Gergino Chounna Yemele ( S.M. ASCE)'s Linkedin Analytics

I am a young and passionate Environmental Engineer and Scientist interested in Research for Development to promote sustainable development with a focus on groundwater management and environmental hazards. I am currently undertaking my PhD studies on the vulnerability of coastal cities and mangroves to the combined effects of land subsidence and relative sea-level rise at the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Padova, Italy. My Master’s research focused on the use of rock-water interactions to explain nutrient generation, mobility, and availability at soil horizons, nutrient depletion, and low crop yields within sedimentary and igneous watersheds. I am also a co-author of four peer review papers and contributor to theUNESCO-2020 Extended Abstract Volume Youth and Water Security in Africa: Impacts of Human Activities on Urban Lake in West Cameroon and the Case of Dschang Municipal Lake. I am passionate about research, teaching, and being able to communicate science to non-scientists and participate in conferences, environmental education, workshops, and online programs for young scientists. In recognition to my efforts in promoting Sustainable Development, I am a Green Ambassador for Climate Change in Africa-2020, Ambassadors of Sustainability, and Fellow of Young African Landscape Leadership program 2022. I was awarded a fully funded PhD Scholarship at the University of Padova, Italy (2022), Consecutive 2021, and 2022 PhD scholarship at the Regional Center for Energy and Environmental Sustainability (RCEES), University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani-Ghana. Since 2015, I have joined numerous youth and professional organizations with the aim of meeting, networking, and collaborating with experts from other parts of the world who share the same goals of tackling environmental and developmental challenges. Member: Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists (AEG) ; American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES); American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) &Coasts, Oceans, Ports and Rivers Institute (COPRI) of ASCE ; UNESCO Groundwater Youth Network (GWYN); Esri’s Young Professional Network (YPN); World Youth Parliament for Water (WYPW); Community Surface Dynamics Modelling System (CSDMS); Rural Water Supply Network for young professionals (RWSN); Global Forum for Sustainable Rural Development (GFSRD); Global Ambassadors of Sustainability (GAoS); and International Soil Carbon Network (ISCN).