ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Christopher Imakando obtained his BSc with Education (major biology, minor chemistry) from the University of Zambia in 2010 before joining the Copperbelt University as a staff development fellow the following year. He was confirmed as a lecturer in 2014 after obtaining a MSc in Ecology – co-sponsored by the Copperbelt University, Harrison Institute and Prince of Songkla University – from the Prince of Songkla University in Thailand. In his MSc he researched on the phylogeography of rodents in Tarutao National Park. He was then awarded the prestigious Commonwealth Scholarship to study his PhD at the University of Greenwich, NRI, in 2017. His PhD focuses on understanding the implications of habitat fragmentation on small mammal diversity, rodent pest regulation and ecologically based management strategies. His overall research interest is in understanding the conservation, ecology, and taxonomy of small mammals. He has special interest in understanding rodents as pest and zoonotic species.

PUBLICATIONS

• Phiri D, Imakando C, et al (2015) Focusing on the future of Pterocarpus chrysothrix (Mukula) in Zambia: A brief review of Its ecology, distribution, and current threats. International Journal of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 2015; 3(6): 218-221
• Imakando, C, et al (2015) Diversity and Distribution of Murid Rodents on Five Islands in Tarutao National Park – a biogeographic perspective. KKU Research Journal (Graduate studies), Vol. 14. 2, April-June
• Phiri D, Zulu D, Lwali C and Imakando C (2015) Using edible tubers, root and bulbs as drivers of community based natural resource management in Zambia. International Journal of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 2015; 3(5): 175-181
• Imakando C, I (2014) The Phylogeography of Murid Rodents from Tarutao National Park, Satun Province, Southern Thailand. A thesis submitted for an MSc in Ecology, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand (online: http://kb.psu.ac.th/psukb/bitstream/2010/9598/1/381804.pdf)