Rachel Crowell Archives

The silhouette of Africa cut out in white against a black background of equations

A collective strategy for physics in Africa

Africa
community
future
strategy

For the first time, African physicists and other researchers are creating a grassroots strategy for the future of physics research and education.

A cartoonish illustration of a man in a labcoat holding a yellow book. Behind him to the right are notes with equations on them. To the left of him, goats. In the background, trees and a starry night. In the left upper corner, in a bubble similar to a thought bubble in a comic strip, a child reading a book by candlelight.

A champion of physics in South Africa

education
outreach
scientist
South Africa
STEM

In recognition of his own past, physicist Azwinndini Muronga has brought STEM enrichment opportunities to youth in remote, underserved towns and villages.