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Physicist Sekazi Mtingwa considers himself an apostle of science

The leading accelerator physicist is a mentor, activist, policy expert and humanitarian

Sekazi Mtingwa

Sekazi Mtingwa was one of two key developers of the theory of intrabeam scattering, which has been applied in the building and operation of particle accelerators across the world.

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By Elise Cutts

Ask physicist Sekazi Mtingwa how he ended up where he is today, and he’ll start with his grandmother’s deeply religious home. Growing up there in Atlanta, young Mtingwa somehow got the idea that he was the second coming of Christ.