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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