Meet the Team

Lewnorah A. AYIETA

Grants Accountant at the Institute for Climate Change Adaptation (ICCA)
University of Nairobi, Kenya
AFAS: Coordinator

Prof. Dr. Christian BORGEMEISTER

Managing Director, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany
AFAS: Principal Investigator (PI), Speaker

Dr. Gerda KUIPER

Academic Staff at the Global South Studies Center (GSSC) and the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Cologne, Germany
AFAS: Coordinator

Prof. Dr. Souleymane KONATÉ

Director General, Research & Innovation (DGRI), Côte d'Ivoire, Director, African Center of Excellence (CEA-CCBAD) & Coordinator, SPIBES, University of Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Côte d'Ivoire
AFAS: Co-PI

Dr. Jan Henning SOMMER

Senior Researcher, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany - Programme Officer, WABES

Lena FRIED

Global South Studies Center (GSSC), MA Student of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Cologne, Germany
AFAS: Research Assistant

Dr. Hannah JAENICKE

Senior Researcher, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany

AFAS: Project Manager (temporary)

Prof. Dr. Michael BOLLIG

Board Member of the Global South Studies Center (GSSC), University of Cologne
AFAS: Co-PI

Dr. Juliet Wanjiku KAMAU

Senior Researcher, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany

AFAS: Project Manager (on parental leave)

Assoc. Prof. N'golo A. KONÉ

Senior researcher and lecturer, University Félix Houphouet Boigny & University Nangui Abrogoua, African Center of Excellence (CEA-CCBAD)
AFAS: Coordinator and Co-PI

Prof. Dr. Daniel OLAGO

Chairman, Department of Earth and Climate Sciences Research Director, Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation
AFAS: Co-PI

Bárbara OROZCO MERAZ

Senior Researcher, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany

AFAS: Project Manager (temporary)

Youssef EL MOUZAKKI

Global South Studies Center (GSSC), MA Culture and Environment in Africa, University of Cologne, Germany
AFAS: Research Assistant

Dr. Christine A. OMUOMBO

Research Associate and Lecturer, Institute of Climate Change and Adaptation, University of Nairobi and the Technical University of Kenya
AFAS: Research Associate

Post doctoral fellows

Dr. Flora KPAN

PhD on « Impact of changing environments on West African rainforest amphibian communities and theirs parasites in Ivory Coast ». Currently Post-Doc at Nangui Abrogoua University.

Dr. Kolotchèlèma Simon SILUE

PhD on Biodiversity and Sustainable management of Ecosystems. Post-doc at University of Félix Houphouët-Boigny.

Dr. Nelly Nambande MASAYI

PhD in Geography. Currently Post-Doc at the University of Nairobi (Kenya) on remote sensing and GIS to map the status of the African Savannas