Experts Network

MEKEI, in conjunction with WASD, has built a strong network of researchers, policy makers, educators, consultants and employers from all parts of the world to exchange knowledge and experience and discuss current developments and challenges. This directory can be used to help find, support and collaborate with experts from the network. Interested in joining the expert directory? Complete the application form. Please check your details in our directory after 48 hrs and if you can not find your name, please contact the directory coordinator at admin@wasd.org.uk. You can also join the expert directories of our sister organisation: World Association for Sustainable Development (WASD) and Sudan Knowledge (SK).

Dr. Ira Nugerahani

Senior Lecturer

Ira Nugerahani is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Food Technology, Widya Mandala Surabaya Catholic University. She is the Head of Food Microbiology Laboratory. She is a Member of Indonesian Association of Food Technologists.…

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Dr. Hanan Taleb

Assistant Professor

Dr. HananTaleb works at the British University in Dubai as an Atkins Assistant Professor in the MSc Sustainable Design of the Built Environment Programme. She was awarded her PhD from the School of Architecture at the University of Sheffield for her research on sustainable residential buildings in Saudi Arabia.…

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Jannah M. Baarmah

Senior Entrepreneurship Student

Jannah M. Baarmah is a senior entrepreneurship student with distinctive achievements, rewards and awards to her name such as Queen Effat Citizenship Award, and heading the Student Council of the University.…

N. H. El-Arabi

Assistant Lecturer

Arabi N H is an assistant lecturer in nutrition, Food Science and Nutrition Dept., National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt, interested in the field of nutritional surveys, with special experience in social studies and its association with nutritional status.…

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Dr. Julie Brimbecombe

Associate Professor

Dr. Julie Brimbecombe is a Senior Research Fellow at the Menzies School of Health Research and is nutrition team leader in the Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division. She also holds a Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellowship.…

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Dr. Ayesha S. Al Dhaheri

Vice Dean

Dr. Ayesha Al Dhaheri is a vice dean of the University of United Arab Emirates. She is currently a Chairperson of the Nutrition and Health Department at the United Arab Emirates University.…

Dr. Hyelni H. Mshelia

Medical Director

Hyelni H. Mshelia is a medical doctor who has extensive experience in public health. She is the Director, Borno State Primary Healthcare Development Agency an agency of the government of Borno State, Nigeria.…

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Dr. Kamal A. Abdalla Sami

Advisor

Professional Experience as a Consultant and Supervisor for many Spatial data projects in the fields of Geomatics engineering, Geodesy, hydrographic and GIS. Lecturer of many subjects in the field of satellite, physical and geometrical geodesy, surveying engineering.…

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Abdalrhaman Abdalmola

Biotechnologist

Genetics; Molecular biology; RNA Biology; Bio-Energy; Climate Change; Human rights

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Prof. Ahmed Alshumaimri

Professor and Chairman

Ahmed Alshumaimri is a professor of Marketing at the college of Economics and Business in Qassim University and dean of graduate studies at the same university. He holds an MBA degree from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in the USA and PhD in Marketing from Nottingham University in the UK.…

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Prof. Liisa Laakso

Dean

Professor Liisa Laakso is political scientist and the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Helsinki. Her areas of expertise include conflicts, democratisation, African studies and development cooperation.…

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Arunava Sarkar

Urban Designer

Arunava is an architect with 10+ years of experience in master planning and large scale architecture projects. He has worked on prestigious Greenfield townships, urban regeneration projects, TOD hubs, retail destinations and institutional campuses in India, UK and the GCC region.…

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Jela Webb

Senior Lecturer

Jela Webb is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Brighton Business School. She teaches and supervises at both undergraduate and post graduate levels. Her specialist area is in the field of Information and Knowledge Management. …

Prof. Xinzhong Zhang

Professor

Xinzhong Zhang is currently working as a professor at College of Agronomy and Biotechnology in China Agricultural University. He obtained his PhD from Shenyang Agricultural University, China. He taught lessons about breeding research of horticultural plants, Germplasm resources of fruit trees.…

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Dr. Muna Abdel Aziz

Director

Muna Abdel Aziz is the Director of Public Health for Warrington. Muna has a medical degree and first started her career in public health in 1992 as an academic. She completed her MD in Sudan, PhD from Cambridge, and is professionally accredited as a specialist in public health in both countries.…

Sufyan A.M. Osman

Head of the Agricultural Unit

Sufyan Abd Elrzig Mohmmed Osman works as the Head of the Agricultural Unit in the Khartoum Refinery Company in Khartoum-Sudan. He was awarded the Bachelor of Science in Forestry and Ranger Sciences, and Master of Science in Environment and Forestry from Sudan University of Science and Technology in 2002 and 2013 respectively.…

Azhana Hamzah

Researcher

Ms Azhana Hamzah is a graduate student (bachelor degree) from National University of Malaysia, Malaysia in Food Science and Nutrition course. She is experienced in product development: producing a low-fat meat product, develop pudding formulation and producing freeze-dried herbs.…

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Dr. Vikram Murthy

Director

Vikram Murthy is the founding Director of the Academy for Collaborative Futures (www.academy-collaborative-futures.org) Australia and New Zealand, and Associate Professor (adj) College of Business, Massey University, New Zealand. A pracademic with over thirty years of global experience in the USA, Australia, New Zealand, UAE and Oman (where his companies were the first technology IPOs in the Muscat Stock Exchange), he has worked with organisations to underwrite their growth and profitability, and with people to catalyse their professional renewal and personal transformation.…

Dr. Azrina Azlan

Associate Professor

Dr. Azrina Azlan is Associate Professor at Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. She is also working at Laboratory of Halal Science Research, Halal Products Research Institute, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia.

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Dr. Bamidele Wale-Oshinowo

Lecturer

Bamidele Wale-Oshinowo is Lecturer at Faculty of Business Administration, University of Lagos. Her broad teaching and research interests are in the areas of entrepreneurship and strategic management. More specifically, she focuses on the following core research areas: firm culture, strategic orientation, entrepreneurial orientation and family orientation using research and organisational contexts such as ethnicity, gender, family businesses, small-to-medium scale enterprises (SMEs), micro-businesses, and sole proprietorships, mostly in developing African economies.…

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