NAME Dr. Bosire Jared Ombati(PhD) 
   
DATE OF BIRTH : 10th April, 1971
   
CURRENT POSITION :

 

Assistant Director, Marine and Coastal Division (ADM&C) / Senior Research Officer

 
                       
ACADEMIC BACKROUND: Egerton University, Nakuru, Kenya-  B.Sc.(1990 – 1995). Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium- Msc. Ecological Marine Management ( 1997 –1999)
Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium- PhD Marine Ecology, Management and Conservation( 2002 – 2006)
 
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING :

 

Sustainable management of mangrove ecosystems, Okinawa, Japan. Postgraduate Course in Tropical Coastal Ecology, Management and Conservation, Mombasa, Kenya

  
 

 
 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Program Coordinator, Marine Ecology and Environment Program (MEEP).
Current Research Scientist, Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute.

Principal Investigator, Recovery of restored mangrove ecosystems in Kenya.
Expert Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM) of IUCN
Principal Investigator, Vulnerability of Coastal Habitats and Dependent Livelihoods to Effects of Climate Change.  Expert Regional Technical Advisory Panel (RTAP), ReCoMaP
Expert to “Climate Change Impacts to Madagascar’s Biodiversity & Livelihoods” team
Lead Consultant, Consultancy on Impacts of climate change mitigation and adaptation along the Kenyan coast.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS:

He is a referee to Biological Conservation, Aquatic Botany; Journal of Environmental Management; Marine Biology; WIOMSA Journal; Journal of Environment, Development and Sustainability; Journal of Sea Research; Ambio: A journal of the human environment; Journal of Coastal management; Forest Ecology and Management, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science; Marine Ecology Progress Series

 
PROFESSIONAL BODIES:

Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA)

International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems (ISME)Society for Wetland Scientists (SWS)

Member UNEP/WIOLAB Task Force on Physical Alteration and Destruction of Habitats (PADH)