Mapendo MINDJE

A teaching staff at the University of Rwanda. He completed a joint Masters's studies; MSc. Biodiversity Conservation and Natural Resources Management (University of Rwanda) and MSc. BioGeosciences (University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany), this latter under the auspices of Erasmus+ scholarship. At the CoEB, Mapendo is the team leader for the Biodiversity data management team with tasks to mobilize, manage, and publish biodiversity information to avail this to the country.
Mapendo is a trained young scientist in the field of Herpetology where his research interest falls. He works on the Bioacoustic assessment of Anurans (Frogs and Toads) in Rwanda. Currently, Mapendo is part of the core technical team for Rwanda's Wetlands Ecological Integrity Assessment Project, under the Albertine Rift Conservation Society. At the University of Rwanda, Mapendo assists in Teaching Biodiversity conservation, Ecology, Forest Landscape restoration, Forest ecology, and Wildlife Management for undergraduate students.

EDUCATION

Master's in Biodiversity Conservation and Natural Resources Management and Master's in BioGeosciences

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Ecology, Herpetology (Batrachology) and wetland ecosystem management

RESEARCH OUTPUTS (PATENTS, SOFTWARE, PUBLICATIONS, PRODUCTS)

2020

(1) Carolyn M. Porta, Robert Kibuuka, Innocent B. Rwego, Thierry Nyatanyi, Mapendo Mindje, Benjamin Ndayambaje, Besufekad Alemu. (2020). Global One Health Case Competition: Building Capacity for Addressing Infectious Threats. International Journal of Higher Education. 9 (3) p262: ISSN 1927-6044 (Print) ISSN 1927-6052. DOI:

(2). Mindje. M., Tumushimire L., Sinsch U. (2020). Diversity assessment of anurans in the Mugesera wetland (eastern Rwanda): impact of habitat disturbance and partial recovery. Salamandra. 56 (1) 27-38. ISSN 0036–3375.

(3) Tumushimire L., Mindje. M., Sinsch U. (2020). The anuran diversity of cultivated wetlands in Rwanda: melting pot of generalists: Salamandra. 56 (2) 99-112. ISSN 0036–3375.

2019

(1) Mind'je, R., Li, L., Amanambu, A. C., Nahayo, L., Nsengiyumva, J. B., Gasirabo, A., & Mindje, M. (2019). Flood susceptibility modeling and hazard perception in Rwanda. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 38, 101211.

(2) Mindje M., Tumushimire L., (2019). Bioacoustic Identification of Anuran Diversity in the Gitarama and Mugesera Wetlands of Rwanda. African Conservation Telegraph, A society for conservation Biology. Vol. 14, Issue 1. Available at .