Rose Mutiso
Born
Nairobi, Kenya
Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsEnergy development
InstitutionsEnergy for Growth Hub, Research Director
Doctoral advisorKaren I. Winey

Rose M. Mutiso is a Kenyan activist and materials scientist. She is co-founder and CEO of The Mawazo Institute.[1] She is the research director of the Energy for Growth Hub.[2] She was short listed for the 2020 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award.[3]

Education

Mutiso attended engineering school at Dartmouth College,[4] before completing her PhD in Materials Science at the University of Pennsylvania in the lab of Karen I. Winey.[1][5] Her dissertation focused material properties for nanoelectronics such as electrical percolation. She did her postdoc as a 2013-14 congressional science fellow with the American Institute of Physics.[6]

Career

Mutiso was a fellow in the U.S. Department of Energy.[2] She was Energy and Innovation Policy Fellow in the office of Senator Chris Coons (as part of her postdoc).[1]

Mutiso's activism work focuses on improving energy access in Africa in a climate-conscious way. Through the Mawazo Institute she hopes to train more women in the research and engineering skills necessary to further develop the Kenyan energy sector. She served on the advisory board for African Utility Week 2018.[7] She has advocated for international carbon budgeting that recognizes both the comparatively low current emissions of African nations and allots space for their future development into higher energy consumptions.[8] She has written for Scientific American and also given a TED talk on the topic.[9][10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Rose Mutiso". The Breakthrough Institute. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  2. 1 2 "Rose Mutiso". The Rockefeller Foundation. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  3. ↑ "Rose M. Mutiso". Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA. 2020-07-27. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  4. ↑ "Rose Mutiso | Dartmouth Global Summits". dartmouthglobalsummits.org. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  5. ↑ "Group Alumni – Winey Lab". Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  6. ↑ "AIP Congressional Science Fellows | Page 2 | American Institute of Physics". www.aip.org. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  7. ↑ PamL (2018-04-01). "Exclusive interview with Dr Rose Mutiso, CEO, Mawazo Institute". ESI-Africa.com. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  8. ↑ "Financing for climate adaptation can drive Africa's economic development and climate goals". Impact Alpha. 2020-12-21. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  9. ↑ Hill, Rose Mutiso,Katie. "Why Hasn't Africa Gone Digital?". Scientific American. Retrieved 2021-03-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ Mutiso, Rose M., The energy Africa needs to develop -- and fight climate change, retrieved 2021-03-18
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