Officers and Committees of AfAS
AfAS Executive Committee
President | Thebe Rodney Medupe |
Vice-President | |
Elizabeth Naluminsa | |
Alemiye Mamo Yacob | |
Mirjana Pović | |
Sinenhlanhla Precious Sikhosana | |
Sthabile Kolwa | |
Immediate Past President | Jamal Mimouni (Algeria) |
Head of Secretariat | Charles Takalani (SA) |
AfAS Sub-Committees
Outreach Committee
Chairperson | Niruj Mohan Ramanujam (South Africa) |
Member | Jamal Mimouni (Algeria) |
Member | Sarah Abotsi-Masters (Ghana) |
Member | Olayinka Fagbemiro (Nigeria) |
Member | Etsegenet Getachew (Ethiopia) |
Advisor | Kevin Govender (South Africa) |
Science committee
Chairperson | David Buckley (South Africa) |
Member | Renée C. Kraan-Korteweg (South Africa) |
Member | Mirjana Pović (ESSTI, Ethiopia; IAA-CSIC, Spain) |
Member | Charles McGruder (USA) |
Member | Jamal Mimouni (Algeria) |
Member | Kurt van der Heyden (South Africa) |
Member | Naftali Kimani (Kenya) |
Member | Shazrene Mohamed (South Africa) |
Member | Bernard Duah Asabere (Ghana) |
Member | Lerothodi Leeuw (South Africa) |
Member | Somaya Saad (Egypt) |
Early Career Committee Chair | Zara Randriamanakoto (Madagascar) |
GA2024 Science Committee representative | (South Africa) |
Advisor | Kevin Govender (South Africa) |
African Network of Women in Astronomy (AfNWA)
Chairperson | Mirjana Pović (ESSTI, Ethiopia; IAA-CSIC, Spain) |
Member | Vanessa McBride (Office of Astronomy for Development-IAU, South Africa) |
Member | Priscilla Muheki (Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda) |
Member | Carolina Ödman (University of the Western Cape, South Africa) |
Member | Somaya Saad (National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Egypt) |
Member | Nana Ama Brown Klutse (University of Ghana, Ghana) |
Communications Committee
Chairperson |
Thembela Mantungwa (SAAO, SA) |
Member |
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Member |
Zara Randriamanakoto (Madagascar) |
Member |
Oruche Chidimma (Nigeria) |
Member |
Priscilla Muheki (Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda) |
Member |
Zeyneb Aissani |
Member |
Madambi Rambuda (African Science Stars, SA) |
Fundraising Committee
Chairperson |
Takalani Nemaungani (DSI, SA) |
Member |
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Member |
Yunus Manjoo (AfAS Project Manager, SA) |
Member |
Kevin Govender (IAU Office of Astronomy for Development, SA) |
Member |
Genevieve Marshall (International Astronomical Union, Netherlands) |
Member |
Declan Kirrane (AERAP, Belgium) |
Member |
Sarah Abotsi-Masters (Ghana) |
Member |
Solomon Tessema (Ethiopia) |
Membership Committee
Chairperson |
Sarah Abotsi-Masters (Ghana) |
Member |
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Member |
Yunus Manjoo (AfAS Project Manager, SA) |
Member |
Kevin Govender (IAU Office of Astronomy for Development, SA) |
Member |
Lerothodi Leeuw (South Africa) |
Member |
Zara Randriamanakoto (Madagascar) |
Member |
Niruj Mohan Ramanujam (South Africa) |
Member |
David Buckley (South Africa) |