The Sustainable Guyana Program, a unique strategic partnership aimed at training Guyana’s future leaders in sustainable development, was launched in 2019 as a groundbreaking partnership between Trent University, the University of Guyana, CGX Energy Inc. (CGX), and Frontera Energy Corporation (FEC). Through the program, a total of 12 current lecturers at the University of Guyana will enter graduate programs at Trent focusing on areas key to sustainable development. These qualified leaders will in turn train a cohort of students at the University of Guyana in sustainable development. This initiative comes at a key juncture as Guyana embarks on a developmental trajectory as an oil-producing nation.
Sustainable Guyana Current Students
Hamant France
Graduate Program: Environmental and Life Sciences Ph.D.
Research Focus: Use of waste wood from tropical hardwoods found in the Guyana rainforest as precursors in the production of activated carbons with aquatic environmental remediation as a goal
Project Title: Recreational Pit Lake Remediation by Chemically Activated Carbons Derived from Tropical Hardwood
Read more about Hamant's current research here
Malaika Persaud
Graduate Program: Sustainability Studies Masters
Research Focus: Developing a natural product from a botanical used traditionally in Guyana that can serve as a valuable resource with medicinal properties
Project Title: Sustainable Healthcare: Investigation of the Traditional Remedy Sweet Aloes for Phytoconstituents in Relation to Asthma Therapy
Read more about Malaika's current research here
Chetwynd Osborne
Graduate Program: Environmental and Life Sciences Ph.D
Research Focus: The impact of gold mining on water quality of riverine systems across watersheds of South-Central Guyana
Project Title: Evaluating the Effects of Gold Mining on Environmental Media across Potaro Mining District, Guyana
Read more about Chetwynd's current research here
Stacy James
Graduate Program: Sustainability Studies Masters
Research Focus: Functional application of sustainable natural products, based on Crabwood oil from Guyana.
Project Title: Sustainable Applications of Crabwood Seed Oil Species in Guyana
Read more about Stacy's current research here
Ewart Smith
Graduate Program: Environmental and Life Sciences Ph.D
Research Focus: Non-traditional timber products and sustainable forestry, with an emphasis on understanding the structure and biochemical function of beneficial components within certain species found in the Guyana rainforest
Project Title: A Metabolomics Investigation of Doliocarpus dentatus ( Aublet) from Central Guyana: Insights into Therapeutic Potential for Erectile Dysfunction
Read more about Ewart's current research here
Tabitha Mallampati
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Social Research Ph.D
Research Focus: Diabetes among Indigenous populations in Guyana
Project Title: Cultural, Dietary, Social, Economic, Structural and Gender-Related Factors Contributing to the High Prevalence of Diabetes among the Indigenous Population in Selected Interior Regions in Guyana
Learn more about Tabitha's research here
Bunnel Bernard
Graduate Program: Applied Modelling & Quantitative Methods Masters
Research Focus: Efficient farming through the use of mathematical models
Project Title: A Multi-Objective Optimization of Crop Production in Guyana; Regions 2,3,4,5,6 and 10
Learn more about Bunnel's research here