M.Sc. Neema Mtenga


Neema worked in the Research Group
Applied Landscape Ecology and
Ecological Planning until Oct. 2026.

Tasks at the University/ department/ institute

PhD Student

  • Curriculum vitae

    Academic background  
    October 2021

    PhD student at the Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster
    2017-2019 NM-AIST M.Sc. Biodiversity and ecosystem Management
    2009-2012 Sokoine University B.Sc. Wildlife Management of Agriculture
    2007 -2009 Tarakea High School ACSEE
    2003 -2006 Karatu High school CSEE
    Working experience  
    2019-April 2020 Research assistant joint project between Nelson Mandela Institution of science and Technology and Sussex University
    May 2015-June 2016 Research Assistant at Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Iringa, Tanzania.
    January 2014 -August 2014 Human Wildlife Conflict Officer at Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI)
    February2013 -January 2014 Wildlife Officer at Kilombero Valley Ramsar Site (Wetland area)

     

  • Research/ Fields of Interest

    • Biological Invasion
    • Biological weed Management
    • Ecological modelling
    • Agricultural and Environmental sciences
    • Natural Resource Management
    • Climate change and Adaptation and Agri ecology
    • Biodiversity sciences
    • Molecular cell biology

     

     

  • Publications (last updated Oct. 2026)

    • Mtenga, N. C., T.K. Buttschardt (2026): Information access and perception shifts
    • influence community responses to invasive alien plant species management in Tanzania.  Discover Plants (2026) 3:315.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s44372-026-00791-x 
    • Mtenga, N. C., D.G. Mauki, T.K. Buttschardt (2026): Lessons from local community perspectives on ecosystem services and disservices of invasive alien plant species in Speke Gulf, Lake Victoria, Tanzania.  Discov Sustain 7, 520 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-026-02943-1
    • Mtenga, N.C, N.D. Kasongi, J.R.K. Lehmann, T.K. Buttschardt (2026): Modelling  potential habitat suitability of three invasive alien plant species under projected
      climate scenarios and land-use/land-cover change in the Lake Zone of Tanzania. One Ecosystem 11: e191980. doi: 10.3897/oneeco.11.e191980
    • Neema C Mtenga 2018 “Developing an eco-friendly and bio-management strategy against Parthenium hysterophorous (L.) in Arusha Tanzania” Dissertation submitted
    • Neema C Mtenga,Thadeo Mokiti, Patrick Ndakidemi and Ernest Mbega(2018) Carrot-weed: A noxious plant that threatens biodiversity in Africa.American journal of Plant Sciences, published.
    • Neema C Mtenga, Thadeo Mokiti, Patrick Ndakidemi and Ernest Mbega(2018) the suppressive effects of selected plants species for the management of Parthenium hysterophorus L. International journal of plant and Soil Science, published