Ndoni Mcunu

Ndoni Mcunu is an agricultural scientist from South Africa , best known as the founder of the organization Black Women in Science (BWIS).

academic career

Ndoni Mcunu studied food safety and agriculture at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) , where she worked specifically on remote sensing (RS) and geographic information systems (GIS) at Onisimo Mutanga . After graduating from UKZN, she switched to the Global Change and Sustainability Research Institute at Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg for her doctoral studies ( Ph.D. ) . In this context, she chose the areas of agriculture, food safety and climate change as focal points for her scientific work . Her doctoral thesis is part of the Belmont Forum's "Delivering Food Security on Limited Land" project in cooperation with FACCE-JPI .

Black Women in Science

Together with Mantombi Ngoloyi , Ndoni Mcunu founded the organization Black Women in Science. The background to this was her own experience in the world of science that black women in particular often feel isolated here and have no role models. The aim of Black Women in Science is to encourage women to work in the sciences in general, in technology, engineering or mathematics and to support each other in pursuing a career in these sectors. The organization currently has 150 members.

Awards

Ndoni Mcunu was elected Miss Earth South Africa Environmental Ambassador in 2014. In 2016 she was on Mail & Guardian 's list of 200 Young South Africans for education . In 2017, Ndoni Mcunu was a fellow of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders and spent six weeks at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln . Also in 2017 she was chosen among the Inspiring 50 of South Africa. In the same year, Ndoni Mcunu received the Lewis Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship from GreenMatter.

Web links

• Black Women in Science website

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Christine Cuénod: Graduate in Mail & Guardian's 200 Young South Africans. University of KwaZulu-Natal , January 18, 2017, accessed June 24, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Nazley Omar: Women in science: Ndoni Mcunu. Destiny, February 7, 2018, accessed June 24, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Shireen Fisher: The Science of Moving Forward. Magzter, accessed June 24, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Ndoni Mcunu: This is why there are so few black women in science. iAfrikan, February 9, 2018, accessed June 24, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Hugh Dem: Representation Matters: Black Women in Science. (No longer available online.) Science Forum South Africa, October 6, 2017, archived from the original on June 25, 2018 ; accessed on June 24, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Mail & Guardian: Ndoni Mcunu  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . at www.ysa.mg.co.za (English)  
7. ↑ Ndoni Mcunu Awarded Mandela Washington Fellowship. Witwatersrand University , accessed June 24, 2018 . 
8. ↑ INSPIRING FIFTY: SOUTH AFRICA 2017. Inspiring Fifty, accessed on June 24, 2018 . 
9. ^ Meet our Lewis Foundation Postgraduate Fellows. GreenMatter, accessed June 24, 2018 .