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Okereke, Chukwumerije

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Nigeria
Current country of residence
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)
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Okereke is a professor of global climate governance and public policy at the School of Policy Studies, University of Bristol, UK. He is a visiting professor at the London School of Economics and a senior academic visitor at the University of Oxford. He was previously the director of the Center for Climate Change in Alex Ekuweme Federal University, Nigeria, co-director of the Center for Climate and Justice, and co-director of the Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarship Programme, both at the University of Reading. He also served as the director of the Center for Climate Change and Development at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, at the University of Oxford. A globally recognized leading scholar on global climate governance and international development, Okereke was the coordinating lead author of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report, Working Group 3.
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Last updated on 01/07/2024

Gumel, Abba. B

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Current nationality
Nigeria
Current country of residence
United States of America (the)
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Gumel is a professor of mathematics and the Michael and Eugenia Brin Endowed E-Nnovate Chair in mathematics at the Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park. His research work focuses on using mathematical approaches—modelling, rigorous analysis, and data analytics—to gain insight and provide understanding on the transmission dynamics of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases of public health significance. He has authored more than 170 peer-reviewed research articles, supervised many graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, and written four edited books. He is the editor-in-chief of Mathematical Biosciences, one of the premier journals for mathematical biology research, and the recipient of numerous awards and honours, including the 2021 Bellman Prize. He was elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Mathematical Society, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, African Academy of Sciences, Nigerian Academy of Science, African Scientific Institute and presented the 2021 Einstein Public Lecture of the American Mathematical Society.
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Last updated on 01/07/2024

TWAS-FAPESP Postgraduate Fellowship Programme

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Sandwich option

The Research Support Foundation of the State of São Paulo (FAPESP) in Brazil and TWAS offer sandwich postgraduate fellowships to young scientists from developing countries (other than Brazil) who wish to pursue research towards a PhD in selected fields of the natural and engineering sciences.

Opening date of this fellowship call: 18 December 2023

Closing date of this fellowship call: 18 March 2024

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Ejikeugwu, Peter Chika

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Current nationality
Nigeria
Current country of residence
Nigeria
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Dr. Chika Ejikeugwu is a Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) in Germany and a Senior Research Fellow at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany. He is also the founder of the online microbiology platform, www.MicrobiologyClass.net. Dr. Ejikeugwu previously served as a DAAD Postdoctoral Fellow at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin, Germany. Dr. Ejikeugwu completed his first postdoctoral training on HIV-1 at the Laboratory of Infectious Disease Models, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan (2018), under the MIF Postdoctoral Fellowship. He holds a PhD in Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. In addition to his research, Dr. Ejikeugwu is a senior lecturer and researcher at the Enugu State University of Science & Technology (ESUT), Nigeria, where he mentors both undergraduate and postgraduate students in microbiology and related fields. His research interests include antimicrobial resistance (AMR), soil health, One-Health, infectious diseases, bacteriology, and virology.
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Last updated on 10/01/2025

Adebo, Oluwafemi Ayodeji

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Current nationality
Nigeria
Current country of residence
South Africa
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Oluwafemi Adebo is a professor in the Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), in South Africa. He received both his master’s and doctoral degree (Food Technology) at UJ. In addition to teaching responsibilities, he leads the Food Innovation Research Group involved with the improvement of various traditional food processes, enhancing food-health-promoting constituents, development of nutrient-dense food products, and value addition to underutilized food sources using conventional, novel and innovative approaches including 3D food printing, all in an effort to ensure zero hunger as well as good health and well being. He has contributed to over 100 journal articles, 23 book chapters and lead editor of a book. He has received over 15 million South African rands in grant funding and won prestigious awards, including the 2019 Institute of Food Technologists Emerging Leader Award, 2021 National Research Foundation Emerging Researcher of the Year, 2021 UJ’s Vice Chancellor’s Distinguished Award as an Outstanding Young Researcher, and UJ's Faculty of Science Top Research Award (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer Category) in 2021, among others.
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Food Innovation Research Group, Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology – University of Johannesburg – PO Box 17001 – Johannesburg – South Africa
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Last updated on 25/04/2024

Ovbiagele, Bruce

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Current nationality
Nigeria
Current country of residence
United States of America (the)
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Ovbiagele, MD, MSc, MAS, MBA, MLS, is professor of neurology and associate dean at the University of California, San Francisco. His primary research involves translation of evidence-based interventions into clinical practice and community settings, to improve stroke outcomes for underserved and vulnerable populations around the world. He currently leads several studies of stroke in the US and sub-Saharan Africa. Ovbiagele has published over 600 peer-reviewed articles (h-index 89) in the areas of stroke prevention, risk factors and outcomes. His work has been recognized with the Pessin and Wartenberg Awards of the American Academy of Neurology; Penn Award of the American Neurological Association; Mridha Humanitarian Award of the American Brain Foundation; Feinberg and Stroke Council Awards of the American Stroke Association; Haddock International and Distinguished Scientist Awards of the American Heart Association, and Meritorious Achievement Award of the National Medical Association. He chaired the International Stroke Conference (2016-2018) and is current editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Heart Association. He serves on the board of the World Stroke Organization.
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Last updated on 12/07/2023

TWAS-CNPq Postgraduate Fellowship Programme

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Timeline of the Call:

  • Launch of the Call:  8 October 2024.
  • Deadline for challenging the Call: 18 October 2024.
  • Deadline for submission of proposals: 31 January 2025.
  • Trial Period: March 2025.
  • Disclosure of the preliminary result of the trial: April 2025.
  • Deadline for filing an administrative appeal: 10 calendar days after the disclosure of the preliminary results.
  • Disclosure of final selection: May 2025.

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