8TH JANUARY, 1975

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University-Agra, India. 1999, BSc. (Biology)
Barkatullah University-Bhopal-India. 2001, MSc. (Limnology)

• MASMA course on Scientific Methodologies in Marine Ecology using tropical intertidal habitats. Inhaca Marine Biological Station, Mozambique. 2004
• International Training on Marine Biodiversity Data Management, Mauritius. 2005
• Global Invasive Alien Species Port Survey Fish & Sponges Taxonomy Workshop, Mombasa, Kenya 2005
• Marine Biodiversity Data Management Training Course organized jointly by the IOC Project Office for IODE (UNESCO/IOC International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange Committee) and MarBEF (Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning European Union network of excellence), Oostende, Belgium.  2006
• Western Indian Ocean Fisheries Database training course, Mombasa, Kenya. 2006
• NaGISA Indian Ocean Protocol Workshop, Mombasa, Kenya. 2006
• Detecting changes in biodiversity: experimental design and data analysis”, University of Pisa (Italy). 2006

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Undertook production of the first marine resource mapping for Kenya under the sponsorship of UNEP Regional Seas Program, EAF/14 project which lasted from 1995 to 1998 and produced a GIS database and a hardcopy atlas for use in Integrated Coatal Zone Management.  The products are available in KMFRI.
Participated in the WWF ecoregion visioning process to identify the marine priority ecoregions in Eastern Africa


Participated in production of the 1st Sensitivity Mapping for Oil Spill atlas for the Kenyan coast in 2005, being a contribution towards the Kenya National Marine Oil Spill Contingency Plan, thereby creating maps and GIS database to be used by the Oil Spill Response Action Team.  The products are in custody of KMFRI, Mombasa

 

 

2004 Low Value Fish (LOVAF) project-EU

2004. SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AFRICAN REGIONAL PORT BIOLOGICAL SURVEY –GLOBALLAST project

2006: The Size Distribution of Siganid in South Coast, Kenya. GOK funding

2006 to 2008: Catch assessment of fish landings in Diani South coast. GOK

2006 to 2008. ODINAFRICA III: Marine Biodiversity database. ODINAFRICA (IODE (UNESCO/IOC International

Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange Committee) IOC of UNESCO, FLANDERS UNIVERSITY

2006 to 2008. Natural Geography of in Shore Areas. (NaGISA)

2006 to 2008. Marine mammal contact person for KMFRI.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS:

2005 to date:   Marine biodiversity information manager. The purpose being identification of  a suitable metadata format to capture the relevant information on who holds which data, in which formats from Kenyan marine scientists, populating  the meta database, creating a list of available species lists and integrating species lists in a single reference list and adding the biogeographical records.

2005 to date:   Biodiversity of Rocky and Sea grass habitats in the Kenya. (Data collector & analyzer). Responsible for field work data collection
2006: Distribution of Three Siganid Species (Siganus canaliculatus (Park 1797) Siganus sutor (Valenciennes, 1835) and Siganus stellatus (Forsskål, 1775) in South Coast, Kenya. Funded by GoK through KMFRI.

2006-2007: The reproductive biology and fishery of siganids in south coast, Kenya Project funded by WIOMSA Marine Research Grant.
2006: Preliminary survey on sustainable dolphin research and tourism collaboration with  Fisheries    Department

• Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA)
• Kenya Sea Turtle Conservation Committee (KESCOM)
• Society of Marine Mammals (SMM)
• Conservation for Nature (WWF)
• Soroptimist International