Diverse Voices: Celebrating Black History Month
LOCATION
Virtual - Hosted on Zoom
Join us for a Black History Month edition of our “Diverse Voices” online series! These informal conversations are helping to amplify and celebrate the diversity of scientists working in and around the field of weather and climate in the UK. In this session, we will hear from two role models for Black climate scientists. They will talk about their background and journey to where they are today. Please join us to learn about our speakers’ paths and to ask any questions you may have about following in their footsteps!
Speakers
Professor Chukwumerije Okereke, School of Policy Studies, University of Bristol, UK
Chukwumerije Okereke is Professor of Global Governance and Public Policy at the School of Policy Studies at the University of Bristol. He is a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics (LSE) and Senior Academic Visitor at the University of Oxford, UK. Professor Okereke was previously Director of the Center for Climate Change and Developmnt at Alex Ekuweme Federal University, Nigeria and Co-Director of the Center for Climate and Justice at the University of Reading, UK. He was also previously Director of the Center for Climate Change and Development at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford. Prof Okereke is a globally recognized scholar on global climate justice and international development.
Dr. Marian A. Osei, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Marian earned her PhD in Meteorology and Climate Science from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana. Her areas of expertise include climate change and variability, storm process analysis using climate models, streamflow and flood modeling, as well as climate adaptation and extremes. She served as a Research Fellow at UKCEH, where she explored how land-atmosphere interactions amplify climate extremes in West Africa. This research was supported by the Royal Society Newton International Fellowship. In her free time, Marian enjoys reading and watching movies.
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Join us for a Black History Month edition of our “Diverse Voices” online series! These informal conversations are helping to amplify and celebrate the diversity of scientists working in and around the field of weather and climate in the UK. In this session, we will hear from two role models for Black climate scientists. They will talk about their background and journey to where they are today. Please join us to learn about our speakers’ paths and to ask any questions you may have about following in their footsteps!
Speakers
Professor Chukwumerije Okereke, School of Policy Studies, University of Bristol, UK
Chukwumerije Okereke is Professor of Global Governance and Public Policy at the School of Policy Studies at the University of Bristol. He is a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics (LSE) and Senior Academic Visitor at the University of Oxford, UK. Professor Okereke was previously Director of the Center for Climate Change and Developmnt at Alex Ekuweme Federal University, Nigeria and Co-Director of the Center for Climate and Justice at the University of Reading, UK. He was also previously Director of the Center for Climate Change and Development at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford. Prof Okereke is a globally recognized scholar on global climate justice and international development.
Dr. Marian A. Osei, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Marian earned her PhD in Meteorology and Climate Science from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana. Her areas of expertise include climate change and variability, storm process analysis using climate models, streamflow and flood modeling, as well as climate adaptation and extremes. She served as a Research Fellow at UKCEH, where she explored how land-atmosphere interactions amplify climate extremes in West Africa. This research was supported by the Royal Society Newton International Fellowship. In her free time, Marian enjoys reading and watching movies.
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