Engineering scientist; Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Engineering, Harvard University; Member of the US National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Engineering; Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society; Recipient of the ASME Timoshenko Medal

Mathematician; Distinguished Research Professor, University of California, Los Angeles; Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Fellow, American Mathematical Society; Recipient of the AMS Award for Distinguished Public Service

Mathematician; Professor of Mathematics, Bahçeşehir University; Fellow, Islamic World Academy of Sciences; Editor-in-Chief, Electronic Journal of Analysis and Applied Mathematics

Mineral engineer and colloid scientist; LaVon Duddleson Krumb Professor Emeritus of Mineral Engineering, Columbia University; Member, US National Academy of Engineering; Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Engineering; Recipient of the Padma Shri

Reproductive and developmental biologist; Emeritus Professor of Reproductive Sciences, University of Cambridge; Fellow of the Royal Society; Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences; Former Chair, British Society for Developmental Biology; Recipient of the Marshall Medal

Molecular biologist; Professor Emeritus, University of Buenos Aires; Senior Researcher, CONICET; International Member, US National Academy of Sciences; Foreign Associate, French Academy of Sciences; Recipient of the Konex Diamond Award and Bunge & Born Prize

Computer scientist and African Internet pioneer; Chairman, Ghana Dot Com; Founding Chairman, AFRINIC; Internet Hall of Fame inductee; Recipient of the Jonathan B. Postel Service Award and ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award

Atmospheric physicist; Professor, University of São Paulo; Coordinator, Center for Sustainable Amazon Studies; Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS); Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; Recipient of the TWAS Earth Sciences Prize

Hydrologist; Professor of Ecohydrology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Head of Ecohydrology and Biogeochemistry, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries; Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities; Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and European Academy of Sciences

Analytical chemist; Corresponding Fellow of CORE Academy; Tenured Professor, H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, ICCBS, University of Karachi; Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and Royal Society of Biology

Mathematician and international science leader; President of the Sudanese National Academy of Sciences; Former President and Founding Executive Director of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS); Former President of the African Academy of Sciences; Fellow of the Royal Society; Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Biophysicist; Raymond and Beverly Sackler Professor in Biophysics, University of California, Berkeley; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Recipient of the Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science