Roseanne Diab is a researcher, the Director of ''Gender in science, innovation, technology and engineering'' (SITE), a

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's programme unit hosted by

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(TWAS) and former

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of the

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. She is Fellow of the

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and Emeritus Professor in the School of Environmental Sciences at the same university.

Career

Diab has published over 86

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scholarly articles. She is recognised for her contribution in the field of

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, particularly

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air quality Air pollution is the presence of substances in the Atmosphere of Earth, air that are harmful to humans, other living beings or the environment. Pollutants can be Gas, gases like Ground-level ozone, ozone or nitrogen oxides or small particles li ...

, dispersion modeling and

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variability. She is also a

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of the Society of South African Geographers and has been a member of various international bodies such as the Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (CACGP) and the International Ozone Commission (IOC).

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