our teams
JAPAN
Taro Yamauchi
- Hokkaido University, Faculty of Health Sciences
- Laboratory of Human Ecology
- Professor and Researcher
Prof. Taro Yamauchi is a human ecologist whose research interests include water, sanitation, hygiene, and participatory action research, particularly with local children and youth.
He has a B.S., a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Health Sciences from the University of Tokyo. He does intensive fieldwork in hunter-gatherer societies, rural villages, and informal/peri-urban settlements in developing countries with the aim of understanding the lifestyle and health of local populations and their adaptation to their living environments. He is a Professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Director of the Center for Environmental and Health Sciences at Hokkaido University, Japan.
Sikopo Nyambe
- Hokkaido University
- Global Station of Indigenous Studies and Cultural Diversity
- Assistant Professor
Akira Sai
- Hokkaido University
- Global Station of Indigenous Studies and Cultural Diversity
- Assistant Professor
Jessy Zgambo
- Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Health Sciences
- Laboratory of Human Ecology
- Graduate Student
Joy Sambo
- Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Health Sciences
- Laboratory of Human Ecology
- Graduate Student
SOUTH AFRICA
Catherine Sutherland
- University of KwaZulu-Natal
- School of Built Environment and Development Studies
- Professor and Researcher
Catherine Sutherland is an urban geographer specialising in environmental, water, sanitation and climate governance, with a focus on informal settlements and peri-urban areas in Durban.
The theory and practice of transdisciplinary research, local environmental change, urban governance, state–citizen relations and social transformation, and how these shape urban sustainability in cities in the South, are of particular interest. Her research includes investing in ecological infrastructure in catchment rehabilitation projects, social assessment of innovative water and sanitation systems, and informal settlement upgrading. She is an academic in the School of Built Environment and Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.
Leocadia Zhou
- University of Fort Hare
- Faculty of Science and Agriculture
- Researcher
Her research focuses on climate change-related studies emphasising water, energy, food security, vulnerability, and adaptation. Additionally, she is involved in community engagement projects on home food gardens. She received the Vice Chancellor Excellency Community Engagement Award in 2016. She is an accomplished researcher who has published over 60 peer-reviewed articles and four book chapters in internationally renowned journals. Recently was awarded a C Rating by the National Research Foundation.
Sibongile Buthelezi
- University of KwaZulu-Natal
- ...Dept....
- Researcher
BOTSWANA
Wellington Masamba
- Botswana International University Of Science And Technology
- Department of Chemical and Forensic Sciences
- Professor and Researcher
Professor Wellington Masamba is the Head of the Department of Chemical and Forensic Sciences at Botswana International University of Science and Technology.
He holds a PhD in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Florida in Gainesville, United States of America. His research is focussed on Environmental Analytical Chemistry including water, soil and air quality. Some of the research that he has undertaken include diffusive methane fluxes in the Okavango Delta, drinking water and wastewater quality, carbon cycling in the Okavango Delta, mobility of groundwater arsenic, water defluoridation, fate of pesticides in arid subtropics and use of Moringa stenopetala and Moringa oleifera for removal of metals and non-metals from water.
Lemme P. Kebaabetswe
- Botswana International University Of Science And Technology
- Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology
- Senior Lecturer and Researcher
Thato Mosii
- Botswana International University Of Science And Technology
- Department of Chemical and Forensic Sciences
- PhD Student
Vincent Lenyeletse Basupi
- Botswana International University Of Science And Technology
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Lecturer and Researcher
ZAMBIA
Charles Michelo
- Harvest University
- Research Institute
- Professor and Researcher
Charles Michelo is a Professor of Epidemiology and the Director of the Harvest Research Institute at Harvest University.
He is also the Founding Dean of the first School of Public Health in Zambia (University of Zambia School of Public Health). His research interests have expanded from HIV surveillance systems to include medical education for One Health, infectious diseases, maternal & adolescent health, non-communicable diseases, and community health systems. In addition to serving on the boards of various corporate entities, Prof. Michelo has been pivotal in transforming public health training and practice in Zambia by supporting local Universities and the establishment of the Zambia National Public Health Institute.
Progress Nyanga
- University of Zambia
- Adjunct Research Fellow, Harvest University
- Senior Lecturer and researcher
Joseph Zulu
- University of Zambia
- Adjunct Research Fellow, Harvest University
- Lecturer and Researcher
Chisala Meki
- University of Zambia
- Adjunct Research Fellow, Harvest University
- Lecturer and Researcher
Limpo Sikuleka
- Nkwazi Research University
- Strategic Center for Health Systems Metrics and Evaluation
- Staff Development Fellow
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