2021 OWSD PhD Fellows announced

September 13, 2021

Twenty-six women from the developing world have been awarded OWSD PhD Fellowships, supporting them to pursue their PhDs in STEM subjects at institutions across the Global South.

OWSD is happy to introduce the 26 women who have been awarded the 2021 PhD Fellowship. Hailing from 17 countries in all four OWSD regions of the developing world, the new fellows will be supported to pursue their PhDs in STEM subjects at institutions in another country in the Global South. They intend to focus their PhD research on subjects ranging from deepfake detection in video, to early detection of plant diseases using image-based deep learning, to development of a framework to foster collaborative learning through the open-source Moodle learning management system. Meet all of the 2021 fellows below, and click on a name below the photos to learn more about that fellow.

From left to right: Mary Wetani Agoriwo; Duha A.A. Al-Darras; Tamador Khalil Mansoor Aldowma; Mahfida Amjad Dipa

From left to right: Naayem Abdulraheem Salem Bakran; Neleththi Malithi Thusharika De Silva; Elodie Dimon; Diddi Hamadjoda Djamilatou

From left to right: Lenye Sebenzile Dlamini; Wala Fathelrahman Ibrahim Elsayed; Fikrte Woldeyes Hailu; Amna Saga Mohammed Humidan

From left to right: Diana Kavidia Muyembe; Saurelle Kenfack Tiofack; Annette Bertilla Mwimba Lombe; Linda Messee Goulefack

From left to right: Fathima Rehana Munas; Sareeha Nadaraja; Regina Nakiranda; Mayra Lizzeth Núñez Vallecillo

From left to right: Ratidzo Yvonne Nyakudya; Hemanna Parakramage Anuradha Peramunugamage; Pascaline Sanga; Morelyn Sigauke

From left to right: Emelda Orlando Simbine; Smegnsh Demelash Yeruk

Full-time fellowship at Stellenbosch University, South Africa 

Project title: Developing a health literacy intervention for early identification, diagnosis and management of Parkinson’s disease in Ghana

Full-time fellowship at the University of Jordan, Jordan

Project title: An ontology-based automatic medical consultation System for Identifying Nutrition Deficiency Diseases and Electrolyte Disorders

Full-time fellowship at University of Johannesburg, South Africa 

Project title: Gamma-ray bursts as possible standard candles of cosmological parameters

Full-time fellowship at Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

Project title: Efficient load balancing scheme for dense cellular network using RoF technologies

Full-time fellowship at AL-Neellain University - Graduate College, Sudan

Project title: Dosimetric verification of radiotherapy treatment planning system

Full-time fellowship at Rhodes University, South Africa 

Project title: Early detection of plant diseases with the aid of multi-spectral imaging using deep learning techniques

Sandwich fellowship at University of Nazi Boni, Burkina Faso 

Project title: Zootechnical performance of climate-sensitive livestock practices developed by women on small ruminants in northern Benin

Sandwich fellowship at University of Pretoria, South Africa

Project title: Petrology and geochemistry of volcanic formations of Roumsou and surroundings (Kapsiki Plateau, Far-North Cameroon): implications on the geodynamic context of the Cameroon volcanic line

Full-time fellowship at University of Cape Town, South Africa

Project title: Engineering nitrilases for enhanced thermostability

Full-time fellowship at ICTP - East African Institute for Fundamental Research (EAIFR) for the University of Rwanda, Rwanda

Project title: Ab-initio insights into the formation mechanisms, photocatalytic activity, and magnetic properties of magnetite/silica/titania core-shell nanoparticles

Full-time fellowship at Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

Project title: Integrated deepfake detection for video

Sandwich fellowship at Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

Project title: Host-guest complexes of three triterpenoid molecules and some flexible Zn-carboxylate paddlewheels Mofs: synthesis, characterization, study of somepharmacokinetics properties and DFT calculations

Sandwich fellowship at University of Pretoria, South Africa

Project title: Assessing the role of microbial ecosystems in bioremediation of lead contaminated sites in Kabwe

Sandwich fellowship at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Project title: Dynamics and synchronization of non-locally coupled neural models: applications in neuronal diseases

Full-time fellowship at Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

Project title: The hot spot and thermal stress phenomenon in bias acoustic liner

Full-time fellowship at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

Project title: Irrigation water management and optimizing irrigation schedules with machine learning and optimization algorithms for sustainable crop production to mitigate the impact of climate change

Full-time fellowship at North-West University, South Africa

Project title: Effect of providing eggs as an early complementary food on morbidity of infants aged 6- <9 months (affiliated to eggcel-growth randomised controlled trial)  

Full-time fellowship at Austral University of Chile, Chile

Project title: Effects of river discharge on populations of two coastal marine fish species, common snook (Centropomus undecimalis) and horse-eye jack (Caranx latus), important for artisanal fisheries in the Honduran Caribbean

Full-time fellowship at University of Pretoria, South Africa

Project title: Development of a holistic model for environmental degradation and sustainability evaluation during core operations in the sponge iron production: a case study of SIMBI steel makers in Zimbabwe.

Sandwich fellowship at University of São Paulo, Brazil 

Project title: Design of a framework to foster collaborative learning through a Moodle mobile plugin

Full-time fellowship at University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Project title: Construction and characterization of MXene-functionalized nanomaterials and their application for removal of toxic pollutants from water

Project title: Analysis of transmission dynamics, optimal control 1 strategies and fractional-order dynamics of pneumonia 2 disease in a developing country

Full-time fellowship at State University of Campinas, Brazil

Project title: Combination of physical and biological innovative technologies on reducing antimicrobial residues in milk and milk products

Sandwich fellowship at Botswana International University of Science & Technology, Botswana

Project title: Rational homotopy type of the components of mapping  spaces from odd spheres to elliptic spaces