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NAME  

DR. KAZUNGU, Johnson M. (Ph.D)
   
DATE OF BIRTH: :

February 6th, 1958

 
CURRENT POSITION

DIRECTOR KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE

CHIEF SCIENTIST

   
                       

 

ACADEMIC BACKROUND:
University of Nairobi (1977 – 1980)
B.Sc. (Hons) - Chemistry      
United Nations University, Tokyo (1981 – 1984)
Resource Policy and Management
Tokyo University, Japan (1982 – 1984)
M.Sc. (Chemical Oceanography)
University of Brussels, Belgium (1991 – 1996)
Ph.D (highest honors) – Marine Chemistry             

 
 
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:

Computer Programming
Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium (1985).
Nutrient Dynamics in Coastal EnvironmentsVrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium (1988-1989).
C & N Cyclinging in Coastal Environments
Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium (1990).
Nitrogen – 15 isotope chemistryInstitute of Marine Science, Zanzibar (Nov. 1992)

 
 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

In the year1992-1993 he was the Co-ordinator of IOC/SAREC which was a sponsored course on Nutrients Dynamic in Marine ecosystem. He acted as Co-Manager in Inner Shelf Programme: Kenyan Coastal Ecosystems and their Interrelations which was a Dutch funded programme-involving scientists from Kenya, Netherlands and Belgium. He was National Co-coordinator/Project Manager in EEC – Science & Technology for Development Programme: Interlinkages in Eastern   Africa Coastal Ecosystems in 1993-1995. In 1996-1999 he was a National Co-coordinator/Project Manager (EEC-Research& Technology for Development Programme): Antropogenically Induced changes in groundwater outflow and quality, and the functioning of the Eastern African nearshore ecosystems. He was a Project Manager (CORDIO Project): Coral Reef Degradation in Indian  Ocean. He Participated as Chairman interim. IOC Regional Committee for the cooperative investigation in the North and Central Western Indian Ocean (IOCINCWIO-V) Workshop, Nairobi.(2002)2000-Onwards: Kenya’s representative to Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO.
PROFESSIONAL BODIES: He was aboard member of the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association and currently a member.