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.
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...
Salmatta Abiodun Ibrahim
Sierra Leone
University of Exeter
Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering
My PhD research investigates the interplay between household water consumption patterns and groundwater quantity in Freetown, Sierra Leone. It combines empirical data on daily water usage with grou...
Samar Ali Abdalrazig Ali
Sudan
University of Bradford
Development of anti-malarial drug combinations with an immunity modulation approach for management of drug resistance
The project aims to combine known immunity-booster, thymoquinone, and its derivatives (a chief ingredient in black cumin, which has both immunity-booster and anti-malarial properties) with the anti...
Samjhana Khanal
Nepal
University of California Davis
Genomics and biotechnology
I am working on identifying candidates resistant genes against lettuce downy mildew and their functional validation using gene editing tools.
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Sharmin Akther Rupa
Bangladesh
Imperial College London
Development of Porous MOF Materials for Carbon Dioxide Capture
My PhD research focuses on the design, synthesis, and characterization of novel metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) aimed at enhancing CO₂ capture performance under ambient conditions. By tailoring...
Silvia Francis Materu
Tanzania
Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Applicability of a Biotest Battery Developed for Temperate Regions to Tropical Environments: Implications for Sustainable Wetland Management
This study evaluated the suitability of biotests developed in temperate regions for assessing pesticide contamination in soil, water, and sediment from Tanzania’s Kilombero Valley Ramsar Site...
Sitembile Ncube
Zambia
University of South Africa
Analysis of gemstone rock breakage with soundless chemical demolition agents – a case study of small-scale mines in Zambia
My research proposes the use of a conventionally available soundless chemical demolition agent (SCDA) to fragment emerald-bearing rock. The research focusses on artisanal and small-scale miners. Cu...
Sonia C. Mangones M.
Colombia
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Ph.D in Engineering and Public Policy
Using quantitative methods, this dissertation examines how to manage the externalities of road safety and air pollution in Bogotá. It shows high crash fatality and injury risks, evaluating the cos...
Susan Babirye
Uganda
Loughborough University
Causal Inference for Optimising Reinforcement Learning Agents for Network Security Tasks
My Ph.D. research develops an AL-driven network automation framework to enhance efficiency, scalability, and reliability. It aims to enhance cyber defense by integrating causal inference into machi...
Taghried Abdel-Magid
Sudan
University of Bath
Use of Agricultural Waste in Construction Material Production for Low-Cost Housing
In this study, the target area was Sudan and could be applicable in African countries with comparable climates. Three agro-wastes were chosen for their abundance in the country: sorghum stalk, grou...
Tina Phiri Chanda
Zambia
Murdoch University
Characterization and extraction of copper and cobalt from smelting slag
My research focused on the characterisation and extraction of copper and cobalt from smelting slag. This research will contribute to the development of a novel technology for extracting copper and ...
Tonthoza Uganja
Malawi
Bangor University
Assessing the Effectiveness of Forest Landscape Restoration Efforts in Malawi: Integrating Global Monitoring Tools and Local Stakeholder Perspectives
My PhD research focuses on evaluating the effectiveness of Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) efforts in Malawi. The study integrates global land use/land cover (LULC) monitoring datasets with loca...
Tshephang Iris Kabelo
Botswana
University of Reading
Optimization of Virus-like-Particle Based Vaccines for African Strains of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus
Vaccination is the most effective way of controlling Foot and Mouth disease, but the costs associated with the production and distribution of the current chemically inactivated virus vaccine makes...
Winfred Mueni Mulwa
Kenya
University of the Free State
A combined ab initio and experimental study of Lanthanides and/or transition metal doped oxides
Experimentally, the powders of doped and undoped ZnAl2O4 were effectively synthesized by use of the sol-gel technique. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern for ZnAl2O4 displayed crystalline peaks co...