The people behind ABS

The quotes were gathered from a selection of scientists who worked on the AfricanBioServices project. They represent the consortium in terms of title, gender and geographical origin – in this overview you can find information about each person’s title, affiliation and research interests during the course of the project. This publication was created by two project participants, Dr. Gine Roll Skjærvø and Dr. Mary Mildred Stith, a natural scientist and social scientist respectively.

Innocent Babili

Dr at SUA

Research interest: Decentralization of Forest Management; Institutional Dynamics; Continuing education

Kjetil Bevanger

Dr at NINA

Research interest: Behavioural and population ecology;  Environmental impact assessment; bird and mammal census techniques

Rehema Ulimboka

PhD Student at UDOM

Research interest: Conservation ecology

John Bukombe

Dr at TAWIRI

Research interest: Ecology; Climate Change; Invasive Plants

Othman Chande

Prof at USDM

Research interest: Environmental Analytical Chemistry; Instrumental Analysis

Robert Fyumagwa

Dr at TAWIRI

Research interest: Ecosystem health; Conservation Biology; Veterinarian; Zoonoses

Bente Graae

Prof at NTNU

Research interest: Ecology, Plant reproduction; Climate change effects

Hamza Kija

MsC at TAWIRI

Research interest: Biodiversity; Habitat Modeling

Shombe Hassan

Prof at SUA

Research interest: Wildlife Management, Human-Wildlife Interaction, and Fire Regimes

Angela Hezekiah

Ms at TAWIRI

Research interest: Sustainability; Natural resource management; Data collection

Grant Hopcraft

Dr at UG

Research interest: Wildlife Biology; Wildlife Management; Ecology and Evolution

Ophery Ilomo

MSc at UDSM

Research interest: Environmental Analytical Chemistry; Instrumental Analysis

Craig Jackson

Dr at NINA

Research interest: Conservation Biology, Wild Dog Ecology; Biodiversity

Philip Jacob

MsC at SUA

Research interest: Biodiversity; Conservation Biology; Ecology and Evolution

George Kajembe

Prof at SUA

Research interest: Environment; Sustainability; Natural Resource Management

Rose Kicheleri

Dr at SUA

Research interest: Wildlife Ecology; Conservation Biology; Institutional Dynamics

Moses Kyando

PhD Student at UDOM

Research interest: Conservation; development; governance

Mwita Machoke

Mr at TAWIRI

Research interest: Forest management; climate change adaptation; Society and Environment

Flora Magige

Dr at UDSM

Research interest: Species Diversity; Biodiversity & Conservation; Mammals

Kwaslema Malle

Dr at TAWIRI

Research interest: Conservation; Wildlife Corridors; Wildlife Management;

Flora Manyama

PhD Student at UDOM

Research interest: Data management; Conservation Biology; Bushmeant Consumption

Wilfred Marealle

Dr at TAWIRI

Research interest: Ecology and Evolution; wildlife

Masoud Masoud

MSc at UDSM

Research interest: Environmental Analytical Chemistry; Instrumental Analysis

Franco Mbise

PhD Student at NTNU

Research interest: Conservation Biology;human-wildlife conflict

Iddi Mfunda

Director of policy and planning at MNRT

Research interest: Natural Resources Economics; Evolutionary Biology

John Mgonja

Post-doctoral Fellow at NTNU

Research interest: Sustainable Tourism; Food safety

Chediel Mrisha

Mr at TAWIRI

Research interest: Environment,
Agricultural Development and
Climate Change

Devolent Mtui

Dr at TAWIRI

Research interest: Conservation Biology: Rainfall trends; Pollinators

Angela Mwakatobe

Dr at TAWIRI

Research interest: Conservation, Human wildlife conflict

Vedasto Ndibalema

Prof at SUA

Research interest: Conservation Biology; Wildlife Management

Martin Nielsen

Dr at UCPH

Research interest: Assess the socioeconomic and cultural drivers and the ecological impacts of hunting

Lucy Njino

MSc at DRSRS

Research interest: Data management; Conservation ecology

Janemary Ntalwila

Dr at TAWIRI

Research interest: Conservation Biology

Julius Nyahongo

Prof at UDOM

Research interest: Biodiversity; Conservation Biology; Human-Wildlife Ecology

James Odeck

Prof at NTNU

Research interest: Traffic; Applied transport economics

Joseph Ogutu

Dr at UHOH

Research interest: Modeling animal population dynamics; sustainable development; climate change

Merceline Ojwala

Ms at DRSRS

Research interest: Data management; Conservation Biology

Gordon Ojwang

MSc at DRSRS

Research interest: Conservation ecology; land use/cover mapping; remote sensing

Han Olff

Prof at RUG

Research interest: Research, teaching & management in Ecology and Nature Conservation

Norman Owen Smith

Prof at WITS

Research interest: African ecology; Conservation biology

Peter Ranke

PhD Student at NTNU

Research interest: Evolutionary ecology; dispersal; Databases;

Robin Reid

Prof. at CSU

Research interest: Sustainability,  Collaborative Conservation, Transformative social action

Eivin Røskaft

Prof at NTNU

Research interest: Evolutionary ecology; Wildlife conservation; Capacity building in Africa/Asia

Gine Skjærvø

Dr at NTNU

Research interest: Human Behavioual Ecology; Natural Resource Management

Stuart Smith

Dr at NTNU

Research interest: Plant Ecology; soil-plant-herbivore interactions; nutrient cycling and carbon storage

Michiel Veldhuis

Dr at RUG

Research interest: Ecosystem Ecology; Biodiversity; Conservation; Savanna

Patrick Wargute

Dr at DRSRS

Research interest: Geospatial Analysis

Tekle Weldemichel

PhD Student at NTNU

Research interest: Livelihoods in Contested Lands: Natural Resource Policies and Poverty Alleviation in the Greater Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem