King Saud University professor elected fellow of UNESCO’s TWAS

RIYADH: A professor of cybersecurity at the center of excellence in information assurance at King Saud University, Mohammed Khurram Khan, has been elected a fellow of The World Academy of Sciences.

Khan joins the TWAS Class of 2027, which brings together distinguished researchers from countries including the US, Canada, UK, China, Singapore, Belgium, Austria and Brazil, among others.

TWAS recently elected 87 new fellows as regular members of the academy and, for the first time, four as honorary members. They will be inducted on Jan. 1 next year.

Established in 1983 under the leadership of Nobel laureate Abdus Salam, UNESCO’s TWAS advances scientific excellence and capacity in developing countries.