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Abubakari’s current research focus is on the water-energy-food nexus in African cities, assessing the resource interdependencies at the household level. more: Abubakari AHMED .
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In her research, Melissa aims to increase knowledge on soil ecosystem services under different land uses in humid tropical savannahs. more: Melissa ATWELL.
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In his research, Hèou examines land use change and hydrologic processes in river basins in West Africa to develop strategies for sustainable natural resource management. more: Hèou Maléki BADJANA.
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Miroslav’s research activities focus on the study of the fate of anthropogenic contaminants in environmental systems and the development of new approaches for their removal. more: Miroslav BRUMOVSKÝ.
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Over the past years Alejandra has been studying climate change and climate variability in tropical South America with particular emphasis on Colombia and the Amazon River basin. Throughout her research career, she has worked with engineers, biologists and ecologists towards understanding and modelling hydrological variables and predicting their fluctuations at different time scales. more: Alejandra María CARMONA DUQUE.
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Shamik’s interdisciplinary research combines urban sustainability, resource efficiency, cleaner production, and ecoinnovation. His objective is to create green technologies based on renewable feedstocks in order to promote more sustainable city life. more: Shamik CHOWDHURY.
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Marina’s doctoral research addresses the interconnection between the human right to food and agroecology, focusing on Brazilian food and agroecological public policies. Her main goal includes reviewing Brazilian environmental legislation in light of the new paradigm set by agroecology and food security in terms of organic and ecological production. more: Marina DEMARIA VENÂNCIO.
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Emily is a scientist in the areas of Chemistry, Nanotechnology, and Geoscience. Her work involves the development of sensing and detection technologies with a focus on remote sensing and in-situ nanosystems. In the age of urbanisation, it is essential to find solutions to the threats that are putting the whole global ecosystem in danger. more: Emily ELHACHAM.
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Jesús’ current activities relate to the sustainable production of chemicals from substrates of renewable origin employing multiphase strategies. One example is the production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and furfural (chemical intermediates to fuel additives and solvents) from lignocellulose derived sugars. more: Jesús ESTEBAN SERRANO.
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Wasif uses his knowledge of micro-algal biotechnology to reduce the negative environmental effects of using fossil fuels in industrial processes in his home country of Pakistan. more: Wasif FAROOQ.
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With a scientific background in Renewable Energy, Engineering, and Sustainable Technology, Carlos is focusing on hydrogen production using biomass through gasification and dark fermentation. He is evaluating different alternatives to supply energy in rural areas in Colombia not connected to the electricity supplies of urban areas. more: Carlos Andrés GARCÍA VELÁSQUEZ.
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Brett’s research focuses on defect engineering methods to avoid the detrimental effects caused by defects in silicon solar cells, to boost solar cell performance and reduce cost, while also lowering greenhouse gas emissions and improving the utilisation of resources used for solar cell fabrication. Throughout his academic career, he has patented multiple technologies. more: Brett HALLAM.
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Universally, sustainable development aims to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own. The concept ‘just sustainabilities’ involves the full integration of social justice and sustainability. Darnel’s research embraced this concept, focusing on planning, education and design for ‘just sustainabilities’. more: Darnel HARRIS.
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Rachels’ research focuses on improving community knowledge and engagement with the ocean, using approaches such as citizen science, social licence, and improving ocean literacy. With her cross-disciplinary approach, Rachel positions the community as a key stakeholder of the earth’s oceanic environments and promotes collaborative exchange across disciplines between diverse, ‘conflicting’ groups. more: Rachel KELLY.
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Landscapes today are faced with manifold pressures, such as providing food, fibre, biofuels, and water, conserving the remaining habitat for flora and fauna, and mitigating the effects of climate change. In her research, Elizabeth aims to explore how landscapes and wildlife can be sustainably managed; to both capitalise on and enhance their multifunctional capacity; and to provide outcomes that are effective, efficient, and equitable for all stakeholders. more: Elizabeth LAW.
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Zhu’s research focuses on global sustainability and the assessment of the human impacts on the earth system in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. more: Zhu LIU.
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Mercy studies Sustainability, focusing on the water-energy-food nexus. She founded SustainableTech, a green technology company, and also worked as a researcher, lecturer, and head of department at the Harare Institute of Technology where she focused on harnessing energy from waste biomass. more: Musaida Mercy MANYUCHI.
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James, who has been interested in materials chemistry from an early age, has decided to focus his work on creating new materials and understanding how they interact with their surroundings in order to make them most useful to society. He focuses on the development of self-propelled micro/nanosystems along with the extraction of useful macro-behaviour from nanotechnology. more: James Guo Sheng MOO.
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The environmental changes that have transpired in the last few decades have increased the need to search for more sustainable and renewable carbon sources. Ana thinks that instead of using food culture as a feedstock, we should direct our interest at wastes and residues. more: Ana Rita C. MORAIS.
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Deo is determined to find sustainable solutions to the climate change issues affecting the world’s oceans through ecology. His work centres on further understanding the diversity, ecology, distribution, and responses of microbial communities to these changing conditions. more: Deo Florence ONDA.
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As an associate researcher in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Institute, Hani has been collecting and analysing data on game mammals’ biological traits as well as on hunting and trade of wild meat in the Brazilian and Peruvian Amazon, with strong participation and support from the local people. more: Hani ROCHA EL BIZRI.
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Qianhong graduated from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, having completed studies in Environmental and Water Resource Engineering. He is working on the development of energy-efficient separation technologies with a focus on membrane technology for promoting environmental sustainability and circular economy. more: Qianhong SHE.
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Yam worked for many years in the area of renewable energy and sustainable power generation. His objective is to build scientific partnerships between Nepal and Germany to share both education and research findings, experiences and ideas. more: Yam Prasad SIWAKOTI.
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Tegegne is studying the nexus between climate change and the development of tourism in protected areas. Through his interdisciplinary research, he aims to establish cooperation between tourism, agriculture, local communities, and nature conservation in the face of growing climate change. more: Tegegne WONDOWOSSEN.
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In her research, Wai Fen is discovering new and improved ways to perform the process of gas separation. Specifically, she is using her molecular knowledge of membranes to develop gas separation mechanisms that produce fewer waste products, use less energy, and ultimately leave a lower carbon footprint. Wai Fen extends her expertise to the fields of economics and policy as she works to implement her membrane-based techniques at the industrial level. more: Wai Fen YONG.
