Belarus to elect new NASB foreign members

The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB) will elect new foreign members for the first time in the last 15 years, BelTA learnt from the press service of the academy.

“On 13 November the NASB general meeting will hold the elections of foreign members to the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. Last time foreign scientists were our academicians was in March 2000,” specialists of the press service said.

This year attending the elections in Minsk on 13 November will be three world-renowned scientists. Academician Anton Zeilinger, president of the Australian Academy of Sciences, has made a considerable contribution to the development of quantum physics at the international level. Professor Chau Van Minh, president of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, has gained recognition for his works in chemistry. Academician Alexander Aseyev, vice president of the Russian Academy of Sciences, chairman of the Siberian Office of the Russian Academy of Sciences, is globally reknowned for his works in semiconductor systems. The scientists will get special diplomas of the academy at a solemn ceremony on 13 November.

At present there are ten foreign scientists among the members of the National Academy of Sciences. Among them is Noble Prize holder Zhores Alferov, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and President of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Boris Paton.