Elena Kopteva
Country of Origin: Ukraine
Degree: Ph.D., Physics
Expertise: General Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology
Illinois Host Unit: Department of Physics, The Grainger College of Engineering
Recognized by Scholars at Risk (SAR) Network
Eric Zama
Country of Origin: Cameroon
Degree: Ph.D., Environmental Science
Expertise: Environmental Science & Engineering, focusing on biochar and its applications for environmental remediation and soil fertility improvement
Illinois Host Unit: Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Institute of International Education’s Scholar Rescue Fund Fellow
Gloria Porras
Country of Origin: Guatemala
Degree: Master’s Degree In International Law
Expertise: Law, Former Judge on the Constitutional Court of Guatemala
Illinois Host Unit: Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Illinois Global Institute
Recognized by Scholars at Risk (SAR) Network
Moses Samje
Country of Origin: Cameroon
Degree: Ph.D., Biochemistry
Expertise: Drug discovery against neglected tropical diseases and Host-Pathogen Interactions
Illinois Host Unit: Department of Biochemistry & Department of Microbiology, School of Molecular & Cellular Biology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Institute of International Education’s Scholar Rescue Fund Fellow
Nasim Sohail
Country of Origin: Afghanistan
Degree: DVM, MVSc. PhD (Veterinary Microbiology)
Expertise: Antimicrobial resistance, animal and poultry disease, immunology, public health, epidemiology, bacteriology, and mycology
Illinois Host Unit: Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine
Institute of International Education’s Scholar Rescue Fund Fellow
Pavlo Dziuba
Country of Origin: Ukraine
Degree: Ph.D., Economics
Expertise: International portfolio investing, international finance, international economics
Illinois Host Unit: Department of Economics, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Recognized by Scholars at Risk (SAR) Network