Mr Joseph Mphande

I am currently a PhD student at the University of Stirling in the UK under the sponsorships of commonwealth scholarship. I recently earned a MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture with merit from the University of Stirling in the UK and another MSc in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science from Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources in Malawi and a BSc in aquaculture and Fisheries Copperbelt University (CBU) in Zambia. I serve as a Fisheries officer in the Department of Fisheries within the ministry of Fisheries and livestock.

My research interests span various fields of aquaculture and fisheries, including fish health and welfare management, fish anaesthetics, aquaculture production, ecological and production carrying capacity modelling, climate change, agriculture production, and aquatic ecotoxicology.