2020 OWSD PhD Graduates
The COVID-19 pandemic may have cancelled graduation ceremonies for many universities around the world, but it didn't stop these OWSD fellows from receiving their PhDs. Below, we celebrate the fellows who graduated in 2020; click on any name to learn more about that fellow. Congratulations, Drs.!
From left to right: Isthiag Abdalla, Joyce Agyei-Amponsah, Jessica Ayensu, Bertille Edith Bella Nke
From left to right: Pascaline Ciza Azine, Peguy Flora Djuidje Kouomou, Nothando Dunjana, Alice Ikuzwe
From left to right: Claire Ineza, Wisdom Iyanda-Joel, Tinotenda Mangadze, Catherine Maware
From left to right: Maggie Munthali, Lindleen Runyararo Mutseiwa-Mugwagwa, Rumbidzai Muvunzi, Khin Aye Myint
From left to right: Nasrin Sultana, Diane Estelle Temgoua Djouatsa, Piwai Tshuma, Wah Wah Lwin
Jeanne Yetchom Fondjo
Ishtiag Abdalla
Sudan
2013 fellow
PhD awarded from: University of Pretoria, South Africa
Title of PhD: "Evolution and recent speciation in two disparate endemic South African insect genera: Macroderes (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and Nemopterella (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae)"
Ghana
2015 fellow
PhD awarded from: University of Pretoria, South Africa
Title of PhD: "Sensory, rheology, tribology and shelflife of reduced fat mayonnaise-type emulsions formulated with lipid-modified maize starch as fat replacer"
Ghana
2015 fellow
PhD awarded from: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Title of PhD: "Development, acceptability and potential nutritional impact of insect-fortified biscuits in pregnant women in Ashanti region, Ghana"
Bertille Edith Bella Nke Cameroon2014 fellow
PhD awarded from: University of Dschang, Cameroon
Title of PhD: "Structural analysis of plutonic and mylonitic rocks of the Plaine-Tikar (Manchi-Mbakop-Magba-Bitou sector) - West-Cameroon area"
Pascaline Ciza Azine Democratic Republic of the Congo2016 fellow
PhD awarded from: University of Dschang, Cameroon
Title of PhD: "Evaluation of some flavor enhancers as sources of monosodium glutamate for growth activation and organoleptic quality in broiler chickens"
Peguy Flora Djuidje Kouomou Cameroon2013 fellow
PhD awarded from: University of Yaounde I, Cameroon
Title of PhD: "Contribution of actinobacteria (actinomycetes) in the biological fight against Pythium myriotylum, the agent responsible for root rot of macabo (Xanthosoma sagittifolium L. Schott)"
Zimbabwe
2014 fellow
PhD awarded from: University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Title of PhD: "Exploring the potential of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum 1) waste-based organic amendments for fertility management of sandy soils in maize-tobacco smallholder systems of Zimbabwe."
Alice Ikuzwe Rwanda2014 fellow
PhD awarded from: University of Pretoria, South Africa
Title of PhD: "Energy savings and maintenance optimization of energy-efficient lighting retrofit projects incorporating lumen degradation"
Rwanda
2010 fellow
PhD awarded from: Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Title of PhD: "Synthesis and use of novel ligands for the selective extraction of cobalt from other base metal ions"