Professor, Hokkaido University
President Academy of Sciences Malaysia & National Science, Technology & Innovation Advisor, Academy of Sciences Malaysia
Special Projects Coordinator, Great Lakes Fishery Commission
Adisor fot the AWIS Programme, African Centre for Aquatic Research and Education
, freelance radio journalist
IR Beamline Responsible Scientist , SESAME Synchrotron Light Source
Senior fellow, Graduate Institute
Executive Director, Ministry of Higher Education, Training and Innovation
Assistant Director, DSI
Director , Indian Research Academy
Senior Lecturer, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST), Tanzania
Member, Young Academy of Japan
Centre Director, Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Centre for Higher Education and Development (SEAMEO RIHED)
Science & Technology Co-Advisor, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Professor, University of Johannesburg
United Nations Inter-Agency Task Team’s coordinator, UNDESA
General Manager, National Commission on Research Science and Technology
, Human Sciences Research Council
Chief Program Officer, American Association for the Advancement of Science
, Thuma Foundation for Democracy Leadership and Literacy, Stellenbosch University
Executive Director, EDCTP
Volunteer, NRF-SAASTA
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, South Africa
Executive Chair, SAPES Trust
Co-Chair, Global Young Academy (GYA)
Research Professor, Durban University of Technology
Executive Director, International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR), USA and Canada