Congo

2008 EPP fellow in Surface Waters Research and Management, Prof. Alfred Wüest

Fabrice Muvundja Amisi
July - October, 2008
MSc student at Makerere University, Zoology Department/Fisheries, Uganda

The aim of my fellowship at Kastanienbaum was to get first-hand training on how to write a scientific paper by using the data collected under our project: “the nutrient cycling and methane production in Lake Kivu”. During my stay at Eawag I was able to produce a paper under the supervision of Prof. Wüest and in close collaboration with many other team members. It is now ready to be submitted to an international journal for publication under the title: “Balancing Nutrient Inputs to Lake Kivu”.

I practised how to structure the literature review, to describe the methods and materials, present and discuss the results in a comprehensive and structured manner. Several commentaries during seminars also helped me to improve the discussion of the results.

This training has helped me for my future work to enhance my performance in my scientific career. No major problem was encountered throughout the work period.

Papers published:

Muvundja, A. F., Pasche, N., Namugize, J-N., Rinta, P., Isumbisho, M., Schmid, M., Müller, B., Bugenyi, F.W.B and Wüest, A. Balancing Nutrient Inputs to Lake Kivu [pdf]