Meet the Fellows
Our Fellows are a diverse group of talented, self-driven women scientists from the world’s developing and emerging economies.
By applying scientific rigour to solve specific technical issues in their home countries, Fellows are developing powerful solutions – some offering the potential for scale up beyond their local region.
This advanced research also provides the vital scientific basis needed to generate social awareness and propose better policies.
Search by area of research, UN sustainable development goal or location to find out more about their amazing achievements.
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Each Fellow’s specialized research builds on their own unique lived experience at ground level – from crop survival to community energy supply – shaped by the challenges they encounter every day resulting from imbalanced systems.
Aalia Nazir
Pakistan
University of Dundee
Volumetric Assessment of Breast Density Using MRI: A Feasibility Study
I developed a gel phantom designed to mimic the properties of breast tissue and used it to measure breast density, a crucial parameter in assessing the risk of breast cancer. Elevated breast densit...
Abbie Glenn Estribillo
Philippines
University of Reading
Food, Nutrition and Health
My research proposal revolves around the idea of extraction of a specific anthocyanin, the cyanidin-3-glycoside (C3G) from purple corn, its application on a food matrix, and investigation of the an...
Abigail Akua Abankwa
Ghana
Cambridge University
Biotechnology
The focus of my research is global health. My study focuses on developing diagnostic tools for emerging and re-emerging diseases to improve and ease people’s lives. My objective is to create ...
Aicha Biaou
Togo
Oklahoma State University
Integrated Assessment of Corn Responses to Nitrogen, Irrigation, and Seeding Density Through Productivity, Nitrous Oxide Emissions, and UAV-Based Remote Sensing in Oklahoma
My research focuses on improving the productivity and environmental sustainability of irrigated corn systems through precision nitrogen and water management. Across two growing seasons in semi-arid...
Aida Ismail Mohammed Al-Badawy
Yemen
University of Bradford
Therapeutic resolution of pulmonary artery hyperten-sion by natural products
The main objective of my PhD research is to investigate the molecular and genetic mechanisms of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) with a focus on the BMP/TGF-β signaling pathways...
Aissata Ousmane Kane
Senegal
Institute of physics of são carlos
Lignocellulosic biomass valorization: study of plant biomass structure, composition, and enzymatic digestibility after being submitted to different pretreatment steps
The transformation of lignocellulosic biomass (e.g., agricultural waste) as a renewable feedstock for producing biofuels and biomaterials offers a promising solution to meet global energy demands w...
Akua Agyei-Boahene
Ghana
Loughborough University
Artificial Intelligence for Low-Carbon Offsite Construction
The construction sector is a major contributor to global carbon emissions and faces increasing pressure to adopt more sustainable practices. My PhD research is driven by a commitment to improving G...
Alaa Abdelrhman Alsmani Mohammed Ali
Sudan
University of Aberdeen
Long-Term Behaviour of Natural Fibre Reinforced Concrete (NFRC)
This research aims to address the urgent need for eco-friendly construction materials by investigating and enhancing the long-term behaviour of Natural Fibre Reinforced Concrete (NFRC). Key objecti...
Aline Uwimbabazi
Rwanda
Gran Sasso Science Institute
Automated Replication of Tuple Spaces via Static Analysis and Transformation of Go Programs
Coordination languages for tuple spaces can offer significant advantages in the specification and implementation of distributed systems, but often do require manual programming effort to ensure con...
Ama Lethicia Manizan
Côte d'Ivoire
Sciensano
Exploitation of non-aflatoxigenic Aspergillus strains: an innovative aflatoxins biocontrol in Northern Ivorian peanuts
My research focuses on food safety, mycology and mycotoxins, with particular emphasis on fungal contamination of food crops and the development of sustainable strategies to reduce mycotoxin contami...
Amal Al-Saqqaf
Yemen
University of Toronto
Biomedical Engineering | Investigating Cerebral Hemodynamic and Salivary Correlates of Drive States and Nutritional Status in Children and Youth with Disability
Our research investigates the potential to recognize some drive states (hunger & thirst) objectively and non-invasively using neuromarkers and saliva biomarkers. It also explores the cerebral h...
Ambeu-Loko N’ta Christelle Mélissa
Côte d'Ivoire
Nantes University
Organic Chemistry
The Research for which I have been granted by Schlumberger Foundation is in the field of drug design. It is based on the design and synthesis of small molecules enable to interact with tetraspanins...
Anabel Acheampong
Ghana
Amsterdam University Medical Centre
Urogenital schistosomiasis in Ghana: unravelling the reasons for persistence of transmission in hard-to-reach communities
My PhD research investigates why urogenital schistosomiasis continues to persist in endemic communities despite more than a decade of mass drug administration with praziquantel. The study aims to i...
Angela Tabiri
Ghana
University of Glasgow
Mathematics
Consider an ant walking on a football, it will not notice any special points since all points on the football look the same which is referred to as a homogeneous space. However, if this ant walks o...
Anika Nawer Meem
Bangladesh
The University of British Columbia
Tree-Mimicking Building Panels for Passive Evaporative Cooling
My PhD research develops tree-mimicking building panels for passive evaporative cooling. Inspired by how trees transport water and release it through their leaves, these panels combine cellulose-ba...