Prof. Mama Foupouagnigni is the Chief Academic Officer of the AIMS Global Network and President of AIMS Cameroon, previously serving as the pioneer Academic Director of the same Institute from August 2013 to August 2016.
Professor of Mathematics at the Higher Teacher Training College (HTTC) of the University of Yaoundé I in Cameroon, he holds a German Habilitation in Mathematics from the University of Kassel in Germany (2006) and a PhD in Mathematical Physics from the Institute of Mathematics and Physics of the National University of Benin (1998). He acquired a dual training in pure mathematics and mathematics education for the Bachelor and Master levels at the University of Yaoundé I. Prof. Mama is an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, President of the Cameroon Mathematical Union and the Africa Representative at the 2015-2018 and 2018-2022 Commissions for Developing Countries of the International Mathematical Union.