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In February 2022, Alexandre Eissautier and Clem Samson, two scientific facilitators from Les Petit.e.s Débrouillard.e.s d’Occitanie (APDOC), a not-for-profit populaire science education organisation, interviewed eight women scientists about their careers. These interviews took place as part of the first INSA workshop, held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. It is hoped that these insightful and candid interviews […]
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Dr Benjamin Nyilitya, a Water Quality Specialist from the Water Research Division, Ministry of Water, Sanitation & Irrigation (MWSI), Nairobi in Kenya, recently spent 3 months (May – August 2022) at Ghent University, Belgium, as part of the INSA project. Benjamin was hosted by the Isotope Bioscience Laboratory (ISOFYS) in the Department of Green Chemistry, […]
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Claire Delon (Laboratoire d’Aérologie, CNRS, Université de Toulouse) and co-authors recently published their paper, Nitrogen budget and critical load determination at a Sahelian grazed grassland site, in the journal Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. The paper’s co-authors (see full list below) include five participants of the INSA project (Corinne Galy-Lacaux, Ousmane Ndiaye, Dominique Serça, Eric Mougin […]
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Yelognisse Frédi Agbohessou, a PhD student from the Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA), Dakar, Senegal, returned to Toulouse in March 2022 for a second secondment as part of the H2020 MSCA-RISE INSA project. Frédi’s research looks to improve estimates of the carbon and nitrogen budget for Sahelian landscapes in Africa and greenhouse gas (GHG) […]
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Adama Bakayoko, a PhD student at the University of Felix Houphouët-Boigny (UFHB) and Physics and Chemistry teacher at Bingerville Modern College, was recently awarded a certificate of distinction from the latter for his important work facilitating workshops with high-school students on the “Nitrogen Paradox”. The workshops were run by Alexandre Eissautier and Clarisse Samson, two […]
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Kassamba Mohamed Diaby, a PhD student at the University of Felix Houphouët-Boigny (UFHB), returned to Toulouse in March 2022 to complete a second 6-month secondment at the Aerology Laboratory (LAERO, University Paul Sabatier) as part of the H2020 MSCA-RISE INSA project. Based in the Science of Matter, Environment and Solar Energy Laboratory (LASMES, UFHB), Mohamed […]
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In March 2022, Samson Olanipekun, a research scientist at the Institute of Agricultural Research & Training (IAR&T), Ibadan, Nigeria, arrived at Ghent University for a 3-month secondment as part of the H2020 MSCA-RISE INSA project. Samson is a crop agronomist with focus on crop yield improvement through the use of good agronomic practices such as […]
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The University of Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier (UPS) recently welcomed Kenneth K’oreje, from the Kenyan Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation (MWSI), for a 3-month secondment as part of the H2020 MSCA-RISE INSA project. Kenneth is an experienced environmental and water resources management expert, with a focus on water quality management and pollution control, […]
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After 6-months of fruitful collaboration, Arsène Ochou, a PhD postgraduate student from the Felix Houphouët-Boigny University (FHBU), Côte d’Ivoire, will soon be returning home. Arsène has been visiting Dr Corrine Galy-Lacaux at the Laboratory of Aerology (LAERO), CNRS/University of Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier (UPS), as part of the H2020 MSCA-RISE INSA project. Based in […]