JUAMI 2023: Materials for a Sustainable Future

June 18 – 30, 2023, Nairobi, Kenya

The next JUAMI school will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, June 18 – 30, 2023. The local host will be the University of Nairobi, and participants will be housed in the Nairobi Safari Club Hotel, just a short walk from the university campus. All those who applied to JUAMI 2023 have been notified of the status of their applications.

Above: University of Nairobi

Above: Nairobi Safari Club Hotel

To get some insights into JUAMI schools please watch our video. You are also encouraged to request to join the JUAMIexchange Google group to be able to receive notifications about the program.

Taking place over a two-week period in Nairobi, the program will include tutorial level and research level talks by renowned international speakers on experimental materials science, electrochemistry and sustainable energy, clean water, and solar fuel production. It will also involve team-based hands-on practical tasks and will include training in crafting and writing competitive collaborative project proposals.

We believe that these schools provide a unique experience and opportunity to experience scientific research across cultures and we strongly encourage you to apply.

Program Features

JUAMI schools feature tutorials on cutting-edge energy materials topics, hands-on experiments and learning activities, and research seminars by top materials scientists. By providing full financial support for students to participate in the entire two-week program, JUAMI fellows are able to completely immerse themselves in the experience, see problems from different perspectives, gain new skills and inspiration for tackling research questions, and develop lasting relationships.

Program Speakers

Full speaker biographies are available here.

Harry Atwater — Plenary Speaker Otis Booth Leadership Chair of the Division of Engineering and Applied Science; Howard Hughes Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science at California Institute of Technology

• Veronica Augustyn, North Carolina State University
• Chibueze Amanchukwu, University of Chicago
• Mariana Bertoni, Arizona State University
• Simon Billinge, Columbia University and Brookhaven National Laboratory
• Shannon Boettcher, University of Oregon
• Fikile Brushett, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Joseph Berry, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• David Cahen, Weizmann Institute of Science
• Jennifer Dunn, Northwestern University
• Sossina Haile, Northwestern University
• Kelsey Hatzell, Princeton University
• Marta Hatzell, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Winston Ireeta, Makerere University
• Revocatus Machunda, Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology
• Tom Mallouk, University of Pennsylvania
• Dino Martins, Turkana Basin Institute
• Yedilfana Setarge Mekonnen, Addis Ababa University
• Y. Shirley Meng, University of Chicago
• Francis Nyongesa Wanjala, University of Nairobi
• Sara Skrabalak, Indiana University
• G. Jeffrey Snyder, Northwestern University
• Iryna Zenyuk, University of California, Irvine

Schedule

“CC” = Conference Center // “Chem” = Chemistry Building

~ Saturday June 24: Mini-symposium / Proposal Preparation ~

~ Sunday June 25: Team Building ~

“CC” = Conference Center // “Chem” = Chemistry Building