Dr. Wilson Jere is a holder of a PhD in Wildlife and Fisheries Science obtained from Pennsylvania State University (USA), a Master of Science in Aquaculture and Aquatic Resource Management from Asian Institute of Technology (Bangkok, Thailand) and a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture with distinction from University of Malawi. As an undergraduate student, Dr. Jere was the recipient of the Norsk Hydro Best Soil Science Student Award and National Bank of Malawi Best Student Achievement Award in the Faculty of Agriculture.

Dr. Jere is an Associate Professor in Fish Genetics in the Aquaculture and Fisheries Science Department. He is current Head of Department since September 2012. He is also the current Chairperson of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (FSTAP) in Malawi whose role is to enhance the coordination role of government, research and academic institutions, development projects, NGOs and private sector in the development of science based, demand driven fisheries management, governance and value chain knowledge and ensure this information is stored and widely disseminated in a user friendly format, targeting the “user community” and make recommendations to National Commission of Science and Technology.

Dr. Jere teaches the following courses: Fish Genetics, Fish Taxonomy and Systematics, Biometry and Computing, Design and Analysis of Experiments, Statistics for Natural Resource Managers and Quantitative Methods in Natural Resources. He has worked as a guest lecturer at the University of Namibia in Aquaculture and Biosystematics.

Dr. Jere's research interests are: fish morphometrics and shape analysis, use of fish species that are mollucivorous, larvivorous mosquitovorous or insectivorous as biological control of disease vectors; management and promotion of self-recruiting species in smallholder aquaculture farms; development of time series models for fisheries and use of Bayesian belief networks in aquaculture and fisheries management. Dr. Jere promotes the use of Microsoft Excel VBA for data management and R statistical software for statistical analysis among students and faculty.

1. Changadeya, W., H. Stima, D. Kassam, E. Kaunda and W. Jere. 2013. Genetic diversity and structure of potamodromous Opsaridium microlepis (Günther) populations in the inlet rivers of Lake Malawi. African Journal of Biotechnology 12: 6709 – 6717.
2. Singini, W., E. Kaunda, V. Katsulo and W. Jere. 2013. Wealth based fisheries management of chambo (Oreochromis spp) fish stock of Lake Malombe in Malawi. International Journal of Fisheries and Aquaculture 5: 270-277.
3. Lazaro, M. and W.W.L. Jere (2013). The status of the commercial chambo (Oreochromis species) fishery in Malawi: A time series approach. International Journal of Science and Technology 3: 322 – 327.
4. Singini, W., E. Kaunda, V. Katsulo, W. Jere and O. V. Msiska. 2012. Bioeconomic approach to rebuilding small haplochromine cichlids of Lake Malombe, Malawi. International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research 1: 10 – 15.
5. Kefi, A. S., H. Madsen, J. S. Likongwe, W. Jere and J. R. Stauffer. 2012. Prey selection under laboratory conditions by pond-bred Trematocranus placodon (Regan), a molluscivorous cichlid from Lake Malawi. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 27: 517 – 526.
6. Singini, W., E. Kaunda, V. Katsulo and W. Jere. 2012. Modelling and forecasting small haplochromine species (Kambuzi) production in Malawi – A stochastic model approach. International Journal of Scientific and Technology Research 1: 69 – 73.
7. Msuka, C. G., J. S. Likongwe, J. Kang’ombe, W. W. L. Jere and A. H. Mtethiwa. 2010. The effects of stocking density on survival, growth, feed utilization, condition factor, whole body composition, blood glucose and haematocrit in juvenile Tilapia rendalli. International Journal of Bioscience 5: 1 – 6.
8. Msuka, C. G., J. S. Likongwe, J. Kang’ombe, W. W. L. Jere and A. H. Mtethiwa. 2009. The effects of dietary protein and water temperature on performance of T. rendalli juveniles reared in indoor tanks. Pakistan Journal of Nutrition 8: 1526 – 1531.
9. Mtethiwa, A., A. Munyenyembe, W. Jere and E. Nyali. 2008. Efficiency of oxidation ponds in wastewater treatment. International Journal of Environmental Research.2: 149 – 152.
10. Kaunda, E. K. W., J. L. Anderson, J. Kang’ombe and W. W. L. Jere. 2007. Effect of clear plastic sheeting on water temperature and growth of Tilapia rendalli in earthen ponds. Aquaculture Research, 38, 1113-1116.