Moses Musonda
Kabwe 10101
Summary
Qualified Entomologist and the first African Trustee for The Royal Entomological Society of London. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Part Time Lecturer
The University of Zambia
01.2020 - Current
- Lecturing 1st year student of Public health in introduction to Basic Science
- Lecturing 3rd year students of public health in Pestology
- Lecturing 3rd year students of public health in Food chemistry and Nutrition
- Preparation of laboratory works, examinations and marking of each course
Head of Department Natural Sciences
Broadway Secondary
01.2013 - Current
- Ensures that departmental work plans are produced
- Initiates the formulation and review of policies and work manuals
- Supervise teaching activities in departments
- Supervise local and external examinations for grade 9 and grade 12
- Chief marker for integrated science final examinations
Part Time Lecturer
Copperbelt University
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Lecturing 3rd year students in External Morphology of Insects and field entomological collections
- Lecturing 4th year students in Insect physiology and supervision of research for students
- Field Entomological and ecological surveillance of Anopheles Larvae in various breeding sites of Kapiri Mposhi
Shift Chemist
Konkola Copper Mines Nchanga New Smelter
01.2007 - 01.2012
- Formulation/review of standard operating procedures and policies for quality assurance
- Coordinates and supervises laboratory work activities in the Department
- Implementing the Environmental management system for Nchanga New smelter
- Analysis of copper using OES, XRF and Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) machines for quality controls
National Malaria Elimination Center
01.2006 - 01.2007
- Adult Mosquito rearing and management of an Insectary
- Morphological identification of An.gambiae, An
- Funestus, An.arabiensis
- Identification of An.gambiae, An
- Funestus, An.arabiensis by PCR using species specific single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs)
- Mass rearing of Anopheles mosquito samples for insecticide resistance testing
- Managing and planning field sampling of mosquitoes using CDC LT, Human landing Catch, Prokopack Aspiration and Larval collections
- Maintenance and mass rearing of Anopheles gambiae s.l and Anopheles funestus s.l field strains up to 2-5 days old for susceptibility testing
- Ensuring that standard operating procedures (SOPs) are followed during the testing of mosquitoes for insecticide resistance at the field station
- Perform and document monthly susceptibility testing of field collected mosquitoes to different tests and insecticides
Education
Master of Philosophy - Biology
The Copperbelt University
Bachelors of Sciences - Biological Sciences
The University of Zambia
Post Graduate Diploma In M&E - M&E
Cavendish University
Lusaka, Zambia 08.2011
Grade 12 School Certificate -
01.2001
Skills
- Research proposal writing
- Analysis of PCR amplified fragments
- Entomological surveillance
- Entomological data analysis using statistical packages such as R
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills
- Excellent presentation skills
- Experienced facilitating trainer
- Team player
- Output based performance oriented
- Research and analysis
- Academic Research
- Academic Writing
- Class Management
- Presentations
- PowerPoint
- Course Development
- Online Class Discussion
- Classroom Management
Societies
- Trustee, Royal Entomological Society of UK, 2021-2026
- Assistant Editor, Antenna - Royal Entomological Society of UK
Academicpublications
- Musonda, M and Dr Sichilima, A, 2019, The Effect of Total Dissolved Solids, Salinity and Electrical Conductivity Parameters of Water on Abundance of Anopheles Mosquito Larvae in Different Breeding Sites of Kapiri Mposhi District in Zambia, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH, 8, 04, 04/01/19, 2277-8616, www.ijstr.org
- Musonda, M and Dr Sichilima, A, 2019, The effects of pH and temperature of water on the abundance of Anopheles mosquito larvae in various breeding sites of Kapiri Mposhi district in Zambia, Academic Journal of Entomology, 12, 1, 01/01/19, 1995-8994, http/www.idosijournals.org/aje/12 (1)19/3.pdf
Conferencepresentations
- Poster presentation at Ento22 conference, 09/13/22, University of Lincoln, Gloucestershire, UK
- Poster paper at 5th Annual Future of Malaria Symposium conference, 2019, John Hopkins University, Montgomery County Campus, USA
- Presented a paper at National Malaria Elimination Center, 01/02/19, Lusaka
- Presented a paper, 01/28/19, University of Zambia, Department of Biological Sciences
- Poster paper presentation at 7th PAMCA Annual Conference & Exhibition, 09/20/21, Kenya
Keycompetenciesandskills
- Research proposal writing
- Analysis of PCR amplified fragments
- Entomological surveillance
- Entomological data analysis using statistical packages such as R
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills
- Excellent presentation skills; experienced facilitating trainer
- Team player and output-based performance oriented person
References
- Professor Helen Roy MBE Hon.FRES, The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, hele@ceh.ac.uk
- Dr Chanda Emmanuel, World Health Organization, chandae@who.int
- Mrs. Stabile N. Chipalo, Resident Lecturer/Researcher, The University of Zambia, stabilenamwaingambi@gmail.com
Personalstatements
I am suitably qualified Entomologist, the first and only African Trustee for The Royal Entomological Society of London. A result-oriented, highly organized, vast experience in research with H index of 1.29, lecturing and teaching with over 10 years of work experience.
Accomplishments
Musonda, M and Dr Sichilima, A.2019 The Effect of Total Dissolved Solids, Salinity and Electrical
Conductivity Parameters of Water on Abundance of Anopheles Mosquito Larvae in Different Breeding Sites of
Kapiri Mposhi District in Zambia, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGY
RESEARCH VOLUME 8, ISSUE 04, APRIL 2019 ISSN 2277-8616. www.ijstr.org
Musonda, M and Dr Sichilima, A.2019.The effects of pH and temperature of water on the abundance of
Anopheles mosquito larvae in various breeding sites of Kapiri Mposhi district in Zambia, Academic Journal of
Entomology, Vol 12 (1):2019, ISSN 1995-8994 http/www.idosijournals.org/aje/12 (1)19/3.pdf
Conference Paper Presentations
Poster presentation at Ento22 conference 13-16th September 2022. University of Lincoln Gloucestershire UK
Poster paper at 2019, 5
th Annual Future of Malaria Symposium conference at John Hopkins University
Montgomery County Campus, USA
Presented a paper at National Malaria Elimination Center Lusaka at Vector Control Technical Working Group
meeting on 01/02/2019
Presented a paper on 28/01/2019 at University of Zambia Department of Biological Sciences
Poster paper presentation at 7th PAMCA Annual Conference & Exhibition Kenya, September 20-22, 2021
Affiliations
Royal Entomological society - Trustee
Languages
English
Upper intermediate (B2)
Timeline
Part Time Lecturer
The University of Zambia
01.2020 - Current
Part Time Lecturer
Copperbelt University
01.2019 - 01.2020
Head of Department Natural Sciences
Broadway Secondary
01.2013 - Current
Shift Chemist
Konkola Copper Mines Nchanga New Smelter
01.2007 - 01.2012
National Malaria Elimination Center
01.2006 - 01.2007
Master of Philosophy - Biology
The Copperbelt University
Bachelors of Sciences - Biological Sciences
The University of Zambia
Grade 12 School Certificate -
Post Graduate Diploma In M&E - M&E
Cavendish University
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