Dr Marie Korsaga

Lecturer, Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Burkina Faso

Dr Marie Korsaga holds a PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics from the University of Cape Town in South Africa and Aix-Marseille Université in France. After completing her PhD, Dr Marie joined the IAU Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) in 2020, during which she worked on researching the contribution of the science community in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. She also worked as a postdoctoral researcher in Astrophysics at the IAA-CSIC in Spain and the Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory in France. She is currently a lecturer at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo in Burkina Faso.

Besides her academic activities, she is passionate about using astronomy as a tool for development in Burkina Faso and other developing countries. As a result, she became a junior member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a founding member and member of the editorial board of “L’Astronomie Afrique,” an online and free outreach magazine in French for the lovers of astronomy, space sciences and Africa.

Dr Korsaga is involved in many projects advocating the promotion of women in STEM studies to contribute towards equal gender representation in science, particularly in developing countries. She has given several high-profile talks, including a TEDx talk and appeared in several documentaries. In addition, she founded the association FeBSTIM (Femmes du Burkina en Sciences, Technologie, Ingénierie et Mathématiques), which brings professionals, students, etc., to improve the status of women in science and to inspire more girls to do STEM.

In 2022, she received the first-ever African women in Astronomy early career award from the African Network of Women in Astronomy (AfNWA) and the International Science Programme of Uppsala University in Sweden in recognition of her scientific achievement and her outreach activities.

All Sessions by Dr Marie Korsaga

  • Conference Day 4

    28 April 2023

  • 12:30  - 13:15
     This panel will discuss both theoretical and practical ways to attract young Africans to the industry. It will highlight the course of action to ensure funding, infrastructure, capacity building and incentives through networking programs, accelerators and incubators, and paid and unpaid internships, amongst others, to avoid brain drain and an underdeveloped space sector.




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