Brief profile for Dr Marcellin Rutegwa

Dr Marcellin Rutegwa

Academic rank: Lecturer

Position: Head of Research

Email: idaruteg@gmail.com

Telephone: +250788356696

College: College of Education(CE)

School/centre: African Centre of Excellence for Innovative Teaching and Learning Mathematics and Science (ACEITLMS)

Brief profile: 

Dr Marcellin Rutegwa holds a PhD degree in Fisheries and Protection of Waters issued by the University of South Bohemia (USB), Czech Republic, a Master of Science in Environmental Sciences (Specialization in Limnology and Wetland Management) issued by the former UNESCO-IHE, The Netherlands in conjunction with the Austrian Academy of Sciences and a Bachelor of Science with Education (Specialization in Biology-Geography-Education) obtained from the former Kigali Institute of Education which became the College of Education (UR-CE). Currently, he is a Lecturer of Biology at the University of Rwanda-College of Education (UR-CE) in the department of Mathematics, Science and Physical Education (MSPE) and the Head of Research in the African Centre of Excellence for Innovative Teaching and Learning Mathematics and Science (ACEITLMS) based in the UR-CE. His research interest is organic matter dynamics in aquatic ecosystems (lentic and wetlands), sustainable aquaculture and quality of teaching and learning Biology. His PhD project was supervised by Dr Bořek Drozd, PhD from the Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters (FFPW) of USB and Assoc. Prof. Josef Hejzlar from the Institute of Hydrobiology of the Czech Academy of Science (CAS). He also visited Prof. Gabriel A. Singer at Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB-Berlin-Germany), and the research Group of Prof. David Batsviken at the University of Linköping (Sweden).

Research Area: 

Freshwater Ecology & Biology Education