Chadwick Bironga is an Assistant Research Scientist - Economist/Socio-Economist based at KMFRI’s Lake Turkana Station. He holds a Masters in Economics and a Bachelors of Economics and Statistics from the University of Nairobi.
Currently, he is a Research and Innovation Fellow 2021 at the University of Nairobi’s C4D Innovation Hub and a UNESCO GRO-FTP Fellow 2022.
Conferences and workshops
- Mikoko Project Initial Workshop: Conservation and resilience of Kenya’s mangrove forests held from 11th to 13th September, 2019 by the Embassy of France.
- Sixth International Interdisciplinary Conference (IIC6) held from 4th to 6th September 2019 at the University of Eldoret.
- Ninth Great Lakes of the World (GLOW9) Conference held from 5th to 7th August, 2019 in Kisumu, Kenya.
- Inland Water Monitoring and Ecosystem Management Workshop and Training held from 24th June to 1st July, 2019 at the Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI) Headquarters.
- Sustainable Blue Economy Conference held from 26th to 28th November, 2018 in Nairobi, Kenya.
- Lake Turkana National Parks Area Management Plan National Working Group workshop held from 27th to 29th November, 2017 in Nanyuki, Kenya by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS).
- ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chadwick-Bironga
- Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7715-7936
- OceanExpert: https://oceanexpert.org/expert/34259
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chadwick-bironga-b8388a52/
- BSc Economics and Statistics, University of Nairobi, Kenya
- Ongoing Masters of Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Committees and other Responsibilities
- He is a coordinator of Internal Seminars for the Directorate of Freshwater Systems
- He is a member of KMFRI’s HIV Infections and Non-Communicable Diseases Committee
- A Board Member for the Asante Africa Foundation, an organisation that seeks to educate and empower the next generation of change agents in Africa’s marginalized and underserved communities.
Projects
- Turkana County Fisheries, Aquaculture and Blue Economy Policy 2021
- Socio-economic Factors determining Goat Meat and Fish End-Market Trends in Kenya’s ASALs under the Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Project (KCSAP) 2021
- Mikoko Project: Conservation and resilience of Kenya’s mangrove forests 2019, a project by the Embassy of France and the French Research Institute for Development (IRD)
- The Lake Turkana National Parks Area Management Plan 2018 by the Kenya Wildlife Services
Short Courses and other Trainings
- Climate Governance, Diplomacy and Negotiations at the African Group of Negotiators Expert Support (AGNES) April – May, 2020
- Tsinghua University Global Summer School, 2020
- GIS Digital and Mobile Data Collection for Earth Observation in Monitoring the Environment offered by Makerere University, 2021
- Certification on Inland Water Monitoring and Ecosystem Management, East African Great Lakes and Urban Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2019
Conferences and workshops
- Maritime Investments and Trade Facilitation Workshop for Promotion of the Blue Economy in the Lake Turkana Basin, May 2021 by Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA)
- The African Research Network for Sustainable Marine Aquaculture (AFRIMAQUA) workshop towards sustainable marine aquaculture in Africa: the cases of Kenya, Tanzania, and Namibia in May 2021
- The Fourth Kenya Institute of Public Policy and Research Analysis (KIPPRA) Annual Regional Conference in June 2021
- National Consultations to strengthen Knowledge on Environmental Pressures across borders by the Marine Spatial Planning Roadmap in October 2020
- The First Eastern Africa Bioeconomy Conference in November 2020
- Sixth International Interdisciplinary Conference (IIC6) held from 4thto 6th September 2019 at the University of Eldoret.
- Ninth Great Lakes of the World (GLOW9) Conference held from 5thto 7th August, 2019 in Kisumu, Kenya.
- Inland Water Monitoring and Ecosystem Management Workshop and Training held from 24thJune to 1st July, 2019 at the Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI) Headquarters.
- Sustainable Blue Economy Conference held from 26thto 28th November, 2018 in Nairobi, Kenya.
- Lake Turkana National Parks Area Management Plan National Working Group workshop held from 27thto 29th November, 2017 in Nanyuki, Kenya by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS).
- Olilo, C.O., Obiero, M.O., Malala, J.O., Bironga, C.H., Muia, A.W., Shivoga, W.W., Onyando, J.O. Moturi, W.N.; and Amwata, D.A. (2022) The state of knowledge of the potential factors governing the fish ecology and fishery of Lake Turkana, Kenya. Scientific Journal of Environmental Sciences.
- Keyombe, J. L., Malala, J. O., Obiero, M. O., Olilo, C. O., & Bironga, C. H. (2021, June 18). Have Innovative Technologies Reduced Fish Post Harvest Losses in Lake Turkana? Case Study of the Polyethylene Solar Dryer. International Journal of Aquatic Science. (ISSN: 2008-8019)
- Bironga, C.H., Mulanda CA, Njiru J (2019) Ovarian Development of the Penaeid Shrimp Penaeus Indicus (Decapoda): A Case for the Indian Ocean Coastal Waters of Kilifi Creek, Kenya. Fish Aqua J 10: 262. doi:10.4172/2150-3508.10002