Capacity Building
-Advanced Institutes
-Fellowships & Visiting Scientists
-African Doctoral Fellowships
-Young Scientists Awards
-African Small Grants

Regional Research

Vulnerability and Adaptation

Strategic Partnership
Projects

Round 12 Awardees:

Dr. Adeolu Ayanwale
Home Institute: Obafemi Awolowo University, ILE-IFE, Nigeria
Host Institute: Wesleyan University, USA
Project Title: “Vulnerability of crop production to climate variability and change in Nigeria: its implication for food security and sustainable livelihoods”

Dr. Woldeamlak Bewket
Home Institute: Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Host Institute: University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
Project Title: “Rainwater harvesting as a strategy for adapting to climate variability to enhance food security in highland Ethiopia: a case study of Wello, Amhara region”

Mr. Joseph Kanyanga
Home Institute: Zambia Meteorological Department, Zambia, Host Institute: University of Virginia, USA
Project Title: “River of Smoke: synoptic analysis of biomass burning smoke and haze over Southern Africa during SAFARI 2000”

Mr. Juan Pablo Guerschman
Home Institute: IFEVA, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Host Institute: The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Australia
Project Title: “Carbon dynamics of South America: identifying imprints of land use change on terrestrial carbon pools and fluxes”

Ms. Suneethi Jangam
Home Institute: National Institute of Oceanography, India
Host Institute: Institute of Geosciences, Japan
Project Title: “Asian monsoon studies in the northern Indian Ocean”

Ms. Priscilla Nyadoi
Home Institute: Makerere University, Uganda
Host Institute: International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, Kenya
Project Title: “Population structure and socio economic importance of tamarindus indica L in the dry lands of Kenya”

Mr. Padet Praditphet
Home Institute: Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Host Institute: SEA RC
Project Title: “Estimation of radiative forcing by observationally-based aerosols optical properties using a regional climate model for Southeast Asia”

Dr. Rida Al-Adamat
Home Institute: Jordan Badia Research and Development Programme, Jordan, conducting research on the project entitled
Host Institute: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria.
Project Title: “Development of land use change scenarios for Jordan: assessment of soil organic carbon stocks and change at national scale”

Dr. Tapas Bhattacharyya
Home Institute: National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, India
Host Institute: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria.
Project Title: “The Indian Case Study”

Dr. Carlos Euardo Cerri
Home Institute: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Host Institute: Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria
Project Title: “The Brazilian Amazon Case Study”

Dr. Peter Kamoni
Home Institute: Kenya Soil Survey, Kenya
Host Institute: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria
Project Title: “The Kenyan Case Study”

Dr. Abdourahamane Konare
Home Institute: University of Cocody Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Host Institute: International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
Project Title: “Assessment by modeling of how changes in atmospheric aerosols chemistry affect the net radiative balance in West Africa”

Dr. Kambhampati Kavi Kumar
Home Institute: Madras School of Economics, India
Host Institute: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany
Project Title: “Composite vulnerability of India to impacts of globalization and climate change”

Dr. Yinpeng Li
Home Institute: START TEA Regional Center, PR China
Host Institute: University of Waikato, New Zealand
Project Title: “Collaborative development of an integrated model system for climate change impact of China”

Mr. Quang Huy Luong
Home Institute: Center for Environment Research, Education and Development (CERED), Vietnam
Host Institute: University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
Project Title: "What compromises between environmental and ecological security and other societal goals, such as poverty reduction, are involved in ensuring a sustainable adaptive response to climate change?"

Dr. Juan Carlos Antuna Marrero
Home Institute: Camaguey Meteorological Center, Cuba
Host Institute: Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Project Title: "Historical climate changes in Camaguey City, Cuba."
Dr. Antuna Marrero's Award was co-funded by the Inter-American Institute (IAI).

Dr. Nadia Mhammdi
Home Institute: Institut Scientifique, Morocco
Host Institute: La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
Project Title: “Diversification and evolution of the sedimentary system tracts on the Moroccan Atlantic margin from the middle cretaceous to the present”

Dr. Ayobami Salami
Home Institute: Obafemi Awolowo University, ILE-IFE, Nigeria
Host Institute: International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, the Netherlands
Project Title: “Trend of deforestation and implications on biodiversity in Nigeria”

Dr. Ramachandran Srikanthan
Home Institute: Physical Research Laboratory, India
Host Institute: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, USA
Project Title: “Regional climate impacts due to the south Asia haze aerosols”

Dr. Tenalem Tegaye
Home Institute: Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Host Institute: International Institute for Geo- Information Science and Earth Observation, the Netherlands
Project Title: “Assessment of lake level changes in the main Ethiopian rift”

Dr. Wang Tijian
Home Institute: Nanjing University, PR China
Host Institute: University of Iowa, USA
Project Title: “Modeling study on photochemical smog and trans-boundary air pollution over Hong Kong and Pearl river region of China”

Dr. Nacanieli Tuivavalagi
Home Institute: Pacific-Asia Biodiversity Transect (PABITRA) Host Institute: University of Hawaii, USA.
Project Title: A Proposal from PABITRA (Samoa) and the Pacific Islands

Dr. Xinping Zhang
Home Insitute: Institute of Resources and Environment, PR China
Host Institute: University of Alaska at Fairbanks, USA
Project Title: “Comparisons of stable isotops between Tibetan Plateau and Arctic”