The International Core Academy of Sciences and Humanities is pleased to announce the election of 15 new Fellows in the January 2026 (first-round) intake, recognized for their distinguished and sustained achievements in original research and for their dedicated support of the Academy's missions and goals.

(Fellows who have formally accepted the invitation to join the Academy and whose registration process has been completed are listed below.)

Announcement of New Fellows of CORE Academy January 2026 First Round.pdf

Newly elected Fellows and their affiliations at the time of election:

• Alik Ismail-Zadeh — Research Professor of Computational Geodynamics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

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• György Buzsáki — Biggs Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience, New York University; Professor, Department of Neurology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

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• Erol Gelenbe — Professor, Institute of Theoretical & Applied Informatics, Polish Academy of Sciences.

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• Fadhel M. Ghannouchi — Professor and iRadio Lab Director, Department of Electrical and Software Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary.

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• Boris Kashin — Head, Department of Theory of Functions and Functional Analysis, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Chief Scientific Researcher, Steklov Mathematical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences.

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• Soteris Kalogirou — Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Cyprus University of Technology.

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• C. N. R. Rao — Honorary President and Linus Pauling Research Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research.

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• Sartaj Sahni — Distinguished Professor of Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering, University of Florida.

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• Paul R. Sanberg — Distinguished University Professor, Morsani College of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, University of South Florida; President, U.S. National Academy of Inventors.

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• Neil Siegel — IBM Professor of Engineering Management; Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Computer Science Practice with Distinction, University of Southern California.

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• Metin Sitti — President, Koç University, Istanbul.

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• Alan F. Smeaton — Full Professor, School of Computing, Dublin City University.

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• Xiao Wei Sun — Chair Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), China; Executive Dean, Institute of Nanoscience and Applications, SUSTech.

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• Piero Formica — Senior Research Fellow, Innovation Value Institute, Maynooth University; Distinguished International Collaborator, Maynooth University.

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