Sekazi Mtingwa is an Administrative Judge with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Principal Partner of TriSEED Consultants in the U.S.  He played an important role in the design and construction of accelerator systems at Fermilab used to discover the top quark.  With James Bjorken, he developed the theory of intrabeam scattering, which has played a crucial role in the development of intense particle accelerators, including synchrotron light sources.  He co-founded a number of organizations, including the African Physical Society, African Light Source Foundation, African Laser Centre, Julius Nyerere University of Agriculture and Technology in Tanzania,,and LAAAMP, which enhances synchrotron light source and crystallographic sciences in developing countries.  He recently served as Chair of the IUPAP C13 Commission on Physics for Development.  He is recipient of the American Physical Society’s 2017 Robert R. Wilson Prize for Outstanding Achievement in the Physics of Particle Accelerators, the inaugural International Science Council’s 2021 Policy-for-Science Award, the American Nuclear Society’s 2015 Distinguished Service Award, and the 2017 U.S. Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring.