{{short description|Kenyan energy researcher}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Rose Mutiso | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = Nairobi, Kenya | death_place = | alma_mater = {{Plainlist| * Dartmouth College (BA, BE) * University of Pennsylvania (PhD)}} | doctoral_advisor = Karen I. Winey | doctoral_students = | known_for = | footnotes = | field = Energy development | work_institution = Energy for Growth Hub, Research Director | prizes = }}
'''Rose M. Mutiso''' is a Kenyan activist and materials scientist. She is co-founder and CEO of The Mawazo Institute.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Rose Mutiso |url=https://thebreakthrough.org/people/rose-mutiso|access-date=2021-03-18 |website=The Breakthrough Institute|language=en}}</ref> She is the research director of the Energy for Growth Hub.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Rose Mutiso|url=https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/profile/rose-mutiso/|access-date=2021-03-18|website=The Rockefeller Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> She was short listed for the 2020 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-27|title=Rose M. Mutiso|url=https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/person/rose-m-mutiso/|access-date=2021-03-18|website=Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA|language=en-US}}</ref> Mutiso received the 2025 Erna Hamburger Award for her research into climate resilient energy solutions.{{cn|date=December 2025}}
== Education == Mutiso attended engineering school at Dartmouth College,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rose Mutiso {{!}} Dartmouth Global Summits|url=https://dartmouthglobalsummits.org/profile/rose-mutiso|access-date=2021-03-18|website=dartmouthglobalsummits.org}}</ref> before completing her PhD in Materials Science at the University of Pennsylvania in the lab of Karen I. Winey.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Group Alumni – Winey Lab|url=https://winey.seas.upenn.edu/group-alumni/|access-date=2021-03-18|language=en-US}}</ref> Her dissertation focused material properties for nanoelectronics.{{cn|date=May 2025}} She did her postdoc as a 2013-14 congressional science fellow with the American Institute of Physics.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AIP Congressional Science Fellows {{!}} Page 2 {{!}} American Institute of Physics|url=https://www.aip.org/policy/fellowships/congressional-fellows?page=1|access-date=2021-03-19|website=www.aip.org}}</ref>
== Career == Mutiso was a fellow in the U.S. Department of Energy.<ref name=":1" /> She was Energy and Innovation Policy Fellow in the office of Senator Chris Coons (as part of her postdoc).<ref name=":0" />
Mutiso's activism work focuses on improving energy access in Africa in a climate-conscious way. Through the Mawazo Institute she hopes to train more women in the research and engineering skills necessary to further develop the Kenyan energy sector. She served on the advisory board for African Utility Week 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|last=PamL|date=2018-04-01|title=Exclusive interview with Dr Rose Mutiso, CEO, Mawazo Institute|url=https://www.esi-africa.com/event-news/interview-dr-rose-mutiso/|access-date=2021-03-19|website=ESI-Africa.com|language=en-ZA}}</ref> She has advocated for international carbon budgeting that recognizes both the comparatively low current emissions of African nations and allots space for their future development into higher energy consumptions.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-21|title=Financing for climate adaptation can drive Africa's economic development and climate goals|url=https://impactalpha.com/adaptation-funding-is-key-to-meeting-africas-climate-needs-alongside-its-development-needs/|access-date=2021-03-19|website=Impact Alpha|language=en-US}}</ref> She has written for Scientific American and also given a TED talk on the topic.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hill|first=Rose Mutiso,Katie|title=Why Hasn't Africa Gone Digital?|url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-hasnt-africa-gone-digital/|access-date=2021-03-18|website=Scientific American|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Mutiso|first=Rose M.|title=The energy Africa needs to develop -- and fight climate change|url=https://www.ted.com/talks/rose_m_mutiso_the_energy_africa_needs_to_develop_and_fight_climate_change|language=en|access-date=2021-03-18}}</ref>
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== External links == * [https://mawazoinstitute.org/our-team Our Team] The Mawazo Institute. * [https://www.energyforgrowth.org/us/rose-mutiso/ Research Director - Rose Mutiso]
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