Dr. Kelvin Mtei is an associate professor of Agro-environment holding a PhD in agricultural sciences with vast experience in research and academics for about twenty years. He has been delivering lectures in various public universities both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.  His research endeavors focus on application of science and technology in a social-ecological context with a focus on Sustainable farming systems; Remediation of degraded land; Agricultural Water Management and re-use. He has received several research grants through which he has produced more than 100 publications in peer review journals, conference proceedings and books.

• Managing Agro-ecosystems
• Environmental pollution;
• Sustainability in agriculture,;
• Soil health and sustainable farming systems;
• Irrigation Agronomy.

Member of:

• Soil Science Society of East Africa
• Germany Scientific Association dedicated to Agriculture and Ecosystem Research (ATSAF)
• Tanzania Soil Health Consortium (part of the Africa Soil Health Consortium)
• Crop Science Association of Tanzania (CROSAT)
• Agronomy Society of Tanzania
• Editor; Scientific African (ScAf)
• Reviewer of: MDPI, ELSEVIER, Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, , HortScience, International Letters of Natural Science,), African journal of food, agriculture, nutrition and development; Tanzania Journal of Agricultural Sciences and Tanzania Journal of Science).

•  2002-2005- Sida SAREC Award for MSc studies at the University of Dar es salaam
• 2008-2011- KAAD Award for PhD studies at the University of Bonn, German,
• 2015-2017– EU Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) Program ID 644320- Research fellow in EU universities (Ghent-Belgium, Zaragoza-Spain, and Plymouth and Liverpool in the UK
• 2015 - 2016 – McKnight’s Collaborative Crop Research Program (CCRP). Building Research Leadership and Management at the Institute for Peoples Innovation and Change in Organizations-Eastern Africa (PICO-EA) in Nairobi, Addis-Ababa and Arusha.
• June-July 2015 – Australia Awards Fellowships: Promoting the nexus between modern and African traditional agricultural production systems; remote sensing and plot-specific farming systems to build governments’ capacity to meet food security
• August 2014 – SIDA, Swedish University of Life Sciences (SLU), Training on Supervision in postgraduate research Kampala, Uganda
• September 2013 – IPRI-Africa; Management of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) at Kampala Uganda
• April 23rd – May 4th, 2012- World Bank through Science and Technology Higher Education Project (STHEP)-Professional training on advanced civil works at the Eastern and Southern African Management Institute, Mombasa, Kenya.

 Current Projects (Grants): ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6792-3083

• NERC-UKRI- Enhancing Climate Resilience in Eastern Africa by co-developing equitable solutions to land degradation and supporting their implementation: 2024-2027 ( 750 GBP).
• Sida-Sweden-East Afriica Forum for University (SWEAFUN) Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) Surveys in East Africa. 2023
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)- Chief Scientific investigator for the Coordinated Research Project Transfer of radionuclides in arid and semi-arid environments for radiological Environmental impacts-“investigation of the radionuclide transfer from soil to selected plants in semi-arid environment in Bahi and Manyoni, Central Tanzania”-2021-2026 (Euro 40K)
• EU Horizon 2020 REA-B2 project No.862848: Co-PI in the Project EWA-BELT “Linking East and West African farming systems experience into a BELT of sustainable intensification-; 2020-2024 (EURO 7.5 M)- https://www.ewabelt.eu/

1. Bayuo, J., Rwiza, M.J., Mtei, K.M., Choi, J.W. (2024). Adsorptive Removal of Heavy Metals from Wastewater Using Low-Cost Adsorbents Derived from Agro-based Materials. In: Kumar, N. (eds) Heavy Metal Remediation. Earth and Environmental Sciences Library. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53688-5_11
2. Dennis A. Mwalongo , Nils H. Haneklaus , Jacob B. Lisuma , Nelson Mpumi , Aloyce I. Amasi, Jerome M. Mwimanzi, Furaha M. Chuma, Thomas T. Kivevele and Kelvin M. Mtei (2024). Uranium Dissemination with Phosphate Fertilizers Globally: A Systematic Review with Focus on East Africa. Sustainability 16, 1496. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16041496
3. Joseph Kalonga, Kelvin Mtei, Boniface Massawe, Anthony Kimaro, Leigh Ann Winowiecki (2024). Characterization of soil health and nutrient content status across the North-East Maasai Landscape, Arusha Tanzania.  Environmental Challenges 14 100847  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2024.100847
4. Meya AI, Swennen R, Ndakidemi PA, Mtei KM and Merckx R (2023) Maize stover transfers from maize fields to banana-based agroforestry homegardens and the corresponding nutrient flows in central-northern Tanzania. Front. For. Glob. Change 6:1131328. doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2023.1131328

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• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

 1. PARTICIPATION IN EXTRA-CURRICULAR AFFAIRS & LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

• Dean, School of Materials, Energy Water and Environmental Sciences- August 2022 to date
• Dean, school of Business School and Humanities - April 2019- August2022
• Member, the NM-AIST SENATE – 2019 to date
• Member Quality Assurance Committee of the Council – 2019 to date
• Member, Resource Mobilization Committee of the Council – 2019 to date
• Member, Appointment and Human Resource Committee of the Council - – 2019 to date
• Member, Deans Committee of the NM-AIST - – 2019 to date
• Member, board of directors, FLORESTA- TZ a community based organization – 2015 to 2020
• Chairperson, development of postgraduate regulations for research based universities

2.COLLABORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS

• University of KU Leuven: Profs. Ronny Swenen, Roel Merckx, Jan Diels
• University of Plymouth: Prof. William Blake
• University of Sussex: Dr. Anna Robinovich
• University of Sassari: Prof. Giovanna Seddaiu
• University of Cranfield; Prof Jane Rickson, Prof Anil Graves
• University of Greenwich: Profs. Steven Belmain, Phil Stevenson, Tim Chancellor and Marco Perez
• University of Danube Krems/ IAEA: Dr. Nils Haneklaus
• University of Bonn; PD. Dr. Constanze Leemhuis, Professor Mthias Becker
• University of Rhine-Waal; Prof. Florian Wichern
• University of Hamburg and Kinshasa: Prof. Celestine Mudogo
• University of University of Buea: Prof Fidele Ntie Khang
• University of Eldoret; Prof Linet Gohole
• University of Nairobi: Prof. Sheila Okoth, Professor Catherine Kunangwa
• University of Jimma; Prof. Amsalu Nebiyu
• University of Dar es salaam; college of Natural Sciences
• Sokoine University of Agriculture; College of agriculture
• University of Dodoma