Bi-regional STI Networks

EU-Africa research and innovation partnerships at work

Cooperation Professionals

CAAST-Net Plus interacts with research and innovation cooperation professionals from all over Africa and Europe in its work to build bridges between the two regions. Some of these professionals have shared their expertise with us, by contributing to our publications and events. Meet them here.

Dr Jean Albergel

Dr Jean Albergel

Dr Jean Albergel is Senior Scientist and Coordinator of European Affairs at the CNRS-IRD Joint Office in South Africa. Email: jean.albergel[at]ird.fr

Lauranne Botti

Lauranne Botti is RFI Manager at the Council on Health Research for Development. Email: botti[at]cohred.org

Dr Nouhou Diaby

Dr Nouhou Diaby

Dr Nouhou Diaby is Technical Advisor at Senegal's Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. Email: nouhou.diaby[at]ucad.edu.sn

Els Duysburgh

Els Duysburgh is a project coordinator based at Ghent University in Belgium. Email: Els.Duysburgh[at]UGent.be

Danny Edwards

Danny Edwards is Senior Researcher at the Access to Medicine Foundation. Email: dedwards[at]atmindex.org

Ms Judith Ann Francis

Ms Judith Ann Francis

Judith Ann Francis is Coordinator: Science and Technology Policy at the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation. Email: francis[at]cta.int

Dr Kimani Gachuhi

Dr Kimani Gachuhi

Dr Kimani Gachuhi is Chief Research Officer at the Kenya Medical Research Institute. Email: KGachuhi[at]kemri.org

Dr Kerstin Garcia

Dr Kerstin Garcia

Dr Kerstin Garcia is Scientific Officer at the German Aerospace Centre’s Project Management Agency. Email: kerstin.Garcia[at]dlr.de

Dr Gatama Gichini

Dr Gatama Gichini

Dr Gatama Gichini is Assistant Director of Research at Kenya's Ministry of Education Science and Technology. Email: gatamagichini[at]gmail.com

Aurore Guieu

Aurore Guieu is a junior researcher based at Ghent University in Belgium. Email: Aurore.Guieu[at]UGent.be

Aletta Harrison

Aletta Harrison

Aletta Harrison (née Gardner) is a radio news and photo-journalist based in Cape Town, South Africa. Email: alettag[at]ewn.co.za

Mike Kachedwa

Mike Kachedwa is Chief Research Services Officer at Malawi's National Commission for Science & Technology. Email: mkachedwa[at]ncst.mw

Ms Katharina Kuss

Ms Katharina Kuss

Katharina Kuss is Project Manager at the Spanish Foundation for International Cooperation, Health and Social Affairs. Email: katharina.kuss[at]gmx.de

Jacques Lancon

Dr Jacques Lancon is former regional director of CIRAD for East- and Southern Africa. Email: jacques.lancon[at]cirad.fr

Dr Huub Löffler

Dr Huub Löffler

Dr Huub Löffler is Director at the Wageningen University and Research Centre. Email: huub.loffler[at]wur.nl

Prof Mac MacLachlan

Prof Mac MacLachlan

Prof Mac MacLachlan is Director of the Centre for Global Health at Trinity College Dublin. Email: mlachlan[at]tcd.ie

Refilwe Mashigo

Refilwe Mashigo

Formerly Project Communications Officer at *Reseach Africa, Refilwe Mashigo is now Assistant Director: Africa Multilateral Cooperation at South Africa's Department of Science and Technology. Email...

Ms Tugela Matubatuba

Ms Tugela Matubatuba

Tugela Matubatuba is the Deputy Director for Strategic Partnership at the Department of Science and Technology, South Africa. Email: tugela.Matubatuba[at]dst.gov.za

Marianne Meijboom

Marianne Meijboom

Marianne Meijboom is Senior Advisor at the ETC Foundation. Email: m.meijboom[@]etcnl.nl

Dr Gubela Mji

Dr Gubela Mji is the head of Stellenbosch University's Centre for Rehabilitation Studies Medicine and Health Science Faculty. Email: gumji[at]sun.ac.za

Ludovic Moiller

Ludovic Moiller

Ludovic Mollier is Project Officer at the Institute of Research for Development, France. Email: ludovic.mollier[@]ird.fr

Prof John Mugabe

Prof John Mugabe

John Mugabe is a Professor of Science and Innovation Policy at the University of Pretoria. Email: john.mugabe[at]up.ac.za

Dr Najia Musolino

Dr Najia Musolino

Dr Najia Musolino is Senior Specialist for Global Action at the Council on Health Research for Development. Email: musolino[at]cohred.org

Dr Eric Mwangi

Dr Eric Mwangi is Deputy Director of the Department of Research Management at Kenya's Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, and the Africa Region Coordinator for the CAAST-Net Plus project. ...

Ms Niina Pitkänen

Ms Niina Pitkänen

Niina Pitkänen is Communications Officer at the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). Email: niina.pitkanen[at]luke.fi

Gerard Ralphs

Gerard Ralphs is Programme Manager and Policy Analyst at the Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators - Human Sciences Research Council, formerly Partnership and Project Manager at *Research...

Joël Sor

Joël Sor is Executive Director of France’s Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD). Email: joel.sor[at]cirad.fr

Dr Arne Tostensen

Dr Arne Tostensen

Dr Arne Tostensen is Senior Researcher at the Research Council of Norway. Email: arne.tostensen[at]cmi.no

Mr Constantine Vaitsas

Mr Constantine Vaitsas

Constantine Vaitsas is Deputy Head of the International Cooperation Unit at Forth/Praxi Network. Email: vaitsas[at]help-forward.gr

Mr Christiaan Van der Merwe

Mr Christiaan Van der Merwe

Christian van der Merwe is a Senior Journalist at *Research Africa. Email: chris.vandermerwe[at]research-africa.net

Dr Stefan Wagener

Dr Stefan Wagener

Dr Stefan Wagener is Sub-Saharan Africa Head of Unit at the German Aerospace Centre’s Project Management Agency. Email: stefan.wagener[at]dlr.de

Ms Isabella Wagner

Ms Isabella Wagner

Isabella Wagner is Scientific Project Manager at the Centre for Social Innovation, Austria. Email: wagner[at]zsi.at

Dr Uta Wehn

Dr Uta Wehn is the coordinator for the AfriAlliance Horizon 2020 project. Email: U.Wehn[at]unesco-ihe.org

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