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STAFF LISTING AND PROFILES OF HEADS

Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences



 Geography.

Dr.P.Tengbeh.

 

Senior Lecturer and                   Paul B. Tengbeh

Head of Department                  B.A., M.Sc, PhD (Ife)

 

                                                Reynold G. Johnson

                                                M.Sc, Ph.D (Odessa)

 

                                                Frederick Konteh       

                                                B.A. Hons, M.A. (USL)

 

                                                Uzebba C. Angus-Olaghere

                                                B.A. Hons, M.A. (USL)

                                               

                                                Vandy M.A. Lamin (On leave of absence)

                                                B.A., M.A. (Hague)

 

                                                Jinnah S. Momoh (On study leave)

                                                B.Sc, M.Phil (Cantab)

 

Research Interests: Transport Network Development; Urban Transport; Planning and Development of Ports and Flow of Traffic (Dr. Paul Tengbeh)

 

                        Coastal and Marine Environmental Studies; Water Resources Management; Environmental Health Studies (Dr. Reynold G. Johnson)

 

                        Environmental Problems and Urban Household Studies (Mr. Frederick Konteh)

 

                        Sustainable Development; production system and Environmental Management (Miss Uzebba Angus-Olaghere)

 


Botany.

Dr.A.Karim. (Head of Dept.)

B.Sc. Hons Botany Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone
M.Sc Botany F.B.C., U.S.L
D.Phil Agroforestry Green College, Oxford University

Research interests:
Agroforestry Systems and Practices
Environmental Concerns in Africa
Biodiversity in Tropical Ecosystems
Part time staff of Njala University College
Member of various National and International Professional Bodies and societies.
Over 30 publications as articles in journals, conference papers, etc.

                                   

Senior Lecturer and Acting            A.B. Karim

Head of Department                      B.Sc Hons (USL), M.Sc, D.Phil (Oxon)

 

Lecturers                                      M. Idriss (On Study Leave)

                                                    B.Sc, M.Sc (Edinburgh)                                         

 

Temporary Teaching                       Ebenezer Belford

Assistants                                        B.Sc Hons (USL)

 

                                                        Marian Sam

                                                        B.Sc (USL)

                                                        Sheku Kamara

                                                        B.Sc (USL)

 

Zoology.

 

Associate Professor and             Hector G. Morgan

Head of Department                  PhD

 

Research/Teaching                  Lawrence Landi Bassie

Assistant                                   B.Sc Hons (USL), M.Phil (Ghana)

 

Temporary Teaching                       Arnold Okoni-Williams

Assistant                                   B.Sc Hons (USL)

 

Research Interests:                     Ecotoxicology/Malariology (Dr. Hector Morgan)

                                               

                                                Biology of the Spiral White Fly (Mr. Lawrence Bassie)

 

                        Bird Life International Project on the Conservation of Important Bird Areas in Sierra Leone (Mr. Arnold Okoni-Williams)

 


Chemistry.

Dr.N.Pratt. (Head of Dept.)

B.SC. (Dunelm)
M.Sc (University of Sierra Leone)
Ph.D. (Strathclyde University, Glasglow)
Areas of Specialisation
Analytical Chemistry, (Absorption from solution)
Coordination Compounds, (Inorganic/organometalics)
Surface Chemistry
Current Research Interest
Human Nutrition-analytical studies of Sierra Leonean foodstuffs/diet (root and tuber crops, especially cassava, leafy vegetables and fermented foods) and environmental Pollution. 

Senior Lecturer and Head            Nana C. Pratt

of Department                          B.Sc Hons (Dunelm), M.Sc, PhD (Strathclyde)

 

Senior Lecturers                      Dalton F. Faulkner

                                                B.Sc (Dunelm), M.Sc (Georgetown), PhD (Strathclyde), MRSC, C. Chem.

 

                                                Thomas B.R. Yormah

                                                B.Sc Hons (USL), M.Sc, PhD (Birm)

                                               

                                                M.K. Kormoh

                                                B.Sc, M.Sc, PhD (London)

 

 

                                                Alpha T. Wurie (On leave of absence)

                                                B.Sc, PhD (Brunel)

 

Lecturers                                  M.E.S. Koker

                                                B.Sc, M.S. (S. Florida), PhD (Illinois)

 

                                                Pascal O. Egbenda

                                                B.Sc Hons, M.Sc

 

                                                R.A.B. Frazer Williams

                                                B.Sc Hons,  M.Eng., M.Sc

 

Research Interests: Human Nutrition - analytical studies of Sierra Leone foodstuffs/diet (root and tuber crops, especially cassava (Manihot esculenta), leafy vegetables and fermented foods; Environmental Pollution (Dr. N.C. Pratt)

 

                        Medicinal Plants; Levels of organochlorines in plant and fishes; Quality of foods, drinks and drugs (Dr. Dalton Faulkner)

 

                        Soil Physical Fertility Studies; Soil-based Environmental Studies (Dr. T.B.R. Yormah)

 

                                                Food and Nutrition Studies (Dr. M.K. Kormoh)

 

                        Natural Products; Enzyme Chemistry; Spectroscopic Methods (Dr. M.E.S. Koker)

 

Improving Soil Fertility using local materials; Fermentation of local cereals (Mr. P.O. Egbenda)

 

                        Food and Nutrition Studies, Heavy metals in the environment; Water quality studies (Mr. R. Frazer-Williams)

 

Physics.

 

Prof.V.Godwin. (Head of Dept.)

 BSc.(Dunelm)
M.Sc. (Oregon State)
Ph.D. (Missouri)
FRC(USL)
Associate Professor of Physics.
 

Associate Professor and            Vidal E. Godwin

Head of Department                 B.Sc (Dunelm), M.S. (Oregon State), PhD (Missouri), F.R.C. (USL)

 

Lecturers                                  K.B. Okeoma

                                                B.Sc (Jos), M.Sc (Portharcourt)

 

                                                A.O. Osunmakinde

                                                B.Sc, M.Sc, (Jos)

 

                                                S.G. Urmar

                                                B.Sc, M.Sc (UNIJOS)

 

Research Interests: Condensed Matter - Heterastructures and Superlattices; Group Theory; Cosmology and Geophysics (Dr. Vidal Godwin)

 

                        Electromagnetic Theory; Noise pollution, Optoelectronics, Investigation of Dilicon Carbide as an Optoelectronic Material (Mr. K.B. Okeoma)

 

Seismic prospecting techniques, analysis, and interpretations (Mr. A.O. Osunmakinde)

 

Mathematics.

 

Dr.Bockarie. (Head of Dept.)

B.Sc University of Sierra Leone
M.Sc
Ph.D Michigan State University
Has published papers in International journals
Co-authored  (with O.A.Sankoh) the book 'Statistics Without Fear' Book one. The book two by the same authors is in print.
Also several pamphlets  in Algebra and Statistics.
1984-date;Senior Lecturer, University of Sierra Leone
Visiting Scholar to Universities including Michigan State University and University of Maryland at College Park.
Fellow of the Africa America Institute
Member of Senate and University Court. (USL)
Head of Mathematics Departments of both Fourah Bay College and Njala University College. 

Senior Lecturer and Head             Alex Bockarie

of Department                          B.Sc Ed., M.Sc, PhD (Mich. State)

 

Senior Teaching Fellow              J.E.M. Taylor-Pearce

                                                B.A. Dip.Ed (Dunelm) M.A., PhD (Alberta)

 

Lecturers                                  J.A.L. Kamara

                                                B.Sc, M.Sc (Stockholm), PhD (London)

 

                                                Augustus Jones

                                                M.Sc (Moscow)

 

Instructor                                  Momodu S.C. Kamara

                                                M.Sc

 

 

Geology.

Dr.D.Fode.(Head of Dept.)

 

Professor                                  Victor E.H. Strasser-King

                                                B.Sc (Dunelm), PhD (Manchester), Dip. in Remote Sensing (Azabaijan), C.Eng, C.Geol, M.Inst.MM, FGS, FRC

 

Senior Lecturer and                   Daniel V.A. Fode

Head of Department                  B.Sc, M.Sc (USL), Doc. en. Sciences (Louvain)

 

Lecturers                                  Richard S.A. Latiff

                                                B.Sc Hons (USL), Dip.(ITC), Ph.D (Southampton)

                                                Mustapha O. Thomas

                                                B.Sc Hons (USL), M.Sc (E. Anglia)

 

                                                Egerton D.C. Hingston

                                                B.Sc Hons (USL), M.Sc (Natal)

 

Temporary Teaching                       Kelvin Anderson

Assistants                                 B.Sc Hons (USL)

 

                                                Henry Deen

                                                B.Sc Hons (USL)

 

Research Interests: Petrology of basic igneous rocks;  Freetown Layered Complex; Nature and genesis of platinum mineralisation; Economic mineral deposits of Sierra Leone; Diamonds and diamond bearing rocks; Higher Education Management (Professor Victor Strasser-King)

 

                        Gold mineralisation in Archaean Greenstone Belts of Sierra Leone, Structural Controls and geochemistry; Ore potential of laterites - Mineralogical, chemical and textural controls; Environmental Impact Studies (Dr. Daniel Fode)

 

                        Gold mineralisation in Archean Greenstone  Belts of Sierra Leone, Structural Controls and geochemistry; Deformation styles in Archaean Greenstone Belts in Sierra Leone and Liberia (Dr. Richard Latiff)

 

                        Ground water potential and Utilisation in Sierra Leone; Environmental Impact Studies (Mr. Mustapha Thomas)

 

                        Urban Geology in town planning and land utilisation (Mr. Egerton Hingston)

 

Consultancy Services: The Department offers consulting services to Government Agencies and Private Entrepreneurs in the following areas:

 

                                                Geological and Structural Mapping

                                                Design and implementation of mineral exploration programmes

                        Environmental Impact Assessment

                                                Water Quality Assessment and Engineering Foundation Studies

 

 

Institute of Marine Biology and Oceanography.

Dr.E.Ndomahina. (Director)

B.Sc Hons Zoology F.B.C. U.S.L
M.Sc Marine Biology and Ecology (Wales, U.K)
Ph.D Fisheries Sciences and Oceanography (Kiel, Germany)

Senior Lecturer Marine Biology, I.M.B.O. (U.S.L)
Research Projects and Consultancies:
Consultant to several fishing companies
Consultant on pollution (World Bank UNDP)
Research into Pelagic and Demersal fish species of the coast of sierra Leone
National Consultant; Floating Aquatic Fish Project (ECOWAS)
Member of National Agricultural Research Council.
Several publications in Fisheries, Pollution and Hydrobiology.

Senior Research Fellow                  Ernest T. Ndomahina

and Acting Director                        B.Sc, M.Sc (Wales), PhD (Kiel),

 

Senior Research Fellow            Raymond G. Johnson

                                                M.Sc, PhD (Odessa)

 

Lecturer                                   Andrew C.M. Baio

                                                B.Sc, (USL), Dip and M.Phil (Norway)

 

Research/Teaching                  Salieu K. Sankoh

Assistant                                   B.Sc Hons (USL),                           

 

Teaching Assistant                       Paul T. Yillia

                                                B.Sc Hons (USL)

 

Research Interests: Fish Discards from the Trawl Fishery of Sierra Leone; The Food and Feeding Inter-relationship of Demersal Species of Sierra Leone; The Biology and Economics of the Blue Crab Callinectes sp.; Biology of Four (4) clupeids obtained from the Artisanal Fisheries of Sierra Leone; Morphometric studies on some demersal fish species of Sierra Leone (Dr. Ernest Ndomahina)

 

                        Environmental Effects of Port Extension Activities - Freetown (a case study); Inland Water Transport Development in Sierra Leone (Dr. Raymond Johnson)

 

                        Fish Discards from the Trawl Fishery of Sierra Leone; Bio economic analysis of the Shrimp Fishery in Sierra Leone; Acceptability of Territorial Use rights in Artisanal Fisheries of Sierra Leone; Fisheries Science and Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Fisheries Disparity and Similarities (Mr. Andrew Baio)

 

                        Investigation of organo-chlorine levels in four commercially exploited fish species in Sierra Leone;  Effects of Dumping Solid Waste at the Granville Brook on the Ecology of Cline by Sierra Leone River Estuary (Mr. Salieu Sankoh)

 

Fish Discards from the Trawl Fishery of Sierra Leone; The Food and Feeding Inter-relationship of Demersal Species of Sierra Leone; The Biology and Economics of the Blue Crab Callinectes sp.; Biology of Four (4) clupeids obtained from the Artisanal Fisheries of Sierra Leone (Mr. Paul Yillia)

 

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