Kabera Telesphore

"Dr Telesphore Kabera was awarded a Distinguished International Students Scholarship by the China Scholarship Council to study for his MSc and PhD at the prestigious China University of Geosciences in Wuhan-Hubei. He returned to his Alma mater in Kigali in 2012, where his research interests cover a range of environmental fields, including solid waste management (SWM); biogas; indoor air quality; CO₂ sequestration and climate change; environmental impact assessment (EIA) and strategic environmental assessment (SEA); and water and wastewater, specifically water harvesting and constructed wetland. On teaching, he leads a Swedish initiative with KTH on Challenge Driven Education at University of Rwanda. Dr Kabera is the Team Leader for SIDA (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency)’s: Strengthening capacity for sustainable bioenergy, waste management and air pollution control in Rwanda. He is also a co-PI for NORAD Project entitled “Water ESSENCE Africa - creating synergy to meet the global challenges” and it is funded by Norwegian Government. He is a regular peer reviewer for research proposals submitted to ISC, and for reputable journals including Environmental Management, Waste Management and Research, Plosone, Environment, Development and Sustainability; Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Journal; and International Journal of Environmental Studies, etc.. He is a member of the Editorial Board for Waste Management and Research Journal under Sage Publisher. "