The Lebanese Academy of Sciences, known officially by its French name Académie des Sciences du Liban (ASL), is a

learned society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an organization that exists to promote an discipline (academia), academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and s ...

dedicated to promoting the growth, invigoration, and dissemination of the sciences in Lebanon, and to fostering a world-class scientific culture in the country. The ASL was recognized by a decreeAl-Jarida Al-Rasmiya (The Official Journal of the Lebanese Republic) Issue No. 52, August 31, 2007. A PDF copy of the original decree (in Arabic) is available through
this link
of the Government of the

Republic of Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus lie ...

in August 2007. Membership in the ASL is a merit-based high honor conferred by election.

Mission

According to its charter, the ASL aims to * Provide independent advice and guidance to governmental and private institutions on matters of scientific research and education. * Encourage, initiate and aid research and educational programs in the sciences. * Help the dissemination and promulgation of the results of scientific research. * Facilitate the exchange of ideas and results with similar institutions around the world. * Bestow awards and honors on distinguished scientists. * Exhort young Lebanese men and women to consider careers in the sciences. * Strengthen the links between the sciences and society by addressing the needs of the population, public health, the economy and the environment.

History

The formation of the ASL was shepherded by the

French Academy of Sciences The French Academy of Sciences (French: ''Académie des sciences'') is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV of France, Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French Scientific me ...

, which also hosted the first meeting of the ASL in Paris on June 27, 2008. The first meeting of the ASL's Executive Committee was held in Beirut, Lebanon on October 29–31, 2008. The ASL is broadly fashioned after the

, with which it continues to develop joint programs.

Members

The members of the ASL are prominent Lebanese scientists working inside and outside of Lebanon, as well as distinguished foreign scientists, including some who are of Lebanese origin, or who are keen to contribute to the growth of the sciences in Lebanon. All ASL academicians provide their services ''pro bono,'' i.e. voluntarily and without payment, as a public service. ASL Members: * Huda Akil *

Sir Michael Atiyah Sir Michael Francis Atiyah (; 22 April 1929 – 11 January 2019) was a British-Lebanese mathematician specialising in geometry. His contributions include the Atiyah–Singer index theorem and co-founding topological K-theory. He was awarded th ...

* (deceased 2019) * Jean-François Bach* * Kamal Badr * Georges Bahr (Home Secretary, 2007--, Section of Health/Environment)* * Catherine Bréchignac * André Capron * Ali Hani Chamseddine (Home Secretary, 2018--, Section of Fundamental Sciences/Energy) * Moustafa Chahine (deceased 2011) *

Edgar Choueiri Edgar Y. Choueiri (born 1961 in Lebanon) is a Lebanese American plasma physicist and previously President of the Lebanese Academy of Sciences. He is best known for clarifying the role of plasma instabilities in spacecraft electric thrusters (see pl ...

(Founding President, 2007-2014)* * Jean Dercourt* (retired) *

Charles Elachi Charles Elachi (born April 18, 1947
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Charbel Farhat Charbel Farhat is the Vivian Church Hoff Professor of Aircraft Structures in the School of Engineering and the inaugural James and Anna Marie Spilker Chair of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, at Stanford University. He is also Profe ...

Nesreen Ghaddar Nesreen Ghaddar is a professor of mechanical engineering at the American University of Beirut. She is Qatar Chair of Energy Studies and the Director of the Munib and Angela Institute of Energy and Natural Resources at AUB. She obtained her Bachelor ...

(Vice-President) * Makhluf Haddadin * Mohamed Hassan* * George Helou (President, 2014-2018) *Samia Khoury * Fadlo Khuri * André Megarbane * June Nasrallah * (President, 2018--) *

Mona Nemer Mona Nemer, (born 1957) is a Lebanese-Canadian scientist specializing in molecular genetics and cardiac regeneration. She was formerly a professor of pharmacology at the University of Montreal and the Director of the Cardiac Development Researc ...

* * Jean-Loup Puget * Yves Quéré* * Mohamed Sayegh * Edward Sion* (Treasurer) * Makram Suidan * Samir Zard* * Hussein M. Zbib * Fuad Ziyadeh *

Huda Zoghbi Huda Yahya Zoghbi (Arabic: هدى الهبري الزغبي ''Hudā al-Hibrī az-Zughbī''; born 1954), born Huda El-Hibri, is a Lebanese-born American geneticist, and a professor at the Departments of Molecular and Human Genetics, Neuroscience a ...

asterisk (*) denotes founding member

References

External links

Official website of the Lebanese Academy of Sciences
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lebanese Academy Of Sciences Lists of members of learned societies

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