AMTD News | Learn about the winners of the AMTD-Waterloo Global Talent Cultivation Postdoctoral Fellowship
The inaugural recipients of the AMTD-Waterloo Postdoctoral Fellowship are four world-class scholars who are committed to research to contribute to society. The scholarships are funded by the AMTD Charitable Foundation, led by Calvin Choi, Chairman and President of AMTD Group and alumnus of the University of Waterloo.
Let's learn about the four AMTD scholars together!
Oluwakemi (Kemi) Amodu
Faculty of Applied Health Sciences
Oluwakemi Amodu's research examines the access to reproductive health resources for Nigerian women internally displaced by Boko Haram terrorism. She believes that "if there is no health care for all, there is no health care." Her goal is to promote an intervention program that can be more widely used in health care systems around the world. Amodu is an outstanding scholar who obtained a Bachelor of Nursing in Nigeria and a Master of Nursing from the University of Alberta. She leads multiple community initiatives, including the Health and Community Health Working Group, and serves on the advisory board of GROW, an organization dedicated to educating and empowering immigrant women.
Rhea Hoskin
Faculty of Arts
Rhea Hoskin is a distinguished scholar who studies the role of anti-feminism as a catalyst for violence and discrimination. Hoskin’s research will focus on how anti-feminism manifests and leads to violence and poor health for all. Hoskin received her PhD from Queen’s University in Canada and was awarded the Governor General’s Gold Medal of Canada. She currently holds an Ontario Postdoctoral Award in Women’s Health. She has received numerous awards for academic achievement, has 26 publications, has contributed to numerous national and international conferences, and has been featured in media outlets including Psychology Today and the UK International Business Times. Hoskin says her research “has the power to disrupt and change the way scholars and social movement actors mobilize around gender-based violence.”
Alex Krolewski
Faculty of Science
Alex Krolewski’s research focuses on fundamental questions in physics and astronomy, seeking to explain why the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. He is collaborating with Professor Will Percival of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Waterloo, using DESI (the international collaboration to map the universe in three dimensions) and the Simons Observatory survey to examine the gravitational lensing of galaxies in the early universe, which will change our understanding of galaxies and the universe. Krolewski completed his undergraduate studies at Harvard University, his master's degree in astrophysics at the University of California, Berkeley, and recently completed his doctorate at Berkeley.
Edris Madadian
College of Engineering
Edris Madadian is a leading scholar in the field of biofuels, especially in the reuse of waste biomass to create energy in a carbon-neutral manner. Under the guidance of Professor David Simakov of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Madadian's research will inspire high-impact interdisciplinary research on major environmental and social issues, create a sustainable future, and change the world through technology. Madadian has a distinguished academic record, completing his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Iran, and began his PhD in Bioresource Engineering at McGill University in 2013, and stayed at McGill University as a postdoctoral fellow after completing his PhD. He received the prestigious Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship at Dalhousie University in 2018, where he continued his research.
We once again congratulate the four recipients of the AMTD Postdoctoral Fellowship and look forward to their innovative research at the University of Waterloo. The AMTD-Waterloo Global Talent Cultivation Postdoctoral Workstation will continue to cultivate research talents and emerging scholars who stand out in the great opportunities and waves of globalization.
