Dr. Katawoura Beltako
Founder & Director · Principal Investigator
Dr. Katawoura Beltako is the founder and director of Quantum ARISE. He leads the organisation across its research, compute and capacity-building agenda — with a working span that stretches from quantum-transport theory to grant strategy, from HPC operations to partner management. His work bridges foundational research (quantum simulation, AI for materials, nanodevices) and operational delivery — running an AAS · AU · EU funded programme, scaling the Olga cluster, and shaping AI & automation engagements for industry, government and community partners across Africa and the EU.
Education
- Ph.D. in Nanosciences and Nanoelectronics — Aix-Marseille University (2018)
- Postdoctoral fellow — Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, Germany
- AIMS alumnus · OIST Fellow
Skills
Highlights from the work.
- 1Principal Investigator on ARISE-PP-06 — AAS · AU · EU funded programme on Quantum Simulations and Energy Materials (2022–2027)
- 2Founded and operates Quantum ARISE end-to-end — research, compute, AI & automation engagements, capacity building
- 3Designed perovskite solar-cell stacks reaching 33% (single-junction) and 49% (multi-junction) simulated efficiencies
- 4Discovered three new two-dimensional materials with novel electronic properties
- 5Established the first compute cluster at Université de Lomé and a 10-workstation scientific-computing facility
- 6Built and supervises a 5-strong thesis-director team and 5 PhD researchers across Togo, Cameroon and a France co-tutelle
- 7Organised 4 capacity-building workshops, 2 ICTP training schools, 3 doctoral workshops, and an international physics conference (ACP 2025, Togo)
- 8Built a 5-institution research partner network across Germany, France, Switzerland and Rwanda — Konstanz, Augsburg, Aix-Marseille, Synopsis, AIMS-RIC
- 9Led a 5-country technology-transfer ecosystem assessment with AIMS-RIC (Senegal, Ghana, Rwanda, Cameroon, South Africa)
- 10Coordinates AAS · AU · EU reporting and grant management with 7 of 10 bi-annual cycles delivered on time