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Marta Losada FALK
President, Antonio Nariño University (UAN), Bogotá, ColombiaPresident since 2010, Dr. Losada obtained her undergraduate physics degree and an MSc Physics from the National University of Colombia and her Ph.D. in Physics from Rutgers University, USA. From 1997 to 1999, she was a postdoctoral fellow at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), Switzerland. She has held positions as the National Director for Research at UAN from 2004 to 2014, and the Director of the Basic and Applied Science Research Center of UAN from 2000 to 2004. She is the group leader of the research groups in high energy particle physics focused on elementary particle phenomenology and cosmology as well as experimental high energy physics and has been a member of international collaboration efforts such as the ATLAS and NEXT Experiments
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Stephen Freedman
Provost of Fordham University, USAProvost of Fordham University, Dr. Freedman is professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. He leads the University’s schools and colleges, research centers and institutes, and other academic units. An experienced educator, researcher, and university administrator, Dr. Freedman earned his B.Sc. from Loyola of Montreal, his M.E.S. from York University in Toronto, and his Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology from the University of California at Irvine. He also completed the United Nations Graduate Study Program in Geneva, Switzerland. Dr. Freedman’s research focuses on the interaction between humans and their environments from an ecological perspective. An active scholar, he has authored or co-authored more than 20 articles, and has received numerous grants to support his research in biology, curricular development and educational leadership.
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Paul ZELEZA
Vice-Chancellor, United States International University-Africa, Nairobi, KenyaPaul ZELEZA is the Vice-Chancellor, United States International University-Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. Prior to taking office in 2016, he was Vice President of Academic Affairs at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, USA. Previously he was Dean of the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts and President’s Professor of History and African American Studies at Loyola Marymount University. He also served as head of the Department of African American Studies and the Liberal Arts and Sciences, Distinguished Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, taught at the Pennsylvania State University, and was Director of the Center for African Studies and Professor of History and African Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Since 2006 he is Honorary Professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. In 2015 he was a fellow at Harvard University
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Ebenezer Oduro OWUSU
Vice-Chancellor, University of Ghana, GhanaProfessor of Entomology, Owusu pursued his undergraduate studies at University of Ghana where he received a Bachelor of Science degree. He obtained a Master of Science degree and a PhD in Entomology (gold medal award) from Kochi University, Japan in 1995. He has over 120 scientific publications and conference papers in internationally recognized journals. Prof. Owusu is a member of numerous local and international organizations/bodies such as the Entomological Society of Ghana, Entomological Society of America, Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology, Ghana Science Association, African Association of Insect Scientists, International Society of Pest information (ISPI), as well as fellow of Toyota Foundation.
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Abdul Ganiyu AMBALI
Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, NigeriaProf. Ambali studied at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria and University of Liverpool, UK for his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees respectively. Prior to his role as ViceChancellor of the University of Ilorin, prof. Ambali has held a number of academic and administrative positions, among which are: Head, Dept. of Vet. Medicine, Univ. of Maiduguri, (for 5years); Director, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Maiduguri, (for 5years); member and/or chairman of various Council and Faculty committees; and the Foundation Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. These responsibilities afforded him the opportunity to serve in various committees including among others, Finance and general purpose committees, Staff recruitment and promotion committee.
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Dzulkifli ABDUL RAZAK
Vice-Chancellor, Albukhary International University MalaysiaCurrently, Dzulkifli Abdul Razak is the first holder of the Chair of Islamic Leadership at the Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM), and an Honorary Professor at the University of Nottingham. He was as the 5th Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and held the office from 2000-2011. He was instrumental in introducing many new innovative ideas and concepts that led to USM being acknowledged by the United Nations University as one of seven pioneering Regional Centres of Expertise (RCEs) on Education for Sustainable Development in 2005, to mark the United Nations Decade on Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014).
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Pam Fredman
Former Rector, University of Gothenburg, SwedenPam Fredman served as Rector of the University of Gothenburg from 2006 until 2017. She is a Professor of Neurochemistry and has held several leading positions within the University, for example as Dean of the faculty of medicine at the University of Gothenburg – the Sahlgrenska Academy. Pam Fredman was the head of the University and its principal representative. Over the years, she has been active in a large number of scientific and scholarly contexts. Pam Fredman has for example been Chair of the European Society of Neurochemistry and she is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, IVA. Pam served as the President of the International Association of Universities from 2016 to 2022 and will serve as Immediate Past President for the period 2022 to 2026.