The people who sustain ASESMA across generations.
Meet the committees, international advisors, scientific partners, and institutions behind the programme.
ASESMA Committees
The teams guiding ASESMA's long-term direction, school planning, and international scientific network.
Executive Committee
Provides strategic leadership and continuity across the ASESMA programme.
Nicola Seriani
International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy
Omololu Akin-Ojo
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Anne Etindele
University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon
Garu Gebreyesus
University of Ghana, Ghana
Fatema Mohamed
École Polytechnique, France
Shobhana Narasimhan
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Scientific Research, India
Michele Pavanello
Rutgers University, USA
Andre Schleife
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
Planning Committee
Coordinates the scientific programme, teaching activities, and delivery of future schools.
Matteo Gatti
École Polytechnique, France
Krishna Govender
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Omamuyovwi Rita Jolayemi
Covenant University, Nigeria
Javier Junquera
University of Cantabria, Spain
Stéphane Kenmoe
University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Yedilfana Setarge Mekonnen
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Iurii Timrov
Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
International Advisory Panel
Distinguished scientists who advise ASESMA and strengthen its international partnerships.
- Richard M. MartinChair · University of Illinois & Stanford University, USA
- Omololu Akin-OjoEast African Institute for Fundamental Research, Rwanda
- George AmoloTechnical University of Kenya, Kenya
- Stefano BaroniSISSA, Trieste, Italy
- Roberto CarPrinceton University, USA
- Mark CasidaUniversité Grenoble Alpes, France
- Richard CatlowRoyal Society, UK
- Nithaya ChettyUniversity of Pretoria, South Africa
- Michele CeriottiEPFL, Switzerland
- Claudia DraxlHumboldt University of Berlin, Germany
- Hugues DreysseStrasbourg, France
- Shiwu GaoBeijing Computational Science Research Center, China
- Eric GarfunkelRutgers University, USA
- Matteo GattiÉcole Polytechnique, France
- Garu GebreyesusUniversity of Ghana, Ghana
- Xin-Gao GongFudan University, China
- Sinead GriffinLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
- Jim GubernatisLos Alamos National Laboratory, USA
- Peter HaynesImperial College London & Thomas Young Centre, UK
- Ali HassanaliInternational Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy
- Javier JunqueraUniversity of Cantabria, Spain
- David KribsAIMDS & University of Guelph, Canada
- Alessandro LaioSISSA, Italy
- Tony LeggettUniversity of Illinois, USA
- Richard LeSarIowa State University, USA
- Erik LuijtenNorthwestern University, USA
- Ryo MaezonoJapan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
- Andrea MariniInstitute for the Structure of Matter, Italy
- Nicola MarzariEPFL, Switzerland
- Walter MeyerUniversity of Pretoria, South Africa
- Bernard M’Passi-MabialaBrazzaville, Republic of the Congo
- Shobhana NarasimhanJawaharlal Nehru Centre for Scientific Research, India
- Jeffrey NeatonUniversity of California, USA
- Chukwuemeka M. I. OkoyeUniversity of Nigeria, Nigeria
- Lucia ReiningÉcole Polytechnique, France
- Angel RubioMax Planck Institute & Flatiron Institute, Germany
- Sandro ScandoloInternational Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy
- Happy SitholeCentre for High Performance Computing, South Africa
- Wole SoboyejoWorcester Polytechnic Institute, USA & AUST, Nigeria
- Nicola SpaldinETH Zurich, Switzerland
- Ahmadou WagueCheikh Anta Diop University, Senegal
- Renata WentzcovitchColumbia University, USA
- Hisham WidatallahSultan Qaboos University, Oman
- Paul WoafoUniversity of Yaoundé I, Cameroon
Made possible together.
ASESMA is sustained by a long-standing community of scientific, institutional, and funding partners.
Core partners
Scientific partners
Institutional support
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