I have worked at Makerere University since 2000. I started as a Teaching Assistant and grew through the ranks via Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor. Since 2017, I am an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Makerere University. I hold BSc. Civil Engineering and MSc. from Makerere University; a Licentiate of Philosophy and PhD in Environmental Technology from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden. I conduct research, teach and undertake consultancy in Civil and Environmental Engineering.
I have extensive knowledge and experience in development of innovative practices in sanitation improvement (from Engineering, social marketing to financing); solid waste management with emphasis on recycling and re-use e.g. composting, biogas, grey water treatment and use, application of faecal sludge in industrial kilns and boilers, design of faecal sludge treatment plants etc. I have 100+ publications in peer reviewed journals, conference proceedings, book chapters, policy briefs etc.
I have experience environmental impact assessments of projects in the water and sanitation sector, hydropower dams, port infrastructure, roads and faecal sludge management.