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GRAID Awardees 2025

Below you will find an overview of all grantees awarded in 2025 under the Graduate Assistantships in Developing Countries program.

Benin

In the research group led by Principal Investigator, Remi Cocou Avohou (Université Nationale des Sciences, Technologies, Ingénierie et Mathématiques, Abomey, Benin), with International Partner, Joseph Bengeloun (Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris Nord, France), two students were awarded.

  • Sessi Exaucée Esther Akabassi
  • Elie Corneille Dêgnon Ayosso

As Ph.D. graduate assistants of the research group, their research focused on hypermaps and their combinatorial properties.

Indonesia

In the research group led by Principal Investigator, Mardlijah Mardlijah (Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Indonesia), with International Partner, Zhai Guisheng (Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan), two students were awarded.

  • Belgis Ainatul Iza
  • Annisa Rahmita Soemarsono

As Ph.D. graduate assistants of the research group, their research focused on autonomous control systems, and optimal control.

Nigeria

In the research group led by Principal Investigator, Chinwendu Emilian Madubueze (Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Nigeria), with International Partner, Faraimunashe Chirove (University of Johannesburg, South Africa), one student was awarded.

  • Kazeem Austin Tijani

As a Ph.D. graduate assistant of the research group, his research focused on mathematical modelling of infectious diseases.