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1. Personal Particulars
1.1. Personal history
1.1.1 Name: Stelyus Lazaro Mkoma
1.1.2 Sex: Male
1.1.3 Nationality: Tanzanian
1.1.4 Permanent Address: P.O. Box 34, Mahenge/Ulanga. Morogoro
1.1.5 Present Address: P.O. Box 3038, Chuo Kikuu, Morogoro. Tanzania
1.1.6 Contacts: stelyusm@gmail.com
1.1.7 ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-7805-4397
1.1.8 Google Scholar Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1m0pIsQAAAAJ&hl=en
1.2. Academic Qualifications
Qualifications Start-End Year Name of University/School
1.2.1 Post-Doctoral Studies 2011-2012 Hokkaido University, Japan
1.2.2 Post-Doctoral Studies 2010-2011 Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
1.2.3 PhD in Chemistry 2004-2008 Ghent University, Belgium
1.2.4 MSc with Edu. (Chemistry) 2019-2021 University of Dar es Salaam
1.2.5 MSc Environ. Sciences 1998-2001 University of Dar Es Salaam
1.2.6 BSc with Education 1994-1998 University of Dar Es Salaam
1.2.7 A-Level Education 1990-1992 Mzumbe Secondary School, Morogoro
1.2.8 O-Level Education 1986-1989 Kwiro Secondary School, Ulanga/Moro
1.2.9 Primary Education 1979-1985 Uponera Primary School, Ulanga/Moro
1.3. Employment Records:
1.3.1 Current employment
Associate Professor: Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), 1st November 2021 todate.
1.3.2 Previous employment
1.3.2.1 Associate Professor: Marian University College (MARUCo), (A Constituent College of SAUT), October 2014 to August
2021.
1.3.2.2 Senior Lecturer: Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), 1st July 2011 to September 2014.
1.3.2.3 Lecturer: Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), July 2008 to June 2011.
1.3.2.4 Assistant Lecturer: Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), 24 April 2003 to March 2008.
1.3.2.5 Secondary School Teacher: Benjamini W. Mkapa High School, Ministry of Education 2001 to March 2003.
1.3.3 Profile
1.3.3.1 Accomplished career (over 19 years) as University Instructor and extensive background in Analytical and Inorganic
chemistry, Environmental chemistry, Waste management, Measurements and instrumentations, Air pollution control technologies,
and Water pollution prevention and control.
1.3.3.3 Highly articulate and effective communicator with excellent team-building and interpersonal skills.
1.3.4 Research and consultancy
The key areas of research and consultancy are Analytical chemistry techniques and Environmental sciences in the perspective
of Environmental pollution (Air, noise, and water), Hydro-chemistry; Waste management; Air and water quality assurance and
control; and Environmental assessment, audit, safety, monitoring, and management plan.
1.3.5 Selected Research Grants/Consultancy
1.3.5.1 Mkoma, S.L., Molecular composition and stable carbon isotope ratios of organic aerosols from Tanzania. Funded
by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science Research, (September 2011 – 30 September 2012).
1.3.5.2 Mkoma, S.L., Development of Methods for Analysis of Hydrocarbons and Dicarboxylic Acid in Aerosol samples. Funded
by Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) through the National Institute of science
and technology, Energy and Environment (INCT-E&A), (September 2010 to August 2011).
1.3.5.3 Mkoma, S.L. Research team member: Groundwater Characterisation of a Coastal Aquifer in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
Funded by VLIR-UOS under Research Initiative Program (RIP) (July 2009 to March 2013).
1.3.5.4 Mwalilino, J.K., Mtoni, P. E., Mkoma, S. L., Tungaraza, C. Environmental Audit Report for Dimon Morogoro Tobacco
Processors Ltd (Occupational Environmental Audit and External Environmental Assessment) (2004).
1.4. Work Experience
1.4.1 Principal of the College (1st June 2020 to 30th August 2021), Marian University College, A Constituent College of
St. Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT).
1.4.2 Deputy Principal-Academics (September 2015 to January, 2020). Marian University College, A Constituent College
of St. Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT).
1.4.3 Teaching Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry, Environmental Sciences:
- Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Department of Chemistry and Physics, from November 2021 up to date.
- Marian University College, MARUCo (September, 2015 to August 2021)
- Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Department of Physical Sciences, from April 2003 to September 2014.
1.4.4 Visiting Professor, Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology (NM-AIST), Department of Environmental
Sciences and Engineering, Arusha, 2012 to 2020.
1.4.5 External Examiner, Ardhi University, School of Environmental Science and Technology (Postgraduate), Dar es Salaam,
2017 to 2020.
1.4.6 External Examiner, Sokoine University of Agriculture, College of Science Education, Department of Chemistry and
Physics, Morogoro, 2017 to 2020.
1.4.7 External Examiner: North West University, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture,
Science & Technology, Mmabatho, South Africa, June 2012 to May 2014.
1.4.8 Overall Outstanding Employee of the College – MARUCo, 2017
1.4.9 Overall Outstanding Employee of the University – SUA, 2010.
1.4.10 Member, Senate Research and Publications Committee, SUA – 2008 to 2010
1.4.11 Member, Senate Postgraduate Studies Committee, SUA – 2008 to 2010
1.4.12. Faculty of Science Representative, SUA Technology Transfer Office Team on establishment of best practices demonstration
units – 2009
1.4.13 Students Supervision: Postgraduate and Undergraduate students.
1.5. Membership to Selected Committees/Professional Organisations
1.5.1 Member of various Task forces under Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) on quality assurance issues, physical
verification of academic programmes requirements, and accreditation of higher learning institutions.
1.5.2 Member of various Task forces under National Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (NACTVET)
on quality assurance issues of institutions offering technical education.
1.5.3 Invited member as Book Editor/Expert in Chemistry to the Tanzania Institute of Education (TIE)
1.5.4 Board Member: - Dar es Salaam University College of Education (DUCE) Industrial Advisory Board – 1st April
2023 to 31st March 2026.
1.5.5 Board Member - National Council for Technical Education (NACTE) – Teaching and Learning Facilitation Board
– December 2016 to November, 2019.
1.5.6 Member, Tanzania Chemical Society (TCS) – April 2008 to present.
1.5.7 Reviewer, books/manuscripts/dissertations/thesis.
2.0 Selected Journal Articles
2.1 Kirenga, P., Mkoma, S. L., Mlowe, S., Msambwa, Y., Kiruri, L. W., Jacob, F. R., Deogratias, G. (2022). Influence of
heteroatoms on the optoelectronic properties of triphenylamine-based dyes for DSSCs application: A computational approach.
Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 1210, 113644.
2.2 Stelyus L. Mkoma, Yohana Msambwa, Fortunatus R. Jacob, Lucy W. Kiruri, Grace A. Kinunda, Sixberth Mlowe, Geradius
Deogratias (2021). Optical and Electronic Properties of para-Functionalized Triphenylamine Based Dyes: A Theoretical Study.
Structural Chemistry, 33, 409-419.
2.3 José Domingos Santos da Silva, Alexandre Varão Moura, Thamilin Costa Nakamura, Enoc Lima do Rego, Priscila Gubert,
Stelyus Lazaro Mkoma, and Gisele Olimpio da Rocha (2020). Development of a Methodology for Determining Major Ions in Samples
of Atmospheric Particulate Matter by Ion Chromatography, The Electronic Journal of Chemistry 12(4), 182-192.
2.4 Stelyus L. Mkoma, Kimitaka Kawamura and Eri Tachibana (2014). Stable carbon isotopic compositions of low-molecular
weight dicarboxylic acids, glyoxylic acid and glyoxal in tropical aerosols: Implications for photochemical processes of organic
aerosols. Tellus B 2014, 66, 23702.
2.5 Stelyus L. Mkoma, Kimitaka Kawamura, Eri Tachibana and Pingqing Fu, (2014) Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic compositions
of tropical aerosols: Source and contribution from burning of C3 and C4 plants to organic aerosols, Tellus B, 66, 20176, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v66.20176,
2014.
2.6 Stelyus L. Mkoma, Gisele O. da Rocha, José S. S. da Silva, João V. S. Santos, Manuela P. Cardoso, Rogerio L. dA Silva,
Jailson B. de Andrade (2014). Atmospheric particle dry deposition of major ions to the South Atlantic coastal area observed
at Baía de Todos os Santos, Brazil. Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences 86(1), 37-55.
2.7 Stelyus L. Mkoma, Gisele O. da Rocha, Ana Carla D. Regis, José S.S. Domingos, João V.S. Santos, Sandro J. de Andrade,
Luiz S. Carvalho, Jailson B. de Andrade (2014). Major ions in PM2.5 and PM10 released from buses: The use of diesel/biodiesel
fuels under real conditions. Fuel 115, 109-117.
2.8 Boreddy, S. K. R., K. Kawamura, S.L. Mkoma, and P. Fu (2014), Hygroscopic behavior of water-soluble matter extracted
from biomass burning aerosols collected at a rural site in Tanzania, East Africa, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 119, 12,233–12,245,
doi:10.1002/2014JD021546.
2.9 Alfred O. Magehema, Ladislaus B. Chang’a and Stelyus L. Mkoma (2014). Implication of Rainfall Variability
on Maize Production in Morogoro, Tanzania. International Journal of Environmental Sciences, 4(5), 1077-1086.
2.10 Stelyus L. Mkoma, Kimitaka Kawamura and Pingqing Fu (2013). Contributions of biomass/biofuel burning to organic aerosols
and particulate matter in Tanzania, East Africa based on the analyses of ionic species, organic and elemental carbon, levoglucosan
and mannosan. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 13, 10325–10338.
2.11 Stelyus L. Mkoma and Kimitaka Kawamura (2013). Molecular composition of dicarboxylic acids, ketocarboxylic acids,
α-dicarbonyls and fatty acids in atmospheric aerosols from Tanzania, East Africa during wet and dry seasons. Atmospheric
Chemistry and Physics, 13, 2235–2251.
2.12 Clavery TUNGARAZA, Rubhera MATO, Stelyus L. MKOMA and Charles Nyarongo EZEKIEL (2011). Significance of terrestrial
inflows to carbon and nitrogen distribution in the Lake Victoria surface water. International Journal of Biological and Chemical
Sciences, 5(2), 688 - 697.
2.13 Irene KIBONA, Stelyus L. MKOMA, Ibrahimu C. MJEMAH, (2011). Nitrate pollution of neogene alluvium aquifer in Morogoro
Municipality, Tanzania. International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences, 5(1): 171-179.
2.14 Stelyus L Mkoma, Xuguang Chi, Willy Maenhaut (2010). Characteristics of carbonaceous aerosols in ambient PM10 and
PM2.5 particles in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Science of the Total Environment, 408(6) 1308-1314.
2.15 Stelyus Mkoma; Xuguang Chi; Willy Maenhaut (2010). Characterization of carbonaceous materials in PM2.5 and PM10 size
fractions in Morogoro, Tanzania, during 2006 wet season campaign. Nuclear Instrumental and Methods in Physics Research B 268
(10), 1665-1670.
2.16 Agnes MAHEMBE, Stelyus L. MKOMA, Joyce L. KINABO (2010). Cooking fuels and respiratory symptoms in kitchen workers
in Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania. International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences, 4(4): 976-983.
2.17 S.L. Mkoma, W. Maenhaut, X. Chi, W. Wang, and N. Raes (2009). Characterisation of PM10 Atmospheric Aerosols for the
Wet Season 2005 at Two Sites in East Africa. Atmospheric Environment, 43(3), 631-639.
2.18 S.L. Mkoma, W. Maenhaut, X. Chi, W. Wang and N. Raes (2009). Chemical Composition and Mass Closure for PM10 Aerosols
during the 2005 Dry Season at a Rural Site in Morogoro, Tanzania. X-Ray Spectrometry 38(4), 293–300.
2.19 Stelyus L. Mkoma, Wan Wang, Willy Maenhaut (2009). Seasonal Variation of Water-Soluble Inorganic Species in the Coarse
and Fine Atmospheric Aerosols at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Nuclear Instrumental and Methods in Physics Research B., 267(17),
2897-2902.
2.20 Angelina I. Makaye, Stelyus L. Mkoma, and Patrick A. Ndunguru (2013). Students’ Knowledge on Particulate
Nature of Matter in Chemistry. Tanzania Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences, 4(2), 648-655.
2.21 Tumikia R. Sanga and Stelyus L. Mkoma (2012). Evaluation of Atomic Structure in Chemistry Textbooks Used in Secondary
Schools in Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences, 3(2), 544-551.
2.22 Jovine S. Malago and Stelyus L. Mkoma (2012). Assessment of noise pollution and population exposure in central areas
of Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania: Impact of use of portable fuel generators. Journal of Chemical, Biological and Physical
Sciences 2(2), 1115-1122.
2.23 Gaganija, M.S., Mkoma, S.L. and Lema, E.S. (2012). Attitudes of Community to Urban Traffic Noise in Morogoro, Tanzania.
Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and Management, 5(3), 218-224.
2.24 Happy F. Kiumbu, Stelyus L. Mkoma and Mary S. Gaganija, (2011). Noise Pollution in School Environment in Mwanza City,
Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences, 2(2), 359-381.
2.25 Dafrozah Samagwa, Stelyus L. Mkoma, Clavery Tungaraza (2009). Investigation of Noise Pollution in Restaurants in
Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania, East Africa. Journal of Applied Science and Environmental Management, 13(4), 29–33.
3.0 Books and Chapters in Books
3.1 Stelyus L. Mkoma (2009). Characterisation of Atmospheric Aerosols in Tanzania: AIR POLLUTION PROBLEM, VDM Verlag Dr.
Muller Aktiengeselischaft & Co. KG (Eds.), VDM Publishing House Ltd., Germany, 7 Chapters, pp 182. ISBN-13: 9783639097726,
978-3639097726.
3.2 Stelyus L. Mkoma, Gisele O. da Rocha, José D.S. da Silva and Jailson B. de Andrade (2012). Characteristics of low-molecular
weight carboxylic acids of PM2.5 and PM10 ambient aerosols in Tanzania In: Atmospheric Aerosols –Regional Characteristics
–Chemistry And Physics. Edited by Dr. Hayder Abdul-Razzak, ISBN 979-953-307-897-6.
3.3 Stelyus L. Mkoma and Faith P. Mabiki (2012). A review of composition and sources of atmospheric particulate matter
in Tanzania. In Particulate Matter: Sources, Emission Rates and Health Effect. Henrik Knudsen and Niels Rasmussents, ISBN:
978-1-61470-948-0.
3.4 Stelyus L. Mkoma and Faith P. Mabiki (2011). Theoretical and practical evaluation of Jatropha as energy source biofuel
in Tanzania. In: Economic Effects of Biofuel Production. Edited by Dr.-Ing. Marco Aurélio dos Santos Bernardes, ISBN 978-953-307-178-7.
4.0 Book Editor
4.1 Editor of various Student’s Book for Primary and Secondary Schools Levels in Tanzania published by Tanzania
Institute of Education (TIE).
5.0 Selected Workshops and Seminars
5.1 February 2019. Air Pollution Training workshop as facilitators at the University of Nairobi from 10th to 15th February,
2019, Kenya.
5.2 March 2015. Leadership workshop organized by SAUT held at Mwanza from 7th to 9th August 2015, Tanzania.
5.3 September 2013. Governance and Accountability in Support for Local Government (SULGO) held at Serena Hotel, 18th –
19th September, 2013, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
5.4 March 2013. Trainers on the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa
(ITOCA) E-Resources and Academic/Grant Proposal Writing Training Workshop for DAAD scholars held at the Holiday Inn Hotel,
from 12th – 15th March 2013, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
5.5 July 2012. Summer School Workshop on how to get published in scientific journals and Writing (manuscripts & grants)
and mentoring sessions, Organized by the Southern and Eastern Africa Network of Analytical Chemists (SEANAC) 7th –
8th July, 2012, Maputo, Mozambique.
5.6 June 2010. African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) regional seminar on the usefulness of patent
information and commercialization of research results, organized by the ARIPO and the World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO), 9th – 11th June 2010, Harare, Zimbabwe.
5.7 July 2009: Summer School Workshop on LC/MS and sample handling techniques; mycotoxins and food additives; electrochemical
methods, and basics of biosensor technology organized by the Southern and Eastern Africa Network of Analytical Chemists (SEANAC)
4th – 5th July, 2009, Kwaluseni, Swaziland.
5.8 October 2008: The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Alumni Seminar on Knowledge and Research for Development
in East Africa, October 23-25, 2008, Kenya.
5.9 July 2007: Summer School Workshop on Sample Preparation with Solid Phase Extraction, Remote Access and Control of
a GC-MS and Trace Element Analysis of Environmental and Biological Samples Using GFAAS and ICP-MS/OES organized by the Southern
and Eastern Africa Network of Analytical Chemists (SEANAC) July 13-15, 2007, Gaborone, Botswana.
6.0 Selected Trainings
6.1 January-February 2010. Training of Trainers on PhD Supervision organized by the SUA PREPARE PhD Project held at Golden
Rose Hotel, Arusha, Tanzania from 4th to 8th January 2010 and at Dodoma, Tanzania from 18th to 20th February 2010.
6.2 June 2009: The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Alumni Intensive Course on “Proposal Writing for
International Research Projects,” Dialogue on Innovative Higher Education Strategies (DIES) Seminar, 8th -12th June,
2009, Naivasha, Kenya
6.3 December 2008: The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Alumni Intensive Course on “Proposal Writing
for International Research Projects,” Dialogue on Innovative Higher Education Strategies (DIES) Seminar, 8th -13th
December, 2008, Entebbe, Uganda.
7.0 Conferences
7.1 Stelyus L. Mkoma and Kimitaka Kawamura. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic compositions of tropical aerosols from
Tanzania, East Africa during wet and dry seasons: Contribution of C3 and C4 plants to organic aerosols. 12th International
Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Open Science Conference “Atmospheric Chemistry in the Anthropocene”,
September 17-21, 2012, Beijing, China.
7.2 Stelyus L. Mkoma, Gisele O. da Rocha, José D. S. da Silva, Jailson B. de Andrade. Low-Molecular Weight Carboxylic
Acids and Inorganic ions in Atmospheric Aerosols from Tanzania. ORAL presentation at Southern and Eastern Africa Network of
Analytical Chemists (SEANAC) Conference, 8th to 11th July, 2012, Maputo, Mozambique.
7.3 Stelyus L. Mkoma; Xuguang Chi; Willy Maenhaut. Characterization of carbonaceous materials in PM2.5 and PM10 size fractions
in Morogoro, Tanzania, during 2006 wet season campaign. 34th Annual Conference of the Brazilian Chemical Society, International
Year of Chemistry Conference, 23-26 May 2011, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
7.4 Stelyus L. Mkoma. Dietary Intake of Selected Heavy Metals from Commonly Consumed Foods in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
ORAL presentation at Southern and Eastern Africa Network of Analytical Chemists (SEANAC) Conference, 5th to 8th July, 2009,
Ezulwini, Swaziland.
7.5 Stelyus L. Mkoma, Xuguang Chi, Willy Maenhaut. Characterisation of Atmospheric Carbonaceous Aerosols in PM2.5 and
PM10 at Two Sites in Tanzania. 10th International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Conference, 7-12 September 2008, Annecy,
France.
7.6 Stelyus L. Mkoma, X. Chi, W. Wang, N. Raes, and W. Maenhaut. Aerosol chemistry, aerosol chemical mass closure, and
aerosol sources at two sites in Tanzania. Proceedings of the European Aerosol Conference 2007, 9 - 14 September 2007, Salzburg,
Austria.
7.7 Stelyus L. Mkoma, W. Maenhaut, W. Wang, X. Chi and N. Raes. Aerosol Chemistry and Changes in Atmospheric Environment
at Two Sites in Tanzania. ORAL presentation at the Southern and Eastern Africa Network of Analytical Chemists (SEANAC) Conference,
July 15-18, 2007, Gaborone, Botswana.
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