Prof. Engineer Bainomugisha
Project Lead
Dr. Michael Smith
Leader, Data Scientist (Analytics And Modelling)
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Martin Bbaale
Software Engineer
Maclina Birungi, Msc, MCIM
Marketing And Communications Lead
Deo Okure, AMIEnvSc, AMIAQM
Air Quality Scientist & Programme Manager
Priscah Adrine Warigo, MCIM
Digital Communications Executive
Joel Ssematimba
Leader, Hardware Development & Manufacturing
Priscilla Adong
Data Scientist
Joseph Odur
Software Engineer
Richard Sserunjogi
Data Scientist
Proscovia Nakiranda
Data Scientist
Noah Nsimbe
Software Engineer
Marvin Banda
Assistant Embedded Systems Engineer
Daniel Ogenrwot
Assistant Software Engineer
Lillian Muyama
Data Scientist
Pablo A Alvarado Duran
Research Scientist
Dennis M Reddyhoff
Researcher
Paterne Gahungu
Postdoctoral Researcher
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Dr. Gabriel Okello
Visiting Research Fellow
Angela Nshimye
Policy And Engagement Officer
Busigu Faith Daka
Frontend Engineering Intern
Wabinyai Fidel Raja
Data Scientist
| Name | Prof. Engineer Bainomugisha |
|---|---|
| Title | Project Lead |
| baino@airqo.net | |
| Profile Information | Engineer is a Professor and Chair, Department of Computer Science, Makerere University. He is enthusiastic about contributing to the quality of Computer Science education that is of sufficient breadth and depth, practical and fast enough for the African continent. Engineer also leads a number of social for impact projects and is a co-founder of Sunbird AI, a non-profit organisation which develops scaled Artificial Intelligence systems for social impact in Africa. He holds a BSc. in Computer Science from Makerere University an MSc. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. |
| Name | Dr. Michael Smith |
|---|---|
| Title | Leader, Data Scientist (Analytics And Modelling) |
| mike@airqo.net | |
| Profile Information | Mike is a research associate at the University of Sheffield in the field of machine learning. He worked as a Lecturer at Makerere University Department of Computer Science during 2014, including setting up the initial air pollution network. Now full-time researcher in probabilistic modelling. He is looking into Gaussian Process modelling and forecast for the AirQo Initiative |
| Name | Martin Bbaale |
|---|---|
| Title | Software Engineer |
| martin@airqo.net | |
| Profile Information | He develops and maintains a cloud-based automated data pipeline. He makes high-level design choices and tries to enforce technical standards, including software coding standards, tools, and platforms. He holds a Bsc. in Computer Engineering and a Msc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He has spent 6+ years in software engineering where he spearheaded the development of many value added services in the telecommunications industry. Martin is fascinated by the fact that technology can be applied in many human fields to constantly change how we do things. |
| Name | Maclina Birungi, Msc, MCIM |
|---|---|
| Title | Marketing And Communications Lead |
| maclina@airqo.net | |
| Profile Information | Conceptualizing ideas and solutions brings out the best in Maclina. Maclina is a Chartered Marketer and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK. She also holds a Master of Science Degree in International Marketing Management from the University of Leeds. Maclina exhibits a strong bias to strategic driven campaigns, with proven experience in marketing and communications strategy, consumer analytics, market research, branding, media relations and events management. She is passionate about adventure, brands and people and believes that she can make a positive difference everyday through sharing her time, skills and experiences. |
| Name | Deo Okure, AMIEnvSc, AMIAQM |
|---|---|
| Title | Air Quality Scientist & Programme Manager |
| dokure@airqo.net | |
| Profile Information | Deo provides scientific advisory support to the AirQo team from the environmental science perspective. His current roles are considerable and include; supporting the development of air quality monitoring networks, supporting the development of partnerships and collaborations, and developing research content and dissemination of findings. Deo is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from Makerere University, he worked as a Graduate Engineer in the energy sector before enrolling for an MSc in Energy and Environmental Management at Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom. He is a member of the Institution of Environmental Sciences and the Institute of Air Quality Management, United Kingdom. Deo is also directly involved in high-level discussions with lead government agencies to shape and inform policy directions. He loves the fact his job challenges him to challenge status quo and constantly explore new approaches, and that he always has to unlearn to learn. He loves good food too! |
| Name | Priscah Adrine Warigo, MCIM |
|---|---|
| Title | Digital Communications Executive |
| priscah@airqo.net | |
| Profile Information | Priscah has a wealth of experience in corporate and digital communications. Over the course of her career, she has spearheaded the development and implementation of internal and external communication initiatives for private, public, and development organisations. Priscah takes pride in using her skills to tell stories that create an impact in society. She enjoys reading, cooking and sports. |
| Name | Joel Ssematimba |
|---|---|
| Title | Leader, Hardware Development & Manufacturing |
| joel@airqo.net | |
| Profile Information | Joel has been part of the AirQo initiative since 2016. He oversees the design and building of electronics, local fabrications and firmware building. |
| Name | Priscilla Adong |
|---|---|
| Title | Data Scientist |
| priscilla@airqo.net | |
| Profile Information | Priscilla is passionate about using her knowledge and skills to find practical solutions to challenges in her community. At AirQo, she works primarily on building, validating, and maintaining predictive air quality models for production services. She holds an MSc. in Data communications and Software Engineering and a BSc in Computer science from Makerere University. |
| Name | Joseph Odur |
|---|---|
| Title | Software Engineer |
| joseph@airqo.net | |
| Profile Information | Joseph is fascinated by the ability to create solutions to complex issues using software. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications Engineering from Makerere University. He loves playing chess and watching documentaries. |
| Name | Richard Sserunjogi |
|---|---|
| Title | Data Scientist |
| richard.sserunjogi@airqo.net | |
| Profile Information | Richard holds a BSc. and MSc. in Computer Science from Makerere University. As a Data Scientist, he develops and refines machine learning models, carries out data analysis and visualisation, provides mentorship and training support as well as contributing towards research publications. Richard is passionate about contributing towards positive change that improves the lives of all people in the world through innovation, science, technology & talent discovery. |
| Name | Proscovia Nakiranda |
|---|---|
| Title | Data Scientist |
| proscovia@airqo.net | |
| Profile Information | Proscovia is currently in her final year at Makerere University, pursuing a Bsc Software Engineering. She is passionate about technology, especially Artificial Intelligence. At AirQo, her role entails, collecting, cleaning, organising , analysing and visualising data. She has used her skills to develop and refine machine learning models while contributing towards research publications. Proscovia loves to share her knowledge by mentoring fellow students in the field of technology and is motivated by the ideology that she can use technology to solve real world problems. |
| Name | Noah Nsimbe |
|---|---|
| Title | Software Engineer |
| noah@airqo.net | |
| Profile Information | Noah holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Makerere University. As a Software Engineer at AirQo, Noah works collaboratively with other software engineers and data scientists to create and manage the technological infrastructure of the data platform. He is passionate about creating impact whilst building Africa's leading air quality monitoring, research and analytics network. Noah loves listening to music and watching football |
| Name | Marvin Banda |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant Embedded Systems Engineer |
| marvin@airqo.net | |
| Profile Information | Marvin is a skilled and passionate hardware developer who supports the design and build of electronics, local fabrications and firmware at AirQo |
| Name | Daniel Ogenrwot |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant Software Engineer |
| daniel@airqo.net | |
| Profile Information | Daniel is a computer science researcher and innovator with a great passion for building technical solutions to meet the needs of the community. He co-founded Skynet Core System Co. Ltd, a Software & ISP solution, playing a leading role in post-war reconstruction and rehabilitation of Northern Uganda region through encouraging research and innovation in the field of Computer Science, Information Technology and Applied Sciences. At AirQo, Daniel supports the set-up of cloud infrastructures and CI/CD pipeline. He designs tools for automation of processes between software and data science team to ensure fast and reliable product delivery. He has special research interest in Data Science, Pattern Recognition and Cloud Computing. Daniel holds MSc. Computer Science from Makerere University and BSc. Computer Science from Gulu University. He is self-driven, loves learning and sharing knowledge within a team of diverse setting. |
| Name | Lillian Muyama |
|---|---|
| Title | Data Scientist |
| lillian@airqo.net | |
| Profile Information | Lillian holds a BSc. Computer Science and is currently pursuing an Msc. in Computer Science at Makerere University, specialising in computer vision and image processing. She has a knack for data analytics and visualisations as well as development/refinement of different machine learning models for given tasks. Lillian is passionate about technology, particularly artificial intelligence and how it can be used to solve real world problems that have a direct impact on society. |
| Name | Pablo A Alvarado Duran |
|---|---|
| Title | Research Scientist |
| p.alvarado@sheffield.ac.uk | |
| Profile Information | Pablo is a Research Associate for the project Physically-informed Probabilistic Modelling of Air Pollution in Kampala Using a Low Cost Sensor Network, at the Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Sheffield. This is a collaborative programme between Makerere University and The University of Sheffield in the UK. He is working on the development of new mathematical models for incorporating physical laws into machine learning models. Specifically, developing Gaussian process models able to describe advection and diffusion of air pollution. |
| Name | Dennis M Reddyhoff |
|---|---|
| Title | Researcher |
| d.reddyhoff@sheffield.ac.uk | |
| Profile Information | Dennis is a research associate in machine learning at the University of Sheffield. He started his research career in mathematical modelling of drug metabolism before transitioning to machine learning for air pollution modelling and prediction, using Gaussian Processes to quantify uncertainty in low cost sensing networks. |
| Name | Paterne Gahungu |
|---|---|
| Title | Postdoctoral Researcher |
| paterne@airqo.net | |
| Profile Information | Paterne is a postdoctoral researcher working on modeling air pollution in kampala using data collected by a Low Cost Sensor Network. His role includes developing mathematical models that provide spatio-temporal predictions of particulate air pollution and infer the contribution from different sources. His work is a collaborative research between AirQo, Makerere University and Sheffield University, in the UK. |
| Name | Dr. Gabriel Okello |
|---|---|
| Title | Visiting Research Fellow |
| Profile Information | Gabriel is a co-founder of the African Centre for Clean Air (ACCA). He holds a PhD in Medical Sciences from the University of Aberdeen (UK) Pan African Thoracic Society Methods in Epidemiology Clinical and Research Operations Research (PATS MECOR) Level 2 certificate from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK, a Master of Science in Organic Chemistry from Northeast Normal University, China and BSc in Food Processing Technology from Kyambogo University. Currently, Gabriel is a Prince of Wales Global Sustainability fellow and Research Associate at University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and a member of the Global Diet and Physical Activity (GDAR) Network. As an active research expert, Gabriel has vast experience in air pollution assessment, human exposure science and renewable energy. He is passionate about promoting evidence-based policies to reduce human exposure to air pollutants in outdoor, indoor and workplace settings; and improve understanding that cleaner air in all settings can benefit public health. He is also interested in exploring the impact of e-mobility adoption and use of air quality data in health care. His collaborative work with AirQo involves exploring increasing capacity around the use of air pollution information in healthcare to help manage patients with respiratory disease and multi-morbidity in Uganda. Gabriel enjoys sports (especially Rugby and Football), travelling and exploring cuisines from various regions. |
| Name | Angela Nshimye |
|---|---|
| Title | Policy And Engagement Officer |
| angela@airqo.net | |
| Profile Information | Angela is passionate about environmental sustainability and public health competencies. She believes human social, economic, environmental, and biological development can be achieved without compromising the environment and as such her practice is focused on the population perspective 'I champion initiatives and modern practices to combat environmental and health challenges, mobilize and organize people and communities by enabling them to increase their health and wellbeing.' |
| Name | Busigu Faith Daka |
|---|---|
| Title | Frontend Engineering Intern |
| faithbusigu@airqo.net | |
| Profile Information | Faith is currently a Makerere University finalist, pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. During her last years of study, she skilled up as a Frontend software developer with an affinity toward data science & IoT studies, which greatly persuaded her desire to join AirQo. 'I knew I’d be able to expand and stretch my skill-set for a wholistic technology experience which, so far, has turned out to be true.' |
| Name | Wabinyai Fidel Raja |
|---|---|
| Title | Data Scientist |
| raja@airqo.net | |
| Profile Information | Fidel holds a BSc with Education (Mathematics) from Mbarara University of Science and Technology and an MSc. in Computer Science from Makerere University. Trained in data science, statistics, and machine learning, he has an extensive background in working with large and varied datasets. He keeps expanding his skill set to topics such as Spatial data analysis, time series analysis, and neural networks and is excited to keep learning new methods in a challenging and fast-paced environment. |