UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM
SCHOOL OF AQUATIC SCIENCES AND FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY (SOAF)

CHANGOMA FRANSIS

Assistant Lecturer , School Of Aquatic Sciences And Fisheries Technology
Education:

BSc (Dar), MSc (Busan, South Korea)

Teaching:

Undergraduate courses in Introduction to fisheries science (AQ121), Fish population Dynamics and stock assessment (AQ232) and Aquatic Biology (AQ201)

Research:

Fisheries management, Fish stock assessment and population dynamics, Aquaculture, Recovery of bioactive compounds, Biodegradation and Bioconversion.

Projects:

Principal Investigator: Assessment of Growth Performance of Pompano (Trachinotus blochii) fingerlings fed with bio-activated blood meal protein. Duration: 2021 to 2022. Funded by WIOMSA, MARFG I.

Principal investigator: Nutritional and nutraceutical profiling of low value fish species for enhancement of food and health security in Tanzania. Duration: 2022 to 2023. Funded by the University of Dar es Salaam.

Project Manager: Waste Drive Project - Development of a fibre composite reinforced electric scooter based on high performance natural fibres from agricultural waste products. Duration: 2021 to 2024. Funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

Co-Principal Investigator: Population Genetic structure and gene flow of the mud creeper Telebralia palustris (Linnaeus, 1967) in Tanzania. Duration: November: 2020 to 2021. Funded by the University of Dar es Salaam.

Publications:

Mhina C.F., Jung H.Y., Kim J.K, 2020. Recovery of antioxidant and antimicrobial peptides through the reutilization of Nile perch wastewater by biodegradation using two Bacillus species. Chemosphere,253, (2020),126728, doi./10.1016/j.chemosphere.