Nigerians top list of African scientists for next Einstein forum fellows
- Twenty five African scientists are among fellows of the Next Einstein Forum targeted at solving the continent's challenges
- Out of the 25 selected, six Nigerians are on the list, while 11 on the program are women
- Health, power, nanotechnology, food security, climate science are some of the things the scientists will focus on
Nigeria is leading many other countries in this year’s third class of the Next Einstein Forum (NEF) fellows, a scientists-gathering forum.
Out of the 25 African scientists that made the forum across 30 countries, six from Nigeria made it as the NEF third class fellows.
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The names of the proud Nigerian scientists are Dr Ademola Adenle, Dr Daniel Akinyele, Dr Obidimma Ezezika, Dr Blesssing Mbabie, Dr Ebele Mogo and Dr Eucharia Nwaichi.
The founder and chairman of the forum, Thierry Zomahoun, disclosed this on Monday, August 5, in Kigali, Rwanda.
The chairman also added that the contribution of the scientists will be towards solving the continent’s problems.
Some of their research works are in areas such as renewable energy, precision medicine, health systems, food security, climate science, nanotechnology, and urban planning.
It should be noted that the class is made of 11 women who are all under 42 years.
“I am excited to announce the third class of NEF Fellows for two reasons. The first is that we are almost at parity, with 11 women in the class. The second is the variety of fields and countries from where the Fellows come from.
“We strongly believe their current and future discoveries will solve global challenges and we are excited to introduce you to them,” he said.
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The Einstein forum was launched in 2013 by the African Institute for Mathematical Science with the belief that the next Einstein, the renowned scientist, will be from Africa.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported about Bisi Ezerioha, also known as Ndubisi Ezerioha, who is a Nigerian-American engineer and professional race car driver, entrepreneur and engine builder.
Ezerioha got admission into the university at the young age if 15 where he was a pharmac*utical researcher for years before he decided to branch off into the engineering field.
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