In this episode I'm joined with Patrick Ken Kalonde. A man of action and a man of humble origins, Patrick hails from Malawi, and currently studies Geographical Information Sciences at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. 

He focuses on researching innovative methods that leverage big data to better understand, and eventually build, communities resilient to natural hazards- particularly flooding, which is a continual problem in his home country.

We spend the bulk of this episode discussing some of his research work prior to this: the use of drones to locate mosquito breeding sites in the mission to further reduce the spread of malaria.