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.
Gisele Beatrice Sonfack
Cameroon
University of Dschang
Contribution of designing and FPGA-BASED prototyping of a New Analog-to-Digital converter with the Duty-Cycle Modulation technique
This thesis presents a new technique of analog-to-digital conversion (ADC), based on FPGA-assisted optimal duty cycle modulation (ODCM). The ODCM problem is broken down into two decoupled optimal s...
Heremerose Matutes
Philippines
Ghent University
PhD in Bioscience Engineering specialization Aquatic Ecology
My PhD research will investigate and model the combined effects of extreme weather events and land degradation on macroinvertebrate communities, traits and food web structure in tropical peatlands ...
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...
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...
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...
Maria Claudia Segovia Salcedo
Ecuador
University of Florida
PhD on Botany
María Claudia Segovia-Salcedo, a specialist in evolutionary biology and conservation, has conducted key research on Polylepis forests, a genus of trees endemic to the Andes. Her work explores the ...
Mary Njeri Muchiri
Kenya
University of Reading
Food and Nutrition Sciences
Development of probiotic yoghurt fortified with provitamin A rich Orange sweet potato (OSP) for healthy gut and provision of micronutrients. The study involved laboratory experimental formulation o...
Meseret Dawit Teweldebrihan
Ethiopia
IHE-Delft Institute for Water Education
Socio-Hydrology of the Abbay/Blue Nile River Basin
The study investigates the complex interplay of institutional frameworks, governance structures, environmental conditions, human activities, and hydrological processes in shaping sustainable ecosys...
Millicent Agangiba
Ghana
University of Cape Town
Accessibility of E-government Services for Persons with Disabilities in Developing Countries-The Case of Ghana
My research was the first-ever study of its kind for Ghana. It involved empirical investigations into digital accessibility for people with disabilities in Ghana using a multi-stakeholder approach ...
Ndeye Maty Ndiaye
Senegal
University of Pretoria
Vanadium oxides-based composites for energy storage applications
The major goal of my thesis was to incorporate carbon based materials such as graphene foam and activated expanded graphite into vanadium-based (oxides and oxynitride) materials to explore their ou...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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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