Rodney Tatenda Muringai | Data Analysis | Research Excellence Award

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Dr. Rodney Tatenda Muringai | Data Analysis | Research Excellence Award

University of Johannesburg | South Africa

Dr. Rodney Tatenda Muringai is a climate change and food security scholar with over six years of experience spanning teaching, postdoctoral research, and applied policy work. He holds a PhD, MSc, PGDip, and BSS from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, with additional training in sustainability from Beijing Normal University. His professional experience includes roles as Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Ad Hoc Lecturer at the University of Johannesburg, Research Assistant, and Ecosystem Services Analyst. Dr. Rodney Tatenda Muringai’s research interests focus on climate change adaptation, fisheries and aquaculture, livelihoods, and socio-ecological resilience, supported by strong skills in policy analysis, GIS, stakeholder engagement, and data analysis. He has received NRF, SARChI, and LIMA awards and continues to contribute impactful, policy-relevant research that advances sustainable development in Africa.

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Vulnerability of inland small-scale fishing communities to climate change and variability: Insights from the Zambezi River Basin, Zimbabwe

Rodney T. Muringai, Paramu L. Mafongoya, Romano Lottering – Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2025
Living in the wild: The bidirectional impacts of human–wildlife interaction in Binga and Nyaminyami rural districts, Zimbabwe

Rodney T. Muringai, Walter Musakwa, Phindile Mthembu, Takafara Gozo – Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa freshwater fisheries under climate change: Impacts, adaptation, and mitigation measures

Rodney T. Muringai, Paramu Mafongoya, Romano T. Lottering – Fishes, 2022
Climate change perceptions, impacts and adaptation strategies: Insights from fishers in the Zambezi River Basin, Zimbabwe

Rodney T. Muringai, Paramu Mafongoya, Romano T. Lottering – Sustainability, 2022
Unlocking the potential of fish to improve food and nutrition security in Sub-Saharan Africa

Rodney T. Muringai, Paramu Mafongoya, Romano T. Lottering et al. – Sustainability, 2021

Ruoyi Li | Government and Public Policy Analysis | Research Excellence Award

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Ms. Ruoyi Li | Government and Public Policy Analysis | Research Excellence Award

Xiamen University | China

Ms. Ruoyi Li is a dedicated Ph.D. candidate in Public Administration at Xiamen University, focusing on government regulation, policy analysis, and sustainable development under the “Dual‑Carbon” goals. She holds dual Master’s degrees from the Australian National University in Digital Humanities & Public Culture and General & Applied Linguistics, and a Bachelor’s degree in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language from Jiangxi Normal University, where she graduated with distinction and received multiple scholarships and awards. Her research expertise spans policy evaluation, environmental economics, cross‑strait regional development, and technological impacts on organizational structures. Ms. Li has participated in high-impact research projects, including field investigations and policy reports for local government integration initiatives in Pingtan, and has collaborated with institutions such as the Environmental Economics & Policy Lab (Peking University and University of Chicago), Global Environmental Institute, and major energy corporations. She has authored peer-reviewed articles in Finance Research Letters as first and corresponding author and contributed to numerous working papers on cultural heritage, digital humanities, and museum studies. Skilled in fieldwork, in-depth interviews, data analysis, and ontology engineering, she combines interdisciplinary knowledge with practical research application. Ms. Li’s work bridges public administration, environmental policy, and digital culture, contributing to evidence-based governance, sustainable development, and innovative knowledge representation.

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Kateřina Holušová | Data Visualization | Women Researcher Award

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Dr. Kateřina Holušová | Data Visualization | Women Researcher Award

Mendel University in Brno | Czech Republic

Dr. Kateřina Holušová is a Czech forestry and landscape ecology expert with extensive experience in sustainable forest management, nature conservation, and forestry education. She earned her Ph.D. in Landscape Ecology and Nature Conservation from Mendel University in Brno in 2013 and a second Ph.D. in Forensic Engineering with a specialization in Forestry and Nature Conservation from Brno University of Technology in 2012, following an M.Sc. in Forestry Engineering from Mendel University. Since 2016, she has been the founder and practical forester at the Moravian Forestry Institute, while also serving as a part-time research assistant and lecturer at the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University, covering courses in forest economics, public relations, and development cooperation. Dr. Holušová has participated in numerous international and national projects, including sustainable forestry initiatives in Georgia’s Tusheti region, foreign development cooperation projects for Ukraine, and programs supported by the Czech Ministries of Agriculture and Environment. She has authored 14 publications, cited 65 times across 61 documents, with an h-index of 4. Her research focuses on sustainable forest management, ecosystem services, and landscape conservation. Dr. Holušová actively engages in field research, international collaborations, and conferences, bridging academic research with practical forestry solutions to promote sustainable, ecologically informed forest management.

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Holušová, K., Šilhan, Z., & Holuša, O. (2025). Regional development in forestry from the point of view of the bioeconomy at the EU member-state level. Land. https://doi.org/10.3390/land14122377

Holušová, K., Šilhan, Z., & Holuša, O. (2025). Regional development in forestry from the point of view of the bioeconomy at the EU member-state level. Preprint. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202510.2153.v1

Holušová, K., & Holuša, O. (2025). Assessing the provision of ecosystem services using forest site classification as a basis for the forest bioeconomy in the Czech Republic. Forests, 16(8), 1242. https://doi.org/10.3390/f16081242

Holušová, K., Šilhan, Z., & Holuša, O. (2023). Is the current forest management to the northernmost population of Cordulegaster heros (Anisoptera: Cordulegastridae) in Central Europe (Czech Republic) threatening? Forests, 14(2), 228. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14020228

Holušová, K., & Holuša, O. (2023). Occurrence and population density of the endemic species Cordulegaster buchholzi (Anisoptera: Cordulegastridae) on the Cyclades Islands in Greece. Insects, 14(11), 896. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14110896

Afaque Karim | Spatial Data Interpretation | Best Researcher Award

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Dr. Afaque Karim | Spatial Data Interpretation | Best Researcher Award

Geological Survey of India | India

Dr. Afaque Karim is a distinguished physicist recognized for his expertise in nuclear structure theory and applied physics. He earned his Ph.D. in Physics from Aligarh Muslim University, India, focusing on the “Application of Relativistic Mean Field to Nuclear Structure Studies” under the supervision of Dr. Shakeb Ahmad, with evaluation by eminent scholars including Prof. Peter Ring of TUM, Germany. Dr. Karim holds an M.Sc. in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Physics from Aligarh Muslim University, where he graduated with First Class Honors and earned Gold and University Medals. Currently serving as a Geophysicist with the Geological Survey of India, Ministry of Mines, he has contributed to gravity and magnetic mapping, geophysical borehole analysis, and RF antenna research. His academic interests encompass nuclear structure theory, geophysics, liquid crystal studies, and advanced material properties. Dr. Karim’s accolades include national-level scholarships, multiple merit awards, and the Best Paper Award with a Gold Medal at OPTICS’14. His professional journey reflects a blend of deep theoretical insight and applied research excellence, marking him as an influential figure in modern physics and geoscience research.

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Karim, A., & Ahmad, S. (2015). Relativistic self-consistent mean-field description of Sm isotopes. Physical Review C.

Karim, A., & Ahmad, S. (2019). A self-consistent mean-field study of Z = 120 nuclei and α-decay chains of 292, 298, 299, 300, 304120 isotopes. Chinese Journal of Physics.

Karim, A., Yadav, H., & Ahmad, S. (2014). Design and simulation of LC based patch antenna @ 20 GHz frequency. AIP Conference Proceedings.

Karim, A., Yadav, H., & Sinha, A. (2013). Liquid Crystal Based Patch Antenna: Tunable Patch Antenna at 10 GHz Frequency. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing.

Karim, A., Naz, T., & Ahmad, S. (2018). Shape phase transitions and isotopic shift in barium isotopes within covariant density functional theory. International Journal of Modern Physics E.

Ashraf, T., Aziz, R., Khuwaja, A. M., Afaque, S. M., & Karim, M. (2020). Left ventricular aneurysmectomy in a young female with pseudoaneurysm of unknown etiology. Journal of the Saudi Heart Association.

Karim, A., Yadav, H., & Ahmad, S. (2015). Tunable nano dispersed LC based patch antenna. AIP Conference Proceedings.

Shruti Shukla | Social Impact Young Researcher Award| 

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Ms. Shruti Shukla | Social Impact |  Young Researcher Award 

Technical University of Munich | Germany

Ms. Shruti Shukla is a dedicated researcher in global health with a strong focus on gender equity, adolescent maternal and child health, and the socio-economic determinants of well-being in low- and middle-income countries. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Global Health at the Technical University of Munich, Germany, where her research examines the impact of gender transformative interventions on adolescent maternal and child health outcomes. She holds an MSc in Global Health from Maastricht University, a Postgraduate Diploma in Liberal Arts from Ashoka University, and an MSc in Biotechnology from Savitribai Phule Pune University. Her extensive professional experience includes research associate roles at TUM and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, contributing to projects on economic violence, intimate partner violence, and the impact of COVID-19 on gender inequities. She has also worked as a project coordinator for community-based health programs in India focusing on pneumonia and anaemia prevention. Her research interests encompass public health policy, gender-based violence prevention, and global health systems. She has delivered lectures on global and maternal health and contributed to several international collaborations. Ms. Shukla continues to pursue evidence-based approaches that promote equity, resilience, and empowerment in global health contexts.

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Shukla, S., Shenderovich, Y., Jacobs, C., & Steinert, J. I. (2025). Pedalling progress? Assessing the long-term impact of a bicycle intervention on adolescent maternal and child health in Zambia. Social Science & Medicine.

Shukla, S., Kharade, A., Böhret, I., Jumaniyazova, M., Meyer, S. R., Abejirinde, I.-O. O., Shenderovich, Y., & Steinert, J. (2025). How do gender transformative interventions reduce adolescent pregnancy in low- and middle-income countries: A realist synthesis. Journal of Global Health.

Shukla, S., Mosha, N. R., Meyer, S. R., Harvey, S., Lees, S., Mshana, G., & Stöckl, H. (2025). Women’s informal group participation and intimate partner violence in Mwanza, Tanzania: A longitudinal study. Social Science & Medicine.

Steinert, J. I., Shukla, S., & Satish, R. V. (2024). Navigating distress: Exploring factors affecting adolescent girls’ wellbeing during and after a violence-focused survey in Maharashtra, India. Child Abuse & Neglect.

Shukla, S., Abejirinde, I.-O. O., Meyer, S. R., Shenderovich, Y., & Steinert, J. I. (2024). Mechanisms behind gender transformative approaches targeting adolescent pregnancy in low- and middle-income countries: A realist synthesis protocol. Systematic Reviews.

Shukla, S., Castro Torres, A. F., Satish, R. V., Shenderovich, Y., Abejirinde, I.-O. O., & Steinert, J. I. (2023). Factors associated with adolescent pregnancy in Maharashtra, India: A mixed-methods study. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters.

Meyer, S. R., Hardt, S., Brambilla, R., Shukla, S., & Stöckl, H. (2023). Sociological theories to explain intimate partner violence: A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. Advance online publication.