Naim Hamdija Afgan

Mechanical engineer, professor and a global expert in sustainable energy development. Born in Banja Luka, his career became international very quickly attaining a mechanical engineering degree from University of Zagreb (1956) and Ph.D from the University of Belgrade (1966).

He was Scientific Adviser at the Nuclear Science Institute (Vinca), Belgrade, in the field of Heat and Mass Transfer, Energy Engineering and Nuclear Technologies (1965-1991). He was a professor and chair of energy engineering at the University of Zagreb until 1993.

From 1993 until his death he was a professor and UNESCO Chair holder at the Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal. He was part of the editorial boards of dozens of top tier research journals and published numerous books and articles. He was a member of numerous academies including Fellow of the Islamic Academy of Sciences since 2000.