Ines Ngassam-Oum Brief biography

Ines completed her PhD in materials sciences with a focus in construction materials in 2013 in France. During Two years, she has been working on several as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Cape Town to develop alternative repair mortars for non-structural works. In 2018, she was a project coordinator at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) in Berlin. She was working on the INFRACOST project, a project between Germany and Ghana, with the aim to develop a simplified handbook for any actors involved in the maintenance of works.
In 2020, she returned to her home country with the main goal to work with young generations. She is currently lecturer of Chemistry and materials science and technology at the University of Buea in Cameroon in the department of Civil Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology. Her research area is the use of local materials such non-precious minerals and agro-waste materials for the concrete technology and construction and she is a consultant. She is also sensitive to the issues due to comfort in the buildings and the houses, such development of greenhouses energy-sufficient and very self-independent.
Alternatively, Dr Ines Ngassam-Oum is the co-founder of Research and Entrepreneurship Connection – REC that aims to transform research projects into entrepreneurial projects through seminars and workshops.