Winston Tumps Ireeta

Winston Tumps Ireeta is an associate professor of physics at the Department of Physics, School of Physical Sciences, Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. He received his BS degree in physics and mathematics from Makerere University and an MSc degree in physics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. He later received his PhD degree in physics from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, graduating cum laude. His research focus included optoelectics, electromaterials, optical fiber communications and materials science. Currently, Ireeta is working on thin films synthesis, characterization and fabrications with a special focus on materials sourced locally in Uganda.

He has published over 40 peer-reviewed publications and has given over 30 invited, plenary or keynote talks during his career. In December 2018, Ireeta and his colleagues organized the Joint Undertaking for an African Materials Institute in Kampala, Uganda. The school's main focus explored materials for sustainability ranging from perovskite solar cells to flow batteries and challenged a cohort of 62 African and U.S. graduate students. He is a current member of the Institute of Electronic Engineers (IEEE), Optica, and a board member of the African Materials Research Society since August 2019.