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.
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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.
Dr. Nwamaka Okafor
Nigeria
University College Dublin
Artificial Intelligence Enabled IoT-based System for Environmental Monitoring: Design and Evaluation
My PhD research focused on the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in environmental monitoring. A key aspect of my research is the implementation o...
Dr. Zahida Bano
Pakistan
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Transcriptomic and genetic studies of leaf development in the C4 monocot Sorghum bicolor and the C3 dicot Arabidopsis thaliana
The aim of my PhD project was to improve crops through genetic engineering. To achieve this, I employed two approaches: forward genetics and transcriptomics. During the research, I identified a gen...
Eman Maali
Palestine
Imperial College London
An Anomaly Detection for IoT Environments
Throughout my PhD, I have been developing anomaly detection for IoT environments through applied machine learning and network traffic analysis, aiming to identify potential cyberattacks early based...
Emmanuella Awedana Apuri
Ghana
University of Manchester
Interaction of Human Cytomegalovirus Glycoprotein B with the Immune System and the Role of this in Disease Virulence and Pathogenesis
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a widespread viral pathogen and a major cause of congenital infection, potentially resulting in permanent hearing loss, neurodevelopmental complications and lifelong...
Erine Cabrelle Toukap Wankap
Rwanda
University of Sussex
Detection of Malaria using the capsule Neural Network and Numerical Tensor Method.
This project focuses on developing and evaluating supervised neural networks and a numerical tensor method (NTM) for malaria prediction using thick blood smear microscopy images. The goal is to cre...
Estefania Quenta Herrera
Bolivia
Imperial College London
Postdoct in Ecohydrology and Water Quality
Glaciers are retreating faster than was predicted, which impacting water security in mountain regions worldwide. My research focuses on the assessment of the potential impacts of glacier retreat on...
Evaldie Dominique Durastanti Rabenga Mombo
Gabon
University of Strasbourg
Study of the environmental impact of the past presence of mining activity dedicated to the exploitation of the Franceville basin deposit and the influence of Oklo natural nuclear reactors
The genesis of natural nuclear reactors is widely considered unique to the period 2.4 to 1.9 Ga (one billion years ago). This study aims, on the one hand, to assess the post-mining situation throu...
Fabiana Viscarra Agreda
Bolivia
The University of Oklahoma
PHd. in Civil Engineering
My research focuses on validating current design methods for deep foundations, such as piles and piled rafts, using conventional approaches, numerical modeling, and real data from full-scale tests....
Faith Mbonongo Banda
Malawi
Loughborough University
Economic Value of Productive Uses of Renewable Energy within the Water–Energy–Food Nexus: Socioeconomic Benefits, Trade-offs and Adoption Constraints in Rural Malawi
The study investigates how productive uses of renewable energy influence interactions between water, energy and food systems, with particular emphasis on the economic value generated, the condition...
Farida Boube Dobi
Niger
Postdoc: Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement (IGE)
Postdoc: Integrated analysis of water storage dynamics and flooding in west Africa using satellite (GRACE) and in-situ data (hydrogeological and geophysical): Focus on sedimentary aquifers of the Niger Basin.
This project combines satellite (GRACE), in-situ data to investigate long-term water storage changes and flood dynamics in West Africa. It aims to optimize GRACE-derived water storage estimates usi...
Farzana Alam
Bangladesh
Imperial College London
Expression of vaccine targets in a Cell-Free Protein Synthesis system based on Pichia pastoris
Cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) has emerged as an alternative to using living cells for producing target proteins. It is particularly effective for synthesizing toxic or hard-to-express proteins...
Félicité Pacifique Mutuyimana
Rwanda
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
Innovation in green chemistry for the recycling of critical metals from urban waste: ionometallurgical and hydrometallurgical approach
My postdoctoral research focuses on developing environmentally friendly hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents for the selective recovery of critical metals from electronic waste. By investigating alte...
Flora Kalaba Chitalu
Zambia
University of Leeds
Improved combustion characteristics of faecal sludge derived char as a sustainable alternative to wood charcoal.
My work investigates methods to improve the combustion properties of faecal sludge-derived char as a sustainable alternative to traditional wood charcoal. By converting and systematically analysing...
Francesca F.Dem
Papua New Guinea
Griffith University
Community parameters of Auchenorrynhca (Hemiptera: Insect) along altitudinal gradients in subtropical and tropical rainforests in Australia.
My PhD research projects aimed to investigate distribution of Auchenorrhyncha communities along altitudinal gradients in tropical and subtropical rainforest gradients in Australia, and how the comm...
Getrude Kanyairita
Tanzania
Tuskegee University
Industrial Hemp Extracts a Potential Source of Plant-based Pesticides for Environmental Protection
The use of synthetic pesticides has resulted in pollution of the environment and compromise human health. To replace synthetic pesticides, alternative compounds must be searched and medicinal plant...