Dr. Sónia Semedo is the Cabo Verde representative on WASCAL  Governing board.

She  holds a Ph.D. in Physics Engineering and an Advanced Specialisation in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Coimbra, Portugal. She also holds  a master’s in physics engineering from the University of Aveiro.

She is now an Assistant Professor at University of Cape Verde, where she has been teaching since March 2016. Her current research interests are focused on the Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence applied to water and agriculture.

Recently she won 3 scholarships: The African Research Initiative for Scientific Excellence fellowship (ARISE), Artificial Intelligence for Development of Africa (AI4D) and Fulbright Visiting Scholar to foster research at her university.