{"id":61,"date":"2025-06-02T11:58:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T10:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research-sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/reducing-gender-disparity-in-higher-education\/?page_id=61"},"modified":"2026-04-13T12:11:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:11:52","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research-sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/reducing-gender-disparity-in-higher-education\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Principal investigators<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"post-206 media-206\" class=\"image align-none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 204px;height: 266px\" src=\"http:\/\/research-sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/reducing-gender-disparity-in-higher-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/06\/Ahmed-Hezham_edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"340\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Dr (PhD) Ahmed Hesham Abdulaziz Mohame<br \/>\n<\/strong>Lecturer in Design and Production Engineering Department<br \/>\n<strong>Ain Shams University<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:ahesham@eng.asu.edu.eg\">ahesham@eng.asu.edu.eg<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"post-130 media-130\" class=\"image align-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 203px;height: 257px\" src=\"http:\/\/research-sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/reducing-gender-disparity-in-higher-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/06\/Diana-Contreras_Picture.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.cardiff.ac.uk\/staff\/contrerasmojicad\"><strong>Dr (PhD) Diana <\/strong>Maria <strong>Contreras <\/strong>Mojica<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Lecturer in Geospatial Sciences<br \/>\n<strong>Cardiff University<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:contrerasmojicad@cardiff.ac.uk\">contrerasmojicad@cardiff.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Co-investigator<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"post-226 media-226\" class=\"image align-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 210px;height: 235px\" src=\"http:\/\/research-sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/reducing-gender-disparity-in-higher-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/07\/Samaa-Sayed-Hanafy-Ahmed-Hassan_Edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Dr Samaa Sayed Hanafy Ahmed<br \/>\n<\/strong>Lecturer in Dental Public Health<br \/>\n<strong>Cairo University<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:samaa.sayed@dentistry.cu.edu.eg\">samaa.sayed@dentistry.cu.edu.eg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Deputy Principal Investigator<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"post-209 media-209\" class=\"image align-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 205px;height: 205px\" src=\"http:\/\/research-sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/reducing-gender-disparity-in-higher-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/06\/Ernest-ChiFru.avif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.cardiff.ac.uk\/staff\/chifrue\">Dr Ernest Chi Fru<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>Reader in Earth Sciences<br \/>\nChair of EDI Committee &#8211; 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