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414         <p><strong>Submission Deadline:</strong> Thursday, February 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM</p>
415          <p><strong>Winners Announced:</strong> Week of March 9-13, 2026</p>
416          <p><strong>Prize Ceremony:</strong> Thursday, March 26, 2025 at UWI Mona FST</p>
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422          <li><strong>Content:</strong> Creative teaching presentation about a Jamaican scientist from the FiWi Science website</li>
423          <li><strong>Goal:</strong> Encourage students to study science and address local, national, or global issues</li>
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441          <li><strong>Content (15 points):</strong> Information accuracy, use of creative media</li>
442          <li><strong>Delivery (10 points):</strong> Clear, engaging, logically sequenced</li>
443          <li><strong>Relevance/Suitability (10 points):</strong> Appropriate for target grade</li>
444          <li><strong>Creativity & Authenticity (15 points):</strong> Original approach, personal views</li>
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459          <li>You will receive a reply with link to upload your video</li>
460          <li>Submit by Friday, December 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM</li>
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469          <p><strong>Coordinator:</strong> Dr. Susan Otuokon, Strategic Development Officer, FST</p>
470          <p><strong>Email:</strong> [email protected]</p>
471          <p><strong>Phone:</strong> +1 (876) 977-1785</p>
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490          <p><strong>"Who is your STEM Role Model?"</strong></p>
491          <p>Create a video about a Jamaican scientist from the FiWi Science website who inspires you!</p>
492        </div>
493        
494        <div class="highlight-box">
495          <h4><i class="fas fa-calendar-alt"></i> Important Dates</h4>
496          <p><strong>Submission Deadline:</strong> Thursday, February 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM</p>
497          <p><strong>Winners Announced:</strong> Week of March 9-13, 2026</p>
498          <p><strong>Prize Ceremony:</strong> Thursday, March 26, 2025 at UWI Mona FST</p>
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501        <h4><i class="fas fa-users"></i> Eligibility</h4>
502        <ul>
503          <li><strong>Group Entries Only:</strong> Groups of no more than 3 students</li>
504          <li><strong>Grades:</strong> 4, 5, or 6</li>
505        </ul>
506        
507        <h4><i class="fas fa-video"></i> Video Requirements for PRIMARY Students</h4>
508        <ul>
509          <li><strong>Duration:</strong> 2-3 minutes</li>
510          <li><strong>Equipment:</strong> Phone camera or tablet</li>
511          <li><strong>AI Usage:</strong> ❌ NOT permitted for primary level</li>
512        </ul>
513        
514        <h4><i class="fas fa-clipboard-check"></i> Your Video MUST Include:</h4>
515        <ol>
516          <li><strong>Name of the scientist</strong> (from FiWi Science website)</li>
517          <li><strong>Information about scientist's personal life</strong> (where they were born, schools they attended, etc.)</li>
518          <li><strong>One famous aspect of their work or discovery</strong></li>
519          <li><strong>Why you would like to be a scientist like them</strong></li>
520          <li><strong>All group members actively involved</strong> - everyone should participate</li>
521          <li><strong>List of credits</strong> - showing what each person did</li>
522          <li><strong>Your information:</strong> Names of group members, grade, school name, and teacher's name</li>
523        </ol>
524        
525        <h4><i class="fas fa-lightbulb"></i> Tips for Success</h4>
526        <ul>
527          <li>Be creative and have fun!</li>
528          <li>Use your own words - don't just copy from the internet</li>
529          <li>You can use props, drawings, or show pictures of the scientist</li>
530          <li>Practice your video before recording the final version</li>
531          <li>Make sure everyone in your group gets to speak</li>
532          <li>Check that the sound and lighting are good</li>
533        </ul>
534        
535        <h4><i class="fas fa-star"></i> Judging Criteria (50 points total)</h4>
536        <ul>
537          <li><strong>Content (15 points):</strong> Information accuracy, use of creative media</li>
538          <li><strong>Clear Message (5 points):</strong> How the scientist's work matters</li>
539          <li><strong>Language (5 points):</strong> Using your own words appropriately</li>
540          <li><strong>Creativity & Authenticity (20 points):</strong> Original ideas and personal views</li>
541          <li><strong>Sharing of Roles (5 points):</strong> Everyone in the group participates</li>
542        </ul>
543        
544        <h4><i class="fas fa-trophy"></i> What You Can Win!</h4>
545        <ul>
546          <li>Cash prizes and/or gift certificates/baskets for 1st, 2nd, 3rd place groups</li>
547          <li>🎉 1st place groups: Your WHOLE CLASS gets invited to a prize ceremony with a science tour at UWI!</li>
548          <li>Your video will be shown on FiWi Science website</li>
549          <li>Recognition on UWI FST website and social media</li>
550          <li>Certificates for all participants</li>
551        </ul>
552        
553        <h4><i class="fas fa-paper-plane"></i> How to Submit</h4>
554        <ol>
555          <li><strong>Get parental permission</strong> - Your parents/guardians must sign the Consent Form</li>
556          <li><strong>Fill out the forms</strong> - Entry & Consent/Assent Form (get it from FiWi Science website)</li>
557          <li><strong>Give forms to your teacher</strong> - They will email them to [email protected]</li>
558          <li><strong>Upload your video</strong> - You'll get a link after forms are submitted</li>
559          <li><strong>Submit by:</strong>
559 Friday, December 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM</li>
560        </ol>
561        <h4><i class="fas fa-file-download"></i>Entry and consent forms:</h4>
562        <ul>
563        <li><a href="/video-comp-forms/FiWi-Science-COMPETITION-ENTRY-FORM-STUDENTS'-GROUP.pdf" target="_blank" style="font-size: 16 px; color: #28a745;"> Entry Form</a></li>
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567          <h4><i class="fas fa-question-circle"></i> Need Help?</h4>
568          <p>Ask your teacher or contact:</p>
569          <p><strong>Coordinator:</strong> Dr. Susan Otuokon</p>
570          <p><strong>Email:</strong> [email protected]</p>
571          <p><strong>Phone:</strong> +1 (876) 977-1785</p>
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589          <h4><i class="fas fa-star"></i> Competition Theme</h4>
590          <p><strong>"Who is your STEM Role Model?"</strong></p>
591          <p>Create a video about a Jamaican scientist from the FiWi Science website who inspires you!</p>
592        </div>
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594        <div class="highlight-box">
595          <h4><i class="fas fa-calendar-alt"></i> Important Dates</h4>
596          <p><strong>Submission Deadline:</strong> Thursday, February 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM</p>
597          <p><strong>Winners Announced:</strong> Week of March 9-13, 2026</p>
598          <p><strong>Prize Ceremony:</strong> Thursday, March 26, 2025 at UWI Mona FST</p>
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603          <li><strong>Group Entries Only:</strong> Groups of no more than 3 students</li>
604          <li><strong>Grades:</strong> 7, 8, 9, or 10</li>
605          <li><strong>Important:</strong> All group members must be from the SAME grade</li>
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607        
608        <h4><i class="fas fa-video"></i> Video Requirements for SECONDARY Students</h4>
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610          <li><strong>Duration:</strong> 3-5 minutes</li>
611          <li><strong>Equipment:</strong> Phone camera or tablet</li>
612          <li><strong>Software:</strong> Video editing software like Canva or AI tools are permitted</li>
613          <li><strong>AI Usage:</strong>Allowed! But if you use AI, you MUST list:
614            <ul>
615              <li>Name of the AI software/app</li>
616              <li>The prompts you used</li>
617              <li>List this in your Entry Form</li>
618            </ul>
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620          <li><strong>Format:</strong> Be creative! (Interview, advertisement, documentary, news report, etc.)</li>
621        </ul>
622        
623        <h4><i class="fas fa-clipboard-check"></i> Your Video MUST Include:</h4>
624        <ol>
625          <li><strong>Name and photograph</strong> of the scientist (can be from FiWi Science website or elsewhere)</li>
626          <li><strong>Information about scientist's personal life</strong> (birthplace, education, background)</li>
627          <li><strong>Information about their work and its importance</strong></li>
628          <li><strong>What makes this scientist your role model</strong></li>
629          <li><strong>What they have inspired you to do</strong></li>
630          <li><strong>All group members actively involved</strong>
630 - everyone should contribute</li>
631          <li><strong>List of credits</strong> - showing each person's specific role/task</li>
632          <li><strong>Your information:</strong> Names of all group members, grade, school name, and teacher's name</li>
633        </ol>
634        
635        <h4><i class="fas fa-lightbulb"></i> Tips for Success</h4>
636        <ul>
637          <li>Be original! Your content and creative approach should be authentic</li>
638          <li>Use your own words - don't just repeat information from the internet</li>
639          <li>Make it engaging - think about what would interest other students</li>
640          <li>Good quality matters - pay attention to lighting, sound, and editing</li>
641          <li>Show your personality and passion for the subject</li>
642          <li>Practice and review before final submission</li>
643        </ul>
644        
645        <h4><i class="fas fa-star"></i> Judging Criteria (50 points total)</h4>
646        <ul>
647          <li><strong>Content (15 points):</strong> Accurate information, creative use of media</li>
648          <li><strong>Clear Message (5 points):</strong> Relevance and impact of scientist's work</li>
649          <li><strong>Language (5 points):</strong> Age-appropriate, original expression</li>
650          <li><strong>Creativity & Authenticity (20 points):</strong> Original approach, genuine personal views</li>
651          <li><strong>Sharing of Roles (5 points):</strong> Evidence of teamwork and contribution from all members</li>
652        </ul>
653        
654        <h4><i class="fas fa-trophy"></i> What You Can Win!</h4>
655        <ul>
656          <li>Cash prizes and/or gift certificates/baskets for 1st, 2nd, 3rd place groups</li>
657          <li>🎉 1st place groups: Your ENTIRE CLASS invited to prize ceremony with science tour at UWI Mona FST!</li>
658          <li>Your video featured on FiWi Science website</li>
659          <li>Recognition on UWI FST website and social media platforms</li>
660          <li>Media coverage and press releases</li>
661          <li>Certificates and awards</li>
662        </ul>
663        
664        <h4><i class="fas fa-paper-plane"></i> How to Submit</h4>
665        <ol>
666          <li><strong>Get parental consent</strong> - Parents/guardians must sign Consent Form (you're under 18)</li>
667          <li><strong>Complete Entry & Consent/Assent Forms</strong> - Download from FiWi Science website</li>
668          <li><strong>Have your teacher email forms</strong> to [email protected]</li>
669          <li><strong>Receive upload link</strong> - You'll get a reply with instructions</li>
670          <li><strong>Upload your video</strong> by Friday, December 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM</li>
671        </ol>
672        <h4><i class="fas fa-file-download"></i>Entry and consent forms:</h4>
673        <ul>
674        <li><a href="/video-comp-forms/FiWi-Science-COMPETITION-ENTRY-FORM-STUDENTS'-GROUP.pdf" target="_blank" style="font-size: 16 px; color: #28a745;"> Entry Form</a></li>
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677
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679          <h4><i class="fas fa-question-circle"></i> Need Help?</h4>
680          <p>Consult with your teacher or contact:</p>
681          <p><strong>Coordinator:</strong> Dr. Susan Otuokon, Strategic Development Officer, FST</p>
682          <p><strong>Email:</strong> [email protected]</p>
683          <p><strong>Phone:</strong> +1 (876) 977-1785</p>
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798                <p class="musgrave-lead fw-semibold">Did you know the Musgrave Medal Awards have recognised outstanding contributions by Jamaicans to science since 1907?</p>
799                <p>The Musgrave Medal Award is awarded by the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) in recognition of achievement in art, science and literature. One of the oldest such awards in the Western Hemisphere, it was conceived in 1889 and named in memory of Sir Anthony Musgrave, the founder of the Institute (1879) and the former Governor of Jamaica (1877 – 1883) who had died the previous year. The medal was designed by British sculptor, Alfred Toft and features the image of Sir Anthony Musgrave.</p>
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899ort teaching and research. Mr. Anderson is pursuing a Master of Science (MSc) in Clinical Medical Physics and was awarded the prestigious Dr. Barry Wint Scholarship by the Ministry of Health and Wellness in 2024. Rickardo was one of only two individuals selected in the Medical Physics category, highlighting his academic excellence and commitment to advancing the field.\r\n\r\nMr. Anderson attended Glenmuir High School where he became interested in the sciences. He graduated from The UWI, Mona with a Bachelors of Science (B.Sc.) in Medical Physics and a minor in Economics in 2019 and went on to gain corporate work experience at J. Wray & Nephew for a couple of years. He then obtained a job as a Laboratory Technologist in the Department of Physics, The UWI, Mona in 2022 where he prepares electronic instruments for teaching and experiments and generally maintains and repairs lab equipment as needed. Around this time, he also started his own company providing academic tutoring services.","fstrSubjectArea":"Physics","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"28-May-2026","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":155,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"ricardo-anderson-67865744ba63e.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Ricardo","fstrLastName":"Anderson","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Lecturer-UWI","fstrBiography":"Dr. Ricardo Anderson is a Lecturer in the Department of Computing, Faculty of Science and Technology, UWI. His research interests include business intelligence (BI), decision support systems (DSS), expert systems and knowledge discovery in databases and data mining (KDDM). His Ph.D. in Computer Science is from The UWI and prior to that achievement he obtained his M.Sc. in Management Information Systems and his B.Sc. in Computer Science from The UWI also. He has a Certificate in Data Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Project Management Professional Certification from the Project Management Institute.","fstrSubjectArea":"Computer Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"11-Feb-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":117,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Maydianne-Andrade-677ee8b821c7c.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Maydienne","fstrLastName":"Andrade","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Lecturer - University of Toronto","fstrBiography":"Dr. Maydianne Andrade is a Jamaican-born ecologist and lecturer at the University of Toronto, Scarborough who has specialised in the study of the mating habits of spiders. She was born in Kingston but migrated with her family to Canada at an early age. She did her B.Sc. at the  Simon Fraser University, her M.Sc. in zoology at the University of Toronto, Mississauga and earned her Ph.D. from Cornell University investigating \"Sexual selection and male mating behavior in a cannibalistic spider\". Her research at the University of Toronto focuses on understanding how the reproductive behaviors of males and females evolve through the interaction of sexual and natural selection in different ecological contexts, and how this shapes individual phenotypes and population-level characteristics. She was named one of the Brilliant 10 by Popular Science Magazine in 2005 and was the 2021 Carleton University's Discovery Lecturer. Andrade is the co-founder and president of the Canadian Black Scientists Network, and recently led the group to host a virtual conference, called BE\u2011STEMM 2022, to highlight Black Canadians in STEM.","fstrSubjectArea":"Life Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"
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While seconded to The Sir Arthur Lewis Institute for Social & Economic Studies (SALISES), Professor Bailey was Chief Investigator in a Ford Foundation-funded project on reproductive health. This project resulted in at least 13 published monographs and papers including such titles as \u201cGender and the Family in the Caribbean\u201d, \u201cGender, Contest and Conflict in the Caribbean\u201d and the \u201cDecay of Community\u201d. The research team received the Principal's Award for distinguished research for 2002.\r\n\r\nShe served in the Department of Geography and Geology from 1968 and after retirement continued to serve UWI through the Institute of Gender and Development Studies up to 2010, and as an adjunct lecturer in the Department of Geography up to 2013. 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899strOccupation":"Retired","fstrBiography":"Mrs. Merline Bardowell, O.D. is a retired scientist and information specialist who has contributed significantly to Science and Technology(S&T) in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean for almost 40 years. Mrs. Bardowell attended the James Hill Primary School and the Excelsior High School. She has a B.Sc. (natural sciences), Post Graduate Diploma and Executive Masters in Business Administration (EMBA) in technology management from The University of the West Indies (UWI); and MS (information resources management) from Syracuse University, USA.\r\n\r\nShe entered public service at the Jamaica Library Service, the Ministry of Health and then The University of the West Indies. Her major and very substantial achievements have been made as a former Group Director at the Scientific Research Council (SRC) and as Executive Director of the National Commission on Science and Technology (NCST). where her contribution included spearheading legislation which made the Commission a statutory body, strategic planning and development of performance indicators and the formulation of several science and technology policies. \r\n\r\nMrs. Bardowell has played a pivotal role in advancing science and technology (S&T) in Jamaica by promoting its relevance to national development and everyday life. Her efforts include pioneering a wide-ranging programme to popularize S&T through initiatives such as: national conferences and S&T month celebrations, educational outreach at all school levels, including competitions, societies, camps, and internships, publications, exhibitions and the introduction of awards like the SRC\/Shell Young Scientist\/Technologist Award.\r\n\r\nMrs. Bardowell continues to serve on several national and international boards and committees. In 2006, Mrs. Bardowell was the first female to receive Jamaica\u2019s Order of Distinction for sterling contribution to the development of Science and Technology. In 2023 she was awarded the Bronze Musgrave Medal for Science by the Institute of Jamaica.","fstrSubjectArea":"Life Science","fblnScienceLeader":true,"fstrDisciplines":"Information Resources Management","fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"11-Sep-2025","farrDisciplines":["Information Resources Management"],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":156,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"carl-6786584f83fbe.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Carl","fstrLastName":"Beckford","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Lecturer-UWI","fstrBiography":"Dr. Carl Beckford is a Lecturer in the Department of Computing, Faculty of Science and Technology. He oversaw the development (working with final year students) and implementation of Ricoch\u00e9  - a scheduling system now used by the Faculty of Science and Technology to ensure minimal\/no student class and room clashes. His doctoral and post-doctoral studies are in Software Engineering and Online Learning and his professional qualifications are in the fields of accounting, financial management and life insurance. Dr. Beckford has over thirty (30) years of experience in business systems analysis and management information systems, reengineering, project management and computer programming in the financial sector.","fstrSubjectArea":"Computer Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"11-Feb-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":130,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"dr-diptiranjan-behera-67856b95253f8.png","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Diptiranjan","fstrLastName":"Behera","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"India","fstrOccupation":"Senior Lecturer - UWI, Mona","f
899strBiography":"Dr. Diptiranjan Behera\u00a0is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics in the Faculty of Science and Technology, UWI and currently, the Mathematics Graduate Programme Coordinator.  Originally from India, he joined the Department in 2018. 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Benjamins\u2019 aggressive salesmanship led to the infiltration of markets throughout the Caribbean, markets which the company has managed to retain and systematically expand upon. Tragedy struck again with the 1907 earthquake and fire, but he built back better and continued to expand and improve. In 1926, his flagship brand, Jamaica Healing Oil became the first Jamaican product to obtain a US patent. Although Mr. PA Benjamin died in 1928 - the company, PA Benjamin is now the oldest drug manufacturing company in Jamaica, making Mr. Percival A Benjamin one of Jamaica's Science Icons.","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"28-May-2026","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":185,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"nbenkeblia-0-679a836b8c4f5.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Professor","fstrFirstName":"Nouredinne","fstrLastName":"Benkeblia","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Algeria","fstrOccupation":"Professor, Crop Sciences, UWI","fstrBiography":"Professor Benkeblia is Professor of Crop Science and Head of the Laboratory of Crop Science in the Faculty of Science and Technology, UWI Mona. He is also the Coordinator of the Agricultural Programmes at UWI-Mona. Prof. Benkeblia holds a B.Sc., M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Food Sciences (Algeria), and a Ph.D. in Crop Sciences (Japan). \r\n\r\nHis main research areas are (i) environmental stresses and physiology and biochemistry of crops, (ii) pre- and postharvest metabolism of fresh crops, and (iii) postharvest metabolism of fresh crops. has been working on food sciences and technologies from 1991. He started his work on crops physiology and biochemistry, preservation technologies such as irradiation, chemicals, modified atmosphere packaging (MAP), rare gases and other natural biological compounds (essential oils). From 2000, he focused his research on the postharvest metabolism of carbohydrates, mainly fructooligosaccharides (FOS) and fructans, and their impact on crops qualities. 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899strOccupation":"Lecturer-UWI","fstrBiography":"Dr. Phillipa Bennett is a Lecturer in the Department of Computing, Faculty of Science and Technology, UWI, Mona. A graduate of the Computing Department, she went on to earn her Ph.D. in computer science from the Colorado State University in 2017. She lectures in software engineering and her research is on software modelling. She was formerly the Department's Outreach Coordinator and as such often participated in events like FLOW Jamaica's inaugural Girls in ICT Conference and Exposition where she spoke with the female students to encourage them to study computing\/information technology. She is currently one of two Undergraduate Studies Coordinators. Dr. Bennett's industry experience spans approximately 20 years, including at the Electorial Office of Jamaica where she served on the electorial advisory committee in IT matters.","fstrSubjectArea":"Computer Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"11-Feb-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":354,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Ian-Bennett-69837a7449fea.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Ian","fstrLastName":"Bennett","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Retired Engineer","fstrBiography":"Dr. Ian Bennett is a retired electrical engineer who specialises in telecommunications particularly, speech recognition and language processing and holds over 40 patents for his inventions. Dr. Bennett worked in academia at Stanford University as a researcher and lecturer, in the private sector e.g. Hewlett Packard and he was also a Silicon Valley entrepreneur.  He provided technical advice in the 1990s to The University of the West Indies for distance learning and the Government of Jamaica for the development of the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Industry.\r\n\r\nDr. Bennett started school at Allman Hill Primary in rural St. Andrew where his father was the headmaster and his mother a teacher. He won a scholarship to study at Happy Grove High School, Portland however his GCE O\u2019level subjects were not in mathematics or science but rather latin, spanish and religious knowledge. His move to Jamaica College for two years of Advanced Level studies led to his interest in mathematics and physics. This interest and a stint working at Reynolds Jamaica Mines after graduation created his desire to study engineering. Recognising his subject deficiencies, he attended night school at St. George\u2019s College, Kingston and took correspondence courses from Wosley Hall, Oxford. \r\n\r\nDetermined to study engineering, he migrated to Canada in the late 1960s to study at Sir George Williams College in Montreal where he rook remedial science courses needed to gain entry to the engineering school at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. On graduating with an electrical engineering degree (B.Sc. Hons) he worked with RCA Victor in Montreal. There he designed electronic components for microwave communications and equipment for Canada\u2019s ISIS satellite for mapping the ionosphere layer of Earth\u2019s atmosphere. Dr. Bennett then moved to California, USA to work in the semi-conductor field, manufacturing a variety of electronic devices. \r\n\r\nIn California he studied at Stanford University where he earned his M.S. in electrical engineering and then his Ph.D. in 1976. His Ph.D. research at Stanford University and Stanford Research Institute focused on algorithms for speech compression. It resulted in the practical implementation of the world's first analog speech processor which allowed human speech to be played back at up to three-times (3X) the recorded rate and be understood. The development of this processor targeted applications and enabled people with vision disabilities to access material more e\ufb00iciently and timely. This research also had a significant impact for applications involving deep-sea communications between under-sea divers and the surface-based on-board personnel. He was a consultant to the Variable Speech Corporation in Japan, which implemented and licensed integrated ver
899sions of this speech processor to consumer manufacturers such as Sharp, JVC, Tandy, Rohm and General Electric. \r\n\r\nAs an entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley, he developed several personal computer multi-function hardware peripherals incorporating high-resolution graphics and hard disk data compression. He co-founded Portacom Technologies, a manufacturer of one of the first Microsoft Windows personal computer accelerator graphics cards - the Eclipse II product, the recipient of the \u201c1992 PC Magazine\u2019s Editor\u2019s Choice Award\u201d and ranked \u201cNumber 74\u201d in \u201cPC Computing Top 200 PC Products of 1992\u201d. \r\n\r\nDr. Bennett has authored numerous publications, including articles in professional journals. His work covers topics such as speech compression, computer graphics, and local area networks, contributing significantly to the fields of electrical engineering and computer science. As an entrepreneur, having founded Phoenix Solutions Inc. and Speaktomi, LLC, he researched speech recognition and natural language processing technologies resulting in numerous patents and a successful natural language query system, the precursor of many of the technologies commonly used today.\r\n\r\nAs a member of the Technical Staff at Hewlett Packard Laboratories, he contributed to research in charge-coupled devices (CCDs), ultrasonic imaging and computer hardware. Between 2005 and 2010, as a Program Director, Software Services and Education, with the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program at the National Science Foundation\u2019s Directorate of Engineering, he managed research grants totaling over US$45 million. \r\n\r\nHe held teaching positions at several higher education institutions, including International Technological University and Notre Dame de Namur University, where he developed and taught graduate-level courses in computer science and software engineering. He also contributed to curricula development at Hewlett-Packard and other organizations, focusing on VLSI systems design and local area networks. \r\n\r\nHis work in the area of natural language processing and distributed speech recognition supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), resulted in the development of the natural language query system (NLQS) architecture and its implementation in English and Japanese languages. \r\n\r\nDr. Bennett holds 44 issued patents and has 16 pending applications, primarily in speech recognition and natural language processing technologies awarded by the U.S., Japanese and European Patent Offices in the areas of distributed speech recognition, natural language processing, semantic decoding, distributed search architectures, interactive training systems, solid state device physics and ultrasonic imaging include innovations in distributed real-time speech recognition systems and methods for processing speech data.\r\n\r\nIn 1993 he participated in setting up the UWIDITE teleconferencing-based teaching network which at the time linked the three campuses of the University of the West Indies - Mona Jamaica, St. Augustine Trinidad and Cave Hill Barbados. As the lead consultant for the selection, scope of work and collaboration with the technical partner, Royal Dutch PTT of Holland, he led and directed the task of applying the Internet to the future higher educational needs of Jamaica and the Caribbean region. This work led to the development of the UWI-affiliated Open Campus, now evolved into The UWI Global Campus.\r\n\r\nSubsequently as an Information Technology (IT) Specialist Advisor for a Government of Jamaica\/Inter-American Development Program project, he formulated the strategic plan for the IT sector of the National Industrial Policy, which incorporated foundations for Internet access and a National Data Network for Jamaica. Recommendations were formulated in the publication, National Industrial Policy, Information Technology Sector, June 1991  authored for the Planning Institute of Jamaica and the Government of Jamaica and the United Nations Development Fund. \r\n\r\nHe was later engaged by the Port Authority of Jamaica to formulate requirements and make recommendations for telecommunications, network requirements, call centers, physical infrastru
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This study and its recommendations resulted in the development of the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry which now employs over 60,000 Jamaicans in several locations such as Portmore, Montego Bay, Morant Bay and elsewhere.  \r\n\r\nDr. Bennett served as a member of the 2008-2011 Program Committee of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the IEEE Education Society Award Committee, and was a representative to the NSF Directorate of Engineering\u2019s Working Group on Engineering Education, and the NSF SBIR\/STTR Committee on Outreach and Diversity.","fstrSubjectArea":"Engineering","fblnScienceLeader":true,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":"Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications","fdtmDatePosted":"04-Feb-2026","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":["Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications"],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":199,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"dr-donovan-blissett-square-679bb1d34ee34.png","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Donovan","fstrLastName":"Blissett","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Lecturer - UWI","fstrBiography":"Dr. Blissett was a geology lecturer who specialised in the study of fossils in Jamaica. 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He died on 5th March, 2025 and will be sorely missed by the Department of Geography and Geology amongst many others.","fstrSubjectArea":"Geography and Geology","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":"Geology - fossils","fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"06-Mar-2026","farrDisciplines":["Geology - fossils"],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":113,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"boyd-cropped-677ecf82ed6b9.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Frederick","fstrLastName":"Boyd","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Lecturer","fstrBiography":"Dr. Boyd is a botany lecturer and researcher  in the Life Sciences Department, FST, UWI. His academic interests centre on plant biology, autotrophic eukaryotic microorganisms and their anthropogenic applications. For example, his earned his M.Phil. for his work on incorporating Cyanobacteria as biofertilizers for local rice cultivation, which focused on the successful reduction of artificial fertilizer usage and his PhD in Botany in 2018 increased knowledge of  the reproductive ecology of Jamaican Allspice (Pimenta dioica) and important export species.","fstrSubjectArea":"Life Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"08-Jan-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":373,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Sandra-Boyne-6a3173563f2db.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Mrs","fstrFirstName":"Sandra","fstrLastName":"Boyne","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Research Manager","fstrBiography":"Mrs. Sandra Boyne is currently the Research Manager in the Dean\u2019s Office \u2013 Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Mona. In this role, she is responsible for supporting the many research projects within the faculty, including training and facilitation of project management.From 2012 to 2022 she was the Manager at The UWI Solutions for Developing Countries (SODECO) an organization which focuses on developing solutions for medical and socio-economic challenges. Prior to that, she was the Manager of another UWI entity, the Tropical Medicine Research Institute for 10 years.\r\n\r\nMrs. Boyne is a graduate of St. Andrew High School for Girls (Class of 1981).  She attended The University of the West Indies, Mona and was awarded a Bachelor of Science Degree in Zoology followed by a Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) degree in 1991. Her research focused on the cultivation of marine organisms, particularly molluscs, such as oysters, in sea-water. Whilst finishing up her M.Phil studies, she took up an Environmental Officer position at the Jamaica Bauxite Institute and later worked in environmental monitoring whilst in the USA. \r\n\r\nHer early work experience, particularly in the USA exposed her to human resources and organizational management.  Mrs. Boyne\u2019s background in environmental science with excellent communications, proposal writing and organizational management skills have led to a career in the management of a variety of scientific research organisations.","fstrSubjectArea":"Life Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"16-Jun-2026","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":53,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Aink-C-67800776e1ef1.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Ainka","f
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899wice the recipient of The UWI Mona Campus Principal\u2019s Research Award for Best Research Publication (Article) in the Faculty of Medical Sciences for 2012 and 2015. Professor Brown has held a number of leadership positions in the scientific community including serving as Country Ambassador to Jamaica for the American Society for Microbiology and Vice-Chair of the Council on Microbial Sciences. \r\n\r\nHe has just been recognized by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) for his outstanding contributions to the field of microbiology, with the ASM Moselio Schaechter Award in Recognition of a Developing-Country Microbiologist. The award and honorarium will be presented at the Annual ASM Microbe Conference in June, 2025 One of the objectives of this award is to inspire future generations of microbiologists, demonstrating the importance of pursuing excellence in the field. The award and honorarium will be presented to Dr. Brown at the Annual ASM Microbe Meeting in June, 2025.","fstrSubjectArea":"Life Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"29-Jan-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":364,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Willard-Brown-69f28a07ac020.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Mr.","fstrFirstName":"Willard","fstrLastName":"Brown","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"CEO - Sagicor Life Jamaica","fstrBiography":"Willard Brown is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sagicor Life Jamaica (SLJ). He has responsibility for the overall strategy and operations of SLJ, and oversight of all divisions of the company\u2019s life insurance business in Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and SLJ joint ventures in Latin America.\r\n\r\nHe previously served as Chief Technology and Insurance Operations Officer. He joined the Sagicor Life Jamaica Limited family in 1991 and has served the company in various capacities including the Information Technology and Special Projects Departments. He eventually joined the Employee Benefits Division, where he ultimately held the position of Executive Vice President until October 2022. \r\n\r\nMr. Brown holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Mathematics and Computer Systems. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and the Vice President of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Mona Chapter of the UWI Alumni Association.","fstrSubjectArea":"Mathematics","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":"Computer Science","fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"29-Apr-2026","farrDisciplines":["Computer Science"],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":375,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Damani-Brown-6a42bc196b0ed.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Mr.","fstrFirstName":"Damani","fstrLastName":"Brown","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"IT Entrepreneur","fstrBiography":"Damani Brown is a technology professional and entrepreneur who uses science and computer skills to help people and businesses work better together. He is the founder and managing director of Ngage Events Jamaica, a company that creates fun, technology-driven experiences to improve teamwork and communication. Mr. Brown says, \u201cI create and leverage technology to engage people, and bring them together. I specialize in using gamification and social gaming to help businesses form deep connections with their audiences in an imaginative way that makes people fall in love with your brand and remember your company\u201d.\r\n\r\nBefore starting his own company, Mr. Brown worked in the technology field for private and public sector in Jamaica for several years. He served longest (over 6 years) at the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), where he helped lead digital transformation projects, which means using technology to make systems faster and more efficient. His work in information technology management inspired him to experiment with creative, tech-based ways to boost teamwork and productivity, eventually leading to the creation of his own business. He also launched initiatives like the \u201cAdulting 101\u201d conference to share knowledge and help young people prepare for life after school. \r\n\r\nDamani Brown studied at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree (B.Sc.) in Computer Science and later a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Mona School of Business and Management. These qualifications helped him build strong skills in both technology and business and his career shows how education in STEM subjects can lead to exciting opportunities in technology, entrepreneurship, and leadership.","fstrSubjectArea":"Computer Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":"Business Administration","fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"29-Jun-2026","farrDisciplines":["Business Administration"],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":380,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Valencia-Brown-6a42c5880d049.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Ms","fstrFirstName":"Valencia","fstrLastName":"Brown","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","f
899strOccupation":"Graphics & Web Designer","fstrBiography":"Valencia Brown is an information technology professional working in the STEM field at the Scientific Research Council as a Graphic and Web Designer at the Scientific Research Council (SRC). She is a good example of a STEAM professional as she uses her computer science education and her creativity to develop digital designs, websites, and visual content that make scientific ideas easier to understand and share with the public.\r\n \r\nValencia Brown studied at the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC), where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree (B.Sc.) in Information Technology, giving her a strong foundation in computing and digital systems. She has also completed additional professional training and certifications to build her skills. Ms. Brown has been using her graphic design and social marketing skills for income-generation as a student to current as she continues to provide these skills in her spare time.","fstrSubjectArea":"Computer Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"29-Jun-2026","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":216,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"John-Buddle-Blyth-67b78d68138ae.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Professor","fstrFirstName":"John","fstrLastName":"Buddle Blyth","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Deceased","fstrBiography":"John Buddle Blyth was born in Jamaica in July 1814 to John Blythe and Mary Buddle, a \"free woman of colour\" and descendant of a freed slave. He was baptised on 11 April 1816 by Edmund Pope, rector of Westmoreland, and described as a \"free child of colour\". He eventually became the first professor of chemistry at Queens College, Cork, Ireland.  Of note, whilst the Journal of the Chemical Society -1872, Volume 25 - Page 342 states that John Blyth, M.D., was born of Scotch parents in Jamaica, in 1814, the Centre for the Studies of the Legacies of British Slavery provides more details about his parents (https:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/lbs\/person\/view\/2146634372).\r\n\r\nHis father being Scottish, John was sent to Dumfries, Scotland for his education at an early age. Later, John Buddle Blyth attended the University of Glasgow where he studied the arts for 3 years before switching to medicine in 1833 and moving to the University of Edinburgh where he completed his medical degree in 1839. After practicing medicine for a short time, he decided to focus on chemistry as he wrote that \" physiology and s
899ound practical medicine must hereafter look (to chemistry) for their further progress\". He then studied & worked in chemistry for a few years in both France and Germany returning to England in 1845 to work with the Royal College of Chemistry. He moved to the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester, England as professor in chemistry where he remained for two years before being appointed the first professor of chemistry at Queen's College Cork in Ireland in 1849. \r\n\r\nIn addition to teaching chemistry and examining chemistry for the Queen's University he also taught and did work for the government in medical jurisprudence. He died in Cork, Ireland in 1871 of apoplexy (what we now know as a stroke).","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"05-May-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":120,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Dr-Dayne-Buddo-1024x1024-677ff712ad1f7.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Dayne","fstrLastName":"Buddo","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Consultant","fstrBiography":"Dr. Dayne Buddo is a marine ecologist with expertise in marine invasive species, fisheries management, and marine protected areas. He is currently the Regional Project Coordinator of the GEF\/CAF\/FAO\/CRFM Project entitled, \u201cPromoting National Blue Economy Priorities Through Marine Spatial Planning in the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem Plus Region\" (BE-CLME + Project). This is a project of the Caribbean of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism based in Belize. Dr. Buddo says that he had an early fascination with the sea but like many Jamaicans was initially scared of the ocean and what it may hold. However,  he overcame this fear and came to love the ocean and was determined to help protect it, particularly as he studied for his B.Sc. in  Zoology and Botany at The UWI. He is the first Jamaican to have done significant work on marine invasive species, through his graduate research on the green mussel Perna viridis in Jamaica for which he earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree from The UWI. Dr. Buddo served the UWI as Lecturer and Academic Coordinator for several years and has been stationed at the UWI Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory and Field Station for many of those years. Not surprisingly, he is certified as a PADI Instructor, an Emergency First Response\u00ae (First Aid\/CPR\/AED) Instructor, as well as a Hyperbaric (Recompression) Chamber Operator and Safety Director. Dr. Buddo has been a consultant for marine projects with CARICOM, the Government of Japan, the World Bank, International Maritime Organization, and the Nature Conservancy, among others. Additionally, he has worked in over 30 countries, closely with agencies such as the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD), International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).","fstrSubjectArea":"Life Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"09-Jan-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":74,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"basil-burke-67896681f19d4.png","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Basil","fstrLastName":"Burke","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Consultant, USA","fstrBiography":"Dr. Basil Burke is a natural products chemist with a focus initially on improving agricultural products but now additionally on improving medical treatment for people. He was born in St. Andrew in 1943 and attended St. Aloysius  Boys' and Greenwich Town Primary Schools. Later at St. George's College, he excelled at cricket and chemistry being at one time both the  Vice President of the Science Society and Captain of the cricket team. At the University of the West Indies his studied chemistry receiving his Ph.D. in 1970 after which he went to Canada and taught and researched at the University of British Colombia. He returned to The UWI in 1972 as a lecturer and researcher in natural products particularly from agricultural plants such as pepper and citrus. He became a Senior Fulbright Scholar at Stanford University and in 1982 joined the Plant Cell Research Institute in California, where he directed and pioneered new research technologies and chemical discoveries with potential uses in medicine and agriculture including for pest control. Since 1991 he has worked in the private sector developing pharmaceutical and agrochemical products and more recently tools to assist patients in evaluating their ailments at home and then transmitting the information to doctors electronically for diagnosis and treatment. Dr. Burke was awarded the Jamaica Centennial Medal and the Gold Musgrave Medal . He is an active member of the Caribbean Diasp
899ora in the USA And maintains strong ties with The UWI through its consulting arm.","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"16-Jan-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":158,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"image-of-cbe-67865a035a825.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Curtis","fstrLastName":"Busby-Earle","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Trinidad & Tobago","fstrOccupation":"Senior Lecturer - UWI, Mona","fstrBiography":"Dr. Curtis Busby-Earle is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computing, Faculty of Science and Technology, UWI.  He joined the Department as a member of the academic staff in 2006, having  spent over a decade in the private and public sectors Information Technology industry in roles that encompassed programming and software analysis to director of management information systems units. His research interests are in cybersecurity, software engineering and quantum computing.","fstrSubjectArea":"Computer Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"06-May-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":54,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"norbertcampbell-0-677bfa5163e7f.png","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Norbert","fstrLastName":"Campbell","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":null,"fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Lecturer - UWI","fstrBiography":"Dr. Campbell is the Coordinator for the Chemistry Department's Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health Programme. His research interests include occupational injury surveillance in Jamaica with emphasis on fatal injuries towards reducing such incidences. He is also interested in indoor air quality which can impact occupational health.","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"06-Jan-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":140,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Jayaka-Campbell-67d9c854ef210.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Jayaka","fstrLastName":"Campbell","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Senior Lecturer-UWI","fstrBiography":"Dr. Jayaka Campbell is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology at The University of the West Indies. A former student of Camperdown High, Dr. Campbell's Ph.D. is in computational physics, his M.Sc. in Physics and his B.Sc. in electronics. His area of specialisation is in climate change and he uses super-computer systems to analyse huge amounts of climate data to develop models to inform us of the likely impacts of the changes in temperature and rainfall on ecosystems and people. He also researches ways to mitigate against climate change e.g. renewable energy and he is the Undergraduate Coordinator and Graduate Coordinator for the M.Sc. in Renewable Energy. He is a member of the Climate Studies Group Mona which is responsible for much of the climate change modelling and data analysis for Jamaica and the Caribbean.","fstrSubjectArea":"Physics","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"04-Feb-2026","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":200,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"donovan-campbell-679bb42d54a2f.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Professor","fstrFirstName":"Donovan","fstrLastName":"Campbell","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","f
899strOccupation":"Director of The UWI, Mona Western Jamaica Campus","fstrBiography":"Professor Donovan Campbell is a Geography Professor and the Director of The UWI, Mona Western Jamaica Campus, a position he only took up on 1st August, 2024. He stated that he plans to align the institution with the needs of Montego Bay and western Jamaica and will leverage his background in geography and sustainability to address local development challenges.  His research focuses on the intersection of climate action and social equity in particular on climate change adaptation and food systems in the Caribbean.  He works with communities and governments across the Caribbean to accelerate the adoption of innovative climate-resilient strategies, to secure a sustainable future. He has served as an author on multiple intergovernmental scientific assessments, including the\u00a0Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),\u00a0Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), the United Nations'\u00a0World Ocean Assessment (WOA), and the\u00a0Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-7).","fstrSubjectArea":"Geography and Geology","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":"Geography","fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"30-Jan-2025","farrDisciplines":["Geography"],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":314,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Keron-Campbell-681e2b0769fea.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Mr.","fstrFirstName":"Keron","fstrLastName":"Campbell","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Botanist","fstrBiography":"Mr. Keron Campbell is the Botanist at the Natural History Museum of Jamaica (a Division of the Institute of Jamaica). In this position, he is responsible for maintaining the botanical collection of the museum, particularly in the herbarium. This includes collecting specimens himself from field work and adding specimens brought in by researchers. He also assists with management, education and outreach, particularly at the Mason River field station, Clarendon which has several unique plants as it is Jamaica\u2019s only inland bog. Mr. Campbell has a B.Sc. double major in Botany and Zoology and an MSc. Natural Resource Management from The University of the West Indies. He is currently working to complete his Ph.D. research in botany at The UWI.","fstrSubjectArea":"Life Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":"Natural Resources Management","fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"09-May-2025","farrDisciplines":["Natural Resources Management"],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":296,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Barbara-Carby-67dc70ffbfda5.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Barbara","fstrLastName":"Carby","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Consultant","fstrBiography":"Dr. Barbara Carby is a geologist and retired disaster risk management expert with decades experience leading organisations such as Jamaica's Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) and The UWI's Disaster Risk Reduction Centre, Director of Hazard Management in addition to serving on several United Nations international committees. As Director General of the ODPEM, she is credited with placing risk reduction on Jamaica's national agenda and pioneering the development of a national mitigation policy. She also expanded the hazard mapping programme and fostered the use of hazard maps by Parish Council in development planning.  \r\n\r\nIn recognition of her national service in disaster risk reduction and management, she was awarded Jamaica's Order of Distinction, Commander Class (CD).","fstrSubjectArea":"Geography and Geology","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"
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In 2008 he was awarded an Order of Merit from the Jamaican government for his contribution to the field of climatology. In 2005 he was awarded the Silver Musgrave Medal by the Institute of Jamaica for his work in science, specifically climate studies.\r\n\r\nProfessor Anthony Chen's career started at Boston College where he earned a BSc in Physics and Mathematics. He went on to further his education at Harvard where he earned a MA in teaching and gained teaching experience in high school teaching in the USA. His passion for Physics brought him to the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Maryland, College Park. 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He has received multiple awards and accolades for his contribution to science, as well as nation building. He helped establish the Climate Science Group in the Department of Physics and continued to assist with its work including supervising graduate students, even after his retirement.","fstrSubjectArea":"Physics","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"27-Jun-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":186,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"vschitra2-0-679a83e47c359.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"D.S. Vijaya","fstrLastName":"Chitra","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Afghanistan","fstrOccupation":"Lecturer, UWI","fstrBiography":"Dr. D. S. 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899strOccupation":"Professor Emerita, The UWI","fstrBiography":"Professor Celia Christie-Samuels, C.D. is a distinguished Professor of Paediatrics (Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Public Health) at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. She was appointed Professor Emerita in 2022 and is also a Consultant Paediatrician at the University Hospital of the West Indies. Born in Westmoreland, Jamaica, and raised in St Ann and then St Andrew where she attended St. Hugh\u2019s High School, Professor Christie-Samuels showed early leadership and creativity in school. She was a house captain, member of the choir and orchestra and still today plays the clarinet.\r\n\r\nHaving obtained her MBBS and DM degrees at The UWI, Mona she went on to pursue a postdoctoral fellowship in Paediatrics Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology (Hospital and Molecular) at Yale University School of Medicine and earned Master\u2019s in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University. Between 1990 and 1999 she served as Associate\/Assistant Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Infectious Diseases Consultant Paediatrician and Hospital Epidemiologist at the Cincinnati Children\u2019s Hospital Research Foundation. \r\n\r\nIn 1999 she returned to The UWI as Professor of Paediatrics and Infectious Diseases. She specialises in infectious diseases, epidemiology, and public health and leads the Vaccines Infectious Diseases Centre at the University Hospital and Jamaica\u2019s Perinatal, Paediatric, and Adolescent HIV\/AIDS Programme. Her contributions to international clinical trials have supported vaccine development. Her collaborative research has secured over US$4 million in grants for UWI, focusing on HIV\/AIDS in women and children across Latin America and the Caribbean. Passionate about child health, she has worked tirelessly toward eliminating paediatric HIV\/AIDS in Jamaica, establishing outreach clinics and a mobile health-care facility that has aided thousands of children.\r\n\r\nProfessor Celia Christie-Samuels was awarded the Gold Musgrave Medal by the Institute of Jamaica in 2014 for eminence in the field of medicine. In 2018, she was awarded the Order of Distinction in the rank of Commander (CD). In 2023, she received the UWI Alumni Association (UWIAA) 2023 Pelican Award.","fstrSubjectArea":"Medicine","fblnScienceLeader":true,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":"Clarinet","fdtmDatePosted":"07-Oct-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":["Clarinet"],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":141,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Leonardo-Clarke-67d9ce6d1d1df.png","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Leonardo","fstrLastName":"Clarke","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Lecturer-UWI","fstrBiography":"Dr. Leonardo Clarke is a Physics Lecturer in the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, The UWI. His area of specialisation is in climate variability and real-time environmental monitoring. Dr. Clarke aims to measure environmental changes and use these to model potential impacts towards identifying action to reduce climate change impact.\r\n\r\nDr. Clarke is also the Graduate Coordinator for research students.","fstrSubjectArea":"Physics","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"18-Mar-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":300,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":null,"flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Lloyd","fstrLastName":"Coke","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Lecturer, The UWI - deceased","fstrBiography":"Dr. Lloyd B. Coke (1939 - 1990) was a Senior Lecturer and Head of Department - Botany at The UWI. He taught plant physiology for 15 years at The UWI, Mona.  The Seminar Room in the Botany Department is named in his honour.","fstrSubjectArea":"Life Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"31-Mar-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":316,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Eartha-Cole-681e2dd9c05c3.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Mrs","fstrFirstName":"Eartha","f
899strLastName":"Cole","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Education Outreach Officer","fstrBiography":"Mrs. Eartha Cole is the Education Outreach Officer at the Natural History Museum of Jamaica (a Division of the Institute of Jamaica). In this position, she is the head of the Education Department with responsibility for the Education Programme which aims to increase the awareness of various target groups about science with an emphasis on biodiversity and Jamaica\u2019s natural environment.  Mrs. Cole has a B.Sc. double major in Biology and a MSc. Natural Resource Management in Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystem from The University of the West Indies. In addition, she has a M.A. Interdisciplinary Studies in Intercultural Studies from the Caribbean Graduate School of Theology.","fstrSubjectArea":"Life Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"09-May-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":55,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Coley-6780158b8d6ac.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Michael","fstrLastName":"Coley","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":null,"fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Lecturer - UWI","fstrBiography":"Dr. Coley's research focuses on optimizing industrial processes including alumina production and on applications involving the production and use of renewable energy sources. His research group is also actively engaged in biofuel research. They produce biodiesel, a diesel fuel alternative, from used cooking oil, animal fat and plant-based sources.","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"09-Jan-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":122,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Dexter-Dean-Colquhoun-678004367dd09.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Dexter-Dean","fstrLastName":"Colquhoun","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":null,"fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Consultant","fstrBiography":"Dr. Colquhoun is a marine biologist with expertise in marine and coastal ecology, water quality, MPA management, fisheries, plankton and ecological modelling. His interest in biology began in high school at The Wolmer\u2019s Boys\u2019 High School, where he was introduced to the subject in Grade 9, and immediately became intrigued by the seemingly endless knowledge entailed within the various sub-disciplines of the subject (e.g., botany, zoology, immunology, medicine, etc.), as well as the underlying inter-relation amongst the oftentimes very different sub-disciplines. Marine Biology stood out conspicuously to Dexter, not just because of his love for swimming and ocean life in general, but also because so much was (and even today still is) unexplored, undiscovered, and largely unknown as it relates to the ocean, especially in less-developed tropical countries (like Jamaica), and likewise at deeper depths. \r\n\r\nImmediately after high school (2008) Dexter explored other passions as a studio and live performance musician, where he worked as a pianist\/keyboardist for several recording artistes and local bands. He eventually decided to return to his love for biology and the sea and after earning his B.Sc. in marine zoology he went on to conduct research for his Ph.D.\r\n\r\nDexter\u2019s Ph.D. research contributed to the definition and designation of the first Special Fishery Conservation Areas (now a Fish Sanctuary) in eastern Jamaica and will provide useful tools to assess future changes in the now protected areas. He has worked on various projects including water quality assessment and analyses for various Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs); tropical coral reef and benthic assessments (north and south- coast Jamaica); mangrove forest and other coastal wetlands assessments; (Jamaican) Blue Economy baseline research; as well as climate change resilience research (utilizing traditional agricultural crops).","fstrSubjectArea":"Life Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"29-Jan-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":315,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":null,"flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Mrs","fstrFirstName":"Tracy","fstrLastName":"Commock","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","f
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899strOccupation":"Retired Executive Director - Institute of Jamaica","fstrBiography":"Dr. Elaine Fisher is a marine biologist who led Jamaica\u2019s biodiversity conservation policy and strategy through her work at the Institute of Jamaica and The University of the West Indies and on several national and international committees. \r\n\r\nBorn in Montego Bay, she studied at both Hampton and Wolmers\u2019 High Schools, later attending The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. She graduated in 1965 with her Bachelors\u2019 Degree in zoology and chemistry and became the Assistant Curator of the Science Museum, IOJ.  Following a 3-year stint there, she returned to The University of the West Indies as a Research Assistant and moved up the ranks of Scientific Officer to Assistant Lecturer whilst studying a variety of marine invertebrates for her post-graduate degrees. Her M.Sc. focused on Corallimorpharia, sometimes known as Mushroom corals (they are related to stony corals but do not have stony exo-skeletons) and Actinara, commonly referred to as Sea Anemones.  Her Ph.D. in Marine Zoology awarded in 1986 focused on the ecology and systematics of Jamaican Sabellids, popularly known as Feather-duster worms. Soon after being awarded her Ph.D. she returned to the IOJ as the Director of the Natural History Museum of Jamaica. She acted as Executive Director of the IOJ for several years but retired in 1999, a year after her formal appointment to the position. \r\n\r\nDr. Fisher chaired the Committee which guided the development of Jamaica\u2019s first Biodiversity Conservation Strategy and Action Plan (1998 \u2013 2002). Her career focused on the conservation of Jamaica\u2019s biodiversity and she served tirelessly on numerous national and international committees for this purpose.  Dr. Fisher represented Jamaica at numerous conferences and meetings related to biodiversity and was the first Chairman of the National Conservation Trust Fund of Jamaica from its inception in 2014. Dr. Fisher was awarded the Silver Musgrave Medal for eminence in Science by the Institute of Jamaica in 2003.","fstrSubjectArea":"Life Science","fblnScienceLeader":true,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"20-Feb-2026","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":349,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Prof-Horace-Fletcher-68e58f3a6a397.png","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Professor","fstrFirstName":"Horace","fstrLastName":"Fletcher","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Retired Professor\/Medical Doctor","fstrBiography":"Professor Horace Fletcher is a distinguished physician and academic specializing in Obstetrics and Gynaecology He was born in St. Elizabeth and educated at Cornwall College. Having earned a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Natural Sciences, he went on to obtain a Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree and the Doctor of Medicine (DM) in Obstetrics and Gynecology from The University of the West Indies \r\n\r\nAfter completing his medical training and gaining practical experience in Trinidad and Jamaica, he joined the University Hospital of the West Indies first as a Temporary Lecturer in 1989. He moved up quickly to Lecturer in 1991 and Senior Lecturer in 1997 and promoted to the rank of Professor in 2005. He has served as the Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at The UWI where he combines medical practice with research and teaching.\r\n\r\nHis ground-breaking research has transformed maternal healthcare. This includes the pioneering use of misoprostol (a drug originally used to treat peptic ulcers) to safely and cost-effectively induce labour. This treatment has been used internationally and is considered more cost effective and safer than previous methods. Professor Fletcher has also led studies that significantly reduced complications from pre-eclampsia (a serious pregnancy complication) and improved surgical management of uterine fibroids. \r\n\r\nProfessor Fletcher has served as a consultant to the Ministry of Health, World Health Organisation and the Pan-American Health Organisation, and has held leadership roles in several professional organizations including the Jamaican Association of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (West Indies Section). For his exceptional contributions to medicine, he was awarded the Gold Musgrave Medal by the Institute of Jamaica in 2012.","fstrSubjectArea":"Medicine","fblnScienceLeader":true,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"
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899strOccupation":"Professor\/Managing Director UWI SODECO","fstrBiography":"Professor The Hon. Terrence Forrester, O.J. is the Chief Scientist and Managing Director of Solutions for Developing Countries, The University of the West Indies (UWI SODECO) and a Professor of Experimental Medicine at The UWI, Faculty of Medical Sciences. His B.Sc. earned at The UWI was in physiology and he went on to study medical sciences completing his MBBS, DM and Ph.D. all at The UWI, Mona.\r\n\r\nA leading clinical scientist, he has focused on hypertension and cardiovascular disease in the Caribbean and West African populations, addressing their high prevalence and mortality rates. He founded the Tropical Medicine Research Institute (now the Caribbean Institute for Health Research) in 1999, merging four key research units across UWI campuses.\r\n\r\nSupported by major international funders, his research explores links between inter-generational under-nutrition and chronic diseases like obesity, hypertension, and diabetes, aiming to develop novel prevention and management strategies.\r\n\r\nProfessor Forrester has received multiple prestigious awards, including the Vice Chancellor\u2019s Award (2003), Anthony N. Sabga Caribbean Award (2006), Boehringer Ingelheim Award (2006). Of particular note are the Gold Musgrave Medal in 2010 from the Institute of Jamaica and the national honour of the Order of Jamaica in 2012.\r\nHe has advised numerous regional and international health organizations, including the World Health Organisation, Pan-American Health Organisation and the US Centre for Disease Control, and sat on the Boards of various banking and health funding entities. His long-term efforts led to the creation of UWI SODECO in 2013.","fstrSubjectArea":"Medicine","fblnScienceLeader":true,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"07-Oct-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":103,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Dr-Sheena-Francis-6776f024c69f2.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Sheena","fstrLastName":"Francis","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Senior Research Fellow","fstrBiography":"Dr. Sheena Francis is a senior research fellow at the Caribbean Centre for Research in Biosciences, in the Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the West Indies Jamaica. Her research seeks to characterize insecticide resistance in mosquitoes and other insects and explores novel applications to reduce the mosquito populations, such as, the use of plant extracts as novel insecticides.","fstrSubjectArea":"Biotechnology","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"02-Jan-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":126,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"roxanne-678157f4a88ef.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Ms","fstrFirstName":"Roxanne","fstrLastName":"Francis","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Asst. Lecturer - UWI, Mona","fstrBiography":"Ms. Roxanne Francis is an Assistant Lecturer and  Outreach Co-coordinator in the Mathematics Department, Faculty of Science and Technology. She also serves as the Department's Student Experience Representative.","fstrSubjectArea":"Mathematics","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"10-Jan-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":176,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Bertram-Frazer-Reid-674a02a9d4be4-6799a77707a03.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Bertram","fstrLastName":"Fraser-Reid","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","f
899strOccupation":"Deceased","fstrBiography":"Dr. Bertram Fraser-Reid (1934 - 2020) was a synthetic organic chemist whose research on sugars improved our understanding of how the immune system fights diseases .\r\n\r\nHe was born in Coleyville, Manchester and enjoyed reading when not attending Bryce Elementary School where his father was principal. He attended Excelsior High School where his love for music and playing the piano and organ were developed. It was at Clarendon College where he also taught science for a few years, that his love for chemistry started when he read a book titled, \"Teach Yourself Chemistry\". Inspired by this book, he migrated to Canada to study at the Queen's University where he obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in chemisty. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Alberta in 1964 following which he did post-doctoral studies at Imperial College London. Dr. Fraser-Reid was on the faculty of the University of Waterloo from 1966 to 1980 where his research focused on producing chiral materials from carbohydrates. His work in sugar chemistry has been used in the control of insects that are harmful to agriculture. His discovery that he could copy pheromones, which could be utilized by the forestry service to prevent wood-eating insects from ruining trees, has helped to safeguard forests in Canada and Latin America. He moved to the USA and worked briefly at the University of Maryland and then at Duke University from 1983 to 1996 when he retired. His work at Duke University focused on oligosaccharides (a commonly occuring sugar in certain plants, with a shorter chain than polysaccharides) and the role they play in the body\u2019s immune system - he found that they help the body recognize and respond to threats, like bacteria and viruses. After leaving Duke he established the Natural Products and Glycotechnology Research Institute to study the carbohydrate chemistry of tropical parasitic diseases towards developing better treatments or vaccines for diseases such as malaria and sleeping sickness. Dr. Fraser-Reid has received numerous awards from institutions all over the world including the Gold Musgrave Medal from the Institute of Jamaica. He was an accomplished jazz and classical pianist and organist and gave recitals around the world, of note at St. Geoge\u2019s Anglican Church in Kingston, Jamaica in 1986.","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"28-Jan-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":383,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Norbert-fullerton-6a6b949a0ba50.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Mr.","fstrFirstName":"Norbert","fstrLastName":"Fullerton","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Actuary","fstrBiography":"Norbert Fullerton is a Jamaican-born actuary and investment leader whose career shows how a love for numbers can open doors around the world. He currently serves as Head of Institutional Client Strategy for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Janus Henderson Investors in the United Kingdom, where he helps large organizations make important long-term investment decisions. \r\n\r\nFullerton\u2019s secondary level education was at Campion College with Sixth form at Wolmer\u2019s High School for Boys. At the tertiary level, he earned a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona where he was involved in a range of extra-curricula activities including table tennis. After working as a software engineer at Fujitsu-ICL, Jamaica he won a prestigious Commonwealth Scholarship that allowed him to pursue a Master\u2019s degree in Actuarial Science at City, University of London. He later qualified as a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) and went on to hold senior leadership positions in investment consulting and asset management.\r\n\r\nIn addition to his professional achievements, Fullerton is passionate about helping young people succeed in STEM-related fields. With his friend and colleague, Andrew Long has supported mathematics and actuarial sciences students and co-founded the IFoA Fullerton-Long Actuarial Futures programme, which has supported talented Caribbean students pursuing actuarial studies, including at The UWI. In 2026, Fullerton and Long were awarded The UWI Mona \u2013 Faculty of Science and Technology Alumni Excellence - Philanthropy Award.","fstrSubjectArea":"Mathematics","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":"Actuarial Science, Computer Science","fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"30-Jul-2026","farrDisciplines":["Actuarial Science","Computer Science"],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":57,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"associate-dean-outreach-development-dr-winklet-gallimore-67800c5f692c8.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Winklett","fstrLastName":"Gallimore","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":null,"fstrNationality":"Jamaica","f
899strOccupation":"Lecturer - UWI & Associate Dean-Student Experience","fstrBiography":"Dr. Gallimore is an organic chemist. Her area of interest is in isolation and characterization of novel bioactive natural products from the marine and terrestrial environments leading to the development of linkages in industry to facilitate the commercialization of promising leads such as those products with antioxidant, anti-cancer, insecticidal and anti-microbial activity e.g. anti-fungal activity.","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"09-Jan-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":112,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"eric-garraway-677ecae58bea3.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Eric","fstrLastName":"Garraway","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Senior Lecturer & Research Fellow","fstrBiography":"Dr. Garraway is an entomologist and conservation biologist. His interests include Forensic Entomology, with emphasis on the biology and ecology of arthropods of forensic importance. He has worked extensively on the conservation of Jamaica\u2019s Giant Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio homerus), as well as the Caribbean Manatee (Trichechus manatus). He has conducted studies on the taxonomy and biodiversity of some of Jamaica\u2019s terrestrial invertebrates including the carabid beetles, aphids, noctuid and arctiid moths, millipedes and land snails. Pest ecology projects include the control of the yam weevil,  banana scarring moth, vectors of citrus greening disease, and the impact of birds on insect pests of coffee. 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This included leading a team that developed financial and logistics systems as the Chief Operations Officer of PeopleCorp Technologies between 2001 and 2007. He has also lectured at the community college and vocational training levels between 1996 and 2001.\r\n\r\n Dr. Gaynor currently serves as an undergraduate coordinator for the Department of Computing, and chairs the ICT committee for the Faculty\r\nof Science and technology. Previous appointments include being an examinations coordinator for the department, as well as an outreach coordinator. Outside of the campus, Dr Gaynor serves as the 1st Vice Chair of the Kingston YMCA, and the chair of it's Community Management Committee. He is also a part of the Stella Maris Street feeding ministry. Past civic service includes three years as a Chief Examiner for CAPE Computer science (and 1 year as Assistant Chief). 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899strOccupation":"Maths & Science School Owner","fstrBiography":"Dr. Paula Gunter is a mathematician, physicist, educator, and entrepreneur from Linstead, St. Catherine. She attended St. Jago High and completed Sixth Form at St. Hugh's High School.\r\n\r\nIn 2005, she founded The Math Clinic and Science Works, offering personalized tutoring in math and science for high school and university students. The company later expanded to cover all natural sciences, drawing on a variety of international curricula. She has also developed and led training programs for teachers, aimed at improving math instruction across educational levels.\r\n\r\nDr. Gunter earned her Ph.D. at Howard University, where she also lectured in math and physics. Her 1997 dissertation on Toric Calabi-Yau Varieties and Their Moduli Spaces significantly contributed to understanding superstring theory, earning her the Top Women in Science and Engineering Award from the National Technical Association.\r\n\r\nAfter returning to Jamaica, she briefly taught at the University of Technology before becoming Head of Upper School Mathematics and Physics at the American International School of Kingston.","fstrSubjectArea":"Mathematics","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":"Physics","fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"14-May-2025","farrDisciplines":["Physics"],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":110,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"tanice-hall-0-677c3c4282580.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Tannice","fstrLastName":"Hall","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Lecturer","fstrBiography":"Dr. Tannice Hall is  lecturer and researcher in the area of entomology. 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He is the founder of the Web, Animation, Visualisation and E-learning (WAVE) Laboratory\/research group which facilitates research on the frontiers of cultural computing, encouraging the positive use of indigenous culture in the design of interactive 3D computing software and multimedia\/animation, e-learning, new media and games for cultural-social upliftment. Dr. Hamilton-Taylor has a B.Sc. in Computer Science from The UWI and a M.S. degree in Computer Science with a minor in Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he was a LASPAU-Fulbright scholar. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Georgia, where he developed the Support Kit for Animation (SKA) algorithm animation system which is a software visualization system designed to support the needs of learners and instructors. Dr. Hamilton-Taylor served on the Jamaica Computer Society project that designed and established computer laboratories in over 150 Jamaican high schools in the 1990s to facilitate the introduction of the Caribbean Secondary School Examination (CXC\/CSEC) Information Technology programme. He has significant consultancy experience in the IT industry locally and in the USA.","fstrSubjectArea":"Computer Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"20-Mar-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":198,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Harris-Louis-Ray240-67d9cec4d602c.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Louis-Ray","fstrLastName":"Harris","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":null,"fstrNationality":"Jamaica","f
899strOccupation":"Senior Lecturer & Researcher, UWI","fstrBiography":"Dr. Louis-Ray Harris is a Physics Lecturer in the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science & Technology, UWI. His areas of research interest include Electronics, Electromagnetics, Wireless Communications and RF Propagation. RF Propagation studies how radio waves (a form of electromagnetic wave) behave when they travel through the atmosphere under different conditions - this will help improve communications such as the reliability of mobile phones, radio and TV broadcasting  and radio navigation systems. He is also investigating the effects of wireless device use on human health in realistic environments such as in vehicles. 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Having grown up in the Maroon community of Moore Town, Portland, Professor Harris attended Titchfield School. He was awarded his bachelor\u2019s degree (B.Sc.) in physical geography, minoring in geology, from the University of Windsor, Canada and the M.Sc. in soil science followed by the PhD in environmental geoscience from Adelaide University, Australia.\r\n\r\nProfessor Harris' research interests include: identifying practical steps for addressing climate change impacts, high content of certain chemicals in food and improving the physical and chemical structure of topsoil removed for bauxite mining and of bauxite waste. \r\n\r\nProfessor Harris was awarded the Silver Musgrave Medal in 2021 for his contribution to science. 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Thus equipped, he started his professional career working at the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) as an Environmental Officer. He continued working with the newly established National Environment and Planning Agency moving from a Manager to a Director as his work expanded to include greater levels of planning and supervision. During this time, he completed a Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) degree in Environmental Management which saw him extending his research on coastal species with an assessment of the Mangrove Forest in the Great Morass of St. Thomas. From 2015 to 2020 he was the Project Manager for a 5-year Climate Investment Fund\/Inter-American Development Bank funded project on Climate Resilience, based at The UWI and implemented across five Caribbean countries.\r\n\r\nMr. Henry joined the Forestry Department in his current position in 2020. He was awarded Jamaica\u2019s Order of Distinction, Officer Class (OD) for his public service in the fields of environmental management, forest conservation and sustainable development. Mr. Henry is the first President of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Mona Chapter of the UWI Alumni Association.","fstrSubjectArea":"Life Science","fblnScienceLeader":true,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"29-Apr-2026","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":104,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"william-irvine-6776fcc39b3a5.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"William","fstrLastName":"Irvine","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","f
899strOccupation":"Senior Research Fellow","fstrBiography":"Dr. William Irvine is  is a senior research fellow at the Caribbean Centre for Research in Biosciences (CCRIB), in the Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the West Indies Jamaica. After completing his CXCs at Ardenne High School he migrated to the UK where he completed his BSc in Medical Biochemistry at Leeds University. He later moved to New Zealand where he completed both an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Computational Biochemistry. Both degrees involved the use of molecular modelling to better understand how cells receive signals through protein\u2013membrane interactions and how malfunctions in these interactions can lead to disease including cancer. 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She is a past student of Hampton School for Girls and holds the B.Sc (Upper Second Class Honours) in Chemistry and the Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from The UWI, Mona Campus.\r\n\r\nShe joined the staff of the UWI in 1983 as Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and was promoted first to Lecturer in 1984 and then Senior Lecturer in 1998. She also served as Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, USA and maintained a fruitful collaborative research programme with them. Her recent research interests include work on the synthesis and chemistry of rotenoids, important commercial insecticides of plant origin but she has also worked in the rum and sorghum industries to better understand and improve processes. 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She is a graduate of St. Hugh's High School where she developed an interest in chemistry and went on to earn her B.Sc. (First Class Honours) in Chemistry at The UWI. After successful completion of her Ph.D. in organic chemistry at The UWI she held post-doctoral positions at both the State University of New York at Binghamton and the University of British Colombia, Canada. \r\n\r\nAt The UWI since 1987, she taught organic chemistry at all levels of the undergraduate and graduate programmes in the Department of Chemistry at Mona, contributing significantly to both curriculum development and reform. She served as organic chemistry section head, departmental coordinator for graduate studies and for examinations and Head of Department (2010-2014).  Professor Jacob's research specialisation was in the isolation of useful natural products from Jamaica's endemic plant species. 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899strOccupation":"Consultant","fstrBiography":"Mrs. Eleanor Jones is a geographer who specialises in environmental and disaster risk management. She is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the consulting firm, Environmental Solutions Ltd. and the sole survivor of the three pioneers who together established the company as one of Jamaica's first environmental consultancies. \r\n\r\nMrs Jones started out as an educator after completing her M.A. in Geography at the University of Wisconsin and later at The UWI, Mona. She has over 50 years' experience in applied research and consulting in environmental and results-based management throughout the Caribbean and the world. In 2017, she was awarded the Bronze Musgrave Medal from the Institute of Jamaica for distinction in the field of Science.  In 2018, she was awarded the Order of Distinction (OD) by the Government of Jamaica\r\nfor her contribution to the Development of Environmental Management and to Civic Development.","fstrSubjectArea":"Geography and Geology","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"27-Jun-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":372,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Margaret-Jones-Williams-6a2c4ac31cfde.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Margaret","fstrLastName":"Jones Williams","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"UNDP Deputy Resident Representative","fstrBiography":"Dr. Margaret Jones Williams is the Deputy Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. She is an environmental management scientist with over 30 years of experience working in the public sector, private sector, civil society, academia and multilateral engagements, and internationally with the UNDP in Jamaica, Guyana, Suriname and Laos. Her work with the UNDP has spanned the areas of natural resources management, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction focusing on policy and programme development and project management.\r\n\r\nDr. Jones Williams earned her Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree majoring in Marine Biology with a minor in Chemistry and later her Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) degree in Coastal Zone Management and Zoology, both from The University of the West Indies (UWI). During her M.Phil. programme, she was a recipient of a Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Young Scientist Award. She worked at the Scientific Research Council (SRC) where she was a key member of the team leading the publication of scientific papers from SRC conferences. She then worked as an Ecologist with the Conservation Data Centre, based at The UWI under the Protected Areas Resource Conservation (PARC) Project in Jamaica doing extensive field work across the island and mapping of rare, threatened and endangered species and being a part of the team that established Jamaica\u2019s first national and marine parks. \r\n\r\nDr. Jones Williams was then awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship and earned her Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Environmental Management and Oceanography from the University of Southampton, United Kingdom. On her return to Jamaica, she joined Environmental Solutions Ltd. as a consultant ecologist rising to the position of a Principal Director working on the preparation of Environmental Impact Assessments and other studies for development projects, with the aim of making them more environmentally sustainable. During this time, she was also involved in the work of several civil society organizations including being President of the Jamaica Institute of Environmental Professionals (JIEP), serving on the Board of the Jamaica Conservation and Development Trust, the co-manager of the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park and as Vice Chair of the CITES Scientific Council. \r\n\r\nAfter over 10 years with the ESL, she started work with the UNDP as their Environment Unit Manager in Jamaica after which she went on to UNDP in Laos where she was head of Natural Resources, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Unit and after successful assessment was accepted into the UNDP leadership pool and has served as Deputy Resident Representative (DRR) in Suriname and Saudi Arabia and Head of Office in Guyana.","fstrSubjectArea":"Life Science","fblnScienceLeader":true,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"16-Jun-2026","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":214,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"prof-ishenkumba-kahwa-67b77ddf4094d.png","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Professor","fstrFirstName":"Ishenkumba","fstrLastName":"Kahwa","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Tanzania","fstrOccupation":"Retired Professor","fstrBiography":"Professor Ishenkumba Kahwa was conferred with the title of Emeritus after his retirement from The UWI in 2018 after 31 years of service. 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899od 2008-2013. \r\n\r\nAs Dean, he initiated curriculum reform and modernization efforts and led initial efforts to establish Engineering programmes at Mona.As Deputy Principal at the Mona Campus (2013-2018), Professor Kahwa led the development and establishment of a new suite of B.Sc, M.Sc, M.Phil and Ph.D. programmes in Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health (OESH). The programmes, hosted by the Department of Chemistry in the Faculty of Science and Technology, began in September 2006 under his leadership and were introduced at the UWI St Augustine Campus in 2009. \r\n\r\nProf. Kahwa continues to be active in public policy areas and was a part of the seven-member UWI Mona Strategic transformation Team given the responsibility of repositioning the UWI to face the challenges of the 21st century. Professor Kahwa has received numerous distinguished awards for excellence in research and public service, including the Gleaner Honour Ward for Science and Technology in 2003 and the Vice Chancellor's award for excellence in research and public service in 2004.","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"20-Feb-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":352,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":null,"flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Professor","fstrFirstName":"Eccleston","fstrLastName":"Kean","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Retired Professor","fstrBiography":"Professor Eccleston Kean is considered one of the world\u2019s foremost authorities on hypoglycin A, the principal toxin in ackees. Historically there had been much debate over the cause of Jamaican Vomiting Sickness but while this had been attributed to hypoglycin in unripe fruit, this was conclusively proven by Kean and his co-workers. \r\n\r\nIt was only in the early 1950s that Dr. Delphine Williams identified ackee poisoning as the cause of Jamaican Vomiting Sickness. The discussion led to Kean\u2019s interest in the subject and his pursuit of a Ph.D. in biochemistry to better understand how hypoglycin A in unopened ackees affects the body\u2019s metabolism, even causing death. His early research showed that a diet deficient in protein of good nutritional value and low in certain vitamins and minerals made the affected patient more susceptible to hypoglycin A poisoning. Professor Kean\u2019s research into hypoglycin A continued for over 20 years and he was the first researcher in Jamaica to use radio-active tracer compounds in his experiments. His studies showed specifically how hypoglycin A inhibited energy production in the mitochondria of the cells resulting in hypoglycaemia or very low blood sugar levels. His later research was conducted both locally and internationally as he collaborated with other researchers and hospitals to study the chemical and its mode of action. \r\n\r\nHis Ph.D. was awarded in 1957 from The University of London, which awarded degrees on behalf of the then, University College of the West Indies. At this time, Dr. Kean was a Senior Lecturer in biochemistry and he continued in this position until he was elevated to the rank of Professor in 1984 and Professor Emeritus in 1994. For his distinguished service in the field of biochemistry, Professor Eccleston Kean was awarded the Silver Musgrave Medal by the Institute of Jamaica in 2006.\r\n\r\nOctober, 2025","fstrSubjectArea":"Biotechnology","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"08-Oct-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":355,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Marvin-Kelly-69837da140af5.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Marvin","fstrLastName":"Kelly","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","f
899strOccupation":"Electrical Engineer - Telecommunicaitons","fstrBiography":"Dr. Marvin Kelly is an electrical engineer specialising in telecommunications. He is currently the Principal Radio Access Network (RAN) Architect at Boldyn Networks, New York, USA and has over 20 years proven experience in the telecommunications industry. He is also an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the University of Technology, Jamaica. \r\n\r\nDr. Kelly hails from Haddo, Westmoreland where he attended Haddo Primary School. He remembers playing as a child with cans and strings attempting to communicate over those lines and perhaps this was an expression of his early interest in telecommunications.  Dr. Kelly went to Cornwall College in Montego Bay, St. James and following high school, he studied at the University of Technology where he earned his B.Sc. and M.Phil. in electrical engineering. His first job was with Digicel and he later migrated to the UK where he worked for several companies including Nokia Siemens Networks and Huawei before earning his Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Loughborough University. Dr. Kelly\u2019s Ph.D. research at Loughborough focused on signal communication and specifically a method to determine the most suitable number, power and physical location of antennas to meet their coverage requirements within an indoor environment. \r\n\r\nAfter completing his Ph.D. research, Dr. Kelly worked for several telecommunications companies in the UK over a period of almost 20 years, including Ericsson, Cellwize, O2, Dense Air\/IONX and finally Boldyn Networks through a UK-based project. The latter project was aimed at creating the UK\u2019s most advanced smart city in Sunderland. \r\n\r\nThrough voluntary leadership, Dr. Kelly has empowered Jamaican youth as founder of the Jamaica\u202fUK\u202fRugby Academy and as a member of the Jamaica Rugby Union Board. The Academy created pathways for diaspora players and supported citizenship, travel, and player development. Alongside wider national efforts, these contributions strengthened diaspora ties and supported team progress as Jamaica became the Caribbean\u2019s number 1 Rugby 7s team, excelled at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, and achieved consecutive Rugby\u202f7s World Cup qualifications.\r\n\r\nSince 2023 Dr. Kelly has been an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at UTech, where he has formed the Next Generation Mobile Networks Research Group. Currently, Dr. Kelly is building a 5G private network on the UTech Campus. This will facilitate cutting-edge research and comprehensive teaching in 5G technologies (and next generation mobile technologies) and equip students with relevant, up to date telecoms knowledge and hands-on experience.","fstrSubjectArea":"Engineering","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"04-Feb-2026","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":144,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Kerr-Tanya-67d9d0ca533db.png","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Tanya","fstrLastName":"Kerr","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Lecturer-UWI","fstrBiography":"Dr. Tanya Kerr is a Physics Lecturer in the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, The UWI. Her research interests are Fire and Materials Science as well as Spectroscopic techniques for characterization and identification of materials. Dr. Kerr is a member of the International Association of Arson Investigators and her work is important in helping to figure out what starts fires in each case - this requires the identification of the ignitable liquids from fire debris. She is also investigating the stability of concrete and the persistence of toxic chemicals after a fire which is important in determining the safety of continuing to use a building after a fire.","fstrSubjectArea":"Physics","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"18-Mar-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":93,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"dr-robert-kinlocke-square-67637d82376ad.png","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Robert","fstrLastName":"Kinlocke","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","f
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899strOccupation":"Deceased","fstrBiography":"Dr. Joshua Leslie was born in Savanna-la-Mar in 1933 and migrated to New York, USA as a child with his family in 1936. As a student he excelled in mathematics and chemistry but in deciding what to study at university, Plato's assertion that, \"mathematics is the perfect form of human reasoning\" resonated with him. Joshua therefore pursued a B.Sc. in Mathematics at the University of Chicago and completed the degree in 1954. Before graduating he met a French mathematician Henri Cartan when he did a guest lecture at UChicago. Young Leslie had the opportunity to travel to France for his graduate studies at the University of France, Sorbonne. Dr. Leslie was awarded his Ph.D. in 1960 and was employed as a professor at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria where he lectured for several years before moving to Northwestern University, Illinois, USA. Dr. Leslie became a professor of mathematics at Howard University in 1990 where he remained until his retirement. \r\n\r\nHis main area of research was in the application of topology and group theory to solving differential equations and he developed new branches of mathematics from his studies.","fstrSubjectArea":"Mathematics","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"09-May-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":99,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"shaneica-square-676442444da99.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Shaneica","fstrLastName":"Lester","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Lecturer","fstrBiography":"Dr. Shaneica Lester is a geographer whose research interest lies in urban vulnerability, sustainable planning and integrated water resources management.\u00a0 She specializes in exploring new ways of improving water security and water governance in the context of global climate change and urbanization. Dr. Lester believes deeply in the responsibility of society to provide safe, sufficient, and affordable water supply for all, and the importance of building capacity to support the sustainable use of such resources. She aims to assist all stakeholders (government, local communities, water-intensive businesses and farmers) in adopting approaches and practices towards improved water security and water governance in developing countries. From her work, a Water Accessibility Index was created as an effective tool to measure differences in access amidst high piped water coverage. The research also contributes to an understanding of the vulnerabilities which exist within the Kingston Water Supply System and the decision-making pathways of institutional actors within the water sector. Dr. Lester serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Water Resources Authority and the Land Development and Utilization Commission in Jamaica.","fstrSubjectArea":"Geography and Geology","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"19-Dec-2024","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":143,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"savanna-lloyd-67d9d04203362.png","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Savanna","fstrLastName":"Lloyd","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Lecturer-UWI","fstrBiography":"Dr. Savanna Lloyd is a Physics Lecturer in the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, The UWI. Her areas of interest for research are materials science and renewable energy. Dr. Lloyd received the 2024 L\u2019Or\u00e9al-UNESCO For Women in Science Caribbean Young Talent Award in recognition of her research and dedication to advancing science in the region - the award included a grant endowment of USD10,000 to further her research efforts. Dr. Lloyd is part of an international research team, studying the use of organic materials that emit light towards developing thin, low cost and highly effective electrical lighting.","fstrSubjectArea":"Physics","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"18-Mar-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":384,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Andrew-Long-6a6b957a5cfe5.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Mr.","fstrFirstName":"Andrew","fstrLastName":"Long","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","f
899strOccupation":"Actuary","fstrBiography":"Andrew Long is a Jamaican actuary who is currently a Senior Managing Director at Willis Towers Watson in the United Kingdom, a company with whom he has worked for the last 25 years. He specializes in helping organisations and trustees manage the funding, investment, legislative and governance risks associated with their pension schemes.\r\n\r\nAndrew is a graduate of the Wolmer\u2019s School for Boys and earned his Bachelors (B.Sc.) degree at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, where he studied Mathematics and Computer Science. He later continued his professional education at City University London, where he earned a Masters (M.Sc.) degree in actuarial science. With these qualifications and further studies, he eventually became a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA). Throughout his career, he has worked in the actuarial and financial services fields, applying advanced mathematics, statistics and technology to assess risk and develop solutions for complex financial challenges.\r\n\r\nBeyond his professional work, Andrew is passionate about helping young people succeed in mathematics and actuarial science. Along with Norbert Fullerton, he co-founded the IFoA Fullerton-Long Actuarial Futures Scholarship, which supports talented students studying Actuarial Science at UWI campuses in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, as well as Caribbean and African heritage students studying in the UK and Ireland. In 2026, Andrew and Norbert were awarded The UWI Mona \u2013 Faculty of Science and Technology Alumni Excellence - Philanthropy Award.","fstrSubjectArea":"Mathematics","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":"Actuarial Science, Computer Science","fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"17-Aug-2026","farrDisciplines":["Actuarial Science","Computer Science"],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":61,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Shannen-67801713446c7.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Shannen","fstrLastName":"Lorraine","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":null,"fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Lecturer - UWI","fstrBiography":"Ms. Lorraine is an inorganic chemistry lecturer. Her research interest is in organometallic synthetic chemistry and catalysis for the production of useful compounds.","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"09-Jan-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":308,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Henry-Lowe-67ec4d828ff2f.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Henry","fstrLastName":"Lowe","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Researcher\/Entrepreneur","fstrBiography":"Dr. the Honourable, Henry Lowe is a bio-chemist specialising in the development of medicines from Jamaican plants for the treatment of cancers and other diseases. He was born in 1939 and attended Calabar and Excelsior High Schools. He obtained his B.Sc. degree in chemistry at the University College of the West Indies (now The UWI) and did his post-graduate studies in Australia, the UK and the USA.   On returning to Jamaica, he lectured at the then College of Arts, Science and Technology (now the University of Technology) for 16 years before joining the Ministry of Energy and he later established the first Ministry of Science and the Environment in the CARICOM region, the current Ministry is Science, Energy and Technology). He worked in the private sector as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Blue Cross of Jamaica.  As an entrepreneur and philanthropist he founded the EHF Group of Companies, which includes a private, not for profit organization, Environmental Health Foundation (EHF), established in 1992, to enhance the quality of people\u2019s lives in Jamaica. Related companies include Eden Gardens Wellness & Lifestyle Limited (a premier wellness & lifestyle centre), Bio-Tech R&D Institute (a company engaged in the research, development and commercialization of health and wellness products from Jamaican plant-based materials) and Medicanja (a company that undertake cutting edge research on the medicinal uses of Ganja). He has has discovered several bioactive molecules from Jamaican plants (particularly Jamaican Ball Moss and Guinea Hen Weed) and has had success in patenting and registering drugs with the US-based Federal Drug Administration for the treatment of myeloid leukemia. Amongst his many awards, he was conferred with the Commander of the Order of Distinction in 1982, the Order of Jamaica in 2012 and the Silver Musgrave Medal from the Institute of Jamaica in 2018.","fstrSubjectArea":"Biotechnology","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"27-Jun-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":109,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"denneko-luke-0-677c3afa591e2.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Denneko","fstrLastName":"Luke","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":null,"fstrNationality":"Jamaica","f
899strOccupation":"Lecturer","fstrBiography":"Dr. Denneko Luke is a  lecturer and research scientist with a speciality in Forest Ecology. His present research aims to determine climate change effects on Jamaica\u2019s forested areas and species that maybe used in restoration efforts. His work includes the assessment of the cumulative effects of past hurricane disturbances at landscape level and the effect of topography on forest composition and plant distribution at the stand level.\u00a0 His research was instrumental in helping the Blue and John Crow Mountains (BJCM) to be inscribed as a World Heritage Site, and has led to local and international collaboration with researchers modelling hurricane effects. He has an interest in urban forestry and is interested in determining native species that can be used to mitigate climate  change effects in the urban landscape.","fstrSubjectArea":"Life Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"06-Jan-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":207,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"parris-lyew-ayee-jr-679bc181a79b1.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Parris","fstrLastName":"Lyew-Ayee Jr.","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Consultant","fstrBiography":"Dr. Parris Lyew-Ayee is a geographer-geologist specialising in the use of geographic information systems (GIS) for analysis, problem-solving and strategic planning. A graduate of St. Georges College where he was President of the Environmental Club, he earned his B.Sc. (1st Class Honours) in Earth Sciences with an emphasis on geology in 2001. He was awarded his Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Oxford in 2004 and had a UK Commonwealth Scholarship to assist in his studies in the UK. He took the opportunity whilst at Oxford to complete a certificate in Science Enterprise at the Saiid Business School there. He was awarded a Youth Musgrave Medal by the Institute of Jamaica in 2005.\r\n\r\nHe returned to Jamaica as the Executive Director of the Mona GeoInformatics Institute, UWI, Mona where he remained for 17 years growing the Institute into the premier advanced GIS service provider. Currently he is the Chief Strategy Officer with The Leap Co. which he started with a forward-thinking team to develop, strengthen and support business and community models that deliver solutions to social, environmental and economic challenges. 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Graduating with a B.Sc. first class honours in 1952, he was one of the first graduates of the then University College of the West Indies. His research was varied from sugar-cane to bauxite processing to the isolation of an antibiotic - Monamycin (together with the first head of the Chemistry Dept. Professor Cedric Hasall, from New Zealand) which was patented in Canada, Germany and the UK. Major work on Monamycin led to the development of the drug cilazapril which is still widely used in the treatment of hypertension. During his tenure as Head of the Chemistry Department (1977 to 1986) recognising the importance of Information Technology, he fostered its development in the Department. Later as Dean of the then, Faculty of Natural Sciences (1985 \u2013 1993) he lead the computerisation of the Faculty office and student record management. His approach to technology led to the evolution of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, now Faculty of Science and Technology. 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899strOccupation":"Lecturer - UWI","fstrBiography":"Dr. Peter Nelson is a physical chemistry lecturer and researcher in the Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science and Technology, UWI, Mona.  His research studies the electrochemistry, kinetics and thermodynamics of a variety of chemicals including those used a pesticides and others that may have an impact on human health. These studies also aim to improve the identification of certain elements and chemicals using a variety of electrodes and sensors. At only 34 years old, Nelson, who hails from St. Thomas, earned the SRC Young Scientist\/Technologist Award 2022 for his work in developing sensors for metal ions in the human body.","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"03-Mar-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":116,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"K-Nelson-677edc7c50883.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Karen","fstrLastName":"Nelson","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Chief Scientific Officer","fstrBiography":"Dr. Karen Nelson is a Jamaican-born American microbiologist who specializes in human microbiome research - that is, the study of the genetic material in the micro-organisms found  in different parts of the human body e.g. skin and intestines with a focus on how these microbes impact human health. She was born in Kingston and went to St. Hugh's High School after which she completed her B.Sc. in zoology at the UWI. Dr. Nelson planned to become a veterinarian, but once she took human and animal nutrition classes in college, she became fascinated by microbiology. Her interests brought her to study ruminant microbiology at Cornell and she learned that an animal\u2019s native microbial populations could be critical to its health and well-being. This led her to complete her Ph.D. in Microbiology at Cornell University and she is now an expert in microbial ecology, physiology and genomics. Her early work focused on a variety of microbes with economic significance - of particular note  was her publication of the genome of the bacterium, Thermatoga maritima a bacterium believed to have potential for energy production through its ability to produce hydrogen. Her current research focuses on interactions between human microbiome and various diseases. Dr. Nelson and her team were responsible for the publication of the first human metagenomics study, that is a study of the structure and function of entire nucleotide sequences isolated and analyzed from all the organisms in a bulk sample from a human. She is currently the Chief Scientific Officer at Thermo Fisher Scientific and has been listed as one of the Top 25 Women Leaders in Biotechnology for 2022 by the Healthcare Technology Report.","fstrSubjectArea":"Life Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"08-Jan-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":366,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Dr-Lilieth-Nelson-69f8fb9fe3371.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Lilieth","fstrLastName":"Nelson","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Retired \"Artistic Scientist\"","fstrBiography":"Dr. Lilieth Nelson dubbed the \u201cartistic scientist\u201d by Professor, the Hon. Rex Nettleford (when he was the artistic director for the University Singers, with whom she sang for many years) is a chemist and celebrated educator, singer, poet and entrepreneur. She has acted in several theatrical productions and is a published author. Dr. Nelson read her poem, \u201cOde to Scientists of the 60s at The UWI\u201d during the launch of the FiWi Science Initiative in January, 2025. \r\n\r\nBorn in Kingston, Dr. Nelson attended St. Hugh\u2019s High School and credits her interest in science to the many visits the students took to the Institute of Jamaica. She graduated from The University of the West Indies with a B.Sc. in Chemistry, Botany and Zoology (Life Sciences) in 1967 and went on to further her studies with Di
899plomas in Education and in Management Studies. She taught chemistry and general science at the secondary levels in the Bahamas and Jamaica, and later, the tertiary level at Mico Teachers\u2019 College. \r\n\r\nAfter 10 years as a stellar science educator she moved on to the Ministry of Mining and Energy as a Project Manager where she directed the Bioenergy Assessment Project for Jamaica and produced the Energy Coordinator\u2019s Handbook as a guide for managing and conserving energy across institutions. From there, she moved on to become the Managing Director of Jamaica Laboratory & Industrial Suppliers Ltd. a leading distributor of chemicals and scientific equipment for research and analysis in the industrial, medical and educational sectors. During this time she furthered her education with a Masters of Arts Degree (MA) in Education, focusing on the Teaching of Chemistry at Secondary and Tertiary Levels in Jamaica, and an Executive Masters of Business Administration (EMBA) with a focus on International Marketing. Between 1992 and 2009 she was the Head of International Programmes at The University of the West Indies and started her doctoral research on the Internationalisation of Universities at this time. She graduated with her Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Education in 2013 in which she examined the cost in relation to benefits of cross-border education. \r\n\r\nThough retired, Dr. Nelson keeps busy spending time with family and friends, working on consultancies, writing and through involvement and leadership roles in several organisations. These include the Institute of Jamaica\u2019s Natural History Division, The Association of Science Teachers of Jamaica, The Jamaican Society of Scientists and Technologists; The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission; Business and Professional Women, St. Andrew; The University Singers of which she was the Musical Director for seven years and singer for 30 years; Caribbean Community of Retired Persons (CCRP) and the St. Hugh\u2019s Past Students\u2019 Association. \r\n\r\nDr. Lilieth Nelson was celebrated by the St. Hugh\u2019s Past Students\u2019 Association as the Distinguished Past Student for 1989, for her work in the Arts and with the School. In 2016 she received the Order of Distinction, Commander Class from the Government of Jamaica for outstanding contribution in the fields of Education, Literature and Jamaican Folk Culture. In 2023, she was honoured by the Caribbean Community of Retired Persons, with the Living Legacy Award for entrepreneurship, education and culture.","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":"Education, Business Management, Entrepreneurship","fstrKeywords":"singing, poetry","fdtmDatePosted":"04-May-2026","farrDisciplines":["Education","Business Management","Entrepreneurship"],"farrKeywords":["singing","poetry"],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":321,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Dionne-Newell-681e2cb819662.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Dionne","fstrLastName":"Newell","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Senior Research Officer","fstrBiography":"Dr. Dionne Newell is the Senior Research Officer - Entomology at the Natural History Museum of Jamaica (a Division of the Institute of Jamaica). In this position, she is responsible for the entomology (insect) collection which includes the oldest specimens in the museum (a moth dating from 1879). She is also responsible for coordinating, planning and administering the activities of the Zoology Department. Activities include the collection, identification, research, preservation and systematic storage of the Division\u2019s zoological collections. She has a strong knowledge of taxonomy to guide her in collecting specimens and adding specimens brought in by researchers. The post also supports national, regional and international biodiversity conservation initiatives. She currently represents the NHMJ on local national biodiversity related committees including the *CITES Scientific Authority.\u00a0 (*CITES \u2013 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Faun
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Her thesis investigated the effectiveness of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on biodiversity conservation in Jamaica.","fstrSubjectArea":"Life Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"19-Jan-2026","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":301,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"susan-otuokon-jpg-2-67eacf1032575.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Susan","fstrLastName":"Otuokon","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Strategic Development Officer","fstrBiography":"Dr. Susan Otuokon is an environmental and protected areas management expert, best known for her work in managing the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park from 2002 to 2022. In particular, she played a lead role in the 2015 UNESCO World Heritage Site Inscription of this special site for both its cultural and natural heritage. In recognition of this effort, she was awarded a Bronze Musgrave Medal from the Institute of Jamaica in 2015. \r\n\r\nDr. Otuokon is a graduate of the St. Hugh\u2019s High School and obtained her B.Sc. in Life Sciences in 1987 from The UWI, her M.Sc. in Aquatic Resources Management from the University of London in 1989 and her Ph.D. in Environmental Management from The UWI in 2010. In addition to her work planning, establishing and managing protected areas around Jamaica and in Belize and Trinidad & Tobago, she has been an adjunct lecturer in The UWI M.Sc.in Integrated Urban and Rural Environmental Management since 2002. Dr. Otuokon is the Strategic Development Officer in the Faculty of Science and Technology, The UWI, Mona. In this position, since 2024, she is responsible for coordinating several faculty-wide initiatives including FiWi Science.","fstrSubjectArea":"Life Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"31-Mar-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":333,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Sir-Godfrey-Palmer-689ba1dc98e02.png","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Sir","fstrFirstName":"Godfrey Oliver","fstrLastName":"Palmer","fdtmDateOfBirth":"09-Apr-1940","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Deceased - Professor Emeritus - Heriot-Watt University, Scotland","fstrBiography":"Professor Emeritus Sir Godfrey Oliver Palmer (1940 \u2013 2025) a botanist and a chemist, became the first black professor in Scotland when he was promoted to the rank of Professor at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh in 1989. Born in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica he grew up mainly in Kingston where he struggled at school. In 1955, just before his 15th birthday, he joined his mother in London where he gained a place at Highbury Grammar School due to his excellent cricketing ability. Three years later he left school with six O-levels and two A-levels, in Botany and Zoology and went to work as a Junior Lab Technician at Queen Elizabeth College, London University whilst studying part-time at a local polytechnic to obtain further qualifications.\r\n\r\nPalmer earned a Bachelors\u2019 degree in Botany from the University of Leicester in 1964. Wishing to further his academic career he applied for a scholarship from the English Ministry of Agriculture to study for a M.Sc. at the University of Nottingham but he was unsuccessful at the interview. Luckily for him, one member of the interview panel was impressed and secured him a place to study for a PhD in grain science and technology jointly with Heriot-Watt College and the University of Edinburgh, beginning his doctorate in 1965. After completing his PhD thesis entitled Ultra-structure of cereal grains in relation to germination in 1967, he began research work at the Brewing Research Foundation in Surrey in 1968 where he worked on the science and technology of barley, developing a technique to speed the production of malt from barley which increased profits by millions of pounds for the brewing industry . He eventually became a senior scientist at the Foundation before he moved back to Heriot-Watt University in 1977. After the Nigerian government banned the importation of European malt and barley in the 1980s, Palmer advised international breweries e.g. Heineken and Guiness on the use of local grains such as sorghum in their African breweries. \r\n\r\nHe received a Doctorate of Science in 1985, and a personal Chair at Heriot-Watt in 1989 and on his retirement in 2005 he was made Professor Emeritus. In 1998, Palmer became the fourth individual and first European, to be honoured with the American Society of Brewing Chemists (ASBC) Award for distinction in scientific research and good citizenship: he received the award in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2008. Palmer was awarded honorary doctorates by several universities including in 2015, the University of the West Indies and the University of Technology, Jamaica. In 2019, he was awarded the Gold Musgrave Medal from the Institute of Jamaica.\r\n\r\nProfessor Palmer is also renowned for his work as a human rights activist, striving to promote improved race relations including through a better understanding of the culture of especially children from different ethnic backgrounds, to help them improve their educational performance.\r\n\r\nIn recognition of his work and achievements in the field of grain science, Palmer was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2003. He was knighted in the 2014  for services to human rights, science, and charity. In March 2024, King Charles III appointed Palmer a knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle (KT), the highest order of chivalry in Scotland.","fstrSubjectArea":"Biotechnology","fblnScienceLeader":true,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"14-Aug-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":191,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":null,"flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Ms","fstrFirstName":"Chauntelle","fstrLastName":"Parkins","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","f
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899ncy and conservation. She is a pioneer in this field, particularly as a woman, since at the time she started the field was dominated by men. \r\n\r\nDr. Potopsingh started her university life studying geography, graduating in 1975 from The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Mona with a B.A. in Geography and a Diploma in Education. However, her work as a Physical Planner in the Town Planning Department of the Ministry of Finance and Planning starting in 1976 led her to obtain an M.Sc. in Urban Development Planning from the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. She also studied at the University of Surrey\u2019s Centre for Environmental Strategy. \r\n\r\nShe eventually moved to the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) in 1993 where she worked in various technical management capacities culminating in her serving as the PCJ Group Managing Director for almost five years. During this time she was responsible for numerous projects that enhanced Jamaica\u2019s energy efficiency, retrofitting several schools, hospitals and police stations with energy efficiency equipment. She was responsible for the implementation of the Petro Caribe Agreement with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela which provided needed preferential crude oil prices to Jamaica. Dr. Potopsingh was one of the pioneers of Jamaica\u2019s renewable energy transition beginning with commercial wind operations at Wigton, Manchester in 2004 and the removal of lead from gasoline in 2000 and later the introduction of 10% ethanol in gasoline. She was the founding member the Jamaica Solar Energy Association. She continued her studies over this period, earning an Executive Masters in Business Administration (1996) and a Ph.D. in Sustainable Development (2006), both from The UWI, Mona.\r\n\r\nHaving been a part-time lecturer and external examiner at the University of Technology (UTech) in the 1990s, Dr. Potopsingh returned in 2010 as the Associate Vice President with responsibility for Sustainable Energy in the School of Graduate Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship. At. UTech, Dr. Potopsingh pioneered several solar energy projects and the development of an M.Sc. in Sustainable Development and Climate Change. \r\n\r\nDr. Ruth Potopsingh now works part-time as a Senior Technical Consultant at Environmental Solutions Ltd. She was recognised by CARICOM for her pioneering work with the Women in Sustainable Energy Award 2023 (Policy and Regulations). In 2025, she was one of four Jamaican women to proudly receive the Woman in Energy Award from the Government of Canada.","fstrSubjectArea":"Geography and Geology","fblnScienceLeader":true,"fstrDisciplines":"Urban Planning","fstrKeywords":"Leadership and Management","fdtmDatePosted":"01-Apr-2026","farrDisciplines":["Urban Planning"],"farrKeywords":["Leadership and Management"],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":187,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"bhaskarrao2-679a8876bc08b.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Chinthapalli Bhaskar","fstrLastName":"Rao","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"India","fstrOccupation":"Senior Lecturer & Researcher, UWI","fstrBiography":"Dr. Chinthapalli Bhaskar Rao is a Molecular Plant Physiologist and Plant Biochemist working on Enzyme purification and regulation. He joined as a staff in the Department of Life Sciences in February, 2021 and continued to work in the field of Molecular Plant Physiology, Biochemistry and Plant Biotechnology.","fstrSubjectArea":"Life Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"29-Jan-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":359,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"robert-rashford-3-4-6998cd9b2660c.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Mr.","fstrFirstName":"Robert","fstrLastName":"Rashford","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","f
899strOccupation":"Aerospace Engineer","fstrBiography":"Robert Rashford is an aerospace engineer with his own company, Genesis Engineering Solutions Incorporated, which he started in 1993 in Maryland, USA providing services to the Goddard Space Flight Centre amongst others.\r\n\r\nBorn in Kingston, Jamaica in 1957, Robert was said to have been a creative child \u2013 making a variety of toys for himself and later showing interest in science and mathematics at school. Rashford migrated to the USA and was awarded his B.Sc. in mechanical engineering from Temple University, Pennsylvania in 1982. He earned his M.Sc. in Engineering and Management from the University of Maryland.\r\n\r\nRashford worked closely with a team of scientists to repair the first Hubble Space Telescope. Together with Charles Rivera, Rashford developed a 3D non-destructive evaluation system that can detect flaws in air\/space-craft materials and which has been used to maintain critical equipment including the Hubble Space Telescope. Rashford has worked with several companies including General Electric and Bechtel Corporation designing and developing spacecraft and spacecraft support systems for both commercial and military applications. He and his team at Genesis have been working on the development of an Integrated Science Instrument Module\r\nthat will fly on board the James Webb Space Telescope spacecraft which is a replacement for the Hubble Space Telescope. Genesis Solutions Inc. has numerous other projects including Single Person Spacecraft which provide a safer alternative to the spacesuit and is based on his earlier invention of protective enclosures for transporting orbital replacement units and astronauts. \r\n\r\nRobert Rashford has received several awards from the US-NationalAeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for his work on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite and the Hubble Space Telescope and an award for Excellence in Science and Technology from the Institute of Caribbean Studies.","fstrSubjectArea":"Engineering","fblnScienceLeader":true,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"20-Feb-2026","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":318,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Teona-Rattigan-681e2e15a907e.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Mrs","fstrFirstName":"Teona","fstrLastName":"Rattigan","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Museum Programme Officer","fstrBiography":"Mrs. Teona Rattigan is the Museum Programme Officer at the Natural History Museum of Jamaica (a Division of the Institute of Jamaica). In this position, she is responsible for assisting with the implementation of the Education Programme, in particular, the activities of the Museum through its various exhibits.\u00a0 Mrs. Rattigan has a B.Sc. in Environmental Biology from The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus.","fstrSubjectArea":"Life Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"09-May-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":69,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"RR-67895de2d0f5c.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Vaughn","fstrLastName":"Rattray","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Lecturer - UWI","fstrBiography":"Dr. Rattray\u2019s research interests include the study of the levels of elements, mainly metals, in the environment (soil, agricultural crops, animals and humans), with specific focus on essential and potentially harmful elements. The ultimate goal is to understand the composition of components of the environment to provide data for appropriate decision-making strategies towards national development. His research has contributed to the identification of areas in Jamaica with anomalously high levels of lead, cadmium, mercur
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899000).\r\n\r\nProfessor Reid\u2019s research spans the gamut of Community Health, Family Medicine and Human Metabolism. As a Metabolist and Clinical Nutritionist he is skilled in the application of stable isotope methods which involves attaching non-radioactive chemicals to nutrients which are then infused into or ingested by the patient. The distribution of these labeled nutrients in tissues and body fluids are then measured and this helps researchers understand how the body functions in health and disease.  In particular, his work has centred on how the body adapts to oxidative and nutritional stresses. More recently he has focused on how these adaptive responses increase susceptibility to cardiovascular and renal diseases and the complications of sickle cell disease.\r\n\r\nProfessor Reid is a well-respected academic who has earned local and international recognition for his work. In 2023 he was awarded fellowship designation by the World College of Family Physicians.","fstrSubjectArea":"Medicine","fblnScienceLeader":true,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":"Intl. Volleyball Assocn. Grade 1 Coach & Referee","fdtmDatePosted":"15-Aug-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":["Intl. Volleyball Assocn. Grade 1 Coach & Referee"],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":338,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Prof-Mercedes-Richards-689e402828995.png","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Professor","fstrFirstName":"Mercedes","fstrLastName":"Richards","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Deceased - Astrophysics Professor","fstrBiography":"Professor Mercedes Richards (1955\u20132016) was a Jamaican-born astrophysicist who made pioneering contributions to the study of binary star systems. Inspired by her detective father and accountant mother, she pursued astronomy from an early age. She attended St. Hugh\u2019s High School and then The University of the West Indies where she earned a B.Sc. in Physics in 1977. She moved to Canada to further her studies with a MS in Space Science from York University in 1979. In 1986 she graduated from the University of Toronto with a Ph.D. in Astronomy and Astrophysics.  \r\n\r\nRichards became known for applying spectroscopic tomography (a medical imaging technique) to map gas flows in binary stars. Her research also explored magnetic activity in stars and advanced data analysis methods for astrophysics. She held faculty positions at the University of Virginia and Pennsylvania State University, where she was deeply committed to teaching and mentoring, especially encouraging women and underrepresented groups in science. She led international collaborations, was active in professional societies, and co-founded programs for disadvantaged students. \r\n\r\nFluent in several languages and with wide cultural interests (violinist, poet, photographer), Richards balanced a rich personal and professional life. A Quaker, she was remembered for her generosity and service.\r\n\r\nRichards received multiple honors, including the Gold Musgrave Medal from the Institute of Jamaica in 2008, a Fulbright Distinguished Chair in 2011 and the American Physical Society (APS) Woman Physicist of the Month in 2013.The St. Hugh\u2019s Past Students\u2019 Association made her an Honouree during their celebration of the School\u2019s 110th Anniversary in 2009.","fstrSubjectArea":"Physics","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"14-Aug-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":96,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"whatsapp-image-2022-11-19-at-9-46-38-pm-676383d428646.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Ms","fstrFirstName":"Natalie","fstrLastName":"Robinson","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","f
899strOccupation":"Assistant Lecturer","fstrBiography":"Ms. Natalie Robinson is a geologist whose research interests are in carbonate Sedimentology, micropaleontology and benthic foraminifera","fstrSubjectArea":"Geography and Geology","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"18-Dec-2024","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":108,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"research-dwight-677c2b4a61d08.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Dwight","fstrLastName":"Robinson","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Senior Lecturer","fstrBiography":"Dr. Robinson is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Life Sciences and served as Head of the Department from August 2016 to July 2023. His research interests are in the field of Pest and Pesticide Management and he has conducted studies on pesticide contamination in the Jamaican environment, with emphasis on pesticide residue transport and levels in ground and surface water systems. In addition, he has investigated the integrated management of pests affecting coffee, cotton and citrus in Jamaica. Of note is his work developing an integrated pest management system for the coffee berry borer which if properly implemented could save the coffee industry millions of dollars. He has also done work on organic production systems.","fstrSubjectArea":"Life Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"06-Jan-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":206,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"ted-robinson-square-679bbb4831bd9.png","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Professor","fstrFirstName":"Edward \"Ted\"","fstrLastName":"Robinson","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Retired Professor Emeritus","fstrBiography":"Professor Emeritus Edward \"Ted\" Robinson is a Jamaican citizen who was born in the UK but travelled to India when he was only 3 months old. After 8 childhood years in India, he returned to England in 1942 when his father was called to serve in World War II. After secondary school in the UK, he earned his B.Sc. with honours from the University of Birmingham, with subsidiaries in Land and Mine Surveying and Petroleum Production Engineering. Having met Jamaican, Jeanne Mair whilst studying at the U. Birmingham, he came to Jamaica in 1956 to work with the Jamaica Geological Survey (now Mines & Geology Department) and married Jeanne the following year.  \r\n\r\nHe joined The UWI in 1961 when the Geology Department was set up and became a Jamaican citizen soon after Independence. His Ph.D. was earned at the UWI, Mona but conferred by The University of London as it was in 1969 before The UWI was able to confer degrees itself. After 20 years in the Dept. of Geography and Geology, The UWI he worked abroad for almost 9 years in the petroleum industry in the USA and Venezuela before returning to work at The UWI, Mona in the Marine Geology Unit. Though retired, he is still (in 2025) working and publishing papers with the Department of Geography and Geology, The UWI, Mona. \r\n\r\nHis work with the Jamaica Geological Survey resulted in the first draft of a modern geology map of Jamaica. Professor Robinson\u2019s work has contributed to the development of 
899knowledge and use of minerals in Jamaica, including high quality limestone, gypsum, anhydrite, silica sand, and bauxite. His work in geology and micropaleontology has resulted in over 170 publications, including authorship and co-authorship of over 40 concerned with the systematics and biostratigraphy of larger benthic foraminifers (LBF), as well as a number on the geological and environmental aspects of coastal processes, the possible use of tropical peat as a fuel resource, and contributions to official maps of the island of Jamaica. His research interests include the biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography of larger benthic foraminifers of the Western Hemisphere and coastal processes and environmental effects associated with giant wave events and rising sea levels. \r\n\r\nIn addition to working in Jamaica, Professor Robinson has worked in the petroleum industry, the US Geological Survey and academia in the USA lecturing at Rice University, Houston. He has been a past member of the Geologists\u2019 Association of Great Britain, a member of the Geological Society of Jamaica, a Fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences and member of the Association of Geoscientists for International Development. \r\n\r\nProfessor Robinson's awards include the National Medal for Science and Technology in 2005, Jamaica's Order of Merit 2008 and a Silver Medal from the Institute of Jamaica for his contributions to the geosciences.","fstrSubjectArea":"Geography and Geology","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":"Geology","fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"05-Mar-2026","farrDisciplines":["Geology"],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":179,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":null,"flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Hilary Ann","fstrLastName":"Robotham Westmeier","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Consultant, Germany","fstrBiography":"Dr. Hilary Ann Robotham Westmeier is a chemist specialising in the use of nuclear analytical methods to assess environmental and other pollutants. She was born in Montego Bay in 1955 but grew up in Kingston and loved mathematics and literature as a child and student at St. Andrew High School. She also loves dancing and was a founding member of the L'Acadco Dance C
899ompany in 1982. She studied chemistry at The University of the West Indies obtaining a Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry before going to work in the newly established Centre for Nuclear Sciences where she was the Lead Scientist and Coordinator from 1983 until she left in 1993. \r\n\r\nAs an analytical chemist specialising in applications of nuclear analytical techniques, her main research work involved the mapping of the geochemistry of soils and radiation levels throughout Jamaica. She was instrumental in setting up a pilot facility for monitoring the exposure levels of workers who handled radioactive materials or worked with radiation, and she helped to develop methods and programmes for monitoring chemical pollutants in the environment. 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899strOccupation":"Lecturer-UWI","fstrBiography":"Dr. Tamika Royal-Brown is a Lecturer in the Mathematics Department, Faculty of Science and Technology, UWI, Mona. She also serves as the Coordinator for the Statistics Programme and Examinations. \r\nOne of the objectives of her research is to utilize innovative statistical approaches to analyze longitudinal data over time e.g. to identify early-life predictors of cardio-vascular disease.","fstrSubjectArea":"Mathematics","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"10-Jan-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":37,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"phpMtjk7X","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Professor","fstrFirstName":"Marcia","fstrLastName":"Roye","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Senior Lecturer & Researcher, UWI","fstrBiography":"A Jamaican Science Icon, Professor Marcia Roye is a biotechnologist with a focus on plant virology towards growing healthier, disease-free plants. She remembers growing up in south St. Elizabeth surrounded by \u201cbush\u201d which she and her friends explored e.g. tasting and crushing berries on paper and seeing different colours appear.  Later on, at the University of the West Indies she studied biotechnology and this led her to become a plant virologist, identifying the many viruses that impact the crops her family and neighbours grew. The first step in figuring out how to treat plant disease is to identify the cause and isolate the specific virus or other pathogens.\u00a0\r\n\r\nDr. Roye\u2019s work has resulted in the identification of more than 24 viruses associated with a wide variety of plant crops such as red peas and scotch-bonnet peppers and has been instrumental in facilitating the control of viruses by cultivation of resistant varieties of tomato and cabbage. In recent years, her research has expanded to humans, as she is studying the detection of anti-retroviral (ARV) drug resistance of HIV in Jamaican patients. This research serves to improve ARV treatment and outcome for HIV-affected individuals as well as the quality of life of HIV patients. \r\n\r\nProfessor Roye is a Senior Lecturer based in the Caribbean Centre for Research in Bioscience where in addition to lecturing she supervises graduate students research.\u00a0has served the Faculty of Science & Technology as the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research. She has worked all over the globe helping scientists and farmers fight plant disease and she\u00a0serves on local, regional and international committees in the pursuit in improving agricultural practices to reduce world hunger and has won numerous awards for her research including the presitgious Fulbright and UNESCO-L'Oreal fellowships. n 2024 Professor Marcia Roye was awarded the Gold Musgrave Medal for Eminence in Science and she also received the RJR Gleaner Honour for Science and Technology.","fstrSubjectArea":"Biotechnology","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"29-Jan-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":357,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Joel-Sadler-6997771c7263c.png","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Joel","fstrLastName":"Sadler","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Computer Engineer","fstrBiography":"Dr. Joel Sadler is an innovator, computer engineer and entrepreneur. He is perhaps best known as the co-inventor of the JaipurKnee, a budget-friendly prosthetic knee joint, which was listed at number 18 in Times Magazine's \"50 Best Inventions of 2009\".\r\n\r\nDr. Sadler was born in St. Andrew, Jamaica and attended Wolmer's Preparatory 
899School and Campion College, before studying engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the USA. In 2008, while doing postgraduate studies in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Stanford in California, USA, Sadler, along with classmate Eric Thorsell, designed the device as part of a course project in Medical Device Design. The JaipurKnee is made of self-lubricating, oil-filled nylon and is both flexible and stable, even on irregular terrain. The device was further developed by Stanford University in collaboration with the Jaipur Foot Group, a charity that provides prostheses to Indian amputees. The JaipurKnee has the potential to benefit amputees in low-income communities worldwide.\r\n\r\nIn 2010, Sadler was awarded a Bronze Musgrave Medal from the Institute of Jamaica for his achievement in science. He has garnered more than a decade of experience in product creation across mechanical, electrical hardware and software design for companies such as Apple, Johnson and Johnson and Audi.  He earned his Ph.D. from Stanford with his thesis \u201cThe Anatomy of Creative Computing\u201d which showed that even a 7-year old could be inspired to prototype their technology ideas without any prior knowledge. Since then, Mr. Sadler has established several start-ups in Silicon Valley including Piper \u2013 an education tech start-up with which he is still involved as an Advisor. Since 2023 he has been the Chief Technology Officer of a new division at George Lucas Educational Foundation. 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He earned his B.Sc. (First Class Honours) in chemistry from the Queens' College, Belfast, Ireland and returned to Jamaica as a chemistry lecturer at The UWI in 1952. In Dr. Sangster obtained his PhD in Organic Chemistry in 1958, under the guidance of Professor Cedric Hassall (first Head of Chemistry Department). He was an Assistant Lecturer then Lecturer in Chemistry, and supervised several research projects up to 1970, before leaving to take up the position of Principal of the then CAST. \r\n\r\nDuring his lifetime, he was heavily involved in giving service to society, via chairmanships, directorships, memberships, and consultancies to a vareity of institutions and societies.  He is the founding father and Chairman of Citizens Action for Free and Fair Elections, (CAFFE) and for this initiative he received the Gleaner\u2019s Special Award in 1999. 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899strOccupation":"Research Office","fstrBiography":"Lance Scott is a science educator, researcher and project management specialist who works to understand climate change, how it affects people (especially farmers and rural communities) and how to reduce the negative impacts. As a Research Officer at the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ), he helps improve tertiary education curricula and programmes by integrating the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) so students can learn the skills they need to ensure a sustainable future for Jamaica. He is also conducting research for his doctoral degree (Ph.D.) at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, with a focus on using scientific data through computer modelling and analysis to identify solutions to address climate and disaster risk in Jamaica and the Caribbean. His research aims to help help farmers protect their livelihoods when extreme weather happens.\r\n\r\nBefore taking on his current role, Mr. Scott has worked on science and education projects for Jamaican government Ministries, agencies, civil society and international organisations. In these roles he has helped design and carry out surveys, conduct research studies, analyse data and develop policies and programmes. His tertiary level education started at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree (B.Sc.) with a double major in Geography and Geology. He went on to earn a Master of Philosophy degree (M. 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Mary Seacole, OM (1805 - 1881) was born in Kingston to a Scottish Lieutenant in the British Army (James Grant) and his Jamaican wife who ran a boarding house, Blundell Hall on East Street.  Her mother, Mrs Grant, nicknamed \"The Doctress\", was a healer who used traditional herbal medicines and good hygiene to treat military and naval staff as well as enslaved Africans. Due to a patroness, she had the opportunity to further her education and live in England for a time before returning home to practice nursing with her mother and help run their hostel at Blundell Hall.  Mary used what she learned from her mother and also by watching military doctors. Her marriage to Edwin Seacole in 1836 allowed her to travel to the Bahamas, Cuba and Haiti where she augmented her knowledge of traditional medicines. Unfortunately fire destroyed Blundell Hall in 1843, Mr. Seacole died in 1844 and her mother soon after. However, Mrs. Seacole rebuilt Blundell Hall and continued the practice her mother had started including successfully treating many for cholera in 1850 and later on treating yellow fever particularly amongst English officers. \r\n\r\nIn 1851, she joined her step-brother in Panama where he had established a small hotel and with the outbreak of cholera, she made a name for herself for nursing many back to health. She was a successful entrepreneur in the hospitality business and did well for herself whilst also attending to the sick and injured \u2013 rich and poor.  She eventually moved to London and on hearing of the poor circumstances of injured and sick soldiers in the Crimean War tried to join Florence Nightingale\u2019s nurses but was not accepted. She therefore organized and went herself in 1855, setting up a restaurant and also offering care to the sick and wounded. She made a name for herself amongst the many English soldiers and officers she cared for and despite returning to England bankrupt in 1856, was able to make a comeback both in Jamaica and England, including the writing of her autobiography, Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands (the first book written in England by a black women) which was a best-seller. \r\n\r\nMrs. Mary Seacole eventually died in London in 1881 and was initially forgotten.  In 1957, the first Hall of Residence for women at The University of the West Indies was built and named for her amongst other recognitions. In 1990 she was awarded the Order of Merit by the Jamaican Government.  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899strOccupation":"Marketing & Entrepreneurial Consultant","fstrBiography":"Dr. Sharon Smith has been the Director of the Mona Entrepreneurial and Commercialization Centre (MECC) at The University of the West Indies since 2015. She combines the inquiring mind and scientific approach of her undergraduate degree in chemistry with her post-graduate studies and research in business management and marketing, to provide effective support for young entrepreneurs. \r\n\r\nA graduate of St. Hugh\u2019s High School she completed a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Biochemistry and Chemistry with a minor in Food and Agricultural Microbiology at The University of the West Indies, Mona. On graduating from The UWI with an Honours degree, she started her career at the Jamaica Bureau of Standards, developing standards and monitoring food processing plants. That experience with commerce and industry led to a desire to understand the science behind business and so she went on to earn a Master in Business Administration degree (MBA) from Nova Southeastern University. She later worked in pharmaceutical sales and marketing for several international companies. Perhaps this experience led her to pursue and earn her Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) and then Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees from City University of New York, specialising in international business and specifically, marketing and consumer psychology.\r\n\r\nDr. Sharon Smith worked in academia initially as a tutor to support her own education and later as a lecturer and eventually as an Assistant Professor at DePaul University, Chicago for over 6 years. She provides marketing and business consultancy services through her own company and others, producing business development and marketing strategies with a focus on micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.  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For her outstanding achievements and contribution to Entrepreneurial Development and Educational Service, the St. Hugh\u2019s Past Students\u2019 Association conferred on Dr. Sharon Smith, the award of Distinguished Past Student for 2025","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"12-May-2026","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":194,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Joy-Spence-679aeded63584.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Mrs","fstrFirstName":"Joy","fstrLastName":"Spence","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Master Blender & Brand Ambassador, Appleton Estate","fstrBiography":"Joy Spence is a chemist who specialises in the blending of the perfect Jamaican rums at Appleton Estate, where she is the Master Blender and serves as the Brand Ambassador and Manager of Technical and Quality Services. She was born in Manchester and raised in Kingston where at age 13, she discovered her passion for chemistry. She completed her B.Sc. in Chemistry at The University of the West Indies and earned her M.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Loughborough in the United Kingdom. \r\n\r\nOn her return to Jamaica, she worked as a research and development chemist at Tia Maria and was then hired by J. Wray and Nephew Ltd. In 1981, the rum distillery Appleton Estate, which was owned by Wray and Nephew, hired Spence as its chief chemist. There she worked with the Master Blender, who had identified her ability to identify and differentiate between smells, for 17 years until he retired and she became the Master Blender. Her first creation as the master blender was a special rum to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Appleton Estate, which received high praise in the industry. In 2005, Mrs. Spence was awarded the Order of Distinction, Officer Class by the Government of Jamaica for her service to the rum industry. Spence was instrumental in achieving geographical indication for Jamaican rum, which was awarded in 2016, which is a tool to help protect Jamaica's intellectual property in rum-making.\r\n\r\nMrs. Joy Spence has won several international awards for her skill in the spirits industry including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the US Distilled Spirits Council  in 2022. In 2018, she was awarded the National Medal for Science and Technology and in 2022, the Musgrave Gold Medal by the Institute of Jamaica. Tours of the Appleton Estate distillery are named The Joy Spence Appleton Estate Rum Experience in honour of her amazing chemistry skills and expertise in rum blending.","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":"Analytical Chemistry","fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"29-Jan-2025","farrDisciplines":["Analytical Chemistry"],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":203,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"thomas-stemann-square-679bb769a5cda.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Thomas","fstrLastName":"Stemann","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"United Kingdom","fstrOccupation":"former Lecturer, UWI","fstrBiography":"Dr. Thomas Stemann was a geologist specialising in paleontology, the study of life before the Holocene Epoch (over 11,000 years ago) i.e. the study of fossils. 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She was the first female Head of the Physics Department. Professor Stephenson's B.Sc. was in physics and she was awarded her Ph.D. in physics from The UWI in 2005 for her thesis which examined the Caribbean Dry Season: its modes, circulation features and statistical models.\r\n\r\nProfessor Stephenson is the Co-Director of the UWI Climate Studies Group Mona (CSGM) which has produced a series of key studies and reports being used to guide climate change mitigation and resilience in Jamaica and the Caribbean. \r\n\r\nProfessor Stephenson served on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which produced several assessment reports which are foundational in understanding the scientific basis of climate change, its impacts, risks, and strategies for adaptation and mitigation and have shaped global climate policies and actions. 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899strOccupation":"Head & Research Fellow - Earthquake Unit","fstrBiography":"Mr. Kevin Tankoo is the Head & Research Fellow of the Earthquake Unit (EQU) based at The UWI, Mona. The EQU is the national agency responsible for earthquake monitoring and seismic research. The Unit manages and operates different seismic and auxiliary networks while also functioning as Jamaica\u2019s National Data Centre for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation.\r\n\r\nAs a Research Fellow, Mr. Tankoo conducts research across various fields including geophysics, geology and disaster management. As the Head of the EQU, he works closely with other government entities serving on several committees, council, board and task force on a national level. In addition to being a Principal Researcher and the Head of Jamaica\u2019s National Data Centre for the CTBTO, he is also a member of the International Seismological Centre Governing Council and a global scientific working group.\r\n\r\nMr. Tankoo holds a B.Sc. in Geology and a M.Sc. with Distinction in Natural Resource Management- Disaster Management from The UWI, where he is now finalising a Ph.D. in Geology and Geophysics.","fstrSubjectArea":"Geography and Geology","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"12-Aug-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":136,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"dean-professor-michael-taylor-3-1-678578139a70f.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Professor","fstrFirstName":"Michael","fstrLastName":"Taylor","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Professor\/Senior Lecturer - UWI, Mona","fstrBiography":"Professor Michael Taylor is an internationally renowned climate physicist who has served on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He has pioneered the use of regional climate models, built Caribbean Climate databases and developed tools to help us better understand and address climate change and its likely impacts into the future.  This knowledge is critical for the region being comprised of tropical island states at risk from sea-level rise and tropical cyclones in particular.\r\n\r\nHe attended The UWI after graduating from Campion College where he showed his leadership skills as head-boy there. Taylor earned both his B.Sc. (1st Class Hons.) and M.Sc. in Physics from The University of the West Indies and was awarded his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in environmental physics. He joined The UWI as a Lecturer in the Department of Physics in 1999 and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2008 and Head of Department in 2009. In 2013 he was elevated to the rank of Professor and in 2014 he was appointed Deputy Dean and in 2018, Dean for the Faculty of Science and Technology. Professor Taylor served as Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology from 2018 to 2026. He became the Director of the Climate Studies Group Mona in 2007 and is currently the Co-Director with Professor Tannecia Stephenson.\r\n\r\nHe is a climate resilience advocate and has served on Jamaica's Climate Change Advisory Board. The Fi Wi Science Initiative is his brainchild - aimed at ensuring that youth can find local scientists to inspire their careers.\r\n\r\nHe has received many notable awards, national and international in recognition for his work including Jamaica\u2019s Silver Musgrave Medal for Science in 2013, the Young Scientist Awards from the Scientific Research Council in 2005 and the Caribbean Academy of Sciences in 2008. He was made a Fellow of the Caribbean Academy of Sciences in 2018 and awarded the Anthony A. Sabga Award of Caribbean Excellence in 2019. In 2024, he was made a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences.","fstrSubjectArea":"Physics","fblnScienceLeader":true,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"10-Aug-2026","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":170,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"1517684407367-6797dbc9412ac.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Ms","fstrFirstName":"Kamilah","fstrLastName":"Taylor","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","f
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She lectures courses on molecular biology, genetics and biotechnology and her research as a biotechnologist focuses on the viral diseases of fruit and vegetable crops. After earning first-class honours in botany from the University of the West Indies (UWI), her brilliance caught the attention of Cornell University, where she joined groundbreaking research to combat the Papaya Ring-Spot Virus (PRSV). Professor Tennant is credited with the creation of the Solo Sunrise, a genetically modified strain of papaya which is resistant to the Ring Spot disease - she accomplished this during her Ph.D. research studies at Cornell University, which she completed in 1996. Her discovery helped save the local papaya industry which was under threat from the invasive disease. Dr. Tennant was the first person from the Caribbean to ever develop a bio-engineered product. 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She did her post-graduate studies in the UK and the USA and worked ... before returning to Jamaica in 1993 on her appointment as the first James Seivright Moss-Solomon (Snr.) Chair of Environmental Studies at The UWI, Mona. She served The UWI as Head of the Geography and Geology Department and conducted and supervised research on a wide range of environmental management issues including solid waste and tourism.","fstrSubjectArea":"Geography and Geology","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":"Geography","fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"30-Jan-2025","farrDisciplines":["Geography"],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":73,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Ian-Thompson-678963f3a5cd4.png","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Ian","fstrLastName":"Thompson","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","f
899strOccupation":"Lecturer - UWI","fstrBiography":"Dr. Thompson is a food chemist whose main research interest is in food science with the ultimate goal to improve food security, that is, the ability of the country to meet its nutritional needs for example through the substitution of cassava for wheat flour. Another area of research is flavour-delivery and in addition to using instrument testing he ensures the use of sensory evaluation (taste-testing). His research group is also involved in the identification and screening of local agro-crops as candidates for bio-diesel production. Dr. Thompson also takes an interest in developing entrepreneurial skills in chemistry students.","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"16-Jan-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":335,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"John-Henry-Thompson-689e2c1a78709.png","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Mr.","fstrFirstName":"John Henry","fstrLastName":"Thompson","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Computer Scientist","fstrBiography":"John Henry Thompson, born in 1959, is the inventor of the Lingo programming language used in the Adobe Flash Player and a former Chief Scientist at Macromedia (now Adobe). Born in Kingston, he spent part of his childhood in Jamaica before moving to the UK and later to New York, where he developed a strong interest in computer programming at high school. Self-taught in several languages, he went on to earn a Computer Science degree from MIT, also studying visual arts due to his passion for creativity.\r\n\r\nThompson is best known for developing Lingo, a scripting language that powers interactive multimedia applications in Macromedia Director and other tools. His innovations helped merge computer programming with visual art allowing artists and designers with little programming knowledge to create inter-active content for websites, video games and animations thus changing the appearance of these media totally. He also contributed to software like MediaMaker and VideoWorks. The Adobe Flash Player plug-in which allowed users to play videos, games and other inter-active content was in use up to 2020 when it was finally withdrawn as websites developed integrated programmes for this purpose.\r\n\r\nIn 2012, Thompson was awarded the Silver Musgrave Medal by the Institute of Jamaica. He continues to work in the USA \u2013 lecturing and developing apps and has conducted mobile app development workshops in Jamaica.","fstrSubjectArea":"Computer Science","fblnScienceLeader":true,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"14-Aug-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":356,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Dr-Cynthia-Thompson-699770c3311ab.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Cynthia","fstrLastName":"Thompson","fdtmDateOfBirth":"29-Nov-1928","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Paediatrician & former Olympian","fstrBiography":"Dr. Cynthia Thompson (1928 \u2013 2019) was a Jamaican paediatrician who worked in private practice until her retirement in 2000 following a career at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, which started in 1966 when she returned home from medical school in Nashville. She is best known however for her first career, as an athlete - the first Jamaican woman to compete as a finalist in the Olympics (in the 100 metres). She was in fact, the only woman of colour in that race. \r\n\r\nDr. Thompson attended St. Hugh\u2019s High School in Kingston, where her athletic prowess and speed were discovered. After school, she continued as an athlete and won gold in the 100 metres in her first international appearance in the 5th Central American and Caribbean Games in Colombia in 1946. Young Cynthia continued with this trajectory until she became one of the 4 women in Jamaica\u2019s 13 competitor team to its first Olympics in 1948. Whilst this Olympics is best remembered for the winning performance of our men in the 800 and 400 metre races, Cynthia was a trailblazer for female Jamaican sprinters as she placed and ran in the 100 metre finals and 200 metre semi-finals, despite illness and loss of weight on the long journey to London by ship.\r\nAfter the Olympics she moved to Nashville to join the Tennessee State University athletics programme and continued to represent Jamaica at regional events. After studying science, she eventually retired from athletics and pursued a medical career, specializing in paediatrics at the Meharry Medical College in Nashville.\r\n\r\nIn 2004, Dr. Thompson 
899was inducted into the Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association Hall of Fame for her exceptional contribution to Jamaican sport and her groundbreaking achievement at the 1948 Olympics. In 2017, Dr. Thompson and Olympian Rupert Hoilett were honoured as trailblazers by the Olympians Association of Jamaica (OAJ), now the National Association of Jamaican Olympians (NAJO). She was also inducted into the Hall of Fame at theTennessee State University.","fstrSubjectArea":"Medicine","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":"Athletics","fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"19-Feb-2026","farrDisciplines":["Athletics"],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":377,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":null,"flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Mr.","fstrFirstName":"Carvel","fstrLastName":"Thompson","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":null,"fstrBiography":"Mr. Carvel Thompson is a Senior Laboratory Technician with the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI). The JBI is the government agency responsible for regulating the bauxite industry in Jamaica to ensure its contribution to Jamaica\u2019s development with minimal impact on our environment. He has a Bachelors of Science degree (B.Sc.) in General Chemistry from The University of the West Indies (UWI). In addition to working in the laboratory at the JBI, he is a STEM Ambassador for the Scientific Research Council where he assists in implementing their outreach programmes.","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"29-Jun-2026","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":168,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"f4c4fad0-9d5b-49e9-a017-bd5e51fac80e-678666711c452.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Professor","fstrFirstName":"Sean","fstrLastName":"Thorpe","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Professor & Dean, UTech","fstrBiography":"\"Prof Sean Thorpe is a Professor and Dean in the Faculty of Engineering and Computing at the\r\nUniversity of Technology, Jamaica. He was the recipient of the first PhD degree awarded by the\r\nUniversity of Technology, with a thesis on \u201cThe Theory of a Cloud Computing Digital\r\nInvestigation\u201d. Though he was accepted by Colorado State University on a scholarship to pursue\r\nhis PhD, he opted out and decided to stay in Jamaica and complete the PhD program at UTech to\r\nstart, and be a part of a history-making process. He helped pave the way for other PhD candidates by creating a model that could be structured for future candidates. \r\n\r\nProf Thorpe has a MSc. Information Security fromThe University of Westminster. He also received a Fulbright Visiting Scholarship award at Harvard University after birthing a computer security programme at Utech. At Harvard, he conducted research in cyber security. Prof Thorpe also developed a mentorship program at UTech with the aim of bridging the gap between academia and industry professionals.\r\n\"","fstrSubjectArea":"Computer Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"11-Feb-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":114,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"camilo-trench-677ed215b4bbc.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Camilo","fstrLastName":"Trench","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Lecturer","fstrBiography":"Dr. Trench is a Marine Biologist and ecologist who lectures in the Dept. of Life Sciences, FST, UWI and is currently the Academic Coordinator at the Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory. His research focus is on the conservation and rehabilitation of mangroves and he has had significant success in restoring mangrove forest around Jamaica.","fstrSubjectArea":"Life Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"29-Jan-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":184,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"ina-vandebroek-hs4-jpg-689b736855bbe.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Professor","fstrFirstName":"Ina","fstrLastName":"Vandebroek","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Belgium","fstrOccupation":"Senior Lecturer & Researcher, UWI","fstrBiography":"Professor Ina Vandebroek joined the staff in the Department of Life Sciences as Senior Lecturer in 2021 and was elevated to the rank of Professor in 2025. Her research is grounded in Caribbean ethnobotany and developed in collaboration with local communities. Her projects revolve around the interconnectedness of Caribbean biological and cultural diversity. Ina has more than 22 years of experience in research and international cooperation projects in Bolivia, the Caribbean, and in New York City with the Caribbean diaspora. She also works closely with the Caribbean Centre for Research in Biosciences at The UWI, Mona - Faculty of Science & Technology.","fstrSubjectArea":"Life Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"12-Aug-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":173,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"phpSUQK6F-6799a35002ee6.png","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Arnoldo","fstrLastName":"Ventura","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","f
899strOccupation":"Retired Science Policy Maker","fstrBiography":"A Jamaican Science Icon, Dr Arnoldo Ventura is a retired virologist and renowned Jamaican scientist who guided numerous national and regional science and technology policies and plans. He continues to share his knowledge and experience through consultancies and writing e.g. \u2018Memories and Musings: Reflections of a Scientist\u2019 a book of poems published in 2021. Dr. Ventura studied at the University of the West Indies, Mona for both his undergraduate and M.Sc. degrees. During his early career, Dr. Ventura (who studied the spread of viral diseases in humans, through a variety of pests e.g. mosquitoes) came across situations of poverty which touched him deeply. This sparked a desire to use science as a tool to solve social and economic problems.\r\n\r\nHis Ph.D. was awarded by Cornell University, New York and he worked abroad for several years before returning to Jamaica. He was the Science and Technology Adviser to four Jamaican Prime Ministers from 1989 to 2009, a founder of the National Commission on Science and Technology and the instigator and drafter of many of Jamaica\u2019s science policies and strategic plans. His work as a virologist and science and technology specialist has gained him national accolades including, the Commander of the Order of Distinction (Jamaica) and the Silver Musgrave Medal for science from the Institute of Jamaica.","fstrSubjectArea":"Life Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"29-Jan-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":342,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"petervogelb20061101as2313-68ae08d392336.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Peter","fstrLastName":"Vogel","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Switzerland","fstrOccupation":"Senior Lecturer & Researcher, UWI (deceased)","fstrBiography":"Dr. Peter Vogel was a Conservation Ecologist who began teaching at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona in 1979. He was born in Switzerland and earned his Ph.D. at the University of Basel before moving to Jamaica. He became well known for helping to save the Jamaican Iguana from extinction. Sadly, he passed away in 2007.\r\n\r\nAt UWI, Mona, Dr. Vogel worked as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Life Sciences. He supervised graduate students and was highly respected by them. Many of his students now work in important conservation roles in Jamaica and abroad.\r\n\r\nDr. Vogel was also active in two major environmental groups: the Natural History Society of Jamaica and Birdlife Jamaica. His research focused on solving real-world problems in wildlife conservation. He worked closely with government agencies and community groups to protect animals and their habitats.\r\nSome of his key projects included:\r\n\u2022\tStudying gamebirds (like doves and pigeons) to help set rules for hunting seasons.\r\n\u2022\tResearching frogs, parrots, and other animals to support plans for protected areas.\r\n\u2022\tLeading the Jamaica Iguana Research & Conservation Group, which brought together The UWI, Hope Zoo, the Institute of Jamaica, and the Natural Resources Conservation Authority. This group helped bring the Jamaican Iguana back from near extinction and is now seen as one of the most successful conservation efforts in the world.\r\n\r\nIn 2001, the Institute of Jamaica gave Dr. Vogel the Silver Musgrave Medal for Science. This special award honored his outstanding work in Jamaica, even though he was originally from another country.","fstrSubjectArea":"Life Science","fblnScienceLeader":true,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"26-Aug-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":297,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Dr-Barry-Wade-67dc787125f26.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Barry","fstrLastName":"Wade","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Belize","fstrOccupation":null,"fstrBiography":"Dr. Barry Wade (1940 - 2015) was a marine ecologist especially remembered for his seminal 1976 report on pollution in the Kingston Harbour. He worked for several years at The UWI and then at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica before helping establish one of the Caribbean's best known environmental consultancies: Environmental Solutions Ltd.  where he worked for 21 years before retiring.\r\n\r\nFor his service to the field of science and marine ecology in particular he was awarded the Officer of the Order of Distinction (OD) and the Silver Musgrave Medal from the Institute of Jamaica.","fstrSubjectArea":"Life Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"20-Mar-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":344,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Hawthorne-Watson-68c2f73c6d9d8.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Mr.","fstrFirstName":"Hawthorne","fstrLastName":"Watson","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","f
899strOccupation":"Retired\/Consultant","fstrBiography":"Mr. Watson first attended the Gibraltar Elementary School (renamed Gibraltar All Age School) and then Mico Teachers\u2019 College. Upon graduating from Mico, he taught at Wolmer\u2019s Boys\u2019 School for a year before entering The UWI on a teachers\u2019 bursary to pursue a degree in the sciences. He holds the distinction of being the first male graduate to be awarded a First Class Honours Degree in Chemistry and Applied Chemistry (a double major). During his postgraduate research for the MSc Degree, he became a pioneer researcher in Jamaican ganja, isolating five compounds, one of which (cannabitriol or CBT) is now used by scientists worldwide to classify the typical compounds found in ganja.\r\n\r\nIn the world of work, he lectured at the College of Arts Science and Technology (CAST) \u2013 now the University of Technology, where among other things he was mainly responsible for conceptualising, designing and implementing the course in Chemical Technology. Moving on from CAST, he ventured into the industrial sphere where he held positions of production manager (manufacturing), plant manager, operations manager and finally acting executive director of the Scientific Research Council where he founded The Inventors\/Innovators Association. This association became the foundation for The Minister\u2019s Innovation Awards which morphed into The National Innovation Awards. He was integral to both transformations.\r\n\r\nDuring his outstanding career, he represented the Government of Jamaica and the Scientific Community at various scientific forums. In this regard, he addressed forums of the United Nations and other international, regional and local institutions. Mr. Watson is the recipient of several awards including the Musgrave Medal for merit in the field of science in 2021.","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":true,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"11-Sep-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":361,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Dr-Charah-Watson-69c2e85a0dc3c.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Charah","fstrLastName":"Watson","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Executive Director Public Sector Organisation and Entrepreneur","fstrBiography":"Dr. Charah Watson, Ph.D., EMBA, JP is the Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council (SRC) where she started work initially as a Manager. Dr. Watson is an experienced research chemist with a focus on natural products and an entrepreneur with her own business, Kihara Cosmetics, which she started over 15 years ago to provide all-natural hair, skin and nail beauty and wellness solutions. Rounding out her science and technology education, Dr. Watson has also earned an Executive Masters of Business Administration and a Postgraduate Diploma in Governance and Public Innovation.\r\n\r\nDr. Watson was born in Kingston, Jamaica and attended Excelsior Community College, where she developed her love for chemistry. She earned her B.Sc. in Food and Pure Chemistry from The University of the West Indies whilst working at tutoring and promotions, to cover her expenses. After a short stint as a high school teacher she returned to the Chemistry Department at The UWI, Mona to continue her post-graduate studies. She was able to work and study at the Natural Products Institute at The UWI where she completed her Ph.D. with a thesis on the use of certain natural products for the control of citrus pests in addition to assisting with research on the use of natural products for their potential in cancer treatment.\r\n\r\nFollowing the award of her Ph.D., Dr. Watson received several accolades including the Third World Academy of Science Young Scientist Award and The Principal\u2019s Award for the Most Outstanding Research Activity for the Pure and Applied Sciences in 2011. \r\n\r\nShe moved on to work as the Technical Director\/Senior Research Scie
899ntist at the BioTech Research and Development Institute and in 2012 was presented with the Scientific Research Council\u2019s Young Scientist of the Year Award. Dr. Watson eventually left her job as Managing Director at BioTech to join the Scientific Research Council in 2017 where she is now the Executive Director. Over her career, Dr. Watson has developed and commercialized multiple products, contributed to over 30 scientific publications, and is a named inventor on two international patents. She has also been part of teams that have won the National Innovation Awards on multiple occasions and was recognized by the United States Government as a Young Leader of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Fellow. \r\n\r\nAs the head of the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Dr. Watson is responsible for ensuring this statutory body achieves its mandate of fostering and coordinating scientific research and the promotion and application of its results. The SRC supports the growth and development of Jamaica\u2019s agro-industrial sector through research, adaptation of available technologies, creation of new and appropriate technologies and the provision of training and technical assistance. \r\n\r\nDr. Charah Watson has excelled at her work in both private and public sectors whilst establishing a successful company in the cosmetics industry and raising a young family. She is passionate about mentoring young scientists and demonstrating how science can be transformed into real-world solutions that improve lives. Dr. Watson continues to advocate for youth engagement and women in STEM, encouraging the next generation to use science, creativity, and innovation to shape Jamaica\u2019s future.","fstrSubjectArea":"Biotechnology","fblnScienceLeader":true,"fstrDisciplines":"Chemistry","fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"24-Mar-2026","farrDisciplines":["Chemistry"],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":107,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"mona-webber2-677c1389bfb00.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Professor","fstrFirstName":"Mona","f
899strLastName":"Webber","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Head of Life Sciences Dept, FST, UWI","fstrBiography":"Professor Mona Webber, CD is a marine ecologist whose primary research is on zooplankton, mangroves, sargassum and the reduction of marine pollution. She is the Head of the Life Sciences Department in the Faculty of Science and Technology, UWI and holds the James Moss-Solomon Chair in Environmental Management funded by the Grace Kennedy Foundation since 1992. \r\n\r\nProf. Webber is a lecturer and lead researcher whose teams have played an important role in mangrove restoration and marine conservation. Her research has increased the understanding of tropical marine zooplankton production, community structure and distribution and heir use as indicators of water quality. Her work on mangrove restoration goes beyond planting and growing mangroves but also efforts to reduce their pollution and destruction. Her research highlights the ecological importance of mangroves, often misunderstood as wastelands, and their role in coastal protection and sustainable livelihoods. Her recent work has a focus on addressing the issue of  overgrowth of sargassum and subsequent washing up of large quantities on beaches, by finding ways to use this seaweed productively.   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In January, 2025 he was appointed Jamaica\u2019s first special envoy for climate change, the environment and matters of the ocean and the blue economy. He has had an extensive career as a lecturer, researcher and consultant in coastal ecology, in particular studying coastal wetlands including mangroves to design plans for improved coastal zone management, particularly bearing in mind, the reality of climate change. His research has also focused on the study of Jamaica's phytoplankton - the microscopic plant life in coastal and marine waters. \r\n\r\nBetween 2018 and 2023 he served The UWI as Principal and between 2015 and 2018 as Pro-Vice Chancellor for Graduate Studies. Professor Webber was awarded the Silver Musgrave Medal by the Institute of Jamaica in 2000. He is also the Chairman of the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica.","fstrSubjectArea":"Life Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"31-Mar-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":306,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Professor-the-Hon-Manley-West-OM-67ec4a1bf3b1a.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Professor","fstrFirstName":"Manley","fstrLastName":"West","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"UWI Professor - deceased","fstrBiography":"Professor Manley West, OM (1929 - 2012) a Science Icon, was a pharmacologist who developed several useful medicines from ganja (Cannabis). Born in Portland, Professor West was a graduate of the Titchfield High School after which he travelled to England to further his secondary level and later tertiary studies. At the University of London, he studied pharmacology eventually earning his Ph.D in this field before continuing his studies and work at a variety of institutions globally. In 1964 he returned to Jamaica as an Assistant Lecturer in Pharmacology in the Faculty of Medical Sciences. He rose through the ranks and served as Head of the Pharmacology Dept. amongst other senior positions. In 1981, West was appointed as Professor of Pharmacology - the first Jamaican and West Indian to be so appointed. \r\n\r\nHe is best known for the development of medical drugs from marijuana for the treatment of glaucoma and asthma. Dr. West did the initial research after getting special permission to grow and use marijuana plants after observing that people who used homemade eyewash consisting of ganja and fishermen who drank ganja tea, tended to have improved night vision. He then met Dr. Albert Lockhart, an ophthalmologist who had learnt through a scientific presentation that persons who used marijuana had lower intraocular pressure than non-users and this led them to spend ten years developing the drug Canasol\u00ae in 1987 and later Cantimol\u00ae in eye-drops for the treatment of glaucoma. In the 1990s, Professor West also developed Asmasol\u00ae- which treats bronchial asthma, coughs and colds and Canavert\u00ae- a drug that stabilizes the part of the brain that controls motion sickness. \r\n\r\nHe was awarded the Order of Merit in 1987 and the Gold Musgrave Medal from the Institute of Jamaica in 1994.","fstrSubjectArea":"Biotechnology","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":"Pharmacology","f
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899strOccupation":"Paediatrician & Researcher","fstrBiography":"Dr. Cicely Delphine Williams, OM (1893 \u2013 1992) was born at Kew Park, Bethel Town, Westmoreland. She was a paediatrician and is best known for her research and treatment of children with kwashiorkor in Ghana, advocating against the substitution of condensed milk for breast milk in Malaysia and later Jamaican Vomiting Sickness (ackee poisoning).\r\n\r\nDr. Williams studied in England, obtaining her medical degree from Oxford in 1923, one of the first women to do so. Later, she specialising in paediatrics and tropical nutrition and hygiene and went to work for the Colonial Medical Service. This took her to Ghana in 1929 where she identified protein deficiency as the cause of the disease kwashiorkor, when other doctors thought it was a vitamin deficiency. Later, working in Malaya finding many babies dying, she advocated against the use of sweetened condensed milk and other artificial baby milks as substitutes for human breast milk. Whilst in Malaya during World War 2, the Japanese invaded and she was placed in a Prison Camp in 1942. At the end of the war in 1945 she was found near dead and nursed back to health. In 1948 she was made the first head of the World Health Organisation\u2019s Maternal and Child Health organisation in Geneva. Her work in Jamaica on Vomiting Sickness between 1951 and 1953 led to identification of ackee poisoning as the cause. Dr. Williams continued to work as a lecturer, advisor and speaker until she was in her 90s. \r\n\r\nIn 1968, Dr Williams was made a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) by Queen Elizabeth I and the Order of Merit by the Jamaican Government in 1972. She was awarded honorary doctorates of science from The University of the West Indies in 1969 and from The University of Ghana in and in 1986.","fstrSubjectArea":"Medicine","fblnScienceLeader":true,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"07-Oct-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":307,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Lawrence-Williams-67ec4b1257d9c.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Professor","fstrFirstName":"Lawrence","fstrLastName":"Williams","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Professor, UTech","f
899strBiography":"Dr. Lawrence Williams is an Adjunct Professor in the College of Health Sciences, University of Technology, Jamaica and his research has focused on the production of anti-cancer treatments from natural products in particular Jamaican Guinea-hen weed (Petivera alliacea). Dr. Williams was born in 1963 in St. Elizabeth and went to Calabar High School where his interest in biology started. He graduated from The University of the West Indies with a B.Sc. degree in zoology and chemistry in 1987 and started to work at the Scientific Research Council on natural product pesticides. He completed his Ph.D. dissertation in 1991 at the University of the West Indies on \u2018Biological Activity in Leaf Extracts from the Artocarpus altilis [the Breadfruit]\u2019 and was later employed in the Faculty of Medical Sciences. In 2003, he was awarded the prestigious Alexander von Humbolt Scholarship to do postdoctoral studies on the guinea hen weed (Petivera allliacea) at the Hohenheim University in Germany. The investigations yielded the compound dibenzyl trisulphide, which has been shown to cure cancer cells inside a laboratory. The compound has been found to cure cells that affect the brain, bladder, breast, skin and lungs. In 2010, Dr. Williams and colleague, Dr. H.G. Levy, a Jamaican-born medical doctor based in the USA, were awarded an international patent on a protein complex of dibenzyl trisulphide, isolated from the guinea hen weed. In 2011, for his contribution to science, Dr. Williams was awarded the Silver Musgrave Medal by the Institute of Jamaica. In 2017, Dr. Williams and co-researcher Dr. George Levy obtained a further patent with the US for the discovery of anti-cancer activity in the plant.","fstrSubjectArea":"Biotechnology","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"01-Apr-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":328,"fstrProfileType":"UNREGSCIEN","fstrProfileImageUrl":"200px-Francis-williams-685ef086522ee.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Mr.","fstrFirstName":"Francis","fstrLastName":"Williams","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Polymath & Former Plantation Owner","fstrBiography":"Francis Williams (c.\u20091690 \u2013 c.\u20091770) is probably Jamaica's first recorded black scientist who was internationally recognised, but he would not be remembered had it not been for research into a painting, by a historian in 2023\/24. 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Williams was allowed to attend scientific Royal Society meetings, but in 1716, when he was proposed as a fellow of the Royal Society at a large meeting (in the presence of Isaac Newton and Edmond Halley) he was denied membership by a subsequent committee \"on account of his complection\". \r\n\r\nAfter returning to Jamaica around 1723, in addition to running his father's plantation in Spanish Town, he established a school for free people of colour in Jamaica. His portrait is considered to be the earliest known example in the canon of western art to have been commissioned by a known Black person to record their own intellectual achievements. The evidence in the portrait indicates that Williams was making a statement about his calculation of the trajectory and return of Halley\u2019s Comment, according to the rules of the third edition of Isaac Newton\u2019s book, Principia. \r\n\r\nDue to poor archival conditions, most information about Williams comes from a lengthy racist attack on him by his white contemporary Edward Long, and from the portrait itself, which displays some of Williams' library and shows that he had observed the return of Halley's Comet which confirmed Newton's laws of motion. 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He moved the factory and business to Kingston in 1901 and continued to expand. The savvy young businessman soon recognised the marketing potential of making his products available to Jamaicans abroad and, in a stroke of marketing genius set out to acquire customers, among them Jamaicans at work on the construction of the Panama Canal. Benjamins\u2019 aggressive salesmanship led to the infiltration of markets throughout the Caribbean, markets which the company has managed to retain and systematically expand upon. Tragedy struck again with the 1907 earthquake and fire, but he built back better and continued to expand and improve. In 1926, his flagship brand, Jamaica Healing Oil became the first Jamaican product to obtain a US patent. 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In 2008 he was awarded an Order of Merit from the Jamaican government for his contribution to the field of climatology. In 2005 he was awarded the Silver Musgrave Medal by the Institute of Jamaica for his work in science, specifically climate studies.\r\n\r\nProfessor Anthony Chen's career started at Boston College where he earned a BSc in Physics and Mathematics. He went on to further his education at Harvard where he earned a MA in teaching and gained teaching experience in high school teaching in the USA. His passion for Physics brought him to the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Maryland, College Park. His thesis as a graduate research student was surrounding the uppermost layers of the atmosphere focusing on the ionospheric plasma using data from the Goddard Space Flight Center and he earned his M.Sc. based on this thesis.\r\n\r\nSubsequent to this, he began his career at the University of the West Indies, Mona in the Department of Physics where he was assigned a position as a lecturer in 1968. He was instrumental in making the University internationally known by being the first to do research on the upper layer of the atmosphere within the Caribbean and, therefore, attracting US government funding. In 1972, he obtained his PhD entitled: An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Ionospheric Irregularities Responsible for the Scintillation of Satellite Signals.\r\n\r\nProfessor Chen has an extensive list of publications ranging from, book chapters, technical reports, and journal articles to conference proceedings. He has received multiple awards and accolades for his contribution to science, as well as nation building. He helped establish the Climate Science Group in the Department of Physics and continued to assist with its work including tutoring students and mentoring researchers well even after his retirement.","fstrSubjectArea":"Physics","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"27-Jun-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":348,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"celia-christie-samuels-68e584eb7e80f.png","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Professor","fstrFirstName":"Celia","fstrLastName":"Christie-Samuels","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","f
900strOccupation":"Professor Emerita, The UWI","fstrBiography":"Professor Celia Christie-Samuels, C.D. is a distinguished Professor of Paediatrics (Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Public Health) at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. She was appointed Professor Emerita in 2022 and is also a Consultant Paediatrician at the University Hospital of the West Indies. Born in Westmoreland, Jamaica, and raised in St Ann and then St Andrew where she attended St. Hugh\u2019s High School, Professor Christie-Samuels showed early leadership and creativity in school. She was a house captain, member of the choir and orchestra and still today plays the clarinet.\r\n\r\nHaving obtained her MBBS and DM degrees at The UWI, Mona she went on to pursue a postdoctoral fellowship in Paediatrics Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology (Hospital and Molecular) at Yale University School of Medicine and earned Master\u2019s in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University. Between 1990 and 1999 she served as Associate\/Assistant Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Infectious Diseases Consultant Paediatrician and Hospital Epidemiologist at the Cincinnati Children\u2019s Hospital Research Foundation. \r\n\r\nIn 1999 she returned to The UWI as Professor of Paediatrics and Infectious Diseases. She specialises in infectious diseases, epidemiology, and public health and leads the Vaccines Infectious Diseases Centre at the University Hospital and Jamaica\u2019s Perinatal, Paediatric, and Adolescent HIV\/AIDS Programme. Her contributions to international clinical trials have supported vaccine development. Her collaborative research has secured over US$4 million in grants for UWI, focusing on HIV\/AIDS in women and children across Latin America and the Caribbean. Passionate about child health, she has worked tirelessly toward eliminating paediatric HIV\/AIDS in Jamaica, establishing outreach clinics and a mobile health-care facility that has aided thousands of children.\r\n\r\nProfessor Celia Christie-Samuels was awarded the Gold Musgrave Medal by the Institute of Jamaica in 2014 for eminence in the field of medicine. In 2018, she was awarded the Order of Distinction in the rank of Commander (CD). In 2023, she received the UWI Alumni Association (UWIAA) 2023 Pelican Award.","fstrSubjectArea":"Medicine","fblnScienceLeader":true,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":"Clarinet","fdtmDatePosted":"07-Oct-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":["Clarinet"],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":159,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"uwi-prof-daniel-coore-2-0-67865b2ff0b0c.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Professor","fstrFirstName":"Daniel","fstrLastName":"Coore","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Professor","fstrBiography":"Prof. Daniel Coore is a Professor of Computer Science in the Department of Computing, Faculty of Science and Technology, UWI, Mona. Born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, he attended Campion College before completing one year at The UWI after which he transferred to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he obtained in 1994, both the S.B. in Computer Science and Engineering and the S.M. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. In 1999 he earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science, also from MIT. \r\n\r\nHe is a co-inventor of the UWI Cardiac Surgery Simulator: a high-fidelity simulator that has had significant impact across the US in the training of cardiac surgeons. His primary research interests are in amorphous computing, robotics and automation and computer science education. He teaches courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, spanning a broad range of areas including algorithms, theory of computation, computer architecture and cryptography.\r\n\r\nIn 2017 he was awarded a Silver Musgrave Medal by the Institute of Jamaica, in recognition of his excellent work in science.\r\n\r\nProfessor Coore was selected by 3rd place Winner - Spanish Town High School in the FiWi Science Video Competition 2025\/26 as their STEM Role Model - go to websites to view the video they produced. Please pardon the sound quality and admire the creativity of the youth involved.","fstrSubjectArea":"Computer Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"
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Dr. Douglas was born in Duncans, Trelawny but his family later relocated to Kingston, where he attended Vauxhall School and then Excelsior High School.\r\n\r\nHe earned his B.Sc. in Chemistry and Applied Chemistry from The UWI in 1971 and then during an internship at Alpart Jamaica he made a number of very useful findings. This led to him receiving financial support from Alcan Jamaica to further his studies in the chemistry of bauxite and alumina production. He eventually earned a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of the West Indies, becoming the only individual worldwide at that time engaged in postgraduate research focused exclusively on the bauxite and aluminum industry. His groundbreaking research addressed the longstanding issue of unaccounted caustic soda losses, leading to significant advancements in industry processes.\r\n\r\nDr. Douglas continued his industry leadership as a foundational figure in the Jamaica Bauxite Institute and served as an international consultant developing operational guidelines that have been adopted by bauxite industries worldwide. Between 1979 and 1983, he worked with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Paris, producing influential publications on environmental and industrial science. He contributed to science education as a lecturer at The UWI for over 20 years and served the nation through the Scientific Research Council as chair for over 10 years. He was awarded the Silver Musgrave Medal by the Institute of Jamaica in 2024, The same year, UWI awarded him with the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LL.D.), honoris causa, in recognition of his unparalleled service and achievements in the field of science and technology.\r\n\r\nDr. Douglas had a love for painting as a child and this has since become a hobby he enjoys.","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":"Analytical Chemistry - Bauxite Industry, Environmental Science","fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"19-May-2026","farrDisciplines":["Analytical Chemistry - Bauxite Industry","Environmental Science"],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":80,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"John-Ewen-674a1e7740436.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"John","fstrLastName":"Ewen","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":null,"fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Retired\/Consultant - USA","fstrBiography":"Dr. John Ewen is a retired industrial research chemist whose work with metallocene catalysts significantly improved the manufacturing of plastics that are more durable, heatproof, tear resistant and transparent. \r\n\r\nHe was born in Kingston and attended Munro College like his father before him but eventually finished high school in Canada as he was apparently not a very good student and always getting into trouble. He returned to Jamaica and The University of the West Indies to pursue a degree in chemistry having taken a liking to the subject whilst at Munro and gained some discipline at school abroad. He completed his B.Sc. in 1972 and moved to the USA and having been influenced by Professor Gerald Lalor who instilled in him the importance of research, he completed a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry at the University of Tulane. \r\n\r\nHis first job was at Exxon Mobile Chemical Company where he conducted research on the synthesis of plastics and pioneered the study of metallocenes, a group of catalysts which are used to produce plastics with elements of metal in them. The process involves mimicking the way nature incorporates traces of metals in organic molecules, as with iron in the haemoglobin of red blood cells, and magnesium in the chlorophyll of green plants.  He later worked at the Fina Oil and Chemical Company where the research he lead continued to enhance the production of polyethylene plastics whether the thin, transparent but strong plastics used in packaging or heavier plastics used for furniture and automobile parts. From 1991 to 2004 he was President of Catalyst Research Corporation, Houston, Texas, and since retirement has worked as a consultant including the development of an even more advanced group of catalysts, called heterocines. \r\n\r\nIn 2002, Dr. Ewen was awarded the American National Medal of Technology, which is the highest possible award in that field, and comparable to a Nobel Prize in chemistry, for which he was actually nominated in 1993. In 2004, he was awarded the honorary Doctor of Science from The University of the West Indies.\r\n\r\nHis advice to young people is that: \u201cResearch is an exciting and interesting way to make a living and one must focus on the needs of the society to make an impact.\u201d He also adds,\u201dPushing back the frontiers of science is highly rewarding and one can have a very satisfying life if you enjoy what you do.\u201d","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"
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It was at Clarendon College where he also taught science for a few years, that his love for chemistry started when he read a book titled, \"Teach Yourself Chemistry\". Inspired by this book, he migrated to Canada to study at the Queen's University where he obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in chemisty. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Alberta in 1964 following which he did post-doctoral studies at Imperial College London. Dr. Fraser-Reid was on the faculty of the University of Waterloo from 1966 to 1980 where his research focused on producing chiral materials from carbohydrates. His work in sugar chemistry has been used in the control of insects that are harmful to agriculture. His discovery that he could copy pheromones, which could be utilized by the forestry service to prevent wood-eating insects from ruining trees, has helped to safeguard forests in Canada and Latin America. He moved to the USA and worked briefly at the University of Maryland and then at Duke University from 1983 to 1996 when he retired. His work at Duke University focused on oligosaccharides (a commonly occuring sugar in certain plants, with a shorter chain than polysaccharides) and the role they play in the body\u2019s immune system - he found that they help the body recognize and respond to threats, like bacteria and viruses. After leaving Duke he established the Natural Products and Glycotechnology Research Institute to study the carbohydrate chemistry of tropical parasitic diseases towards developing better treatments or vaccines for diseases such as malaria and sleeping sickness. Dr. Fraser-Reid has received numerous awards from institutions all over the world including the Gold Musgrave Medal from the Institute of Jamaica. He was an accomplished jazz and classical pianist and organist and gave recitals around the world, of note at St. Geoge\u2019s Anglican Church in Kingston, Jamaica in 1986.","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"29-Jan-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":167,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"tyrone-grandison-67866580a1eb4.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Tyrone","fstrLastName":"Grandison","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Chief Technology Officer","fstrBiography":"Dr. Tyrone Grandison is a computer scientist, entrepreneur and philanthropist employed by Microsoft, for the past 3 years, as a Chief Technology Officer. He attended Duhaney Park Primary School and Jamaica College and obtained his B.Sc. in Computer Sciences & Economics in 1997 and his M.Sc. in Software Engineering in 1998 from UWI, Mona. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, University of London in 2003. Dr. Grandison has over 25 years experience in software engineering, security and privacy and has been internationally recognized for his achievements. \r\n\r\nDr. Grandison is the founder and Board Chair of The Data-Drive Institute, a public health non-profit that helps policymakers and executive decision makers create and implement effective programs, policies, and products\u00a0to solve their most critical problems, using the knowledge of the community, data and technology.\u00a0He has created and led product initiatives in data management and protection, text analytics and healthcare management systems and continues to provide technical advice to several of the organisations e.g. MStreetX (a place-based inclusive Fintech Platform designed to foster small business growth and inclusive entrepreneurship) and Hodos Health (a digital health company that helps medical practices improve clinical staff utilization and patient outcomes). Dr. Grandison has co-invented over 47 patents and written numerous books and papers. \r\n\r\nHe is an adjunct professor at UTECH and set up a scholarship for computer science at the UWI, Mona.","fstrSubjectArea":"Computer Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"
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His B.Sc. was in chemistry but he also studied mathematics and physics. \r\n\r\nSoon after completing his studies at the Mona Campus, he began working with the world\u2019s leading producer of logwood dyes at the time (West Indies Chemical Works). While with the company, he did his Masters research on haemotoxylin and hematein (substances extracted from the logwood for the dyes). Later, when the logwood tree became endangered, he found a new method to produce synthetic haemotoxylin. In 1960 he returned to The UWI as an Assistant Lecturer and did inorganic chemistry research for this Ph.D. thesis. After further post-graduate studies in the UK and USA, he returned to The UWI as Professor of Chemistry in 1969 and was Head of the Chemistry Department from 1969 to 1972 \u2013 the first West Indian to serve in this position. \r\n\r\nWhilst he served The UWI, Mona as Pro Vice-Chancellor from 1974 and Principal (1991 \u2013 1996) he is best known for the establishment of the Centre for Nuclear Sciences in 1984 with the first and only Nuclear Research Reactor (SLOWPOKE-2) in the English-speaking Caribbean. During his tenure as Principal, he was responsible for leading the establishing of the Biotechnology Centre, computerization of the campus and improving accessibility for the physically challenged. \r\n\r\nUpon retiring from his position as Principal, Professor Lalor spearheaded the formation of the International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences (ICENS) in 1997. A pioneering geochemist, Lalor led a research team from ICENS in the preparation of a geochemical map of the elements in Jamaican soils. The map identifies some of the major and micro elements in Jamaican soils and uncovered elements previously not known to be present. It assists with the identification of contaminated land and provides important information for government planning agencies. Of note was his team\u2019s discovery of lead in the soil in the St Andrew community of Kintyre the source of which was isolated and lead poisoning in children treated and prevented. For his seminal contribution to science and technology, Professor Lalor was conferred with the Order of Jamaica and the Musgrave Gold Medal (1992) amongst others. He was later conferred with the Order of Merit for his contribution to Jamaica and the world\u2019s development through the application of Science, Technology and Innovation and his service in the private sector.","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"27-Jun-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":49,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"TP-Lecky-679a6e5c8954a.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Thomas TP","fstrLastName":"Lecky","fdtmDateOfBirth":"31-Dec-1904","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Deceased - 1994","fstrBiography":"Dr. Thomas Phillip Lecky, OM, OBE (1904 \u2013 1994) affectionately known as \u201cTP\u201d is one of Jamaica\u2019s earliest science icons and considered the Father of the Jamaican Dairy Industry. He was also one of Jamaica\u2019s earliest environmentalists and a strong advocate for conservation of hillsides.\r\n\r\nNo wonder this interest in hillside agriculture as he was born in Portland and attended Swift River Primary. He later attended the Government Farm School (Jamaica School of Agriculture) before going abroad to study in Canada. He eventually received his Ph.D. in Genetics from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.\r\n\r\nOn his return to Jamaica he worked for the Ministry of Agriculture and eventually became the Director of Animal Husbandry at the Ministry. Dr. TP Lecky was responsible for the development of three breeds of cattle suited to our tropical climate: the Jamaica Hope, Jamaica Red and Jamaica Black. 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For this and the national impact of his service at The UWI, he was awarded Jamaica's Order of Distinction, Commander Class in addition to other awards such as the Silver Musgrave Medal.","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"16-May-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":211,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Daisy-McFarlane-Coke-67a28b0980855.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Mrs","fstrFirstName":"Daisy","fstrLastName":"McFarlane Coke","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Retired Actuary","fstrBiography":"A Science Icon, Daisy McFarlane Coke is the Caribbean\u2019s first female actuary and the first Caribbean member of the Royal Institute of Actuaries.\r\n\r\nShe was born in Clarendon to a farmer and home-maker and attended Spalding Primary and later Happy Grove High School in Portland. Doing well at high school, particularly in mathematics, she was moved to Kingston to attend St. Hugh\u2019s High School for Sixth Form. Ms. McFarlane returned to Happy Grove High as a teacher and applied for a scholarship to study at The UWI.\r\n\r\nShe earned her B.Sc. in pure and applied mathematics (and Latin) and taught in the Department of Mathematics before moving on to the University of Toronto where she earned her M.Sc. in applied mathematics. On returning from Canada, Ms. McFarlane worked at the Ministry of Finance where she gained a government scholarship to study for a post-graduate certificate in statistics at Oxford University. Whilst there, she was inducted into the Institute of Actuaries, becoming the first Caribbean person to become a member. She started her actuarial career on secondment to the UK Government\u2019s Actuary\u2019s Department in London and later returned to Jamaica to work as an actuary for the Government of Jamaica before starting her own consultancy. She has served on several national, public and private and international boards and became the founding president of the Caribbean Association of Actuaries. Mrs. McFarlane Coke had the Order of Jamaica conferred on her in 2002 and in 2018, the Max Lander Award - a lifetime achievement award, given by the International Association of Consulting Actuaries.","fstrSubjectArea":"Mathematics","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":"Actuarial Science","fstrKeywords":"Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics","fdtmDatePosted":"04-Feb-2025","farrDisciplines":["Actuarial Science"],"farrKeywords":["Pure Mathematics","Applied Mathematics","Statistics"],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":105,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"wayne-mclaughin-1-677bed2bc4379.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Professor","fstrFirstName":"Wayne","fstrLastName":"McLaughlin","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Senior Lecturer & Researcher, UWI","fstrBiography":"A Jamaican Science Icon, Professor Wayne McLaughlin is an accomplished molecular biologist who has developed a diverse and productive research programme.  A past student of Rusea's High School, Hanover and later Cornwall College, Montego Bay, he is recognised for his role in increasing public access to DNA testing for forensics and paternity testing and a wide variety of other biological tests.\r\n\r\nHis early work in molecular plant pathology issues whilst working at the Scientific Research Council included the whitefly transmitted geminivirus causing the yellow leaf curl disease in tomatoes and lethal yellowing in coconuts. \r\n\r\nHe is a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Biochemistry Section in the Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The University of the West Indies. Dr. McLaughlin holds the Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Biology from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Biochemistry from The University of the West Indies, Mona. He also has post-graduate training and experience in Forensic DNA analysis and the Interpretation of DNA mixtures and statistical analysis. His interest in forensic genetics led him in 2005, to establish Caribbean Genetics (CARIGEN), the first independent forensic DNA laboratory in the Caribbean to provide expert witness and DNA analysis to the legal profession in both civil and criminal cases. He has received several awards, including two Fulbright Awards, the Scientific Council Award for Best Scientific Performance in 1982 and 1987 and the Silver Musgrave Medal in 2001 for outstanding merit in the field of Science from the Institute of Jamaica. In 2021, he was a recipient of the RJRGLEANER Honours Award for his work in Science and Technology.","fstrSubjectArea":"Biotechnology","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"
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His first degree in chemistry at the then University College of the West Indies led to an interest in biochemistry and he eventually won a scholarship to study medicine at the Royal University of Malta. On his return to Jamaica he focused on medical research in biochemistry and endocrinology which is the study of hormone-related conditions and their treatment, eventually obtaining his doctorate and professorships from The UWI in both fields.  He is perhaps best known for his work on treating diabetes (a chronic disease related to the body's production and use of insulin - a hormone that regulates blood sugar). Diabetes is one of the world's most prevalent non-communicable diseases resulting in damage to the cardio-vascular system which can lead to blindness, strokes and heart-attacks. He co-founded the Diabetes Association of Jamaica (DAJ) in 1976 \u2013 it is a private, voluntary, non-profit, non-governmental organization which provides education on diabetes prevention and care as well as treatment of people with diabetes including kidney dialysis, foot care and pharmaceutical services, all under one roof. He spearheaded the formation of the Diabetes Association of the Caribbean in 1982 and it now has 26 member countries. He has sourced significant funding for diabetes treatment through these associations and the University of the West Indies Diabetes Outreach Programme which he launched in 1991. Professor Morrison also worked with the Pan-American Health Organisation in responding to the emerging pandemic of type 2 diabetes in 1996. In academia he has served as the Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean, School for Graduate Studies & Research at the University of the West Indies and as President of the University of Technology. In the private sector, he has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Blue Cross of Jamaica, Ltd. He has also served as the Executive Director of the National Council on Science and Technology. He was awarded a Gold Musgrave Medal in 1998 and conferred with the Order of Jamaica in 2001. He published his autobiography, \"Growing Tall, Pursuing Excellence\" in 2019.","fstrSubjectArea":"Medicine","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":"Biochemistry, Medicine, Endocrinology,","fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"11-Mar-2025","farrDisciplines":["Biochemistry","Medicine","Endocrinology",""],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":334,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Sir-Godfrey-Palmer-689ba28b560d7.png","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Sir","fstrFirstName":"Godfrey Oliver","fstrLastName":"Palmer","fdtmDateOfBirth":"09-Apr-1940","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Deceased - Professor Emeritus - Heriot-Watt University, Scotland","fstrBiography":"Professor Emeritus Sir Godfrey Oliver Palmer (1940 \u2013 2025) a botanist and a chemist, became the first black professor in Scotland when he was promoted to the rank of Professor at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh in 1989. Born in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica he grew up mainly in Kingston where he struggled at school. In 1955, just before his 15th birthday, he joined his mother in London where he gained a place at Highbury Grammar School due to his excellent cricketing ability. Three years later he left school with six O-levels and two A-levels, in Botany and Zoology and went to work as a Junior Lab Technician at Queen Elizabeth College, London University whilst studying part-time at a local polytechnic to obtain further qualifications.\r\n\r\nPalmer earned a Bachelors\u2019 degree in Botany from the University of Leicester in 1964. Wishing to further his academic career he applied for a scholarship from the English Ministry of Agriculture to study for an MSc at the University of Nottingham but he was unsuccessful at the interview. Luckily for him, one member of the interview panel was impressed and secured him a place to study for a PhD in grain science and technology jointly with Heriot-Watt College and the University of Edinburgh, beginning his doctorate in 1965. After completing his PhD thesis entitled Ultra-structure of cereal grains in relation to germination in 1967, he began research work at the Brewing Research Foundation in Surrey in 1968 where he worked on the science and technology of barley, developing a technique to speed the production of malt from barley which increased profits by millions of pounds for the brewing industry. He eventually became a senior scientist at the Foundation before he moved back to Heriot-Watt University in 1977. After the Nigerian government banned the importation of European malt and barley in the 1980s, Palmer advised international breweries e.g. Heineken and Guiness on the use of local grains such as sorghum in their African breweries. \r\n\r\nHe received a Doctorate of Science in 1985, and a personal Chair at Heriot-Watt in 1989 and on his retirement in 2005 he was made Professor Emeritus. In 1998, Palmer became the fourth individual and first European, to be honoured with the American Society of Brewing Chemists (ASBC) Award for distinction in scientific research and good citizenship. Palmer was awarded honorary doctorates by several universities including in 2015, the University of the West Indies and the University of Technology, Jamaica. In 2019 he was awarded the Gold Musgrave Medal by the Institute of Jamaica.\r\n\r\nProfessor Palmer is also renowned for his work as a human rights activist, striving to promote improved race relations including through a better understanding of the culture of especially children from different ethnic backgrounds, to help them improve their educational performance.\r\n\r\nIn recognition of his work and achievements in the field of grain science, Palmer was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2003. He was knighted in the 2014  for services to human rights, science, and charity. In March 2024, King Charles III appointed Palmer a knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle (KT), the highest order of chivalry in Scotland.","fstrSubjectArea":"Biotechnology","fblnScienceLeader":true,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"14-May-2026","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":310,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Edward-Robinson-7-681a40088f353.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Professor","fstrFirstName":"Edward \"Ted\"","fstrLastName":"Robinson","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","f
900strOccupation":"Retired Professor","fstrBiography":"Professor Emeritus Edward \"Ted\" Robinson was born in India in 1934 to English parents but returned to England in 1942 when his father was called to serve in World War II. He came to Jamaica in 1956 to work with the Jamaica Geological Survey (now Mines & Geology Department) having just completed his B.Sc. in Geology at the University of Birmingham where he met Jamaican Jeanne Mair, whom he married in 1957. He joined The UWI in 1961 when the Geology Department was set up and became a Jamaican citizen soon after Independence. His Ph.D. was earned at the UWI, Mona but conferred by The University of London as it was in 1969 before The UWI was able to confer degrees itself. Though retired, he is still (in 2025) working and publishing papers with the Department of Geography and Geology, The UWI, Mona. His work with the Jamaica Geological Survey resulted in the first draft of a modern geology map of Jamaica. Professor Robinson\u2019s work has contributed to the development of 
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900strOccupation":"Deceased","fstrBiography":"Dr. Alfred Sangster, OJ (1929 - 2025) was a chemist by education but is best known for his lead role in transforming the College of Arts, Science and Technology (CAST) into the University of Technology (UTech) during his 26 years as Principal and later President. \r\n\r\nHe was born in St. Elizabeth and went to school at Munro College where he excelled in athletics, cricket and tennis and left in 1946 with his High School Certificate in Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics. He earned his B.Sc. (First Class Honours) in chemistry from the Queens' College, Belfast, Ireland and returned to Jamaica as a chemistry lecturer at The UWI in 1952. In Dr. Sangster obtained his PhD in Organic Chemistry in 1958, under the guidance of Professor Cedric Hassall (first Head of Chemistry Department). He was an Assistant Lecturer then Lecturer in Chemistry, and supervised several research projects up to 1970, before leaving to take up the position of Principal of the then CAST. \r\n\r\nDuring his lifetime, he was heavily involved in giving service to society, via chairmanships, directorships, memberships, and consultancies to a variety of institutions and societies.  He is the founding father and Chairman of Citizens Action for Free and Fair Elections, (CAFFE) and for this initiative he received the Gleaner\u2019s Special Award in 1999. He was a recipient Musgrave Gold Medal from the Institute of Jamaica and in 1982 received the Order of Distinction (Commander Class) and in 1995, the Order of Jamaica (OJ).","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"31-Mar-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":225,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Mary-Seacole-67d0e4dd831f0.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Mrs","fstrFirstName":"Mary","fstrLastName":"Seacole","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Deceased - Nurse & Hotel owner","fstrBiography":"The Hon. Mary Seacole, OM (1805 - 1881) was born in Kingston to a Scottish Lieutenant in the British Army (James Grant) and his Jamaican wife who ran a boarding house, Blundell Hall on East Street.  Her mother, Mrs Grant, nicknamed \"The Doctress\", was a healer who used traditional herbal medicines and good hygiene to treat military and naval staff as well as enslaved Africans. Due to a patroness, she had the opportunity to further her education and live in England for a time before returning home to practice nursing with her mother and help run their hostel at Blundell Hall.  Mary used what she learned from her mother and also by watching military doctors. Her marriage to Edwin Seacole in 1836 allowed her to travel to the Bahamas, Cuba and Haiti where she augmented her knowledge of traditional medicines. Unfortunately fire destroyed Blundell Hall in 1843, Mr. Seacole died in 1844 and her mother soon after. However, Mrs. Seacole rebuilt Blundell Hall and continued the practice her mother had started including successfully treating many for cholera in 1850 and later on treating yellow fever particularly amongst English officers. \r\n\r\nIn 1851, she joined her step-brother in Panama where he had established a small hotel and with the outbreak of cholera, she made a name for herself for nursing many back to health. She was a successful entrepreneur in the hospitality business and did well for herself whilst also attending to the sick and injured \u2013 rich and poor.  She eventually moved to London and on hearing of the poor circumstances of injured and sick soldiers in the Crimean War tried to join Florence Nightingale\u2019s nurses but was not accepted. She therefore organized and went herself in 1855, setting up a restaurant and also offering care to the sick and wounded. She made a name for herself amongst the many English soldiers and officers she cared for and despite returning to England bankrupt in 1856, was able to make a comeback both in Jamaica and England, including the writing of her autobiography, Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands (the first book written in England by a black women) which was a best-seller. \r\n\r\nMrs. Mary Seacole eventually died in London in 1881 and was initially forgotten.  In 1957, the first Hall of Residence for women at The University of the West Indies was built and named for her amongst other recognitions. In 1990 she was awarded the Order of Merit by the Jamaican Government.  She was only recognized much later in England with a statue of her placed at St. Thomas\u2019s Hospital, London in 2016.","fstrSubjectArea":"Medicine","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"12-Mar-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":195,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Joy-Spence-679aef73305a7.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Mrs","fstrFirstName":"Joy","fstrLastName":"Spence","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","f
900strOccupation":"Master Blender & Brand Ambassador, Appleton Estate","fstrBiography":"Joy Spence is a chemist who specialises in the blending of the perfect Jamaican rums at Appleton Estate, where she is the Master Blender and serves as the Brand Ambassador and Manager of Technical and Quality Services. She was born in Manchester and raised in Kingston where at age 13, she discovered her passion for chemistry. She completed her B.Sc. in Chemistry at The University of the West Indies and earned her M.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Loughborough in the United Kingdom.\r\n\r\nOn her return to Jamaica, she worked as a research and development chemist at Tia Maria and was then hired by J. Wray and Nephew Ltd. In 1981, the rum distillery Appleton Estate, which was owned by Wray and Nephew, hired Spence as its chief chemist. There she worked with the Master Blender, who had identified her ability to identify and differentiate between smells, for 17 years until he retired and she became the Master Blender. Her first creation as the master blender was a special rum to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Appleton Estate, which received high praise in the industry. In 2005, Mrs. Spence was awarded the Order of Distinction, Officer Class by the Government of Jamaica for her service to the rum industry. Spence was instrumental in achieving geographical indication for Jamaican rum, which was awarded in 2016, which is a tool to help protect Jamaica's intellectual property in rum-making.\r\n\r\nMrs. Joy Spence has won several international awards for her skill in the spirits industry including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the US Distilled Spirits Council in 2022. In 2012, Loughborough University awarded her an honorary degree of Doctor of Science for her achievements. In 2018, she was awarded the National Medal for Science and Technology and in 2022, the Musgrave Gold Medal by the Institute of Jamaica. Tours of the Appleton Estate distillery are named The Joy Spence Appleton Estate Rum Experience in honour of her amazing chemistry skills and expertise in rum blending.","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":"Analytical Chemistry","fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"07-Mar-2025","farrDisciplines":["Analytical Chemistry"],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":162,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"ashley-hamilton-taylor-0-67865f456ac74.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"A.G. Hamilton","fstrLastName":"Taylor","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Lecturer","fstrBiography":"Dr. A.G. Hamilton Taylor is a Lecturer and the Curriculum Coordinator in the Department of Computing, Faculty of Science and Technology, The University of the West Indies, Mona. He is the founder of the Web, Animation, Visualisation and E-learning (WAVE) Laboratory\/research group which facilitates research on the frontiers of cultural computing, encouraging the positive use of indigenous culture in the design of interactive 3D computing software and multimedia\/animation, e-learning, new media and games for cultural-social upliftment. Dr. Hamilton-Taylor has a B.Sc. in Computer Science from The UWI and a M.S. degree in Computer Science with a minor in Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he was a LASPAU-Fulbright scholar. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Georgia, where he developed the Support Kit for Animation (SKA) algorithm animation system which is a software visualization system designed to support the needs of learners and instructors. Dr. Hamilton-Taylor served on the Jamaica Computer Society project that designed and established computer laboratories in over 150 Jamaican high schools in the 1990s to facilitate the introduction of the Caribbean Secondary School Examination (CXC\/CSEC) Information Technology programme. He has significant consultancy experience in the IT industry locally and in the USA.","fstrSubjectArea":"Computer Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"14-Jan-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":222,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"dean-professor-michael-taylor-67cf53d4011a4.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Professor","fstrFirstName":"Michael","fstrLastName":"Taylor","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","f
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900strOccupation":"Researcher\/Adjunct Professor - UTech","fstrBiography":"Dr. Lawrence Williams is an Adjunct Professor in the College of Health Sciences, University of Technology, Jamaica and his research has focused on the production of anti-cancer treatments from natural products in particular Jamaican Guinea-hen weed (Petivera alliacea). Dr. Williams was born in 1963 in St. Elizabeth and went to Calabar High School where his interest in biology started. He graduated from The University of the West Indies with a B.Sc. degree in zoology and chemistry in 1987 and started to work at the Scientific Research Council on natural product pesticides. He completed his Ph.D. dissertation in 1991 at the University of the West Indies on \u2018Biological Activity in Leaf Extracts from the Artocarpus altilis [the  Breadfruit]\u2019 and was later employed in the Faculty of Medical Sciences. 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900strOccupation":"Paediatrician & Researcher","fstrBiography":"Dr. Cicely Delphine Williams, OM (1893 \u2013 1992) was born at Kew Park, Bethel Town, Westmoreland. She was a paediatrician and is best known for her research and treatment of children with kwashiorkor in Ghana, advocating against the substitution of condensed milk for breast milk in Malaysia and later Jamaican Vomiting Sickness (ackee poisoning).\r\n\r\nDr. Williams studied in England, obtaining her medical degree from Oxford in 1923, one of the first women to do so. Later, she specialising in paediatrics and tropical nutrition and hygiene and went to work for the Colonial Medical Service. This took her to Ghana in 1929 where she identified protein deficiency as the cause of the disease kwashiorkor, when other doctors thought it was a vitamin deficiency. Later, working in Malaya finding many babies dying, she advocated against the use of sweetened condensed milk and other artificial baby milks as substitutes for human breast milk. Whilst in Malaya during World War 2, the Japanese invaded and she was placed in a Prison Camp in 1942. At the end of the war in 1945 she was found near dead and nursed back to health. In 1948 she was made the first head of the World Health Organisation\u2019s Maternal and Child Health organisation in Geneva. Her work in Jamaica on Vomiting Sickness between 1951 and 1953 led to identification of ackee poisoning as the cause. Dr. Williams continued to work as a lecturer, advisor and speaker until she was in her 90s. \r\n\r\nIn 1968, Dr Williams was made a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) by Queen Elizabeth I and the Order of Merit by the Jamaican Government in 1972. She was awarded honorary doctorates of science from The University of the West Indies in 1969 and from The University of Ghana in and in 1986.","fstrSubjectArea":"Medicine","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"12-Mar-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":193,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Ronald-Young-679ae6f902e4c.png","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Professor","fstrFirstName":"Ronald","fstrLastName":"Young","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Retired Professor","fstrBiography":"Professor Emeritus Ronald Young, CD (Former Pro-Vice Chancellor and also Dean Faculty of Science and Technology) is a physiologist specialising in neurophysiology. His B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees were in chemistry and biology from The University of the West Indies. He was awarded his Ph.D. in Neuroscience (the study of the nervous system and how it works) from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland in 1973.\r\n\r\nHe became a lecturer in the Department of Physiology and later was head of the department. In 1996, when the Department of Basic Medical Sciences was formed by the merger of the Departments of Anatomy, Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Physiology, he became the first head of this new department in the Faculty of Pure & Applied Sciences, at the time. Professor Young was appointed Professor of Physiology in 1991 and later served as Dean of the Faculty of Pure & Applied Sciences. He was appointed Professor of Human & Comparative Physiology in 2000 and Professor Emeritus in 2013. Professor Young served as Pro Vice Chancellor (Graduate Studies) until he retired.\r\n\r\nProfessor Young has served on numerous national boards including as Chairman for example with the Scientific Research Council and the Natural History Museum of Jamiaca. In 2022 he was awarded the Order of Distinction in the Rank of Commander for his work in the field of physiology and neurophysiology in particular. He continues to serve on a variety of committees and board and is known for his passion for science education.","fstrSubjectArea":"Life Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":"Physiology - Neurophysiology, Science Education","fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"
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1062              <p class="card-text txt-clamp" style = "overflow: hidden;">Professor Emeritus Edward &quot;Ted&quot; Robinson was born in India in 1934 to English parents but returned to England in 1942 when his father was called to serve in World War II. He came to Jamaica in 1956 to work with the Jamaica Geological Survey (now Mines &amp; Geology Department) having just completed his B.Sc. in Geology at the University of Birmingham where he met Jamaican Jeanne Mair, whom he married in 1957. He joined The UWI in 1961 when the Geology Department was set up and became a Jamaican citizen soon after Independence. His Ph.D. was earned at the UWI, Mona but conferred by The University of London as it was in 1969 before The UWI was able to confer degrees itself. Though retired, he is still (in 2025) working and publishing papers with the Department of Geography and Geology, The UWI, Mona. His work with the Jamaica Geological Survey resulted in the first draft of a modern geology map of Jamaica. Professor Robinson’s work has contributed to the development of 
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1095                                          <span class="post-lead-txt">New Scientist - Professor Ajai Mansingh</span>
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1097                      <span id="" class="post-profile-date">Aug 14, 2026</span>
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1102                                              <span class="post-txt txt-clamp">Professor Ajai Mansingh was a zoologist who studied insects (entomology), and whose research and teaching focused particularly on insect physiology, and integrated pest and pesticide management. His work emp
1102hasized the management and suppression of pest populations through integrated approaches, including the judicious use of pesticides to minimize their potential negative effects on the environment. He lectured and conducted research in the Department of Life Sciences at The University of the West Indies, Mona, from 1973 for approximately 30 years before retiring. Following his retirement, he became the first Executive Director of the Natural Products Institute at UWI, where he contributed to the development of research and initiatives focused on natural products. He also helped to establish the International Society for the Development of Natural Products and served as its Founding President and subsequently as President Emeritus.
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1104Professor Mansingh&#039;s research interests extended beyond pest management to include environmental contamination, particularly studies of insecticide contamination of Jamaica&#039;s rivers and coastal waters, as well as the identification and evaluation of plants with pesticidal potential.
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1106His personal interest in the history of his adopted homeland led him to author Home Away From Home – 150 Years of Indian Presence in Jamaica. Professor Ajai Mansingh was a key figure in interfaith dialogue and Indo-Jamaican heritage in Jamaica. On October 2, 1992, he helped found the Jamaica Council for Interfaith Fellowship serving as its secretary for over 15 years to unite Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Bahá&#039;í, and Rastafarian communities</span>
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1127                      <span id="" class="post-profile-date">Jul 30, 2026</span>
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1132                                              <span class="post-txt txt-clamp">Adrian Dunkley is a Jamaican physicist, artificial intelligence (AI) researcher, entrepreneur, and technology leader. He is best known as the founder of StarApple AI, which has been described as the Caribbean’s first AI company, and he has worked on projects that use data and AI to solve real-world problems in areas such as finance, climate science, education, and public safety. 
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1134Mr. Dunkley earned his Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Mathematics and Physics from The University of the West Indies, Mona in 2009 and did courses in economics as well. After completing his first degree, Mr. Du
1134nkley worked in the Physics Department and on projects as a Machine Learning Engineer, developing models for climate change, public safety on roads, marketing mix, credit risk and fraud detection systems. He went on to implement consultancies for several financial institutions before starting StarApple AI in 2019. He has gone on to establish other companies including most recently Maestro AI Labs which builds the infrastructure and data assets that power AI across industries.  He is al so involved with the Climate Studies Group in the Department of Physics at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, where his research explores how AI can be used to improve climate modelling and help Caribbean countries prepare for hurricanes and other environmental challenges.
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1136A life-long learner, Mr. Dunkley has earned two Master of Science (M.Sc.) degrees, one in Enterprise Risk Management from The University of the West Indies, Mona (2014) and the other in Financial Engineering from WorldQuant University (2020). He is currently working on a Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree from the University of Sunderland, UK studying physics-informed AI systems for Quality-of-Life optimization. 
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1138Adrian Dunkley serves on several Boards and volunteer organization. Hehas received recognition for his contributions to science, technology, and innovation. Including, the Caribbean AI Innovator of the Year, the AWS Activate AI Award, and EY Entrepreneur of the Year and in July, 2026, The UWI Mona – Faculty of Science and Technology Alumni Excellence Rising Star Award.</span>
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1157                                          <span class="post-lead-txt">New Scientist - Mr. Andrew Long</span>
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1159                      <span id="" class="post-profile-date">Jul 30, 2026</span>
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1164                                              <span class="post-txt txt-clamp">Andrew Long is a Jamaican actuary and business leader who currently serves as the Managing Director at Willis Towers Watson in the United Kingdom, a company with whom he has worked for the last 25 years. He specializes in pension risk management and helps organizations make important financial decisions for the future. 
1165Long is a graduate of the Wolmer’s School for Boys and earned his Bachelors (B.Sc.) degree at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, where he studied Mathematics and Computer Science. He later continued his professional education at City University London, where he earned a Masters (M.Sc.) degree in actuarial studies. With these qualifications and further studies, he eventually became a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA). Throughout his career, he has worked in the actuarial and financial services fields, applying advanced mathematics, statistics, and technology to assess risk and develop solutions for complex financial challenges. [uk.linkedin.com], [sta.uwi.edu]
1166Beyond his professional work, Andrew Long is passionate about helping young people succeed in mathematics and actuarial science. Along with Norbert Fullerton, he co-founded the IFoA Fullerton-Long Caribbean Scholarship, which supports talented students studying Actuarial Science at UWI campuses in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. In 2026, Long and Fullerton were awarded The UWI Mona – Faculty of Science and Technology Alumni Excellence - Philanthropy Award.</span>
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1185                                          <span class="post-lead-txt">New Scientist - Mr. Norbert Fullerton</span>
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1187                      <span id="" class="post-profile-date">Jul 30, 2026</span>
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1192                                              <span class="post-txt txt-clamp">Norbert Fullerton is a Jamaican-born actuary and investment leader whose career shows how a love for numbers can open doors around the world. He currently serves as Head of Institutional Client Strategy for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Janus Henderson Investors in the United Kingdom, where he helps large organizations make important long-term investment decisions. 
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1194Fullerton’s secondary level education was at Campion College with Sixth form at Wolmer’s High School for Boys. At the tertiary level, he earned a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona where he was involved in a range of extra-curricula activities including table tennis. After working as a software engineer at Fujitsu-ICL, Jamaica he won a prestigious Commonwealth Scholarship that allowed him to pursue a Master’s degree in Actuarial Science at City, University of London. He later qualified as a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) and went on to hold senior leadership positions in investment consulting and asset management.
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1196In addition to his professional achievements, Fullerton is passionate about helping young people succeed in STEM-related fields. With his friend and colleague, Andrew Long has supported mathematics and actuarial sciences students and co-founded the IFoA Fullerton-Long Actuarial Futures programme, which has supported talented Caribbean students pursuing actuarial studies, including at The UWI. In 2026, Fullerton and Long were awarded The UWI Mona – Faculty of Science and Technology Alumni Excellence - Philanthropy Award.</span>
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1215                                          <span class="post-lead-txt">New Scientist - Dr. Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie</span>
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1217                      <span id="" class="post-profile-date">Jul 30, 2026</span>
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1222                                              <span class="post-txt txt-clamp">Dr. Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie is a geographer and environmental scientist who advocates for the protection of nature and promotion sustainable economic development. She is currently the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET), one of Jamaica’s leading environmental, non-government organizations (NGO).
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1224Dr. Rodriguez-Moodie is a graduate of Holy Childhood High School. Her tertiary academic journey started when she earned a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Geography from The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. After working for a few years with an environmental consultancy – Environmental Solutions Ltd. she returned to The UWI, Mona and earned a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Geography with her research on coastal landforms at the Yallahs River Delta/Albion Ponds, St. Thomas and the processes that have shaped them over geologic time and with climatic changes. She has also completed training in project management at The UWI Mona.  
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1226Whilst working on her Ph.D. she worked at The UWI, Mona as a tutor and assistant lecturer. On completion of her Ph.D. she re-joined Environmental Solutions Ltd. where she worked for over 7 years on consultancies including environmental impact assessments, hazard analysis and other projects in Jamaica and across the Caribbean, before being appointed to the position of CEO at JET in 2021. In this role, she leads projects and advocacy efforts aimed at protecting the country’s natural resources, improving environmental awareness and supporting public health.</span>
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1464              <span class="post-lead-txt">World Oceans Day </span> 
1465            </div>
1466        </div>
1467                <div class="event-container"  
1468          style="border: 2px solid 
1469                                  #3498db
1470               ;">
1471            <div style = "margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1472              <span class="post-profile-date" style = "color: black; font-size: 15px; line-height: 0px; ">Wed, June 17, 2026</span> 
1473              <span class="post-profile-date">12:00 AM - 11:59 PM </span>
1474            </div>
1475            <div style="margin-top: .25rem; margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1476              <span class="post-lead-txt">00:00</span>
1477              <span class="post-lead-txt">World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought </span> 
1478            </div>
1479        </div>
1480                <div class="event-container"  
1481          style="border: 2px solid 
1482                                  #3498db
1483               ;">
1484            <div style = "margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1485              <span class="post-profile-date" style = "color: black; font-size: 15px; line-height: 0px; ">Wed, September 16, 2026</span> 
1486              <span class="post-profile-date">12:00 AM - 11:59 PM </span>
1487            </div>
1488            <div style="margin-top: .25rem; margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1489              <span class="post-lead-txt">00:00</span>
1490              <span class="post-lead-txt">International Day of Science, Technology &amp; Innovation for the South </span> 
1491            </div>
1492        </div>
1493                <div class="event-container"  
1494          style="border: 2px solid 
1495                                  #3498db
1496               ;">
1497            <div style = "margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1498              <span class="post-profile-date" style = "color: black; font-size: 15px; line-height: 0px; ">Sun, September 20, 2026</span> 
1499              <span class="post-profile-date">12:00 AM - 11:59 PM </span>
1500            </div>
1501            <div style="margin-top: .25rem; margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1502              <span class="post-lead-txt">00:00</span>
1503              <span class="post-lead-txt">World Cleanup Day </span> 
1504            </div>
1505        </div>
1506                <div class="event-container"  
1507          style="border: 2px solid 
1508                                  #3498db
1509               ;">
1510            <div style = "margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1511              <span class="post-profile-date" style = "color: black; font-size: 15px; line-height: 0px; ">Tue, March 3, 2026</span> 
1512              <span class="post-profile-date">12:00 AM - 11:59 PM </span>
1513            </div>
1514            <div style="margin-top: .25rem; margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1515              <span class="post-lead-txt">00:00</span>
1516              <span class="post-lead-txt">World Wildlife Day </span> 
1517            </div>
1518        </div>
1519                <div class="event-container"  
1520          style="border: 2px solid 
1521                                  #3498db
1522               ;">
1523            <div style = "margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1524              <span class="post-profile-date" style = "color: black; font-size: 15px; line-height: 0px; ">Mon, March 23, 2026</span> 
1525              <span class="post-profile-date">12:00 AM - 11:59 PM </span>
1526            </div>
1527            <div style="margin-top: .25rem; margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1528              <span class="post-lead-txt">00:00</span>
1529              <span class="post-lead-txt">World Meteorological Day </span> 
1530            </div>
1531        </div>
1532                <div class="event-container"  
1533          style="border: 2px solid 
1534                                  #000000
1535               ;">
1536            <div style = "margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1537              <span class="post-profile-date" style = "color: black; font-size: 15px; line-height: 0px; ">Fri, March 20, 2026</span> 
1538              <span class="post-profile-date">9:00 AM - 10:00 AM </span>
1539            </div>
1540            <div style="margin-top: .25rem; margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1541              <span class="post-lead-txt">09:00</span>
1542              <span class="post-lead-txt">CAS Seminar </span> 
1543            </div>
1544        </div>
1545                <div class="event-container"  
1546          style="border: 2px solid 
1547                                  #3498db
1548               ;">
1549            <div style = "margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1550              <span class="post-profile-date" style = "color: black; font-size: 15px; line-height: 0px; ">Thu, March 26, 2026</span> 
1551              <span class="post-profile-date">10:00 AM - 4:00 PM </span>
1552            </div>
1553            <div style="margin-top: .25rem; margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1554              <span class="post-lead-txt">10:00</span>
1555              <span class="post-lead-txt">The UWI Research Day - Science on the Spine </span> 
1556            </div>
1557        </div>
1558                <div class="event-container"  
1559          style="border: 2px solid 
1560                                  #000000
1561               ;">
1562            <div style = "margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1563              <span class="post-profile-date" style = "color: black; font-size: 15px; line-height: 0px; ">Fri, March 20, 2026</span> 
1564              <span class="post-profile-date">10:00 AM - 4:00 PM </span>
1565            </div>
1566            <div style="margin-top: .25rem; margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1567              <span class="post-lead-txt">10:00</span>
1568              <span class="post-lead-txt">World Water Day - Jamaica Event </span> 
1569            </div>
1570        </div>
1571                <div class="event-container"  
1572          style="border: 2px solid 
1573                                  #3498db
1574               ;">
1575            <div style = "margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1576              <span class="post-profile-date" style = "color: black; font-size: 15px; line-height: 0px; ">Tue, April 21, 2026</span> 
1577              <span class="post-profile-date">12:01 AM - 11:59 PM </span>
1578            </div>
1579            <div style="margin-top: .25rem; margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1580              <span class="post-lead-txt">00:01</span>
1581              <span class="post-lead-txt">World Creativity and Innovation Day </span> 
1582            </div>
1583        </div>
1584                <div class="event-container"  
1585          style="border: 2px solid 
1586                                  #3498db
1587               ;">
1588            <div style = "margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1589              <span class="post-profile-date" style = "color: black; font-size: 15px; line-height: 0px; ">Sat, May 16, 2026</span> 
1590              <span class="post-profile-date">12:00 AM - 11:59 PM </span>
1591            </div>
1592            <div style="margin-top: .25rem; margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1593              <span class="post-lead-txt">00:00</span>
1594              <span class="post-lead-txt">International Day of Light </span> 
1595            </div>
1596        </div>
1597                <div class="event-container"  
1598          style="border: 2px solid 
1599                                  #3498db
1600               ;">
1601            <div style = "margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1602              <span class="post-profile-date" style = "color: black; font-size: 15px; line-height: 0px; ">Sun, May 17, 2026</span> 
1603              <span class="post-profile-date">12:00 AM - 11:59 PM </span>
1604            </div>
1605            <div style="margin-top: .25rem; margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1606              <span class="post-lead-txt">00:00</span>
1607              <span class="post-lead-txt">World Telecommunication and Information Society Day </span> 
1608            </div>
1609        </div>
1610                <div class="event-container"  
1611          style="border: 2px solid 
1612                                  #3498db
1613               ;">
1614            <div style = "margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1615              <span class="post-profile-date" style = "color: black; font-size: 15px; line-height: 0px; ">Sun, June 7, 2026</span> 
1616              <span class="post-profile-date">12:00 AM - 11:59 PM </span>
1617            </div>
1618            <div style="margin-top: .25rem; margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1619              <span class="post-lead-txt">00:00</span>
1620              <span class="post-lead-txt">World Food Safety Day </span> 
1621            </div>
1622        </div>
1623                <div class="event-container"  
1624          style="border: 2px solid 
1625                                  #2ecc71
1626               ;">
1627            <div style = "margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1628              <span class="post-profile-date" style = "color: black; font-size: 15px; line-height: 0px; ">Sun, July 5, 2026</span> 
1629              <span class="post-profile-date">10:00 AM - 3:00 PM </span>
1630            </div>
1631            <div style="margin-top: .25rem; margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1632              <span class="post-lead-txt">10:00</span>
1633              <span class="post-lead-txt">FST Brunch &amp; Lyme </span> 
1634            </div>
1635        </div>
1636                <div class="event-container"  
1637          style="border: 2px solid 
1638                                  #000000
1639               ;">
1640            <div style = "margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1641              <span class="post-profile-date" style = "color: black; font-size: 15px; line-height: 0px; ">Tue, November 17, 2026</span> 
1642              <span class="post-profile-date">9:30 AM - 4:30 PM </span>
1643            </div>
1644            <div style="margin-top: .25rem; margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1645              <span class="post-lead-txt">09:30</span>
1646              <span class="post-lead-txt">32nd Science and Technology Conference - &quot;Science Solves, Economies Grow&quot; - Scientific Research Council </span> 
1647            </div>
1648        </div>
1649                <div class="event-container"  
1650          style="border: 2px solid 
1651                                  #000000
1652               ;">
1653            <div style = "margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1654              <span class="post-profile-date" style = "color: black; font-size: 15px; line-height: 0px; ">Sat, September 19, 2026</span> 
1655              <span class="post-profile-date">6:00 AM - 6:00 PM </span>
1656            </div>
1657            <div style="margin-top: .25rem; margin-left: 1rem;"> 
1658              <span class="post-lead-txt">06:00</span>
1659              <span class="post-lead-txt">International Coastal Clean-up Day </span> 
1660            </div>
1661        </div>
1662         
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Dr. Douglas was born in Duncans, Trelawny but his family later relocated to Kingston, where he attended Vauxhall School and then Excelsior High School.\r\n\r\nHe earned his B.Sc. in Chemistry and Applied Chemistry from The UWI in 1971 and then during an internship at Alpart Jamaica he made a number of very useful findings. This led to him receiving financial support from Alcan Jamaica to further his studies in the chemistry of bauxite and alumina production. He eventually earned a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of the West Indies, becoming the only individual worldwide at that time engaged in postgraduate research focused exclusively on the bauxite and aluminum industry. His groundbreaking research addressed the longstanding issue of unaccounted caustic soda losses, leading to significant advancements in industry processes.\r\n\r\nDr. Douglas continued his industry leadership as a foundational figure in the Jamaica Bauxite Institute and served as an international consultant developing operational guidelines that have been adopted by bauxite industries worldwide. Between 1979 and 1983, he worked with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Paris, producing influential publications on environmental and industrial science. He contributed to science education as a lecturer at The UWI for over 20 years and served the nation through the Scientific Research Council as chair for over 10 years. He was awarded the Silver Musgrave Medal by the Institute of Jamaica in 2024, The same year, UWI awarded him with the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LL.D.), honoris causa, in recognition of his unparalleled service and achievements in the field of science and technology.\r\n\r\nDr. Douglas had a love for painting as a child and this has since become a hobby he enjoys.","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":"Analytical Chemistry - Bauxite Industry, Environmental Science","fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"19-May-2026","farrDisciplines":["Analytical Chemistry - Bauxite Industry","Environmental Science"],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":80,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"John-Ewen-674a1e7740436.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"John","fstrLastName":"Ewen","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":null,"fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Retired\/Consultant - USA","fstrBiography":"Dr. John Ewen is a retired industrial research chemist whose work with metallocene catalysts significantly improved the manufacturing of plastics that are more durable, heatproof, tear resistant and transparent. \r\n\r\nHe was born in Kingston and attended Munro College like his father before him but eventually finished high school in Canada as he was apparently not a very good student and always getting into trouble. He returned to Jamaica and The University of the West Indies to pursue a degree in chemistry having taken a liking to the subject whilst at Munro and gained some discipline at school abroad. He completed his B.Sc. in 1972 and moved to the USA and having been influenced by Professor Gerald Lalor who instilled in him the importance of research, he completed a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry at the University of Tulane. \r\n\r\nHis first job was at Exxon Mobile Chemical Company where he conducted research on the synthesis of plastics and pioneered the study of metallocenes, a group of catalysts which are used to produce plastics with elements of metal in them. The process involves mimicking the way nature incorporates traces of metals in organic molecules, as with iron in the haemoglobin of red blood cells, and magnesium in the chlorophyll of green plants.  He later worked at the Fina Oil and Chemical Company where the research he lead continued to enhance the production of polyethylene plastics whether the thin, transparent but strong plastics used in packaging or heavier plastics used for furniture and automobile parts. From 1991 to 2004 he was President of Catalyst Research Corporation, Houston, Texas, and since retirement has worked as a consultant including the development of an even more advanced group of catalysts, called heterocines. \r\n\r\nIn 2002, Dr. Ewen was awarded the American National Medal of Technology, which is the highest possible award in that field, and comparable to a Nobel Prize in chemistry, for which he was actually nominated in 1993. In 2004, he was awarded the honorary Doctor of Science from The University of the West Indies.\r\n\r\nHis advice to young people is that: \u201cResearch is an exciting and interesting way to make a living and one must focus on the needs of the society to make an impact.\u201d He also adds,\u201dPushing back the frontiers of science is highly rewarding and one can have a very satisfying life if you enjoy what you do.\u201d","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"
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It was at Clarendon College where he also taught science for a few years, that his love for chemistry started when he read a book titled, \"Teach Yourself Chemistry\". Inspired by this book, he migrated to Canada to study at the Queen's University where he obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in chemisty. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Alberta in 1964 following which he did post-doctoral studies at Imperial College London. Dr. Fraser-Reid was on the faculty of the University of Waterloo from 1966 to 1980 where his research focused on producing chiral materials from carbohydrates. His work in sugar chemistry has been used in the control of insects that are harmful to agriculture. His discovery that he could copy pheromones, which could be utilized by the forestry service to prevent wood-eating insects from ruining trees, has helped to safeguard forests in Canada and Latin America. He moved to the USA and worked briefly at the University of Maryland and then at Duke University from 1983 to 1996 when he retired. His work at Duke University focused on oligosaccharides (a commonly occuring sugar in certain plants, with a shorter chain than polysaccharides) and the role they play in the body\u2019s immune system - he found that they help the body recognize and respond to threats, like bacteria and viruses. After leaving Duke he established the Natural Products and Glycotechnology Research Institute to study the carbohydrate chemistry of tropical parasitic diseases towards developing better treatments or vaccines for diseases such as malaria and sleeping sickness. Dr. Fraser-Reid has received numerous awards from institutions all over the world including the Gold Musgrave Medal from the Institute of Jamaica. He was an accomplished jazz and classical pianist and organist and gave recitals around the world, of note at St. Geoge\u2019s Anglican Church in Kingston, Jamaica in 1986.","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"29-Jan-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":167,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"tyrone-grandison-67866580a1eb4.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Tyrone","fstrLastName":"Grandison","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Chief Technology Officer","fstrBiography":"Dr. Tyrone Grandison is a computer scientist, entrepreneur and philanthropist employed by Microsoft, for the past 3 years, as a Chief Technology Officer. He attended Duhaney Park Primary School and Jamaica College and obtained his B.Sc. in Computer Sciences & Economics in 1997 and his M.Sc. in Software Engineering in 1998 from UWI, Mona. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, University of London in 2003. Dr. Grandison has over 25 years experience in software engineering, security and privacy and has been internationally recognized for his achievements. \r\n\r\nDr. Grandison is the founder and Board Chair of The Data-Drive Institute, a public health non-profit that helps policymakers and executive decision makers create and implement effective programs, policies, and products\u00a0to solve their most critical problems, using the knowledge of the community, data and technology.\u00a0He has created and led product initiatives in data management and protection, text analytics and healthcare management systems and continues to provide technical advice to several of the organisations e.g. MStreetX (a place-based inclusive Fintech Platform designed to foster small business growth and inclusive entrepreneurship) and Hodos Health (a digital health company that helps medical practices improve clinical staff utilization and patient outcomes). Dr. Grandison has co-invented over 47 patents and written numerous books and papers. \r\n\r\nHe is an adjunct professor at UTECH and set up a scholarship for computer science at the UWI, Mona.","fstrSubjectArea":"Computer Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"
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His B.Sc. was in chemistry but he also studied mathematics and physics. \r\n\r\nSoon after completing his studies at the Mona Campus, he began working with the world\u2019s leading producer of logwood dyes at the time (West Indies Chemical Works). While with the company, he did his Masters research on haemotoxylin and hematein (substances extracted from the logwood for the dyes). Later, when the logwood tree became endangered, he found a new method to produce synthetic haemotoxylin. In 1960 he returned to The UWI as an Assistant Lecturer and did inorganic chemistry research for this Ph.D. thesis. After further post-graduate studies in the UK and USA, he returned to The UWI as Professor of Chemistry in 1969 and was Head of the Chemistry Department from 1969 to 1972 \u2013 the first West Indian to serve in this position. \r\n\r\nWhilst he served The UWI, Mona as Pro Vice-Chancellor from 1974 and Principal (1991 \u2013 1996) he is best known for the establishment of the Centre for Nuclear Sciences in 1984 with the first and only Nuclear Research Reactor (SLOWPOKE-2) in the English-speaking Caribbean. During his tenure as Principal, he was responsible for leading the establishing of the Biotechnology Centre, computerization of the campus and improving accessibility for the physically challenged. \r\n\r\nUpon retiring from his position as Principal, Professor Lalor spearheaded the formation of the International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences (ICENS) in 1997. A pioneering geochemist, Lalor led a research team from ICENS in the preparation of a geochemical map of the elements in Jamaican soils. The map identifies some of the major and micro elements in Jamaican soils and uncovered elements previously not known to be present. It assists with the identification of contaminated land and provides important information for government planning agencies. Of note was his team\u2019s discovery of lead in the soil in the St Andrew community of Kintyre the source of which was isolated and lead poisoning in children treated and prevented. For his seminal contribution to science and technology, Professor Lalor was conferred with the Order of Jamaica and the Musgrave Gold Medal (1992) amongst others. He was later conferred with the Order of Merit for his contribution to Jamaica and the world\u2019s development through the application of Science, Technology and Innovation and his service in the private sector.","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"27-Jun-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":49,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"TP-Lecky-679a6e5c8954a.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Thomas TP","fstrLastName":"Lecky","fdtmDateOfBirth":"31-Dec-1904","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Deceased - 1994","fstrBiography":"Dr. Thomas Phillip Lecky, OM, OBE (1904 \u2013 1994) affectionately known as \u201cTP\u201d is one of Jamaica\u2019s earliest science icons and considered the Father of the Jamaican Dairy Industry. He was also one of Jamaica\u2019s earliest environmentalists and a strong advocate for conservation of hillsides.\r\n\r\nNo wonder this interest in hillside agriculture as he was born in Portland and attended Swift River Primary. He later attended the Government Farm School (Jamaica School of Agriculture) before going abroad to study in Canada. He eventually received his Ph.D. in Genetics from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.\r\n\r\nOn his return to Jamaica he worked for the Ministry of Agriculture and eventually became the Director of Animal Husbandry at the Ministry. Dr. TP Lecky was responsible for the development of three breeds of cattle suited to our tropical climate: the Jamaica Hope, Jamaica Red and Jamaica Black. The Jamaica Hope was the first breed of cattle indigenous to Jamaica and is a dairy breed whilst the other two breeds are for beef production with the latter being able to withstand cooler temperatures.","fstrSubjectArea":"Life Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"
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For this and the national impact of his service at The UWI, he was awarded Jamaica's Order of Distinction, Commander Class in addition to other awards such as the Silver Musgrave Medal.","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"16-May-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":211,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Daisy-McFarlane-Coke-67a28b0980855.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Mrs","fstrFirstName":"Daisy","fstrLastName":"McFarlane Coke","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Retired Actuary","fstrBiography":"A Science Icon, Daisy McFarlane Coke is the Caribbean\u2019s first female actuary and the first Caribbean member of the Royal Institute of Actuaries.\r\n\r\nShe was born in Clarendon to a farmer and home-maker and attended Spalding Primary and later Happy Grove High School in Portland. Doing well at high school, particularly in mathematics, she was moved to Kingston to attend St. Hugh\u2019s High School for Sixth Form. Ms. McFarlane returned to Happy Grove High as a teacher and applied for a scholarship to study at The UWI.\r\n\r\nShe earned her B.Sc. in pure and applied mathematics (and Latin) and taught in the Department of Mathematics before moving on to the University of Toronto where she earned her M.Sc. in applied mathematics. On returning from Canada, Ms. McFarlane worked at the Ministry of Finance where she gained a government scholarship to study for a post-graduate certificate in statistics at Oxford University. Whilst there, she was inducted into the Institute of Actuaries, becoming the first Caribbean person to become a member. She started her actuarial career on secondment to the UK Government\u2019s Actuary\u2019s Department in London and later returned to Jamaica to work as an actuary for the Government of Jamaica before starting her own consultancy. She has served on several national, public and private and international boards and became the founding president of the Caribbean Association of Actuaries. Mrs. McFarlane Coke had the Order of Jamaica conferred on her in 2002 and in 2018, the Max Lander Award - a lifetime achievement award, given by the International Association of Consulting Actuaries.","fstrSubjectArea":"Mathematics","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":"Actuarial Science","fstrKeywords":"Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics","fdtmDatePosted":"04-Feb-2025","farrDisciplines":["Actuarial Science"],"farrKeywords":["Pure Mathematics","Applied Mathematics","Statistics"],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":105,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"wayne-mclaughin-1-677bed2bc4379.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Professor","fstrFirstName":"Wayne","fstrLastName":"McLaughlin","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Senior Lecturer & Researcher, UWI","fstrBiography":"A Jamaican Science Icon, Professor Wayne McLaughlin is an accomplished molecular biologist who has developed a diverse and productive research programme.  A past student of Rusea's High School, Hanover and later Cornwall College, Montego Bay, he is recognised for his role in increasing public access to DNA testing for forensics and paternity testing and a wide variety of other biological tests.\r\n\r\nHis early work in molecular plant pathology issues whilst working at the Scientific Research Council included the whitefly transmitted geminivirus causing the yellow leaf curl disease in tomatoes and lethal yellowing in coconuts. \r\n\r\nHe is a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Biochemistry Section in the Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The University of the West Indies. Dr. McLaughlin holds the Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Biology from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Biochemistry from The University of the West Indies, Mona. He also has post-graduate training and experience in Forensic DNA analysis and the Interpretation of DNA mixtures and statistical analysis. His interest in forensic genetics led him in 2005, to establish Caribbean Genetics (CARIGEN), the first independent forensic DNA laboratory in the Caribbean to provide expert witness and DNA analysis to the legal profession in both civil and criminal cases. He has received several awards, including two Fulbright Awards, the Scientific Council Award for Best Scientific Performance in 1982 and 1987 and the Silver Musgrave Medal in 2001 for outstanding merit in the field of Science from the Institute of Jamaica. In 2021, he was a recipient of the RJRGLEANER Honours Award for his work in Science and Technology.","fstrSubjectArea":"Biotechnology","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"
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His first degree in chemistry at the then University College of the West Indies led to an interest in biochemistry and he eventually won a scholarship to study medicine at the Royal University of Malta. On his return to Jamaica he focused on medical research in biochemistry and endocrinology which is the study of hormone-related conditions and their treatment, eventually obtaining his doctorate and professorships from The UWI in both fields.  He is perhaps best known for his work on treating diabetes (a chronic disease related to the body's production and use of insulin - a hormone that regulates blood sugar). Diabetes is one of the world's most prevalent non-communicable diseases resulting in damage to the cardio-vascular system which can lead to blindness, strokes and heart-attacks. He co-founded the Diabetes Association of Jamaica (DAJ) in 1976 \u2013 it is a private, voluntary, non-profit, non-governmental organization which provides education on diabetes prevention and care as well as treatment of people with diabetes including kidney dialysis, foot care and pharmaceutical services, all under one roof. He spearheaded the formation of the Diabetes Association of the Caribbean in 1982 and it now has 26 member countries. He has sourced significant funding for diabetes treatment through these associations and the University of the West Indies Diabetes Outreach Programme which he launched in 1991. Professor Morrison also worked with the Pan-American Health Organisation in responding to the emerging pandemic of type 2 diabetes in 1996. In academia he has served as the Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean, School for Graduate Studies & Research at the University of the West Indies and as President of the University of Technology. In the private sector, he has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Blue Cross of Jamaica, Ltd. He has also served as the Executive Director of the National Council on Science and Technology. He was awarded a Gold Musgrave Medal in 1998 and conferred with the Order of Jamaica in 2001. He published his autobiography, \"Growing Tall, Pursuing Excellence\" in 2019.","fstrSubjectArea":"Medicine","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":"Biochemistry, Medicine, Endocrinology,","fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"11-Mar-2025","farrDisciplines":["Biochemistry","Medicine","Endocrinology",""],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":334,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Sir-Godfrey-Palmer-689ba28b560d7.png","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Sir","fstrFirstName":"Godfrey Oliver","fstrLastName":"Palmer","fdtmDateOfBirth":"09-Apr-1940","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Deceased - Professor Emeritus - Heriot-Watt University, Scotland","fstrBiography":"Professor Emeritus Sir Godfrey Oliver Palmer (1940 \u2013 2025) a botanist and a chemist, became the first black professor in Scotland when he was promoted to the rank of Professor at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh in 1989. Born in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica he grew up mainly in Kingston where he struggled at school. In 1955, just before his 15th birthday, he joined his mother in London where he gained a place at Highbury Grammar School due to his excellent cricketing ability. Three years later he left school with six O-levels and two A-levels, in Botany and Zoology and went to work as a Junior Lab Technician at Queen Elizabeth College, London University whilst studying part-time at a local polytechnic to obtain further qualifications.\r\n\r\nPalmer earned a Bachelors\u2019 degree in Botany from the University of Leicester in 1964. Wishing to further his academic career he applied for a scholarship from the English Ministry of Agriculture to study for an MSc at the University of Nottingham but he was unsuccessful at the interview. Luckily for him, one member of the interview panel was impressed and secured him a place to study for a PhD in grain science and technology jointly with Heriot-Watt College and the University of Edinburgh, beginning his doctorate in 1965. After completing his PhD thesis entitled Ultra-structure of cereal grains in relation to germination in 1967, he began research work at the Brewing Research Foundation in Surrey in 1968 where he worked on the science and technology of barley, developing a technique to speed the production of malt from barley which increased profits by millions of pounds for the brewing industry. He eventually became a senior scientist at the Foundation before he moved back to Heriot-Watt University in 1977. After the Nigerian government banned the importation of European malt and barley in the 1980s, Palmer advised international breweries e.g. Heineken and Guiness on the use of local grains such as sorghum in their African breweries. \r\n\r\nHe received a Doctorate of Science in 1985, and a personal Chair at Heriot-Watt in 1989 and on his retirement in 2005 he was made Professor Emeritus. In 1998, Palmer became the fourth individual and first European, to be honoured with the American Society of Brewing Chemists (ASBC) Award for distinction in scientific research and good citizenship. Palmer was awarded honorary doctorates by several universities including in 2015, the University of the West Indies and the University of Technology, Jamaica. In 2019 he was awarded the Gold Musgrave Medal by the Institute of Jamaica.\r\n\r\nProfessor Palmer is also renowned for his work as a human rights activist, striving to promote improved race relations including through a better understanding of the culture of especially children from different ethnic backgrounds, to help them improve their educational performance.\r\n\r\nIn recognition of his work and achievements in the field of grain science, Palmer was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2003. He was knighted in the 2014  for services to human rights, science, and charity. In March 2024, King Charles III appointed Palmer a knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle (KT), the highest order of chivalry in Scotland.","fstrSubjectArea":"Biotechnology","fblnScienceLeader":true,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"14-May-2026","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":310,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Edward-Robinson-7-681a40088f353.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Professor","fstrFirstName":"Edward \"Ted\"","fstrLastName":"Robinson","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","f
1830strOccupation":"Retired Professor","fstrBiography":"Professor Emeritus Edward \"Ted\" Robinson was born in India in 1934 to English parents but returned to England in 1942 when his father was called to serve in World War II. He came to Jamaica in 1956 to work with the Jamaica Geological Survey (now Mines & Geology Department) having just completed his B.Sc. in Geology at the University of Birmingham where he met Jamaican Jeanne Mair, whom he married in 1957. He joined The UWI in 1961 when the Geology Department was set up and became a Jamaican citizen soon after Independence. His Ph.D. was earned at the UWI, Mona but conferred by The University of London as it was in 1969 before The UWI was able to confer degrees itself. Though retired, he is still (in 2025) working and publishing papers with the Department of Geography and Geology, The UWI, Mona. His work with the Jamaica Geological Survey resulted in the first draft of a modern geology map of Jamaica. Professor Robinson\u2019s work has contributed to the development of 
1830knowledge and use of minerals in Jamaica, including high quality limestone, gypsum, anhydrite, silica sand, and bauxite. His work in geology and micropaleontology has resulted in over 170 publications, including authorship and co-authorship of over 40 concerned with the systematics and biostratigraphy of larger benthic foraminifers (LBF), as well as a number on the geological and environmental aspects of coastal processes, the possible use of tropical peat as a fuel resource, and contributions to official maps of the island of Jamaica. His research interests include the biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography of larger benthic foraminifers of the Western Hemisphere and coastal processes and environmental effects associated with giant wave events and rising sea levels. \r\n\r\nIn addition to working in Jamaica, Professor Robinson has worked in the petroleum industry in both the USA and Venezuela and in academia in the USA lecturing both at Brice and Florida International Universities. He has been a past member of the Geologists\u2019 Association of Great Britain, a member of the Geological Society of Jamaica, a Fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences and member of the Association of Geoscientists for International Development. \r\n\r\nProfessor Robinson's awards include the National Medal for Science and Technology in 2005, Jamaica's Order of Merit 2008 and a Silver Medal from the Institute of Jamaica for his contributions to the geosciences","fstrSubjectArea":"Geography and Geology","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"15-May-2026","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":180,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"prof-marcia-roye-679a6ae1425e4.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Professor","fstrFirstName":"Marcia","fstrLastName":"Roye","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":null,"fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Senior Lecturer & Researcher, UWI","fstrBiography":"A Jamaican Science Icon, Professor Marcia Roye is a biotechnologist with a focus on plant virology towards growing healthier, disease-free plants. She remembers growing up in south St. Elizabeth surrounded by \u201cbush\u201d which she and her friends explored e.g. tasting and crushing berries on paper and seeing different colours appear.  Later on, at the University of the West Indies she studied biotechnology and this led her to become a plant virologist, identifying the many viruses that impact the crops her family and neighbours grew. The first step in figuring out how to treat plant disease is to identify the cause and isolate the specific virus or other pathogens.\u00a0\r\n\r\nDr. Roye\u2019s work has resulted in the identification of more than 24 viruses associated with a wide variety of plant crops such as red peas and scotch-bonnet peppers and has been instrumental in facilitating the control of viruses by cultivation of resistant varieties of tomato and cabbage. In recent years, her research has expanded to humans, as she is studying the detection of anti-retroviral (ARV) drug resistance of HIV in Jamaican patients. This research serves to improve ARV treatment and outcome for HIV-affected individuals as well as the quality of life of HIV patients. \r\n\r\nProfessor Roye is a Senior Lecturer based in the Caribbean Centre for Research in Bioscience where in addition to lecturing she supervises graduate students research.\u00a0has served the Faculty of Science & Technology as the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research. She has worked all over the globe helping scientists and farmers fight plant disease and she\u00a0serves on local, regional and international committees in the pursuit in improving agricultural practices to reduce world hunger and has won numerous awards for her research including the presitgious Fulbright and UNESCO-L'Oreal fellowships. In 2024 Professor Marcia Roye was awarded the Gold Musgrave Medal for Eminence in Science and she also received the RJR Gleaner Honour for Science and Technology.","fstrSubjectArea":"Biotechnology","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"29-Jan-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":219,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"alfred-sangster-67b8c7bfa1ade.png","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"Alfred","fstrLastName":"Sangster","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","f
1830strOccupation":"Deceased","fstrBiography":"Dr. Alfred Sangster, OJ (1929 - 2025) was a chemist by education but is best known for his lead role in transforming the College of Arts, Science and Technology (CAST) into the University of Technology (UTech) during his 26 years as Principal and later President. \r\n\r\nHe was born in St. Elizabeth and went to school at Munro College where he excelled in athletics, cricket and tennis and left in 1946 with his High School Certificate in Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics. He earned his B.Sc. (First Class Honours) in chemistry from the Queens' College, Belfast, Ireland and returned to Jamaica as a chemistry lecturer at The UWI in 1952. In Dr. Sangster obtained his PhD in Organic Chemistry in 1958, under the guidance of Professor Cedric Hassall (first Head of Chemistry Department). He was an Assistant Lecturer then Lecturer in Chemistry, and supervised several research projects up to 1970, before leaving to take up the position of Principal of the then CAST. \r\n\r\nDuring his lifetime, he was heavily involved in giving service to society, via chairmanships, directorships, memberships, and consultancies to a variety of institutions and societies.  He is the founding father and Chairman of Citizens Action for Free and Fair Elections, (CAFFE) and for this initiative he received the Gleaner\u2019s Special Award in 1999. He was a recipient Musgrave Gold Medal from the Institute of Jamaica and in 1982 received the Order of Distinction (Commander Class) and in 1995, the Order of Jamaica (OJ).","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"31-Mar-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":225,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Mary-Seacole-67d0e4dd831f0.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Mrs","fstrFirstName":"Mary","fstrLastName":"Seacole","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Deceased - Nurse & Hotel owner","fstrBiography":"The Hon. Mary Seacole, OM (1805 - 1881) was born in Kingston to a Scottish Lieutenant in the British Army (James Grant) and his Jamaican wife who ran a boarding house, Blundell Hall on East Street.  Her mother, Mrs Grant, nicknamed \"The Doctress\", was a healer who used traditional herbal medicines and good hygiene to treat military and naval staff as well as enslaved Africans. Due to a patroness, she had the opportunity to further her education and live in England for a time before returning home to practice nursing with her mother and help run their hostel at Blundell Hall.  Mary used what she learned from her mother and also by watching military doctors. Her marriage to Edwin Seacole in 1836 allowed her to travel to the Bahamas, Cuba and Haiti where she augmented her knowledge of traditional medicines. Unfortunately fire destroyed Blundell Hall in 1843, Mr. Seacole died in 1844 and her mother soon after. However, Mrs. Seacole rebuilt Blundell Hall and continued the practice her mother had started including successfully treating many for cholera in 1850 and later on treating yellow fever particularly amongst English officers. \r\n\r\nIn 1851, she joined her step-brother in Panama where he had established a small hotel and with the outbreak of cholera, she made a name for herself for nursing many back to health. She was a successful entrepreneur in the hospitality business and did well for herself whilst also attending to the sick and injured \u2013 rich and poor.  She eventually moved to London and on hearing of the poor circumstances of injured and sick soldiers in the Crimean War tried to join Florence Nightingale\u2019s nurses but was not accepted. She therefore organized and went herself in 1855, setting up a restaurant and also offering care to the sick and wounded. She made a name for herself amongst the many English soldiers and officers she cared for and despite returning to England bankrupt in 1856, was able to make a comeback both in Jamaica and England, including the writing of her autobiography, Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands (the first book written in England by a black women) which was a best-seller. \r\n\r\nMrs. Mary Seacole eventually died in London in 1881 and was initially forgotten.  In 1957, the first Hall of Residence for women at The University of the West Indies was built and named for her amongst other recognitions. In 1990 she was awarded the Order of Merit by the Jamaican Government.  She was only recognized much later in England with a statue of her placed at St. Thomas\u2019s Hospital, London in 2016.","fstrSubjectArea":"Medicine","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"12-Mar-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":195,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Joy-Spence-679aef73305a7.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Mrs","fstrFirstName":"Joy","fstrLastName":"Spence","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"F","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","f
1830strOccupation":"Master Blender & Brand Ambassador, Appleton Estate","fstrBiography":"Joy Spence is a chemist who specialises in the blending of the perfect Jamaican rums at Appleton Estate, where she is the Master Blender and serves as the Brand Ambassador and Manager of Technical and Quality Services. She was born in Manchester and raised in Kingston where at age 13, she discovered her passion for chemistry. She completed her B.Sc. in Chemistry at The University of the West Indies and earned her M.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Loughborough in the United Kingdom.\r\n\r\nOn her return to Jamaica, she worked as a research and development chemist at Tia Maria and was then hired by J. Wray and Nephew Ltd. In 1981, the rum distillery Appleton Estate, which was owned by Wray and Nephew, hired Spence as its chief chemist. There she worked with the Master Blender, who had identified her ability to identify and differentiate between smells, for 17 years until he retired and she became the Master Blender. Her first creation as the master blender was a special rum to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Appleton Estate, which received high praise in the industry. In 2005, Mrs. Spence was awarded the Order of Distinction, Officer Class by the Government of Jamaica for her service to the rum industry. Spence was instrumental in achieving geographical indication for Jamaican rum, which was awarded in 2016, which is a tool to help protect Jamaica's intellectual property in rum-making.\r\n\r\nMrs. Joy Spence has won several international awards for her skill in the spirits industry including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the US Distilled Spirits Council in 2022. In 2012, Loughborough University awarded her an honorary degree of Doctor of Science for her achievements. In 2018, she was awarded the National Medal for Science and Technology and in 2022, the Musgrave Gold Medal by the Institute of Jamaica. Tours of the Appleton Estate distillery are named The Joy Spence Appleton Estate Rum Experience in honour of her amazing chemistry skills and expertise in rum blending.","fstrSubjectArea":"Chemistry","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":"Analytical Chemistry","fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"07-Mar-2025","farrDisciplines":["Analytical Chemistry"],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":162,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"ashley-hamilton-taylor-0-67865f456ac74.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Dr.","fstrFirstName":"A.G. Hamilton","fstrLastName":"Taylor","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Lecturer","fstrBiography":"Dr. A.G. Hamilton Taylor is a Lecturer and the Curriculum Coordinator in the Department of Computing, Faculty of Science and Technology, The University of the West Indies, Mona. He is the founder of the Web, Animation, Visualisation and E-learning (WAVE) Laboratory\/research group which facilitates research on the frontiers of cultural computing, encouraging the positive use of indigenous culture in the design of interactive 3D computing software and multimedia\/animation, e-learning, new media and games for cultural-social upliftment. Dr. Hamilton-Taylor has a B.Sc. in Computer Science from The UWI and a M.S. degree in Computer Science with a minor in Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he was a LASPAU-Fulbright scholar. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Georgia, where he developed the Support Kit for Animation (SKA) algorithm animation system which is a software visualization system designed to support the needs of learners and instructors. Dr. Hamilton-Taylor served on the Jamaica Computer Society project that designed and established computer laboratories in over 150 Jamaican high schools in the 1990s to facilitate the introduction of the Caribbean Secondary School Examination (CXC\/CSEC) Information Technology programme. He has significant consultancy experience in the IT industry locally and in the USA.","fstrSubjectArea":"Computer Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"14-Jan-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":222,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"dean-professor-michael-taylor-67cf53d4011a4.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Professor","fstrFirstName":"Michael","fstrLastName":"Taylor","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","f
1830strOccupation":"Professor of Physics, The UWI, Mona","fstrBiography":"Professor Michael Taylor is an internationally renowned climate physicist who has served on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He has pioneered the use of regional climate models, built Caribbean Climate databases and developed tools to help us better understand and address climate change and its likely impacts into the future. This knowledge is critical for the region being comprised of tropical island states at risk from sea-level rise and tropical cyclones in particular.\r\n\r\nHe entered The UWI, Mona after graduating from Campion College where his leadership skills were identified as he served as head-boy. Taylor earned both his B.Sc. (1st Class Hons.) and M.Sc. in Physics from The University of the West Indies and was awarded his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in environmental physics. \r\n\r\nHe joined The UWI as a Lecturer in the Department of Physics in 1999 and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2008 and Head of Department in 2009. In 2013 he was elevated to the rank of Professor and in 2014 he was appointed Deputy Dean and in 2018, Dean for the Faculty of Science and Technology. He served two terms as Dean, until 2026. Prof. Taylor became the Director of the Climate Studies Group Mona in 2007 and is currently the Co-Director with Professor Tannecia Stephenson.\r\n\r\nHe is a climate resilience advocate and has served on Jamaica's Climate Change Advisory Board. The Fi Wi Science Initiative is his brainchild - aimed at ensuring that youth can find local scientists to inspire their careers.\r\n\r\nHe has received many notable awards, national and international in recognition for his work including Jamaica\u2019s Silver Musgrave Medal for Science in 2013, the Young Scientist Awards from the Scientific Research Council in 2005 and the Caribbean Academy of Sciences in 2008. He was made a Fellow of the Caribbean Academy of Sciences in 2018 and awarded the Anthony A. Sabga Award of Caribbean Excellence in 2019. In 2024, he was made a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences.","fstrSubjectArea":"Physics","fblnScienceLeader":true,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"10-Aug-2026","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":336,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"John-Henry-Thompson-689e2c93c93c8.png","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Mr.","fstrFirstName":"John Henry","fstrLastName":"Thompson","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Computer Scientist","fstrBiography":"John Henry Thompson, born in 1959, is the inventor of the Lingo programming language used in the Adobe Flash Player and a former Chief Scientist at Macromedia (now Adobe). Born in Kingston, he spent part of his childhood in Jamaica before moving to the UK and later to New York, where he developed a strong interest in computer programming at high school. Self-taught in several languages, he went on to earn a Computer Science degree from MIT, also studying visual arts due to his passion for creativity.\r\n\r\nThompson is best known for developing Lingo, a scripting language that powers interactive multimedia applications in Macromedia Director and other tools. His innovations helped merge computer programming with visual art allowing artists and designers with little programming knowledge to create inter-active content for websites, video games and animations thus changing the appearance of these media totally. He also contributed to software like MediaMaker and VideoWorks. The Adobe Flash Player plug-in which allowed users to play videos, games and other inter-active content was in use up to 2020 when it was finally withdrawn as websites developed integrated programmes for this purpose.\r\n\r\nIn 2012, Thompson was awarded the Silver Musgrave Medal by the Institute of Jamaica. He continues to work in the USA \u2013 lecturing and developing apps and has conducted mobile app development workshops 
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1830strOccupation":"Researcher\/Adjunct Professor - UTech","fstrBiography":"Dr. Lawrence Williams is an Adjunct Professor in the College of Health Sciences, University of Technology, Jamaica and his research has focused on the production of anti-cancer treatments from natural products in particular Jamaican Guinea-hen weed (Petivera alliacea). Dr. Williams was born in 1963 in St. Elizabeth and went to Calabar High School where his interest in biology started. He graduated from The University of the West Indies with a B.Sc. degree in zoology and chemistry in 1987 and started to work at the Scientific Research Council on natural product pesticides. He completed his Ph.D. dissertation in 1991 at the University of the West Indies on \u2018Biological Activity in Leaf Extracts from the Artocarpus altilis [the  Breadfruit]\u2019 and was later employed in the Faculty of Medical Sciences. In 2003, he was awarded the prestigious Alexander von Humbolt Scholarship to do postdoctoral studies on the guinea hen weed (Petivera allliacea) at the Hohenheim University in Germany. The investigations yielded the compound dibenzyl trisulphide, which has been shown to cure cancer cells inside a laboratory. The compound has been found to cure cells that affect the brain, bladder, breast, skin and lungs.  In 2010, Dr. Williams and colleague, Dr. H.G. Levy, a Jamaican-born medical doctor based in the USA, were awarded an international patent on a protein complex of dibenzyl trisulphide, isolated from the guinea hen weed. In 2011, for his contribution to science, Dr. Williams was awarded the Silver Musgrave Medal by the Institute of Jamaica. In 2017, Dr. Williams and co-researcher Dr. George Levy obtained a further patent with the US for the discovery of anti-cancer activity in the plant.","fstrSubjectArea":"Biotechnology","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"01-Apr-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":208,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Francis-Williams-679bd1bfb4b8c.jpg","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Mr.","fstrFirstName":"Francis","fstrLastName":"Williams","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Polymath and Former Plantation Owner","fstrBiography":"Francis Williams (c.\u20091690 \u2013 c.\u20091770) is probably Jamaica's first recorded black scientist who was internationally recognised but, he would not be remembered had it not been for research into a painting, by a historian in 2023\/24. 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The evidence in the portrait indicates that Williams was making a statement about his calculation of the trajectory and return of Halley\u2019s Comment, according to the rules of the third edition of Isaac Newton\u2019s book, Principia. \r\n\r\nDue to poor archival conditions, most information about Williams comes from a lengthy racist attack on him by his white contemporary Edward Long, and from the portrait itself, which displays some of Williams' library and shows that he had observed the return of Halley's Comet which confirmed Newton's laws of motion. 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1830strOccupation":"Paediatrician & Researcher","fstrBiography":"Dr. Cicely Delphine Williams, OM (1893 \u2013 1992) was born at Kew Park, Bethel Town, Westmoreland. She was a paediatrician and is best known for her research and treatment of children with kwashiorkor in Ghana, advocating against the substitution of condensed milk for breast milk in Malaysia and later Jamaican Vomiting Sickness (ackee poisoning).\r\n\r\nDr. Williams studied in England, obtaining her medical degree from Oxford in 1923, one of the first women to do so. Later, she specialising in paediatrics and tropical nutrition and hygiene and went to work for the Colonial Medical Service. This took her to Ghana in 1929 where she identified protein deficiency as the cause of the disease kwashiorkor, when other doctors thought it was a vitamin deficiency. Later, working in Malaya finding many babies dying, she advocated against the use of sweetened condensed milk and other artificial baby milks as substitutes for human breast milk. Whilst in Malaya during World War 2, the Japanese invaded and she was placed in a Prison Camp in 1942. At the end of the war in 1945 she was found near dead and nursed back to health. In 1948 she was made the first head of the World Health Organisation\u2019s Maternal and Child Health organisation in Geneva. Her work in Jamaica on Vomiting Sickness between 1951 and 1953 led to identification of ackee poisoning as the cause. Dr. Williams continued to work as a lecturer, advisor and speaker until she was in her 90s. \r\n\r\nIn 1968, Dr Williams was made a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) by Queen Elizabeth I and the Order of Merit by the Jamaican Government in 1972. She was awarded honorary doctorates of science from The University of the West Indies in 1969 and from The University of Ghana in and in 1986.","fstrSubjectArea":"Medicine","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":null,"fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"12-Mar-2025","farrDisciplines":[],"farrKeywords":[],"faobjAttachments":[],"faobjAssociations":[],"faobjPublications":[],"faobjEducation":[],"faobjAchievements":[],"faobjExperience":[],"faobjWebsite":[]},{"flngProfileID":193,"fstrProfileType":"SCICON","fstrProfileImageUrl":"Ronald-Young-679ae6f902e4c.png","flngPercentProfileComplete":10,"fstrTitle":"Professor","fstrFirstName":"Ronald","fstrLastName":"Young","fdtmDateOfBirth":"","fstrGender":"M","fstrNationality":"Jamaica","fstrOccupation":"Retired Professor","fstrBiography":"Professor Emeritus Ronald Young, CD (Former Pro-Vice Chancellor and also Dean Faculty of Science and Technology) is a physiologist specialising in neurophysiology. His B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees were in chemistry and biology from The University of the West Indies. He was awarded his Ph.D. in Neuroscience (the study of the nervous system and how it works) from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland in 1973.\r\n\r\nHe became a lecturer in the Department of Physiology and later was head of the department. In 1996, when the Department of Basic Medical Sciences was formed by the merger of the Departments of Anatomy, Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Physiology, he became the first head of this new department in the Faculty of Pure & Applied Sciences, at the time. Professor Young was appointed Professor of Physiology in 1991 and later served as Dean of the Faculty of Pure & Applied Sciences. He was appointed Professor of Human & Comparative Physiology in 2000 and Professor Emeritus in 2013. Professor Young served as Pro Vice Chancellor (Graduate Studies) until he retired.\r\n\r\nProfessor Young has served on numerous national boards including as Chairman for example with the Scientific Research Council and the Natural History Museum of Jamiaca. In 2022 he was awarded the Order of Distinction in the Rank of Commander for his work in the field of physiology and neurophysiology in particular. He continues to serve on a variety of committees and board and is known for his passion for science education.","fstrSubjectArea":"Life Science","fblnScienceLeader":false,"fstrDisciplines":"Physiology - Neurophysiology, Science Education","fstrKeywords":null,"fdtmDatePosted":"
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2094              At FIWI Science, we are dedicated to celebrating the outstanding contributions of Jamaican scientists.
2095              Whether you're a researcher, enthusiast, or simply curious about the remarkable work in this region,
2096              we're here to help. Explore Jamaican scientists' achievements, connect with experts, share your own story,
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2114              At FIWI Science, we believe that everyone, whether you're a scientist, educator, or science enthusiast,
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2376              Welcome to the FiWi Science Game! Follow the instructions below to start the Quiz and Learn about our Scientists!!
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2378            <p> In this game, you'll explore the FIWI Science website by visiting various pages to learn about our Scientists and Icons. 
2379            You'll begin by viewing the profile of a scientist. Click the image in the bottom right corner to receive your first trivia question. 
2380            Answer it correctly to advance to the next profile for another question. Continue this process until you've answered all the questions!
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2442                        <h4 class="alert-heading">Thank you for your interest!</h4>
2443                        <p>This aspect of the website is not operational now but if you are interested in being listed on the website or would like to recommend someone for listing, please send a brief CV with the individual's education (university, degree, year) and key areas of work.</p>
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2465                                        Individuals dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge, discovery, and innovation, 
2466                                        often with specialized training and expertise in specific scientific disciplines. They include researchers, 
2467                                        educators, conservationists, and professionals who actively contribute to the advancement of science. 
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2470                                <td>
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2473                                            <li>Publicize your work to a regional audience including government and industry members.</li>
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2483                                    Individuals that are passionate about science but who may not hold formal scientific 
2484                                    qualifications but possess an insatiable curiosity about the world around them. They are explorers, learners, 
2485                                    and avid supporters of scientific endeavours. 
2486                                </td>
2487                                <td>
2488                                    <ul>
2489                                        <li>Make contact with and learn about our local Scientists.</li>
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2495                                                                        <button class="btn btn-secondary a-signup-btn-membership" disabled>Company</button>
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2498                                    This account is for businesses to 
2498showcase their scientific services to a science community.
2499                                </td>
2500                                <td>
2501                                    <ul>
2502                                        <li>Free listing on the Fiwi Yellowpages.</li>
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2508                                                                        <button class="btn btn-secondary a-signup-btn-membership" disabled>Academic<br>Institution</button>
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2511                                    This account is for educational institutions to display their work and workers in the scientific field.
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2514                                    <ul>
2515                                        <li>Make unlimited posts to the Fiwi Events Calendar where your local events are exposed to a much wider regional audience.</li>
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2524
2525                <h2>Create a membership profile</h2>
2526                <p>To request a membership profile, please send an email to:</p>
2527                <p><strong>Susan Otuokon</strong><br>
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2530                <p>If you'd like, click the button below to open your email client with a prefilled subject line.</p>
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