Our People

UNITAC’s multidisciplinary team of data scientists, urbanists, artists, economists and communications experts supports cities in their digital transformation journey through strategic advice, technical tools and strengthening their digital capacity.

UN-Habitat Team

Gesa Ziemer

Academic Lead of UNITAC, Director City Science Lab

Sophie Naue

Urban Innovation Specialist

Abigail Kemper

Project Coordinator

Nicola Stradtmann

Project Manager

Martin Barner

Developer

Maryna Semenchenko

Project Coordinator

Lisa Reudenbach

Urban Innovation Specialist

Anand Gajaria

Data Scientist

Carine Ingabire

Environmental Engineer

Michael Hathorn

Data Scientist

Sarah Pieper

Project Manager

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Mahta Nikoufar

Research Associate

Yuming Pan

Data Scientist

UN-Habitat Team

Edlam Abera Yemeru

Director (a.i.) External Relations, Strategy, Knowledge and Innovation Division

Chief, Knowledge and Innovation Branch

Aline Matta

Head of UNITAC

Senior Programme Management Officer

Livia Schaeffer Nonose

Technology and Innovation Specialist

Helen Odera

Associate Development Officer

Tuwilika Shaimemanya

Associate Programme Management Officer, Partnerships

David Brusby Adawo

Program Assistant

Petro Zdanovych

Data and IT Assessment Officer

Nathaneal Nabot

Data Scientist

Eva Stowasser

Communication, Advocacy and Partnership Expert Consultant

Samuel Muraga

Finance Analyst

Elizabeth Okong'o

Program Assistant

Hilma Amapindi

User Testing Coordinator and Support IC

Elin Andersdotter Fabre

Capacity Development Specialist

Michael Lusaba

Graphic Design Consultant

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Michael Kinyanjui

Project Reports Consultant

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Ester Gervasius

Smart Cities Consultant

UN OICT Team

Michael Ibach

Chief of Service, ICT Policy and Compliance

Lambert Hogenhout

Chief of Data, Analytics and Innovation

Amanda Wang

Information Systems Officer

Vamsi Gunturi

Lead Developer

Roman Okhrimchuk

Geospatial Data Scientist

Ifeanyi Frank Ike

Data Scientist

Anthony Twesigye

Geospatial Frontend Specialist

Isaac Chan

Software Engineer

Eugene Maritim

Developer

Emmanuel Adediji

Geospatial Backend Specialist

Rahul Bhat

Machine Learning Engineer

Abdelilah Adiba

Developer

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Michael Olanrewaju

UI/UX Designer