Sameera Kissoon is a PhD candidate and researcher in the South African Research Chair in Waste and Climate Change. She has completed her Masters Degree in Civil Engineering specialising in the advancement of the Waste Resource Optimization and Scenario Evaluation (WROSE) model within the group. Sameera has a background in Environmental Science and has spent the past seven years specialising in municipal solid waste management, the uptake of alternative waste treatment technology and risk adjusted integrated waste management solutions for the South African municipal context. Sameera is also a Director on the managing board of the Southern African Biogas Industry Association (SABIA).