Climate Studies Student Network
The Climate Studies Student Network (CSSN) is made up of passionate climate students from the African continent and beyond.
Future climate leaders
The network is dedicated to uplifting the next generation of climate leaders through :
- training
- workshops
- conferences
DR BOTLHE MATLHODI
PhD Graduate
Research Focus: hydrology and water resources
University of Botswana
BOTSWANA
OFENTSE WENA LESEGO
Masters Student
Research Focus: implications of LULC changes on flood risk
University of Botswana
BOTSWANA
FINDI EMILIEN
PhD Student
Research Focus: natural resources, environmental management
University of Buea
CAMEROON
MIRABEL ANDIN NTALI
PhD Student
Research Focus: sociology, disaster risk reduction and management
University of Buea
CAMEROON
ANYANG GORDIN BAH NDAH
PhD Student
Research Focus: natural resources, environmental management
University of Buea
CAMEROON
MAHAMAT IBRAHIM AHMAT TIDJANI
PhD Student
Research Focus:
University of Ndjamena
CHAD
DJOUMA CHARFADINE BOLLO
PhD Student
Research Focus: applied economics, climate change, migration and access to: basic social services, health, education, water and agricultural land in Africa
University of Brazzaville
CONGO
MULUNEH GETANEH TEGEGN
PhD Student
Research Focus: agro-meteorology and disaster risk management
University of Bahir Dar
ETHIOPIA
PAUL RENNER
PhD Student
Research Focus:
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
GERMANY
MULALO PRECIOUS THAVHANA
PhD Student
Research Focus: modelling impacts of climate change
Goethe University
GERMANY
THOMAS BRINGHENTI
SALLnet Administrative Coordinator
Research Focus: tree ecophysiology and sustainable water use
Georg-August-University of Göttingen
GERMANY
MIAHY NY FANANTENANA
PhD Student
Research Focus: economics, DRR, poverty, children’s rights, child labor
University of Antananarivo
MADAGASCAR
RALITERA JAURÈS CHRISTIN
PhD Student
Research Focus:
University of Antananarivo
MADAGASCAR
WONGANI CHISENGA
PhD Student
Research Focus:
University of Malawi
MALAWI
GIFT PHIRI
PhD Student
Research Focus: GIS & remote sensing, coastal management
University of Malawi
MALAWI
YASHWAREE BAGUANT-MOONSHIRAM
PhD Student
Research Focus:
University of Mauritius
MAURITIUS
IVONNE MAKANDO
Masters Graduate
Research Focus: GIS and remote sensing
Namibia University of Science and Technology
NAMIBIA
EMMA TJIHUMINO
Policy Analyst
Research Focus:
Namibian Ministry of Public Enterprises
NAMIBIA
ROMANUS KASINO
PhD Student
Research Focus: natural resources science and management, water-energy-food (WEF) nexus, resilience and adaptation
Namibia University of Science and Technology
NAMIBIA
MAHAMANE MOUSSA CHARIFATOU
PhD Student
Research Focus:
University of Niamey
NIGER
MUHAMMAD TUKUR MURTALA
PhD Student
Research Focus: disaster risk reduction, geospatial application to climate change modelling
Ahmadu Bello University Zaria
NIGERIA
GRACE MBAIORGA
Researcher
Research Focus:
National Space Research and Development Agency
NIGERIA
NURA UMAR KHALIL
PhD Student
Research Focus: remote sensing and GIS, hydro-meteorological hazard risk, desertification sensitivity modelling, agriculture and climate change-nexus, climate change adaptation
Ahmadu Bello University Zaria
NIGERIA
PAPA SAMBA DIOP
PhD Student
Research Focus: hydro-climatic changes, estuarine environments and resilience of local communities
Cheikh Anta Diop University
SENEGAL
DR CHEIKH KOULUBALY
Post Doc
Research Focus: GIS & remote sensing, coastal management
Cheikh Anta Diop University
SENEGAL
YOLANDE SENGHOR
PhD Student
Research Focus:
Gaston Berger University
SENEGAL
KOFFI KITTIKA
PhD Student
Research Focus:
Gaston Berger University
SENEGAL
ABIGAIL ABIMBOLA DADA
PhD Student
Research Focus:
Sefako Makgatho Health
Sciences University
SOUTH AFRICA
TSHEGOFATSO TSHOKE
Masters Student
Research Focus: quantifying the biodiversity planetary boundary for Africa in order to inform sustainable development and conservation on the continent
Stellenbosch University
SOUTH AFRICA
KAUTHAR VAN HARTE
Masters Student
Research Focus: urban and regional planning
Stellenbosch University
SOUTH AFRICA
WILLEM MALHERBE
PhD Student
Research Focus: operationalising resilience: exploring definitions, capacities, and responses
Stellenbosch University
SOUTH AFRICA
RENATE VAN ROOYEN
Postgrad Diploma Student
Research Focus:
Stellenbosch University
SOUTH AFRICA
YONELA MNGQIBISA
Honours Student
Research Focus:
Stellenbosch University
SOUTH AFRICA
NOSIPHO GQALENI
Masters Student
Research Focus:
Stellenbosch University
SOUTH AFRICA
DUDUZILE NGWENYA
Masters Student
Research Focus: scaling up ecological restoration
Stellenbosch University
SOUTH AFRICA
JOHANA MAPFUMO
Masters Student
Research Focus: food systems transformation from a socio-ecological perspective
Stellenbosch University
SOUTH AFRICA
PITJO MAKELLE
Masters Student
Research Focus: forestry operations
Stellenbosch University
SOUTH AFRICA
OLIVIA JONES
Honours Student
Research Focus: impacts of interannual summer rainfall variability on the nest
chamber numbers of sociable weaverbirds (Philetairus socius) in the Southern Kalahari
Stellenbosch University
SOUTH AFRICA
YENZIWE MBUYISA
Masters Student
Research Focus:
Stellenbosch University
SOUTH AFRICA
KGOMOTSO MORAKE
Masters Student
Research Focus: determinants of germination and size class distribution of marula and knobthorn trees in the Kruger National Park
Stellenbosch University
SOUTH AFRICA
KAY MURRAY
Masters Student
Research Focus:
Stellenbosch University
SOUTH AFRICA
MPILO KHUMALO
PhD Student
Research Focus:
Stellenbosch University
SOUTH AFRICA
DENCIA MACHOKO
Masters Student
Research Focus:
Stellenbosch University
SOUTH AFRICA
JOSHUA KIBII
PhD Student
Research Focus:
Stellenbosch University
SOUTH AFRICA
PAUL ADEBAYO
PhD Student
Research Focus:
Stellenbosch University
SOUTH AFRICA
MAANDA RASELEBE
PhD Student
Research Focus:
Stellenbosch University
SOUTH AFRICA
TYLON BOWMAN
Masters Student
Research Focus: responses to warming and drought of two nama-karoo grass species:quantifying diurnal patterns over a season cycle using spectral vegetation indices
Stellenbosch University
SOUTH AFRICA
DR FOLLY SERGE TOMETY
Post Doc
Research Focus: air-sea interactions, ocean climate variability
University of Cape Town
SOUTH AFRICA
FRANCK KEMGANG GHOMSI
PhD Student
Research Focus:
University of Cape Town
SOUTH AFRICA
GLORY ODEN
PhD Student
Research Focus: applied paleoecology, restoration ecology and environmental management
University of Cape Town
SOUTH AFRICA
FETRA RANDRIATSARA
PhD Student
Research Focus: ecology, palaeoecology, biodiversity conservation
University of Cape Town
SOUTH AFRICA
DONA VAN EEDEN
Masters Student
Research Focus:
University of Cape Town
SOUTH AFRICA
THEMBELIHLE MBELE
Masters Student
Research Focus: botany, invasion biology
University of Free State
SOUTH AFRICA
ALEX MSIPA
PhD Student
Research Focus:
University of Pretoria
SOUTH AFRICA
MELODY MUDUKUTI
Masters Student
Research Focus: land degradation impacts on small-scale farmers’ livelihoods
University of Pretoria
SOUTH AFRICA
YELUMA NTALI
PhD Student
Research Focus: climate change and sustainable development, disaster risk reduction, community livelihood vulnerability
University of Dar es Salaam
TANZANIA
JEAN DE DIEU KUBWIMANA
PhD Student
Research Focus:
Ardhi University
TANZANIA
SALMA AHMAD MAKUTI
Masters Student
Research Focus: GIS and remote sensing, water management
Ardhi University
TANZANIA
DICKSON CHINGUWO
PhD Student
Research Focus:
Ardhi University
TANZANIA
SALUA OTHMAN
PhD Student
Research Focus: climate change resilience & social protection, livelihood schemes, social risk managemnt, insurance, microfinance
Ardhi University
TANZANIA
DIONIS SIMON RUGAI
PhD Student
Research Focus:
Ardhi University
TANZANIA
PADDE DANIEL
Masters Student
Research Focus: structure, diversity and carbon stock of the Kampala Urban Forest, Uganda.
Makerere University
UGANDA
SARAH NAMAYENGO
Masters Student
Research Focus: above ground biomass estimation, forest pathology, applied statistics, biometrics
Makerere University
UGANDA
KERRY-ANNE GREY
PhD Student
Research Focus: Responses of African savannas to extreme heat and drought
University of Oxford
UNITED KINGDOM
CHABU SUMBA
PhD Student
Research Focus:
Copperbelt University
ZAMBIA
MASANGO RODERICK WARAKULA
PhD Student
Research Focus:
University of Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE