Category Teaching Staff

Dr. Nelson Ndugu, PhD

Short Biography Dr. Nelson Ndugu is a Lecturer of Physics at Makerere University’s Department of Physics, where he specializes in Computational Physics, Aerosol Physics, and Quantum Mechanics. With a PhD in Computational Astrophysics, Nelson has shifted his research focus toward…

Dr. Okello Denis, PhD

Short Biography Dr Denis Okello is a Ugandan Scientist based at Makerere University. He is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Physics and he is the current Head of Department of Physics (January 2022- January 2026). Dr Okello holds…

Dr. Katuura Esther, PhD

  Short Biography Dr. Katuura Esther is a senior researcher and contributes to knowledge growth in tropical medicinal and nutritional plants. She also supports policy development in traditional medicine, biodiversity utilization, and conservation both at national and international levels. Her…

Dr. Alice Nabatanzi, PhD

Short Biography Dr. Alice Nabatanzi founded NAPIANA (Natural Products Industry Advancement Network Africa). She also founded AMAF (Alice Mabira Foundation) to empower local communities to start home-based cottages for improved livelihoods. In February 2023, Alice won the BEST INNOVATOR AWARD…

Dr. Henry Kasumba, PhD

Short Biography I am currently a lecturer at the department of mathematics, Makerere University, Uganda and formerly a research scientist at the Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM) , which is part of the Austrian Academy of…

Dr. Patience Tugume, PhD

Short Biography I am a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Plant Sciences, Microbiology and Biotechnology and a 2023 Organisation for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) Early Career researcher. I hold a PhD in Botany, MSc. Botany…

Dr. David Ssevviiri, PhD

Short Biography David Ssevviiri is an Associate Professor of Mathematics. He specialises in Pure Mathematics, working in Algebra and Algebraic Geometry. He is interested in topics such as primeness and nilpotency in both ring theory and module theory, local cohomology,…

Dr. Alex Behakanira Tumwesigye, PhD

Short Biography Dr. Alex Behakanira Tumwesigye is a pure mathematician working on the boarder of algebra and analysis, with a keen focus on operator algebras. He has successfully supervised five postgraduate students to completion, including two PhD and three MSc…

Mr. Omara Timothy

Short Biography Timothy Omara is an Assistant Lecturer of Chemistry at Makerere University, Uganda. He has proven research assiduity and track record of publications and refereeing across international peer-reviewed journals, with research interests at the interface of food toxicology, analytical,…

Dr. Geoffrey Ismail Mirumbe, PhD

Short Biography Mirumbe Ismail has a teaching experience of over fifteen(15) years at the University and my research interests border between Algebra and Analysis (Real and functional Analysis) mainly around the solutions to ordinary differential equations with polynomial coefficients and…