Dr.Daniel Sikawa is an Associate Professor in Aquatic Resources Management in the Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Science, Faculty of Natural Resources. He has special interest in Aquaculture Production Systems and has vast experience in integrated agriculture and aquaculture systems.

Has worked as Deputy Dean, Faculty of Environmental Science, from September, 2012 to August, 2014. He was Head of Department, Aquaculture and Fisheries Science Department, from 2007 to 2009. He begun his academic career in 1999 but before that he worked in the Ministry of Natural Resources, Department of Fisheries as Regional Fisheries Officer (Northern Region of Malawi)

Currently he is coordinating the following project; Concerted Fit-for-purpose PhD training in aquaculture and fisheries to improve food security and livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa, ACP-EU Co-operation Program in Higher Education (EDULINK II) Total project cost = EURO 588,000, Period 42 months from October 2013; Malawi Pilot Development Project, Agricultural Technology Transfer funded by DFID; Food Security, adequate care and environmental quality: development and testing of Eco-Health guidelines for community actions in the context of climate change. Funded by IDRC; and Malawi- Coastal Resource Management through Enhanced Stewardship, CIDA Scaling Up Project. The objective is to ensure environmental sustainability and its consequent positive impact on the populace of Malawi coastal communities through increased stewardship, funded by CIDA

He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 2010 in aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management, from the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand and a Master of Science degree in aquaculture from the same institution in 1993

1. Tadala Namalima, Austin H .N Mtethiwa, Daniel C. Sikawa, in Press. Compliance of effluent from sewage oxidation ponds to World Health Organization water quality standards for aquaculture production. Open journal of water pollution and treatment, 1-9.
2. Moyo VB, Changadeya W, Chiotha S, Sikawa D, 2016. Urinary schistosomiasis among preschool children in Malengachanzi, Nkhotakota District, Malawi: Prevalence and risk factors. Malawi Medical Journal, 28(1) http://www.mmj.medcol.mw/?p=3089
3. Haambiya L., Matiya G., Msukwa A., Kapute F., Sikawa D.,2015. Factors that influence effectiveness of local organizations in promoting community participation in artisanal fisheries management in Malawi. A case of Mbenji Island Fishery. Malawi Journal of Fish, 2 (1): 1-7.
4. Austin Mtethiwa, Gamba Nkwengulila, Jared Bakuza, Daniel Sikawa and Abigail Kazembe, 2015. Extent of morbidity associated with Schistosomiasis infection in Malawi. A review paper, Journal of Infectous Diseases of poverty, 4(25):1-8.
5. Ssenfuma R, Kassam D, Gondwe T N, Mtethiwa A H and Sikawa D., 2015. The interactive effect of water temperature and salinity on yolk absorption rate, growth and larval survival of African catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822). Malawi Journal of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Development Studies: 1(1): 31- 35
6. Nsonga A., Mtifilodze W., Samui K., Sikawa D., 2013. Epidemiology of Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome in the Zambezi river system. A cse study for Zambia. Human and Veterinary Medicine, International Journal of the Bioflux Society, 5(1):1-8.
S senfuma R., Kassam D., Gondwe T.N., Mtethiwa A. H. and Sikawa D., 2011. Combined effect of water temperature and salinity on egg incubation period, hatching period and egg hatchability in African catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822). Malawi Journal of Aqauculture and Fisheries, 1(2):23-31.