CURRICULUM VITAE GERARD MAJJELLA MUTUMBA, BSc with Educ. (Hon.); PhD ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (BOTANY) 1. BIODATA: Name : Gerald Majella Mutumba Nationality : Uganda Marital Status : Married Children : 6 Contacts PO BOX 4513, Kampala Phone : 256 776 318 094 Email : [email protected], [email protected] Faculty of science Kabale University 2. UNIVERSITY EDUCATION: INSTITUTE DATE AWARD University of Dar – Es – Salaam 1974 – 1977 B.Sc. With Education, (Botany & Zoology) University College of Wales 1978 – 1982 PhD (Botany) At Aberystwyth, Dyfed.UK 3. WORKING EXPERIENCE: Rank / Title Place / Institute Date Associate Professor Department of Botany Sept. 2006 – present Makerere University Deputy Dean Faculty of Science Jan. 200 – Jan. 2006 Makerere University. Senior Lecturer Makerere University Oct.1998 – Sept. 2008. Lecturer Makerere University July 1987 – Oct. 1988 Factory Operative Cow and Gates, Wells, UK Jan, 1987 – July 1987 Research Assistant Twyfords Plant Labs, UK Feb. 1985 – Jan 1986 Insurance Broker GA Associate, UK June 1982 - 1982 – 1985. 4. TEACHING EXPERIENCE: July 1987 – Present Undergraduate Courses: Growth and Redevelopment of Flowering plants Environment Education Seed Biology Tree Nursery Management Introduction to Plant Functions Plant Propagation and Cultivation Cell Biology Plant Tissue Culture. Science Education Research Methodology Bioethics 1 OTHERS: 1) Supervision of School Teaching Practice (1990 to date) 2) Coordinator B.Sc. External Degree (2000 to date) 3) Plant Energy Relations 4) Plant Tissues Culture 5) Plant Growth and Development Postgraduate Courses: 1) Plant Growth and Development 2) Plant Tissue Culture. 3) Plant Energetics 4) Physiology of Growth and Crop Yield Supervision of Postgraduate students: MASTERS STUDENTS 1. Rose Badaza: MSc (Botany) Research on Diversity and Abundance of ferns in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Submitted and graduated in 1995 2. Charles Twesigye: Msc (Botany) Research on Weevil resistance in selected sweet potato varieties ( Ipomea batatas ) submitted and graduated in 1997 3. John Tabuti: Msc (Botany) Research on Calcium partitioning in the water hyacinth ( Eichornia crassipes) in Lake Victoria. Submitted and graduated in 2000. 4. Betty Pacutho Udongo (Mrs) Msc (Botany) Research on The effect of calcium and ethylene gas on ripening tomatoes (Lycospercon esculentum) Submitted and graduated in 2000. 5. B.J.M Nyangababo (Mrs) Msc (Botany) Research on effect wood ash on the growth and yield of beans (Phaseolus vulgaris l.) and Soya beans ( Glycine max L ) .Graduated in 1999. 6. Priver Namanya Msc (Botany) Research on callus initiation from male flowers of Musa .Submitted and graduated in 2002. 7. Samukoya Clara Msc (Botany) Research on Potential of the cell cycle gene cyclin D in the transformation efficiency of bananas. Submitted and graduated in 2011. 8. Sharlotte Natukunda Msc (Botany) On-going research on the Maturity indices in edible plantain (2012) submitted 9. Lilian Nangozi: Msc ( Botany) on-going research SUPERVISION AT KAMPALA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY-2018 10. Catherine Kusiima-Msc –Environment : UnplannedUrban settlements and environment effects in Kampala 11.Lydia Toe : Msc Environment-Waste disposal municipal strategies in Monrovia,Liberia 12.Fatuma 13. Sipiria PhD STUDENTS 1. Sekabira Kassim (Botany) Research on Heavy metals in urban drainage systems and wetlands: The case of Nakivubo Channel, Kampala .Submitted and graduated in 2012 2. Jamil Ssenku: Potential of trees in Phytoremediation: a case study of Kasese waste land.( 2011-2015) 3. Anne Lilian Nakafeero: Study of water relations of the selected multipurpose trees ( 2012-) 2 VISITING LECTURESHIP 1. National University of Rwanda, Butare, July – Oct. 1995: Cell Biology. 2. Kigali Institute of Science and Technology, Rwanda, Jan. – Oct. 2006: Histology 3. Senior Fulbright lecturer at State University of Colorado, Fort Collins, USA, Feb. 2000 5. EXPERTISE IN DESIGN OF DEGREE TEACHING PROGRAMS-Makerere University 2005- 2017 I have participated in the initiation and deign of the following programmers: i. Bachelor of Science (External) ii. Bachelor of Science (Continuing studies) iii. Bachelor of Science (Ethno botany) iv. Bachelor of Science (Conservation Biology) v. Bachelor of Biotechnology. vi. Bachelor of Science in Herbarium Techniques, Museums, and Botanic Gardens ( Chair 2013) vii. Master of Science ( Botany) viii. Master of Science ( Ethno Botany) ix. Master of Science (Conservation Biology) x. Master of Sciences in Plant Physiology ( Chair 2013) KABALE UNIVERSITY 2019- Bachelor of Science-Botany 6. RESEARCH AREAS AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCES: 1. Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Fungi 2. Below Ground Biodiversity 3. Restoration Ecology 4. Tissue culture of Higher Plants. Awards and Fellowships Award / Fellowship Place Date 1. Doctorate Fellowship, University of Wales, UK Oct.1978 – May 1982 2. DAAD Scholar University of Bielefeld, March – July 1997 3. Senior Fulbright Scholar Longwood Gardens and Sept 1999- October 2000 University of Delaware, USA Research Prize Award: ASARECA AWARD for Research Excellence for Banana male flower Somatic embryogenesis: Namanya, P MJ. Magambo, G.M. Mutumba and I. Tushemerire East Africa Crop Science Journal 45, 12 (1) 54 – 49, 2004. 7. RESEARCH GRANTS: 1993 NUFU Small Grant. 1995 Makerere University Research Grant. 2000 [email protected] District Grant 2003 Sida Small Research Grant 2009 Millennium Science Initiative 2018 World Bank Nanotechnology Seed Grant 8. MEMBERSHIP ON UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES Name of Committee Period Examination Coordinator, Department of Botany Oct.1990 – Oct.1995 3 Finance Committee, Department of Botany Oct.1990 Botanic Gardens & Herbarium, (Chairman) Sept. 2001 – Sept.2005 Faculty of Science Vehicles Committee Jan. 2000 Stores and Equipment, Depart Botany Jan.2007 Staff Development, Department of Botany Jan. 2000 New Programs Committee, Department of Botany Jan. 2007 4 9. CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS a) Papers Presented: Supervision of Post Graduate students, Makerere University, Kampala, June 2003. I@ Mak Workshop on Development in Soroti and Kasese District, 2001. NUFU Workshop on Ecology for Sustainable Development, 2001. A preliminary comparative study of consumptive water use in banana cultivars. NUFU Conference, Nov. 1995. The ethylene status in developing cotyledons of Phaseolus vulgaris L. The Third Science Meeting for East and Central Africa, Makerere University, Uganda , Sep. 1993. Ethylene binding sites in P vulgar is in developing cotyledons. First Crop Science Conference for Southern Africa, 1993. Biotechnology: A Uganda Experience. The African Biotechnology Symposium 17 – 2 1 February, Nairobi, Kenya, 1992. Problems of Teaching Cell – Biology, First Workshop on Cell Biology, Makerere University, 1992. b) Training Workshops Attended: 1. Millennium Science Initiative World Bank Project Closing Procedures Seminar Uganda National Council of Science and Technology. 4th – 8th March 2012, Collin Hotel, Mukono. Uganda. 2. Invasive Species Workshop CABI international, 16th – 17th November 2011 Entebbe Country Hotel, Uganda. 3. Business – like Mindset in Researchers and Innovators sponsored by Uganda National Council of Science and Technology, Silver Springs Hotel Kampala, 6th – 10th June, 2011. 4. Natural Products; Makerere University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Workshop. 29th April 2011. Imperial Royale Hotel, Kampala 5. Makerere University Gender Communication Strategy April 2nd 2009. Gender mainstreaming of Makerere University Curriculum, March 30 2009 scholarly writing and Communication skills workshop, school of Graduate Studies, Makerere University, Jan 2007. 6. UNEP/GEF BGBD Training Workshop on Arbuscular Mycorrhiza & Ectomycorrhiza. Fungi characterization at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India, March 14th – 28th – 2005. 7. 2004 National Stakeholders Workshop on Invasive alien species, April 20th NARO 8. Entebbe, Uganda. 9. 2003 Makerere University Certificate in Information Technology 10. 2002 April 24th, Training Workshop on Teaching Skills and Learning, School of Education, Makerere University. 11. 1998 Training Workshop in Botanic Gardens management, hosted by the National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, 22-23 July. 12. 1998 Training Workshop in Bryologist and Tropical Cryptogams, Kibale Biological Field Station, 22 – 30 January, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. 13. 1997 DANIDA Ethics Workshop, Makerere University 10 – 22 January 14. 1994 Sumer school of immunology and infectious Diseases: PCR operation. 1 – 8 August. 15. 1993 Training Workshop in Modern Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering University of Zimbabwe, 6 – 20 December. 5 16. 1988 ABN Internal Training Center in Tissue Culture, 2- 15 October, University of Nigeria Nsukka. Nigeria. c) Conference, Workshops and Seminars Attended 1. Government of Uganda Biotechnology Conference,2018 2 International Research and Innovations Dissemination Conference, Makerere University and Embassy of Sweden, April 20-21 2015 Hotel Africana,2015 Kampala 3 The CFK Higher Education ,Science ,Technology and Innovation 2012 International Conference 12th-16th November 2012,Speke /Commonwealth Resort Munyonyo 4 Biodiversity and Medicinal plants Joint Conference, Makerere University Kampala, Uganda, Oct. 2006. 5 First Africa Conference on Edible and Medicinal mushrooms. Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Oct. 2006. 6 2005 Botany plants science Conference, Makerere University, March 2005; 2005: Procurement training workshop for University management, Makerere University.