Committee

Kathryn J. Jeffery is an Associate Professor at the University of Stirling and Montpellier University, affiliated with the AMAP laboratory in Montpellier. She has over 25 years’ experience in research and environmental management in Central Africa, particularly Gabon, where she is a key member of the Stirling team working with national partners on the 40-year Stirling–Gabon research programme. She has also played a significant role in supporting the Gabonese government’s engagement with UNFCCC REDD+ and results-based payment mechanisms. With over … Read more

Dom Spracklen explores how the terrestrial biosphere and atmosphere interact—and how those interactions are being reshaped by human activity. He is author of over 200 scientific papers spanning air pollution, climate change, forest fires, deforestation, and ecosystem conservation. His research has shown how tropical forests help regulate local climate through cooling their surroundings, providing reliable rainfall and maintaining clean, unpolluted air. This work provides clear evidence of the vital benefits that standing tropical forests deliver for local communities. He works with environmental … Read more

Emmanuel Abwe is professor of ichthyology at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and the School of Fisheries and Aquaculture at the University of Lubumbashi (UNILU); in Lubumbashi, DRC. He is also Deputy Director in charge of research at the School of Fisheries and Aquaculture at UNILU. He defended his thesis in 2022 on fish diversity and conservation in the Kundelungu National Park at KU Leuven University (Belgium). He is a scientific collaborator at the Royal Museum for Central Africa (Belgium) … Read more

Professor Mark Trigg is a professional scientist and chartered engineer with experience in hydrology, hydrogeology and hydraulics, with particular interests in integrated catchment management, flood risk and water resource issues. He has experience working in many climates and countries. The common theme throughout his career has been the movement of water in natural and modified environments and understanding these complex processes and their interactions with infrastructure over a range of geographical scales. 

Dr Bernadette Nka Nnomo is a Senior researcher at the Research Centre for Water and Climate Change of the Institute of Geological and Mining Research, Yaoundé-Cameroon since 2017. She completed her PhD in Hydrology in 2016 from the Pierre et Marie Curie University of Paris, and her MSc in Water and Environment from the International Institute of Water and Environment Engineering of Ouagadougou in 2010. Her main fields of research and expertise are hydrometric network building and management in developing … Read more

Lucie Temgoua is a Lecturer at the School of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences, University of Dschang whose research interests focus on central African forests. She is permanent secretary of the Center for Studies and Research in Agronomy and Biodiversity. Trained in forestry, her research focuses on forest and agroforestry ecosystems, particularly the analysis of the dynamics of biodiversity and ecosystem services in forest landscapes utilised by people. Her research also focuses on climate change and the contribution of agroforestry systems … Read more