ICGEB Members

Board Members

AFGHANISTAN
To be advised

ALGERIA
Amb. Taous Feroukhi
Permanent Representative of the Democratic People’s Republic of Algeria to the International Organizations, Vienna, Austria

ARGENTINA
Dr. Fernando Alberto Goldbaum
Dirección Nacional de Relaciones Internacionales, Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva, Buenos Aires

BANGLADESH
Prof. Syed Hadiuzzaman
President, Bangladesh Association for Plant Tissue Culture (BAPTC), Dhaka University, Dhaka

BHUTAN
To be advised

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Prof. Dr. Kasim Bajrovic
Director, Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Sarajevo

BRAZIL
Secretary of State for Strategic Policies and Programs for Scientific Development (SEPED), Brasilia D.F.

BULGARIA
Dr. Dimitar Djilianov
AgroBio Institute, Sofia

BURUNDI
Dr. Denis Bandushubwenge
Directeur Scientifique, Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Burundi (ISABU), Bujumbura

CAMEROON
Dr. Thomas Dongmo
Chief of Division for Scientific and Technical Cooperation, Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Yaoundé

CHILE
Prof. Jorge E. Allende
Universidad de Chile, Santiago

CHINA
Prof. Huang Jing
Director-General, China National Centre for Biotechnology Development (CNCBD), Beijing

COLOMBIA
Dr. Mauricio Rodríguez
Manager, National Biotechnology Programme, Department of Science, Technology and Innovation, COLCIENCIAS, Bogotá

COSTA RICA
Dr. José A. Bonilla
Director, Centro de Investigación en Biología Celular y Molecular (CIBCM), Universidad de Costa Rica, San José

COTE D'IVOIRE
To be advised

CROATIA
Prof. Biserka Nagy
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Molecular Biology, Zagreb

CUBA
Dr. Pedro Antonio Lopez Saura
Director for Regulatory and Clinical Trials, Centro de Ingenieria Genetica y Biotecnologia, Havana

ECUADOR
To be advised

EGYPT
Prof. Dr. Hamdy Abdel Aziz Moursy
President of the Board of Governors of ICGEB
Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Cairo

ERITREA
To be advised

FYR MACEDONIA
Prof. Aleksandar Dimovski
Molecular Biology & Genetics, Faculty of Pharmacy, University “St. Cyril and Methodius”, Skopje

HUNGARY
Dr. Györgyi J. Kolossváry
Deputy Head, Department of International Affairs, National Innovation Office (NIH), Budapest

INDIA
Dr. M.K. Bhan
Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India,
New Delhi

IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)
Dr. Abbas Sahebghadam Lotfi
Director, National Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB), Tehran

IRAQ
To be advised

ITALY
Min. Plen. Roberto Cantone
Director, Bilateral and Multilateral Scientific and Technological Cooperation Unit, Directorate General for the Promotion of the "Country System", Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome

JORDAN
Prof. Nabil Al Bashir
University of Science and Technology, School of Medicine, Irbid

KENYA
Prof. Shaukat Abdulrazak
Chief Executive Officer/Secretary, National Council for Science and Technology, Nairobi

KUWAIT
Dr. Sabah Al-Momin
Biotechnology Department, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), Safat

KYRGYZSTAN
To be advised

LIBERIA
To be advised

LIBYA
Prof. Saleh Suleiman Saleh
General Manager, Biotechnology Research Center, Tripoli

MALAYSIA
Prof. Dr. Rofina Yasmin Othman
Under Secretary, National Biotechnology Division, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Purtrajaya

MAURITIUS
To be advised

MEXICO
Dr. Clara Morán Andrade
Underdirector for Multilateral Affairs DAAI, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT), Mexico City

MOROCCO
Dr. Mustapha Labhilili
Research coordinator of Biotechnology Unit, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Rabat

NIGERIA
Prof. B. O. Solomon
Director-General/Chief Executive Officer, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Abuja

PAKISTAN
Dr. Yusuf Zafar
Director General (Agriculture & Biotechnology)
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) HQ, Islamabad

PANAMA
Dr. Carmenza Spadafora
Instituto de Investigaciones Cientificas y Servicios de Alta Tecnologia (INDICASAT), Panama

PERU
Dr. Abraham Vaisberg Wollach
Director del LID, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima

POLAND
Prof. Wojciech Jacek Stec
Vice President of the ICGEB Board of Governors
Polish Academy of Sciences, Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies (CMMS), Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Lodz

QATAR
Mr. Masoud Jarallah Al-Marri, Director, Biotechnology Center, Ministry of Environment, Doha

ROMANIA
Dr. Manuela Elisabeta Sidoroff
Director General, National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences, Bucharest

RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Mr. Viktor M. Smirnov
Deputy Director, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Moscow

SAUDI ARABIA
Dr. Abdulaziz M.A. Al-Swailem
Director, Natural Resources and Environment Research Institute, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh

SENEGAL
To be advised

SERBIA
Prof. Ljubisa Topisirovic
Director, Institute for Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering (IMGGE), Belgrade

SLOVAKIA
Prof. Michal Novak
Director, Institute of Neuroimmunology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava

SLOVENIA
Dr. Marija Skerlj
Service for International Cooperation, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Ljubljana

SOUTH AFRICA
Dr. Nhlanhla Msomi
Cityworks, Mount Edgecombe

SRI LANKA
Prof. Sirimali Fernando
Chairperson, National Science Foundation, Colombo

SUDAN
Prof. Mohammed Galal Mohammed Ahmed, Director General, National Centre for Research, Khartoum

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
Prof. Ibrahim Othman
Director General, Atomic Energy Commission of Syria (AECS), Damascus

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Ms. Joycelyn Lee Young
National Institute of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (NIHERST), Port of Spain

TUNISIA
Prof. Sami Sayadi
General Director, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax

TURKEY
Dr. Ahmet Tarik Baykal
TUBITAK Marmara Research Center, Director, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Institute (GEBI), Gebze-Kocaeli

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Prof. Dr. Abdelouahhab Zaid
Chief Technical Adviser / Director, Date Palm Research and Development Programme, UAE University, Al-Ain

UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
Hon. Prof. Makame M. Mbarawa (MP)
Minister of Communications, Science and Technology, Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology, Dar es Salaam

URUGUAY
Dr. Juan Ramón Arbiza
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo

VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF)
Dr. Linda Mora
Ministry of Popular Power of Science Technology and Intermediate Industry, Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research, Caracas

VIET NAM
Dr. Vinh Nang Do
Vice-Director, Institute of Agricultural Genetics, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industries, Hanoi