PAZI MWINYIMVUA SEMILI

Principal Laboratory Scientist, School Of Aquatic Sciences And Fisheries Technology
Education:

Bachelor of Science in Food Science and Technology, Master of Science in Applied Microbiology, Phd in Aquatic Science (Dar)

Teaching:

Dr. Semili is assisting lecturers/academicians in preparation and conducting practical and field work related to aquatic sciences and fisheries for undergraduate and post graduate students. Also, Mr. Semili provides technical support for students undertaking Masters and PhD studies in water quality, microbiology, fish processing, fish quality and post-harvest losses on fish.

Research:

With colleagues from the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), Mr. Semili is currently working in a one-year research project titled: Communities’ Adaptation to Climate Change along the Coastal Regions of Tanzania. The research work is funded by UDSM.

 

Furthermore, from 2002 to 2006, Mr. Semili worked with Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP-Tanzania) as a research scientist (plankton and microbiology scientist), in Mwanza, Tanzania. LVEMP was a joint project of three countries of Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya, funded by the World Bank (WB). Under the said project, Mr. Semili was one of the Research Team Members engaged in Integrated Water Quality/Limnology Study of Lake Victoria lead by the COWI Consulting Engineers and Planners, and DHI (Water and Environment), Denmark. His research team has organized lake wide cruises and directed field data collection and analysis in Lake Victoria and its tributaries in order to assess the lake ecosystem status and dynamics and identify historical changes and predict the response of Lake Ecosystem to climate change, human activities and catchment degradation. Social and economic data including malnutrition were also collected from communities living near Lake Victoria shores. Results were discussed in workshops and scientific conferences, and disseminated to stakeholders through technical reports and publications in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.

Projects: