Dora Nyirenda is the Research Administrator of the Malawi hub. She hold a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science obtained from Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR), Bunda College, Malawi. She has worked as an intern at LUANAR (Natural Resources College) where she was lecturing Agriculture and Environment, and Water Quality Monitoring and Treatment.

In 2018, she worked as a volunteer under Voluntary Service Oversees (VSO, ICS), a non-profit international development charity organization whose mission is to bring people together to fight poverty and marginalization.