Kétévi Adiklè Assamagan

Kétévi Adiklè Assamagan is an African American physicist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2021. Assamagan founded the African School of Physics.

Early life and education Assamagan was born in Port-Gentil Gabon, and moved to Togo at the age of 4. He was an undergraduate student at the University of Lomé. He eventually started a graduate studies at Ball State University. His Master's research involved the development of a two-dimensional analytical model of a solar concentrator. After earning his master's degree, he moved to the University of Virginia, where he worked toward a doctorate in particle physics. During his doctorate he worked at the Paul Scherrer Institute.

Research and career Assamagan was appointed to Hampton University where he worked on the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility. He eventually moved to the ATLAS experiment in CERN. His research considers physics beyond the Standard Model. a non-profit school training African researchers in fundamental physics and applications. In 2019, he co-funded with Fairouz Malek, Simon Connel and others, the African Strategy for Fundamental Physics. He was elected to the African Academy of Sciences in 2019 and the American Physical Society in 2021.

Selected publications

Personal life Assamagan plays African drums.