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Surname |
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Igulu |
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First names |
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Mathias Msafiri |
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Date of birth |
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16th July 1976 |
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Place of birth |
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Bukumbi, Mwanza, Tanzania |
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Nationality |
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Tanzanian |
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Contact
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Tanzania Fisheries Research
Institute Kigoma Center
P.O.Box 90,
Kigoma Tanzania- East Africa
email:
myigulu@yahoo.com,
tafiri_kigoma@yahoo.com (office) |
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Languages
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Sukuma (mother tongue),
Swahili (fluent-national language), English (proficient in reading, speaking
and writing) |
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Academic
background |
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September 2004 –
September 2006
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Master
of Science in Ecological Marine Management,
Interuniversity programme, Vrije
Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in Brussels,
Universiteit Antwerpen (UA) in
Antwerp, and Universiteit Gent in Ghent,
Belgium. Expect to graduate in
September 2006. |
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September 1999 – June 2002
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Bachelor Science General (Hons.
Upper second class) majoring in Marine Biology and Chemistry,
University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. |
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January – May 1999
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Computer training in database
management, Word processing, Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint presentation,
University of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. |
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July 1996 – June 1998
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Advanced Level Secondary
Education, majoring in Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Sengerema High
School, Mwanza, Tanzania. |
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January 1992 – October 1995
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Ordinary Level
Secondary Education, Karatu Secondary School, Arusha, Tanzania. |
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Work experience |
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July 2003 - Present
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Research Officer, Tanzania
Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI), Kigoma center.
Supervising junior scientist and lab technician, ensuring data at the fish
landing station are correctly collected, analyzed and stored in databases.
Setting up lab experiment and conducting water quality analysis. Daily to
daily office management. |
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November 2003 - August 2004
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Special Habitat Mapping at Lake
Victoria, this project was funded by the Lake Victoria Environmental
Management Project (LVEMP) designed to map breeding and spawning habitat for
fish and to suggest management strategies.
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November 2003
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Water cobra filming (Bouilengerina
annulata stormsi), this was done in collaboration with the National
Geographic Channel (USA) at Lake Tanganyika (Kigoma Bay). |
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July - August 2003
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In Praise of Comparing
Differences, a project designed to compare brain and morphological size, of
eight different species of Lake Tanganyika cichlids with their habitat
complexity. Place Kigoma Bay- Lake Tanganyika. |
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December 2001 - May 2002 |
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Special project for mangrove
conservation, an experimental approach to investigate the mass mortality of
the mangrove Heritiera littoralis in the Rufiji delta, sponsored by
the University of Dar es Salaam. |
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Other training |
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January - March 2003
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Training in underwater marine
survey methods, coral reef and reef fish identification and counting, SCUBA
diving and Marine ecosystem conservation. Pemba (Frontier- Tanzania). |
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June - August 2002
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Nyanza Project, an
interdisciplinary training course in tropical lake studies and research
methods. At Lake Tanganyika, Kigoma bay. Organized by the Arizona State University (USA). |
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August - September 2001
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Marine survey field course at
the Institute of Marine Science, University of Dar es salaam, Zanzibar. |
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June - August 1999 |
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Laboratory assistant, Pesticides
Separation analysis at the Institute of Marine Science,
Zanzibar. |
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