Doctoral Students
ETH4D Doctoral Projects - Ongoing
The goal of the ETH4D Doctoral Scholarship Programme is to promote research and education for the benefit of underprivileged people in low-income countries.
Fatemeh Adelisardou
Jean Modeste Mushimiyimana
Karma Sherub
Tamirat Haile
Andrés Javier Hernández
Jonathan Olal Ogwang
Dissertation Project:
Enhancing Anaerobic Digestion Systems for Sustainable Waste Management and Sanitation
ETH4D Doctoral Projects - Completed
- Shanker Barsila, Yaks and their crossbreds: effects of stocking density, pasture site and altitude on performance, behavior and metabolic adaptation in the Himalayan Mountains of Nepal (2014)
- Ima Zainuddin, Investigation of Natural Tolerance to Post-Harvest Physiological Deterioration and Development of Methods to Prolong Shelf-Life of Cassava Storage Roots (2016)
- Alireza Javadian, Composite Bamboo and its Application as Reinforcement in Structural Concrete (2017)
- Samuel Ndungu, Characterization and Screening of Indigenous Rhizobia as Potential Inoculants to Enhance Cowpea (2017)
- Lindsay Howe, Thinking through Peripheries: Structural Spatial Inequality in Johannesburg (2017)
- Andrea Hagn, Politicising the Urban. The Politics of Slum Re-Development in the Temple City of Puri, Odisha (2018)
- Christian Andres, Transdisciplinary Systems Research to Reduce the Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease in Ghana (2018)
- Ngoc Minh Pham, A Rapid Point-of-Care Test for Malaria Diagnostics in Elimination Settings (2018)
- Daniela Paganini, A New Micronutrient Powder Combining a Low Dose of Highly-Bioavailable Iron and Galacto-Oligosaccharides for Fortification of Infant Foods in Africa (2018)
- Michelle Nay, Angular Leaf Spot and Ascochyta Disease Resistance in Common Bean - Characterization and Application for Breeding (2019)
- Moritz Gold, Towards more efficient biowaste utilization with black soldier fly larvae to produce more sustainable animal feed (2020)
- Dorothee Spuhler, Generation and evaluation of sanitation options for urban planning: systematic consideration of technology innovations and sustainability criteria (2020)
- Kanika Dheman, external page Measurement and analysis of bio-impedance for non-invasive, continuous sensing of urinary bladder volume (2021)
- Rebecca Enesi, Enabling sustainable cassava root and starch yield increase through scheduled planting/harvesting and appropriate smallholder mechanization (2022)
- Barbara Jeanne Ward, Settling and Dewatering of Fecal Sludge: Building Fundamental Knowledge for Improved Global Sanitation (2022)
- Churchill Agutu, The Role of Technology, Finance, and Policy in Enabling Electricity Access in Sub-Saharan Africa (2023)
- Mosisa Wakjira, external page Understanding the impacts of climate variability and change on rainfed crop production in Ethiopia (2024)
- Helena Ström, external page Soil fertility management in yam cropping systems in Côte d’Ivoire: exploring perceptions, solutions and knowledge transfer (2024)
- Sergio Reyes Arriagada, external page Numerical and Experimental Analysis of Earthquake Protection Systems based on Elastomeric Spheres (2024)
- Frank Odhiambo, external page Technology, Policy, and Disability: Pathways to Inclusive Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (2025)
- Joshi Prabhat, external page Spatio-temporal monitoring of blue-green infrastructure to sustain hydrological performance (2026)
- Bigyan Babu Regmi, external page The Impact of energy and financial education programmes on students' energy-related financial literacy and energy consumption behaviour in Nepal (2026)