I hold a Masters's degree in Environmental Governance with a specialization in Biodiversity from the United Nations University-Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), Japan. I am currently working as an assistant lecturer at the College of African Wildlife Management, Mweka. My research interests lie in the socio-ecological interface and I have a strong background in wildlife ecology and biodiversity assessment. I have served for several projects at the College namely Bee Pollinator Monitoring Project- Tanzania (2017 – 2020) as project coordinator and researcher, Integrating technologies in combating poaching in the Selous Game Reserve project (2017 – 2019) as a researcher and Spatial Monitoring Application and Reporting Tool (SMART) project (2018 – 2020) as project coordinator and researcher including developing a curriculum for Postgraduate Diploma in Conservation Technologies and Innovations. I have also co-authored and published in peer-reviewed journals, presented in scientific conferences