The need for multidisciplinary scientific infrastructures in Africa: The importance of an African Lightsource

Dr. Prosper Ngabonziza is a scientist at Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Germany in the department of Prof. Jochen Mannhart (Solid State Quantum Electronics). He was born and did his physics undergraduate in Rwanda. After graduating from the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) and completing his Masters in experimental Physics from the University of Johannesburg; he did a PhD in engineering Physics at the University of Twente, in the Netherlands. He is a member of the steering committee of the African Light Source Project; and holds a research associate position at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa.