Ahmadou Wagué Explained

Workplaces:Cheikh Anta Diop University
Alma Mater:Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier University
Thesis Title:Etude theorique des processus de photoabsorption des systemes atomiques a deux electrons
Thesis Url:https://worldcat.org/en/title/490489482
Thesis Year:1984

Ahmadou Wagué is a Senegalese physicist who is a professor of physics at the Cheikh Anta Diop University. He has served as Vice President of the African Physical Society, President of the African Laser, Atomic Molecular, and Optical Sciences Network, member of the Senegalese National Academy of Science and Technology and founding member of the African Laser Centre.

Early life and education

Wagué is from Senegal. He was a doctoral student at the Moscow State University and the Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier University, where he investigated two electron atomic systems.[1]

Research and career

Wagué has been involved in building interest and capacity in photonics sciences in Africa. In 1991 he became the founding Director of LAM, the African Laser, Atomic Molecular, and Optical Sciences Network.[2] In 2002, Wagué was a founding member of the African Laser Centre.[3] The centre was formed to provide African researchers with access to world-class laser facilities.[4]

The International Centre for Theoretical Physics reviewed the effectiveness of campaigns to support physics in Africa, and questioned whether the African Physical Society was “the society Africa wanted and needed,”.[5] After the report was released, Wagué called for the need to reform the African Physical Society. He was appointed their President, and oversaw a special Journal of the Optical Society of America focused on research in optics in Africa.[6]

Wagué was elected to the International Council for the American Physical Society in 2017.[7] He was elected a Fellow of the Society in 2022.[8] [9]

Personal life

Wagué can speak several African languages, as well as English, French and Russian.[10]

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ETUDE THEORIQUE DES PROCESSUS DE PHOTOABSORPTION DES SYSTEMES ATOMIQUES A DEUX ELECTRONS WorldCat.org . 2022-12-06 . www.worldcat.org . en.
  2. Web site: Wills . Stewart . 2022 . Optics in African: Realising the Promise .
  3. Web site: Susan M. . Reiss . 2002 . Fellowships for African researchers and a visiting scientist program are among the plans for a new laser center. .
  4. Web site: ELbM - Education for Laser-based Manufacturing . 2022-12-06 . elbmmobility.org.
  5. Chetty . Nithaya . 2019-02-14 . Commentary: How to fix the African Physical Society . Physics Today . EN . 10.1063/PT.6.3.20190214a. 241087620 . free .
  6. Web site: Officers of the African Physical Society – African Physical Society . 2022-12-06 . en-US.
  7. Web site: 2017 APS General Election Results . 2022-12-06 . www.aps.org . en.
  8. Web site: APS Fellow Archive . 2022-12-06 . www.aps.org . en.
  9. Web site: 2022-10-22 . Macky Sall félicite le Pr Ahmadou Wague élu fellow de . 2022-12-06 . fr-FR.
  10. Web site: Ahmadou Wagué . 2022-12-06 . www.aps.org . en.