Mariam Onize Miss Usman Freshwater Sciences 2023

Mariam Onize Miss Usman

I am Usman, Mariam Onize, I was born and bred in Nigeria. I hold a Bachelor of Technology in Biochemistry from the Federal University of Technology, Minna (FUTMINNA) Nigeria. In 2020, I received a fully-funded scholarship from the African Water Resources Mobility Network (AWaRMN) of the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme funded by the European Union for a Master’s degree program at the Department of Chemistry, Makerere University, Uganda. I am currently in my second year (research) of my master’s program. My MSc. research focused on designing an activated carbon-based nano-composite to remove phosphate from wastewater under Professor George Nyakairu (gwnyakairu@cns.mak.ac.ug) and Professor Muhammad Ntale (muhammad.ntale@mak.ac.ug), Department of Chemistry, Makerere University Uganda. The research aimed to reduce phosphates in wastewater discharged into receiving water bodies to reduce eutrophication and algal blooms. I am a highly motivated and hardworking individual with a passion for learning new things and meeting new people. My greatest motivation is to become a sustainability change maker and my main focus is on environmental sciences. I aim to own a private research laboratory that develops novel ideas in water pollution remediation and also work as an environmental consultant.