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As a uni­ver­si­ty fo­cused on us­ing re­search for the up­lift­ment of its com­mu­ni­ty, The Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies, St Au­gus­tine (UWI STA), the pre­mier ter­tiary in­sti­tu­tion in the re­gion pro­duc­ing world-class schol­ars, be­lieves sci­ence should be ac­ces­si­ble to the pub­lic.

We are pleased to present our me­dia se­ries, UWI Sci­en­tists Speak. In this se­ries, our sci­en­tists—three of whom re­ceived the na­tion’s high­est ho­n­our, the Or­der of the Re­pub­lic of Trinidad and To­ba­go, in 2023, and one in 2024—will show­case some of their work.

This week, we hear from dis­tin­guished sci­en­tist Os­haine Blake, Pro­fes­sor at The UWI, St Au­gus­tine Cam­pus, on the ground-break­ing re­search be­ing con­duct­ed as part of Ms Kerneese Ram­jar­rie’s PhD project on mud vol­ca­noes.