Biography
Prof. Robinson Mdegela received his Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine at Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania in 1996, Master of Veterinary Science at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, Denmark in 1998 and PhD at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway in 2006.
Prof. Robinson Mdegela currently teaches fish and wildlife diseases, risk analysis and environmental toxicology to both undergraduate and postgraduate students at the University.
Prof. Mdegela, is active in research having published over 134 papers, of which over 92 in peer-reviewed journals and over 42 publications in proceedings.
He has been involved in the development of more than 21 collaborative research projects funded by multinational development partners, also serving as an active researcher and principal investigator in eleven (11) of them. He has supervised a total of 16 PhD and 32 MSc students; as well as 55 special projects to undergraduate students.
Prof. Mdegela is a member of various institutional, national and international organizations that include Tanzania Veterinary Association (TVA), Tanzania Association of Public, Occupational and Environmental Health. Experts (TAPOHE), Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Wildlife Disease Association (WDA), Western Indian Marine Science Association (WIOMSA), The World Poultry Science Association (WPSA) (Tanzania chapter) and the Aquaculture Society for East Africa (ASEA).
He is an active researcher in areas related to Natural products technologies and Value Addition, ecology of fish diseases, and environmental (aquatic) toxicology. He is also the Coordinator for the MSc in Natural Products Technologies and Value Addition. Since 2008, he has been serving as the Node for African Research and Training Network on Natural Products (AFNNET) with the Secretariat bases at Makerere University
Managerial skills
Since 2002, have participated in 21 collaborative projects and was the project leader for 11 of them. Currently I am involved in 2 projects.Chairman, Research and Publication Committee, College of Veterinary and Medical Sciences 2011 – to date.
Experiences from developing countries
Research experience is mainly from Tanzania; but with minor research experience in Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Rwanda, Ghana and South Africa
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