The winning scientists 2011

20 young researchers from around the world have won the "Green Talents 2011 - International Forum for High Potentials in Sustainable Development" Competition of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Here you can find a short profile of all awardees.

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  Ana Paula BORTOLETO, PhD in Environmental Engineering (33, Brazil)

  During the past seven years, Dr Bortoleto has been researching different aspects of solid waste management. Although she is an environmental engineer by training, her current interest is behaviour, particularly people's motivation for performing solid waste activities in various situations.
  [more] (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/833.php)
   
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  Cristian Guillermo GEBHARDT, PhD Candidate in Engineering Sciences (28, Argentina)

  Cristian Gebhardt, a PhD candidate and an associate professor at the National University of Cordoba in Argentina, is undertaking an ambitious project to develop a technique to numerically simulate the unsteady and non-linear aeroelastic response of large-scale horizontal-axis wind turbines.
  [more] (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/831.php)
   
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  GUAN Ting, Bachelor in Urban Planning, PhD Candidate in Public Administration (25, China)

  A PhD candidate in public administration, Ms Guan is working on environmental issues from a governance perspective. She began pursuing this approach after studying urban planning at the undergraduate level and realizing the importance of government policy in China for promoting environmentally friendly concepts.
  [more] (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/829.php)
   
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  Owen HORWOOD, PhD in Geography and Environment (32, South Africa)

  Owen Horwood is dedicated to the socio-economic development of his home country and the upliftment of all its people, while ensuring the long-term conservation of natural resources, particularly water. "I want to be a participant rather than a spectator and work towards reconciling the often competing priorities of growth and sustainability," he says.
  [more] (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/837.php)
   
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  Ricardo Andrés IBÁÑEZ GUTIÉRREZ, PhD Candidate in Architecture (31, Colombia)

  Ricardo Andrés Ibáñez Gutiérrez is investigating how green building performance can be taken a step further. The next generation of green buildings will create a human-managed platform to produce and deliver environmental services in addition to optimizing energy consumption and reducing environmental impacts.
  [more] (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/827.php)
   
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  Nnaemeka Chidiebere IKEGWUONU, Master in Cooperation and Development (29, Nigeria)

  Named a "Young Leader" by the BMW Foundation in 2011, Nnaemeka Chidiebere Ikegwuonu is committed to helping farmers in southeast Nigeria improve their livelihoods while implementing agricultural practices that, for example, reduce soil degradation and conserve wood resources. He does so through the Smallholders Foundation he directs and with daily radio broadcasts to 250,000 subsistence farmers.
  [more] (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/825.php)
   
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  LI Yangfan, PhD in Environmental Science (33, China)

  Li Yangfan, a visiting fellow at the Department of Natural Resources at Cornell University in the United States, studies urbanisation, environmental change and sustainability.
  [more] (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/851.php)
   
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  Rafael LUQUE, PhD in Organic Chemistry (33, Spain)

  Rafael Luque has significant expertise in green chemistry methodologies, including those focused on material and resource efficiency, production of alternative energies (e.g. biofuels) and cleaner syntheses for industrial processes.
  [more] (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/859.php)
   
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  Liudmila NAZARKINA, MSc in Strategic Management, PhD Candidate in Strategy and Management (28, Russia)

  The research focus of Liudmila Nazarkina is growth strategies of entrepreneurial firms in the sustainable lifestyle industry (such as organic food, clothing and sustainable modes of transportation).
  [more] (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/857.php)
   
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  Najwa OBEID, Master of Engineering, PhD Candidate in Environmental Engineering and Sciences (30, USA)

  Najwa Obeid worked as a water resources engineer for Parsons Brinckerhoff in Boston, MA, from 2005 to 2008. At the same time, she was volunteering for the NGO Engineers without Borders in the Dominican Republic, where she visited two water treatment plants that used slow sand filters. At one plant, the phosphorus removed from the treated water was being disposed of in a nearby river undergoing eutrophication. The same river was used downstream as a water supply.
  [more] (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/823.php)
   
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  Pham Van QUAN, PhD in Urban Engineering (32, Vietnam)

  Pham Van Quan, a lecturer in the Environmental Engineering Department at Hanoi Architectural University, is focusing on energy-saving techniques to mitigate climate change.
  [more] (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/835.php)
   
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  Dyllon Garth RANDALL, PhD in Chemical Engineering (27, South Africa)

  Dyllon Garth Randall’s love for chemistry and his concern for the environment has shaped his career path significantly, and has led the South African to focus his work on the treatment of mine waste water.
  [more] (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/839.php)
   
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  Alanna Jane REBELO, Bachelor of Science in Zoology and Ecology, Master Student in Restoration and Conservation Ecology and Hydrology (24, South Africa)

  Ms Rebelo, who was awarded a class medal for her work on inland water systems, wants to use her research to encourage sustainable agriculture and improve water security via appropriate land use and the removal of invasive alien plants.
  [more] (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/841.php)
   
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  Victor SIM SIANG TZE, BSc in Applied Chemistry, PhD Candidate in Environmental and Water Resources (28, Singapore)

  As groundwater becomes increasingly depleted and surface water deteriorates due to climate change, desalination and water reuse technologies will become more important for providing sufficient, affordable drinking water to the world’s population. Victor Sim, a PhD candidate at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, is working on a process that could reduce the costs of using reverse osmosis membranes for desalination.
  [more] (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/855.php)
   
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  Rajeev Pratap SINGH, PhD in Botany (34, India)

  Rajeev Pratap Singh has focused his work, studies and teaching on waste management, particularly how sewage sludge can be used in land applications.
  [more] (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/849.php)
   
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  Yatendra SINGH CHAUDHARY, PhD in Chemistry (32, India)

  The harvesting of solar radiation may lead to a sustainable future, and that is why Dr Yatendra Singh Chaudhary from India is dedicating his research to its applications, such as the generation of energy-rich compounds (e.g. solar fuels) and the optimised exploitation of other natural resources.
  [more] (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/847.php)
   
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  XUE Bing, PhD in Human Geography (29, China)

  Xue Bing, an associate professor at the Institute of Applied Ecology in Shenyang City, China, has focused his research on building regional industrial ecosystems based on waste recycling and proposing targeted policies for local governments to meet sustainable development.
  [more] (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/821.php)
   
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  Sandra Patricia ZAPATA PORRAS, Dipl. in Bioprocess Engineering, PhD Candidate in Engineering (36, Colombia)

  Sandra Zapata hails from one of the world’s most biodiverse areas – Quibdó in the Chocó region of Colombia – but frequently witnesses how the people in her hometown lack the resources and technology they need to improve their economy. She is convinced that a good way to improve the situation is by be harvesting and processing natural products in an environmentally sustainable and socially responsible way.
  [more] (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/818.php)
   
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  Maribel ZAPATER PEREYRA, MSc in Desert Studies, PhD Candidate in Water Management (27, Peru)

  Ms Zapater conducts her doctoral studies in a collaboration project between the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education in the Netherlands and the Universidad del Valle in Colombia. Part of her research focuses on the design and development of a novel constructed wetland for footprint reduction.
  [more] (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/853.php)
   
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  ZHOU Jin, MEng in Environmental Engineering, MSc in Human Factor Engineering, PhD Candidate in Environmental Engineering (27, China)

  Zhou Jin, a PhD candidate from China with two master's degrees in engineering, is focusing her research on Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment Models (LCSA) for energy-intensive engineering processes, including desalination and water reclamation.
  [more] (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/845.php)