Celebrating OWSD's 2023 PhD Graduates
December 08, 2023
Fourteen women scientists from 11 countries in the developing world have graduated with their doctorates.
Every year, we celebrate those OWSD PhD fellows who have recently graduated with their PhDs. These women scientists have overcome many obstacles to reach where they are today, including, for most of them, the COVID-19 pandemic that landed in the middle of their fellowships. Now, PhDs in hand, they are ready to embark on the next phase of their careers. From an agronomist studying ancestral forest species in Benin, to a physicist from Syria developing ultrasensitive sensors to diagnose dopamine deficiencies, to a pharmacologist researching differences in susceptibility and treatment response in patients with cervical cancer in Zimbabwe, they are already making big changes to a world that needs their vision, their ideas and their talent.
We congratulate the new Drs., and wish them luck with what comes next!
PhD Graduates
Alkhansa Salih Abdalla Mahmoud
2016 fellow
PhD awarded from: Universiti Putra Malaysia
Title of PhD: Determination of octreotide acetate as radiosensitizer in breast cancer cell lines
Onyine Onyeka Akunne
2016 fellow
PhD awarded from: University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Title of PhD: Factors affecting the pharmacokinetics of vancomycin in children admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital (RCWMCH).
Flora Christine Amagloh
2016 fellow
PhD awarded from: Makerere University, Uganda
Title of PhD: Characterisation of sweet potato as a functional food
Massogblé Marc Lucrèce Atindehou
2019 fellow
PhD awarded from: Universite D'Abomey-Calavi, Benin
Title of PhD: Ecological and socio-historical studies of ancestral forestry species: Implications for their populations' viability in Benin
Daba Thiogne Bakhoum
2019 fellow
PhD awarded from: University of Pretoria, South Africa
Title of PhD: Enhancement of electrochemical capacitors of porous carbon from cross-linked polymers through heteroatoms and cobalt incorporation
Farhana Nazneen Chowdhury
2017 fellow
PhD awarded from: Universiti Putra Malaysia
Title of PhD: Pyramiding of anthracnose disease-resistant and heat-tolerant genes in chili (Capsicum annuum L.) through hybridization and marker assisted selection
Elodie Dimon
2021 fellow
PhD awarded from: Universite de Parakou, Benin
Title of PhD: Zootechnical productivity of small ruminants raised by women in a context of climate change in North Benin
Arlette Pulchérie Djoukouo Soh
2017 fellow
PhD awarded from: University of Yaounde I
Title of PhD: Petrogenesis of the Kouambo iron formations (South Cameroon)
Redrisse Djoumessi Fobasso
2018 fellow
PhD awarded from: University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Title of PhD: Magnetic and electronic properties of rare-earth geometrically frustrated systems
Faten Kamal Eddin
2017 fellow
PhD awarded from: Universiti Putra Malaysia
Title of PhD: Development of surface plasmon resonance sensor using carbon-based nanomaterials and chitosan for dopamine detection
Oppah Kuguyo
2016 fellow
PhD awarded from: University of Zimbabwe
Title of PhD: Evaluation of human papillomavirus (HPV), genetic, environmental and patient factors in cervical cancer and in the response to cisplatin-based chemoradiotherapy in Zimbabwe
Shaima Abdulfattah Gamal Mohammed
2016 fellow
PhD awarded from: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Title of PhD: Evaluation of antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of local microalgae isolates Chlorella sorokiniana (UKM2), Chlorella sp. (UKM8) and Scenedesmus sp. (UKM9)
Rodah Cheruto Soy
2016 fellow
PhD awarded from: Rhodes University, South Africa
Title of PhD: Porphyrinoid dyes for photodynamic anticancer and antimicrobial therapy treatment
Salome Adeline Rodica Zanou
2016 fellow
PhD awarded from: Université de Lomé, Benin
Title of PhD: Current pollinic rain, flora and anthropic activities in the Guinean and Sudan-Guinean zones of Benin
