ACADEMIC STAFF:

                             ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF:                

POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS:

Ms. Celine Uwinema

Supervisors: Dr. Catherine A. Meriaux, Dr.Antonio Costa and Dr. Silvia Massaro

 

Her research falls in the domains of physical volcanology, particularly the dynamics of volcanic plumes from Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira in the East African Rift, using numerical models such as FALL3D, DISGAS, and TWODEE to simulate their dispersion and transport.

 

 

 

Mr. Sylvain Barayagwiza

Supervisors: Dr. Catherine A. Meriaux and Dr. Virginie Pinel

 

His research focuses on the physics of magma transport and volcanic fracture mechanics, with a special interest in dyke propagation and eruption forecasting in rift-related volcanoes. He is currently investigating magma-induced fracturing evolution during intrusion events by integrating analog laboratory experiments, numerical geophysical modeling, and seismic data analysis to understand how fractures initiate, evolve, and control eruption dynamics—particularly at Nyiragongo Volcano in the East African Rift.

 

 

Mr. Sosthène Irambona

Supervisor: Dr. Steve Ndengué

 

His work falls in the area of condensed matter physics and quantum simulations where he is specifically interested in understanding the photocatalytic splitting of water on the surface of a solid substrate (heterogeneous catalyst) using classical and quantum molecular dynamics simulations.

 

 

 

Mr. Sunday Joseph Ogenyi

Supervisors: Dr Omololu Akin-Ojo and Dr. Nicola Seriani

 

His research interest is in the area of computational catalysis for renewable energy material.

 

 

 

Ms. Wala Fathelrahman Ibrahim Elsayed

Supervisors: Dr. Steve Ndengué, Dr. Omololu Akin-Ojo and Dr. Nicola Seriani

Her research project concerns an ab-inito attempt to understand the interface properties of the photocatalytic systems, Fe₃O₄-SiO₂ and Fe₃O₄-TiO₂ heterojunction, and how the chemical and physical aspects are affected by the solid-solid reaction. This understanding will allow the optimal utilization of such materials in their applications.

 

 

 

Mr. Murad Ali

Supervisor: Dr. Shoaib Munir

 He is interested in Flavor Physics, Dark Matter, Collider Phenomenology in particular the CERN LHC, Supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model and Composite Higgs Models. Currently, he is working on B Physics anomalies and LHC phenomenology for Leptoquarks in UV completed models, i.e. Exceptional Supersymmetric Standard Model (E6SSM).

 

 

 

FORMER ACADEMIC STAFF:

Dr. Omololu Akin-Ojo (First Director of ICTP-EAIFR), now senior lecturer at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

Dr. Marcello Musso (ICTP-EAIFR Senior Lecturer), now "Distinguished Researcher" at the Universidad de Salamanca, Spain.

Dr. Shoaib Munir (ICTP-EAIFR Senior Lecturer), now visiting assistant professor, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA.

Dr. Steve Ndengué (ICTP-EAIFR Senior Lecturer), now at Assistant Professor of Physics at Haverford College, USA.

Dr. Kingsley Onyebuchi Obodo (ICTP-EAIFR Senior Lecturer), now at North-West University Potchefstroom.