NAA Leadership

Founder and Chairman
Abdennour is a scientist, inventor and entrepreneur. He is currently a Professor of Nanotechnology at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, and is the founder of Claros Technologies Inc. in 2018 (an advanced materials company), and the Founder and CEO of PureBioX in 2021 (a biotech and Artificial intelligence company).

Director
Oksana earned a Master’s Degree in Economics and boasts extensive experience in directing marketing initiatives for multiple companies. To stay ahead of emerging challenges and technological tools, she is currently adding to her portfolio a Master’s degree in data science and artificial intelligence. Oksana has a passion for bridging the gap in educational opportunities between developing and developed countries.

Diretcor
Prof. Melikechi brings a long and distinguished experience in education, science and technology management. He is currently the Dean of the Kennedy College of Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Melikechi has received numerous awards, including: The Excellence Award for Youth Empowerment and Development in Africa from the African Society for Engineering Management, the NASA Group Award and the US-Algeria Business Council Award for International Science. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and of the American Physical Society.

Advisory Council Member

Youcef is a Professor of mathematics and computer science at the University of Minnesota (USA). He authored two highly influential books in his field and several publications. He served as an associate editor for a number of scientific journals and he is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the recent winer of the 2023 John von Neumann Prize – the highest honor and flagship lecture of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.