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Fiona Zakaria

PhD fellow

Biography

Fiona started PhD Studentship at UNESCO IHE in May 2012, at Environmental Engineering and Water Technology Department, whose research focusing on Emergency Sanitation, under a project funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

She is from Indonesia, where she obtained BSc in Civil Engineering from Universitas Brawijaya (Indonesia). Later she did 2 MSc qualifications i.e. MSc in Sanitary and Environmental Engineering from Universiti Putra Malaysia, and MSc in Water Science, Policy and Management from University of Oxford (UK).

She has been inspired to do PhD research in emergency sanitation topic from her working experiences as water-sanitation engineer in various humanitarian agencies includes International Committee of The Red Cross (ICRC) and United Nations Children’s Funds (UNICEF) in Indonesia and Sudan.

Publications

Zakaria F, Garcia H, Hooijmans C, Brdjanovic D. Decision support system for the provision of emergency sanitation. Science of The Total Environment 2015; 512: 645-658 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.01.051

D. Brdjanovic, F. Zakaria, P. M. Mawioo, H. A. Garcia, C. M. Hooijmans, J. Curko, Y. P. Thye and T. Setiadi, eSOS® – emergency Sanitation Operation System, Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development 2015; Vol 5 No 1 pp 156–164

Zakaria, F. Assessing Pro-Poor Water Supply Programs in Jakarta. Master of Science Dissertation, 2009, published in Royal Geographical Society (RGS) bursary website: http://www.rgs.org/NR/rdonlyres/35F0B0B0-EE6E-435A-8901-92A613645D5A/0/FionaZakariaShellILCBBursarywinner2009.pdf

Katayon, S., Fiona, Z., Noor, M.J. Megat Mohd, Halim, G. Abdul & Ahmad, J. (2008). Treatment of mild domestic wastewater using subsurface constructed wetlands in Malaysia. International Journal of Environmental Studies, 65 (1), 87-102

Topic

Rethinking faecal sludge management in emergency setting.

Research focus

eSOS smart toilet, featuring UV germicidal light, solar panel, nano coating surface, integrated water - wastewater tank, the use of integrated sensors to sense occupation, persons weight, faecal-urine weight generated in a period of time, as well as connection to GPS system, and more. 

Decision support system for selecting technical options in emergencies

Conferences 

IWA Development Congress in Nairobi, 14-17 October 2013

International Women's Day Conference, UNESCO-IHE, Delft, 7 March 2014 http://www.unesco-ihe.org/news/womens-day-conference-sharing-science-and-practice-emergencies

Humanitarian Innovation Conference, Oxford, United Kingdom, 19-20 July 2014

 

Fiona is currently a PhD fellow under the project called Stimulating Local Innovation On Sanitation Urban Poor In SS Africa & SE Asia funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (http://www.unesco-ihe.org/projects/stimulating-local-innovation-sanitation-urban-poor-ss-africa-se-asia)