Our Awarded Team
Mahmoud Bukar Maina
Dr Maina has been awarded the ALBA-FKNE Diversity Prize 2022 for his longstanding efforts to expand science capacity in Africa and promote diversity in basic neuroscience research. Among them, the ALBA Network and the FENS-Kavli Scholars
Thomas Baden
“The award-winning neuroscientist who blazes a trail for open hardware” Thomas Baden was selected for as the inaugural recipient of theNature Global Impact Award in 2019.
Dr. Mahmoud Maina
Humanitarian Duty Winner – Passion in Science Award 2019
Andre Maia Chagas
Mozilla’s Fellowship program: To empower like-minded thinkers around the world, and grow the movement of people and organizations building a more humane internet. 2019
Dr. Mahmoud Maina
Young Person of the Year Nomination for the Future Awards Africa 2018
Andre Maia Chagas
Freieswissen Fellowship 2019
Dr. Mahmound Maina
Champions of Science Award by Johnson and Johnson Innovation 2018
Dr. Lucia Prieto-Godino
FENS EJN Young Investigator Prize 2018
Dr. Lucia Prieto-Godino
L’Oreal Women in Science Award 2018
Dr. Tom Baden
Lister Prize for Preventive Medicine 2018
Dr. Tom Baden
Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators 2017
In 2016, Dr. Tom Baden was elected one of 10 “Innovators under 35” by MIT Technology Review Magazine, Germany.MIT Technology Review – Innovators under 35.
The award recognised Tom’s work within TReND in Africa and Open-Labware.net on the development of affordable Open Source Lab equipment using 3D printing and off the shelf electronics.
Dr.Lucia Pietro-Godino
Passion in Science Awards 2017
Andre Maia Chagas
Hackaday 2016 Citizen Science Open Hardware Award – Semi finalist
Dr. Mahmoud Maina
Science Communication Award by Royal Society of Biology – New Researcher Science Communication Award 2017
Andre Maia Chagas
3D printing innovation award – CUTEC Cambridge Universtiy 2015
TReND in Africa
Planet Earth Institute Data Challenge 2014.
The award money was used to run a Bioinformatics course at icipe, Nairobi, Kenya in 2015.
TReND in Africa
Global Economic Fellowship 2012.
We were awarded a Global Economic Fellowship and presented TReND’s mission at The Global Economic Symposium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in Sept 2012.
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