Lecturer, University of Trinidad & Tobago
Monica Boodhan is a Senior Instructor (Physics) at the University of Trinidad and Tobago, and a Doctoral Candidate at the University of the West Indies (UWI). She was the recipient of IDRA’s 2019 Emerging Leader Achievement Award in Desalination & Water Reuse. Monica specializes in solar distillation and has over ten years of research experience in Desalination and Water Reuse, and over twelve in Renewable Energy. Monica received her M.Phil. and B.Sc. degrees in Physics from the UWI, where she worked for over seven years in various academic roles. She has successfully managed and worked on renewable energy projects, and has served as a trainer in Solar Energy at various workshops across the Caribbean and Bangladesh. Over the years, she successfully completed numerous training courses in the areas of Renewable Energy, Desalination, Water Treatment, University Teaching, Smart Grids, GIS, Modelling and other courses related to Research and Teaching. Her work has been published internationally, and she has participated in local and international panel discussions on energy. Monica serves on technical program committees for international conferences and often serves as a reviewer for renowned journals. She has been a member of the IDRA-YLP since 2011, has served on the YLP committee since 2015 and is actively involved in the coordination and management of numerous YLP activities across the globe. Monica has been a Director of the Caribbean Desalination Association (CaribDA) since 2016, currently serves as the Secretary, is the inaugural co-chair for the CaribDA’s YLP, and is a member of the Humanitarian and Publications Committees.
