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.

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.

Conceptualising ideas and solutions brings out the best in Maclina. She holds a Master of Science Degree in International Marketing Management from the University of Leeds and is currently pursuing a Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK.

Maclina has 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.

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!

Originally from the UK, Paul has worked as an education leader and teacher of business, accounting and economics in schools and universities around the world. In 2017 he made the transition to Data Science and worked on a range of data projects for NGOs in East Timor.. He came to Uganda in 2018 and joined the Makerere AI Lab before joining AirQo.

Paul is responsible for developing and implementing AirQo’s vision and coordinating the day to day activities of the project. He is passionate about using data to help understand problems and find solutions to a wide range of social problems.

Joel has been part of the AirQo initiative since 2016. He oversees the design and building of electronics, local fabrications and firmware building.

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.

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.

Marvin is a skilled and passionate hardware developer who supports the design and build of electronics, local fabrications and firmware at AirQo

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.

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.