 ug lecturer dawn fox wins owsdelsevier foundation award for earlycareer women scientists in the developing world ug lecturer dawn fox wins owsdelsevier foundation award for earlycareer women scientists in the developing world ug lecturer dawn fox wins owsdelsevier foundation award webmaster mon 2192018 2216 5 researchers from developing countries are preparing to accept owsdelsevier foundation awards for their work in the physical sciences they re earlycareer researchers from bangladesh cameroon ecuador guyana and indonesia and they re being recognized for their outstanding work in the physical sciences mathematics physics and chemistry and for mentoring young scientists in their communities their research runs the gamut from improving predictions of tsunami behavior to using natural resources for energy storage to developing water filters from recycled materials and they have had to overcome formidable challenges to become scientists function d s id var js fjs dgetelementsbytagname s  if dgetelementbyid id return js dcreateelement s jsid id jssrc https connectfacebooknet enus sdkjs xfbml 1 version v212 fjsparentnodeinsertbefore js fjs document script facebookjssdk  join us as we celebrate 5 extraordinary womeninscience as they accept the owsdelsevier foundation award at the aaasmtg elsevierlife posted by elsevier on saturday february 17 2018 dr dawn iona fox a lecturer at the university of guyana turkeyen campus is being recognized for her research on converting local waste products into materials to solve environmental problems currently she is focusing on on improving drinking water quality at the household level for vulnerable communities and on waterstress events such as floods storms and hurricanes to this end she is developing a household water treatment filter made entirely from recycled and locally available materials which could be deployed internationally in 2016 she cofounded a group called women in science engineering wise to support empower and advocate for girls and women to pursue and flourish in stem careers winning this award she wrote gives me the confidence to continue my advocacy and outreach to encourage girls and women to consider stem careers article adapted from  https wwwelseviercom connect elsevierataaasmtgliveupdateswithwomeninsciencewinn updates dawn fox owsdelsevier foundation award 