Email: bnkakooza@mun.ca

Supervisor:
Dr. Max Liboiron
Elizabeth L. Pijogge (Research Lead Partner, Northern Contaminants Research)

Partner on Research Project:
Dr. Tanya Brown (Simon Fraser University)

Previous Education:
Master of Science in Environment and Natural Resources Management - specialized in Pollution and Waste Management from Makerere University. 2022. Thesis Title: An assessment of the occurrence, abundance and characteristics of microplastics in Nakivubo Channel and the Murchison Bay of Lake Victoria, Kampala, Uganda.

Bachelor of Arts with Education (Geography major) Makerere University. 2017. Thesis Title: An assessment of runoff processes and their socio-economic implications to livelihoods in Kabale District, South Western Uganda.

Research Project Description:
Potential relationship between feeding ecology and plastic ingestion in natset (Ringed seals, Pusa hispida) in Tessiartosoak (Upper Lake Melville) and Groswater Bay, Nunatsiavut, Labrador, Canada. 

Research Groups:
Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (CLEAR)

Research Interests:
Plastics and Waste Management
Fisheries Science
Green Chemistry
General Laboratory Skills
Microplastics Characterization and Environmental Conservation

Scholarships:
Canadian Ecotoxicity Workshop (CEW) Student Attendance Grant – CAD $450.00
Summer Soil Institute, Colorado State University, USA - USD $2,250.00