Kizito Nkurikiyeyezu

Kizito Nkurikiyeyezu is an associate professor of electrical engineering at the University of Rwanda. He was a Fogarty/ACHIEVE postdoctoral fellow at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, US, and has served as a visiting scholar at Queen's University Belfast in the UK, an invited researcher at Aoyama Gakuin University in Japan, and an invited scholar at Université de Saint-Étienne in France.

His current research focuses on developing homegrown, technology-driven solutions to healthcare challenges in Rwanda and across Africa. His earlier work includes the development of intelligent, energy-efficient air-conditioning systems and the design of a novel thermal comfort provision system that estimates individuals’ comfort levels based on heart rate variability responses to environmental conditions.

Nkurikiyeyezu has led or co-led multiple research projects funded by institutions such as the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada, and the Government of Japan. He earned his Ph.D. from Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo, Japan, and also holds an M.S. in electrical and computer engineering and a B.S. in electrical engineering, both from Oklahoma Christian University in the US.