ICTP Alumnus Awarded APS Prize

Mulugeta Bekele, a former ICTP Senior Associate, has been awarded the American Physical Society's 2012 Andrei Sakharov Prize. Bekele, from Ethiopia, is the first African physicist to receive the award.

The prize cites Bekele's "tireless efforts in defense of human rights and freedom of expression and education anywhere in the world, and for inspiring students, colleagues and others to do the same."

Bekele was a Senior Associate from 1999 to 2004, working closely with ICTP's Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics section. He has also attended many ICTP workshops and conferences.

For details of the prize, visit the APS website.