Linda Dyorisse Nyamen from Cameroon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Inorganic Chemistry of the University of Yaoundé 1. She holds a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry/ Coordination Chemistry for application in Nanotechnology, which she obtained through a OWSD PhD Sandwich fellowship programme. She also holds a Master’s degree in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Yaoundé 1.
Linda has received many other grants and fellowships, including the OWSD Early Career Women Scientists Fellowship, the TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visit Fellowship to Christian Albrecht University of Kiel in Germany, and the Royal Society- DFID Africa Capacity Building Initiative for Africa Researchers South of the Sahara Grant.
Linda is motivated to join the Africademics Scholarship Ambassador Programme because she would like to contribute to the capacity building of African youth through mentorship and through sharing her own experiences together with the knowledge she will gain from the Africademics Ambassador training.
In 10 years’ time, Linda sees herself as a full Professor in Chemistry, a Chair of the Materials Science laboratory in her department and principle investigator of big research grants. She would also like to work as a consultant for an NGO specialising in children abuse.
An interesting fact about Linda is that she always smiles when she meets other people because she believes that a smile can change somebody’s life and somebody’s mood.
Welcome to the Africademics Ambassador Programme, Linda!
The Scholarship Ambassador Programme
Through the Scholarship Ambassador Programme Africademics trains volunteers from across Africa to become scholarship advisors and mentors. Ambassadors complete a 4-month online course with virtual lectures, case studies and additional activities. Once they have successfully graduated, our Scholarship Ambassadors offer personal support, advice and mentorship for scholarship seekers and applicants in and from Africa.
Our 2022 Ambassador cohort started their training in April 2022 and we are thrilled to have over 90 students and scholars from across the African continent on board this year. In 2021, we welcomed our first cohort of 30 Scholarship Ambassadors who completed their training in November 2021. They now offer free scholarship consultations, mentorship and application assistance for scholarship seekers in and from Africa on a regular basis.
Meet our team of Scholarship Ambassadors here and let us know via our contact form if you would like to book a personal consultation with one of them!
