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.

 

 

HCU Team

 

     
 

 

Gesa Ziemer

Academic Lead of UNITAC, Director City Science Lab

Sophie Naue

Urban Innovation Specialist

 
         

Anja Berestetska

Urban Researcher

Maryna Semenchenko

Project Coordinator

Dora Hegyi

Urban Innovation Specialist

Carine Ingabire

Environmental Engineer 

Abigail Kemper

Project Coordinator

         

 

Lisa Reudenbach

Urban Innovation Specialist

Michael Hathorn

Data Scientist

Yuming Pan

Data Scientist

Martin Barner

Developer

Anand Gajaria

Data Scientist

         
     
 

 

Nicola Stradtmann

Project Manager

Sarah Pieper

Project Manager

 
         

 

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

 

 

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

Developer

Rahul Bhat

Machine Learning Engineer