AI and Neuroscience postdoc selected for the 2024 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Sub-Saharan Africa Young Talents Award
Irene Nandutu, our postdoctoral researcher with the Artificial Intelligence Research Unit and the Neuroscience Institute (Dept of Paediatrics and Child health) has been selected for the 2024 @Fondation L’Oréal-@UNESCO #ForWomenInScience Sub-Saharan Africa Young Talents Award, which was awarded on 10th December 2024. She is among 30 researchers (25 PhD and 5 Postdoc) selected from 788 applications from across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Congratulations to Irene! We’re proud that she is passionate about empowering young women scientists and seeks to inspire the next generation with her work ground-breaking combining AI and neuroscience. #FWIS2024
From left to right: Sambatriniaina Rajohnson (PhD graduate from the Department of Astronomy), Hilja Eelu (PhD candidate in the Department of Statistical Sciences), Irene Nandutu (featured above) and Mbithe Nzomo (PhD candidate in the Department of Computer Science and also a member of the Artificial Intelligence Unit)
