Meet the winners of the 2022 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Award

Published: Friday 11th February 2022
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As we experience dramatic changes to our ecosystems worldwide, six women from developing countries are being recognized for innovative research that addresses climate change and the environment. They are the recipients of the OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Award for Early Career Women Scientists in the Developing World.

Through their work — which supports the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, specifically SDG13SDG14 or SDG15 — they have made a demonstrable impact on research in their region and internationally.

202 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Award winners

Winners of the 2022 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Award for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World (clockwise from left): Flor de Mayo Gonzáles Miranda, PhD (Guatemala); Gawsia Wahidunnessa Chowdhury, PhD (Bangladesh); Heyddy Calderon, PhD (Nicaragua); Myriam Mujawamariya, PhD (Rwanda); Abeer Ahmed Qaed Ahmed, PhD (Yemen); and Ashani Savinda Ranathunga, PhD (Sri Lanka).


Read the full article on Elsevier Connect: “Meet the winners of the 2022 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Award“, Domiziana Francescon, 10 December 2021.