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.
Priscilla Efua Appiah
Ghana
University of Sussex
Mathematics
My research focuses on creating an advanced numerical model that can further analyse the causes and consequences of deforestation in Ghana. This will help the government in her goal to take urgent ...
Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Uranchimeg Tudevdagva
Mongolia
Chemnitz University of Technology
Virtual Laboratories
My main research areas focus on man-machine systems, virtual laboratories, human-machine interaction, e-learning, e-learning evaluation, and evaluation models.
During my postdoctoral studies...
Ramia Al Bakain
Jordan
ESPCI PSL Paris
Green Air Quality Measurement and Treatment: Application to Toxic Volatile Organic Compounds
This project addresses practical needs by: 1) developing a green TD tube method for air sampling that protects the environment by reducing nondegradable tools, time, effort, and cost; 2) creating a...
Rania Al-Zou'bi
Jordan
Delft University of Technology
IHE Delft and TU Delft
Water–Energy–Food Nexus for Improving the Management of Transboundary Basins
My research, “Water–Energy–Food Nexus for Improving the Management of Transboundary Basins,” focuses on the Yarmouk River Basin, shared by Jordan and Syria. It aims to strengthen cooperatio...
Ranjana Rawal
Nepal
The Ohio State University
Potential of Beneficial Trichoderma Isolates in Alleviating Water Deficit Stress in Tomato
My study evaluated the ability of novel isolates from several species of Trichoderma, primarily native to different agroecological regions in Nepal, to improve growth in different tomato genotypes ...
Ravaka Felandranja Andriatsitohaina
Madagascar
University of Udine
Microplastic Pollution in Soil: Impacts on Microbial Life, Ecosystem Functions, and Heavy Metal Interactions – Microbial Strategies for Biodegradation
Microplastics (MPs) are persistent pollutants in agricultural soils, where they interact with heavy metals and disrupt microbial activity, soil structure, and nutrient cycling. This project aims to...
Rawan AlRashid
Iraq
University College Dublin
Blending of VR and AI for Cognitive Support in Patients with neurodegenerative diseases
My PhD research explores the development of intelligent virtual assistants to support patients living with neurodegenerative diseases. The project focuses on leveraging artificial intelligence and ...
Rawan AlRashid
Iraq
University College Dublin
Remembering Together: AI-Facilitated Co-Creation of Immersive Memory Environments for Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Their Families
Most people living with early-stage dementia are not alone. Behind them is usually a family member who visits, remembers alongside them and holds the story of their life. Yet the technologies desig...
Rosa Alicia Jiménez
Guatemala
University of California Berkeley
Integrative Biology
My Ph.D. dissertation aimed to understand the patterns and processes involved in the origin, maintenance, and diversification of montane birds in northern Central America. We assembled genetic, mor...
Rose Otema Baah
Ghana
University of Pretoria
Nutritional and functional properties of infrared and microwave heat moisture-treated meals and grains
My research investigated the effects of heat moisture treatment using microwave energy on sorghum’s nutritional and functional properties with added phenolics. The work presents significant i...
Ruth Idalia Oliva Zúniga
Honduras
University of Granada (UGR)
Mathematical models for the outcomes of biotic interactions
The doctoral thesis addresses open problems in mathematical ecology through two models based on differential equations and nonlinear dynamical systems. The first model extends the Rosenzweig-MacArt...
Ruth Mtuwa
Malawi
Virginia Tech
Developing focused ultrasound as a therapeutic and immunomodulatory strategy for women’s health applications
My research is centered around developing the focused ultrasound modality, histotripsy, for the treatment of breast cancer, cervical cancer and uterine fibroids.
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Ruth Seun (Rutysheun) Sulaimon
Guinea-Bissau
Michigan State University
Biosystems in Agriculture and Engineering
My research focuses on developing a nanobiosensor for the rapid detection of antimicrobial resistance in tuberculosis. TB is a significant public health concern, particularly in low-resource settin...
Sadaf Naseem
Pakistan
University College London (UCL)
Evaluation of patchy distribution of arsenic using palaeosol model in the Holocene aquifers of Indus deltaic plain, Pakistan.
My postdoctoral research study focused on subsurface sedimentology and the characteristics (grain size, grain shape) of aquifer sediments in Tando Allahyar area of Sindh Province of Pakistan to ass...
Sadia Khan
Pakistan
University of Strathclyde
The Role of Water Distribution Systems in the Emergence of Antimicrobial Resistance
Doing research on antimicrobial resistance in water, removal of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, treatment technologies
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