108 Central Military Hospital, and Professor-Doctor Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai, Vice Principal of the University of Science, Ho Chi Minh City National University.

The induction ceremony of new members of TWAS will be held during the next General Assembly scheduled to take place in 2025.

The decision of TWAS takes effect from January 1, 2025, bringing the total number of members of this organization to 1,444 people.

Major General, Professor, Doctor of Science, People's Physician Nguyen The Hoang, Deputy Director of 108 Central Military Hospital, was born in 1965, hometown in Ky Anh district, Ha Tinh.

He was awarded the title of Associate Professor of Vietnam in 2006; received a Doctor of Science degree in 2008 and an Associate Professor from the University of Munich in 2009. In 2018, he was awarded the title of Professor.

He is the main author of more than 100 research works published in domestic and international journals, chaired and participated in many scientific research projects at the State and Ministry levels.

His scientific research focuses mainly on the fields of neovascularization and cell culture, microsurgical free tissue flap transfer, treatment of complex congenital limb defects and organ transplantation.

In addition to many prestigious national and international scientific awards such as: Vifotec, Nepomuc von Nussbaum, Karl-Max von Bauerfeind, APKO..., First and Third Class Labor Medals, in 2012, he received the prestigious Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Science Award from the German Academy of Sciences Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for exceptionally outstanding research works with scientific breakthroughs.

Major General, Professor, Doctor of Science, People's Physician Nguyen The Hoang. (Source: 108 Central Military Hospital)

Professor-Doctor Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai, born in 1974, from Quang Ngai, graduated in chemistry from the University of General Sciences (now the University of Natural Sciences).

She then obtained her PhD in pharmaceutical chemistry from Toyama University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Japan.

She was appointed Associate Professor in 2014 and then Professor in 2021. In 2023, Professor Mai was awarded the title of Meritorious Teacher.

Professor-Doctor Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai has published a paper on "Xanthine oxidase inhibitory activity of Vietnamese medicinal plants," researching 288 extracts from 96 plants to treat gout, a pioneer in combining traditional Vietnamese medicine with modern science.

Research has discovered many new compounds, raw materials for the production of highly effective drugs to treat gout, diabetes, Alzheimer's, arthritis, stomach ulcers and cancer.

Professor-PhD Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai has led 14 research projects and published 90 international articles and 80 national articles.

Professor-PhD Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai has commercialized many health supplements and received the Ho Chi Minh City Innovation Award presented by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee 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 more than 100 countries and representing about 130 scientific academies worldwide, including the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.

TWAS was founded in 1983. Before 2004 it was called the Third World Academy of Sciences.

Today, TWAS is a scientific associate member of the International Science Council (ISC) and of 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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