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.
Isabel Potani
Malawi
University of Toronto
Nutritional Sciences with specialization in Global Health The Role, Limitations, and Optimization of Ready-To-UseTherapeutic Food in Treating Severe Acute Malnutrition
I am interested in global health research and improving health outcomes for vulnerable populations, such as women and children. I am also interested in building capacity for underrepresented resear...
Israa Salih Hamad Alajab
Sudan
University of Strathclyde
An Artificial Neural Network (ANNs) Optimization System for Renewable Energy Integration in the Sudan National Grid
This research has a significant interdisciplinary nature; it combines four of the most cutting-edge, scientifically attractive fields, Renewable Energy Systems (RES), Artificial Intelligence, and b...
Janvière Tuyisenge
Rwanda
IHE-Delft Institute for Water Education
Ecological Sustainability of Cage Aquaculture in African Lakes: Limnological Analysis, Water Quality, and Greenhouse Gas Dynamics in Lakes Kivu and Muhazi, Rwanda
Cage aquaculture is expanding rapidly across African inland lakes, raising concerns about its ecological sustainability. Fully by the Schlumberger Foundation’s Faculty for the Future program, my ...
Jennifer Joan Manda-Chimwaza
Malawi
University of Bath
Mechanical Engineering
My research investigates the biomechanics of the placenta in preeclampsia, a hypertensive disorder affecting 2–8% of pregnancies worldwide. The work focuses on characterising placental tissue sti...
Joannie Marlene Bewa
Benin
University of South Florida
Determinants of Hormonal Contraceptive Use among Adolescent Females in Benin Republic
I assessed the personal, behavioral, and environmental barriers and facilitators to contraceptive use. This research demonstrates that advanced knowledge, positive perceptions, and expectancies abo...
Johanna Yasmin Sandoval Menjivar
Honduras
University of Valladolid
PhD in Physics
My research focuses on the study, design, and synthesis of nanomaterials tailored for various energy applications, mainly in hydrogen storage, transport, and synthesis. Specifically, we study diffe...
Joycelyn Quansah
Ghana
University of Goergia
Microbiological and chemical quality of leafy green vegetables in Accra, Ghana
Leafy green vegetables are rich sources of nutrients and important components of Ghanaian diets. Pre and post harvest activities can affect the safety of vegetables. The study examined vegetable fa...
Juliana Amaka Ugwu
Nigeria
University of Helsinki
The Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) Microbiomes: Impact on Crop Diseases and Potential as Biocontrol Agents
The project investigated the gut microbiome of the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda), an important invasive and highly polyphagous pest of maize and other crops, with the aim of understanding t...
Kapambwe Mwape
Zambia
University of Johannesburg
Genomic characterization of diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli
Genomic characterization of diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli isolated from under five children in Lusaka, Zambia. Stool samples were tested using phenotypic and molecular methods. A high burden of d...
Kevine Silihe Kamga
Cameroon
University of Yaounde 1
The effects of Ficus umbellata Vahl on models of breast and ovarian cancers and elucidation of mechanism of action: in vitro and in vivo studies
My PhD research project aimed at investigating the antitumor effect of Ficus umbellata and its bioactive compounds and elucidating their mechanism of action. To accomplish this, we evaluated the ef...
Laura Toro González
Colombia
University of Minnesota
Plant and Microbial Biology
I am an ecologist interested in understanding how degraded tropical forests can be recovered in a cost-effective way. I use experimental field, lab-based, and synthesis methods to better understand...
Lavinia Mbongo
Namibia
Loughborough University
Development and use of simulated instruments to teach mass spectrometry to undergraduate students
In many developing countries, access to analytical instruments remains a challenge especially for undergraduate students due to high purchase costs, maintenance costs, shorter time allocation of sc...
Lina Gabriela Terrazas Villarroel
Bolivia
IHE Delft and TU Delft
Implementation of environmental tools to assess ecohydrological relationships in Bolivia
My research topic is focused on the influence of hydrological variability in the ecological integrity in a large river system. Studying ecohydrological relationships helps identify critical flow re...
Lizan Mahmood Khorsheed Zangan
Iraq
University of Birmingham
Study of Energy Separation in Counter Flow Vortex Tube
Experimental and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technique is used to study a newly designed Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube (RHVT), such as a convergent-divergent one. The FLUENT code is used to solv...
Lizan Mahmood Khorsheed Zangan
Iraq
University of Birmingham
Harnessing the Potential of Two-Dimensional (2D) Materials Like Graphene and MXenes for Energy Storage and Environmental Sustainability
My postdoctoral research focuses on advancing the sustainable production of two-dimensional (2D) materials, particularly graphene and MXenes, through computational modelling of complex multiphase f...