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.
Nini Sane
Senegal
Bordeaux Montaigne University
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Domestic Effluent Treatment by an Autonomous Sanitation Pilot
My research focused on the implementation of a autonomous sanitation system using natural plants to treat wastewater. The main objective was to establish an ecological and economical autonomous san...
Njoud Al Hurr
Jordan
University College London
Investigating Mobility Patterns for Sandwich Carers: Understanding Travel Patterns and Trends towards Transport Inclusion
The goal of this project is to understand the travel needs, choices, and experiences of sandwich carers, examine the reasons behind these patterns, and explore the role of transport challenges and ...
Celine Sidonie Kacou-Wodje Nobah
Côte d'Ivoire
Université de Montpellier
Exploration of circular methods to optimize aquaponics in Côte d'Ivoire
The aim of my research is the exploration of circular methods to optimize aquaponics in Côte d’Ivoire. We expected to significantly reduce the cost of fish feed by valorizing residual organi...
Novalia Pishesha
Indonesia
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Engineered Red Blood Cells and Their Applications
I applied various genetic engineering techniques and chemo-enzymatic transformations to covalently attach both natural and synthetic cargoes to the surface of RBCs. The method I developed was the f...
Omima Musa Mohmed Abusil
Sudan
Imperial College London
NO Dismutation for Biological Nitrogen Removal in Sewage Sludge
NO dismutation is a microbiological mechanism that converts nitric oxide (NO) straight into dinitrogen gas (N₂) and oxygen (O₂), without producing nitrous oxide (N₂O). In sewage sludge treatm...
Pamela Bockarie
Sierra Leone
University of Southampton
Geospatial Insights into Service Delivery and Common Childhood Diseases: A Case Study of Sierra Leone
My research analyses spatio-temporal patterns of childhood infectious diseases in Sierra Leone, examining the associations between health facility readiness, water point functionality, disease prev...
Pauline Ogola
Kenya
University of Helsinki
Remote Sensing of Water Pan Hydrodynamics and Land Degradation in the Agropastoral Environment
My research focuses on water pans, which are small reservoirs and critical sources of water for livestock and wildlife, particularly in the dry lowland regions of Taita Taveta County, Kenya. They a...
Pennante Naa Ayikailey Bruce-Vanderpuije
Ghana
The State University of New York
Investigations into the state of POPs in Ghana and Human Biomonitoring of dixoxin-like PCBs, PCDD/Fs, PXDD/Fs in vulnerable Ghanain populations
This research assessed human and environmental exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Ghana, focusing on dioxins and dioxin-like compounds (DLCs). A systematic review revealed limited ...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...