Irene is multipurpose in teaching and supervising Undergraduate and Postgraduate programmes, Natural and Social Sciences and Plant breeding Methods, Environmental Education and Communication Skills. Biological Sciences, Educational Studies, Water, Soil and Environmental Pollution Control studies, Environmental Cleanness, Health Ethics and Coast Zones Conflict Resolutions. Research Society Education, Environmental Studies Education and Communication skills, Pollution Control, Environmental Cleanness and conservation, Effects of toxic heavy metals and Health Ethics, Waste Management and Poverty Alleviation through Agricultural Productivity Improvement for Sustainable Development. Dealing with natural ways of waste water treatment methods using Constructed Wetlands for Re-use/Recycling in Aquaculture and Agriculture. Environmental and Food safety aspects from potentially toxic Heavy Metals and other pollutants in the environment. Healthy, Safety, Risks Management, Ethics and Motivation in order to improve productivity in the working environment.

1. DR. IRENE AURELIA TARIMO CURRICULUM VITAE
1 PROPOSED ACTION FOR
ADVANCEMENT FROM
LECTURER SINIOR LECTURER
Post Doctoral is reqiured
2 SURNAME
OTHER NAMES
EMAIL & MOBILE
PHYSICAL ADDRESS
Dr. Tarimo
Irene Aurelia (Female)
irene.tarimo@out.ac.tz; Phone: +255782410640/754497747
Box 23049, Open University of Tanzania, Dar.
3 DATE OF BIRTH 01 / 10 / 1964
4 NATIONALITY Tanzanian; Married.
5 EMPLOYER
POSITION OF EMPLOYMENT
The Open University of Tanzania (OUT)
Lecturer & Head of the Environmental Studies Department
6 WORKING LANGUAGE KISWAHILI & ENGLISH
7 EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL
ATTAINAMENT AND
EXPERIENCE
(i) OUT- B.Sc.ZOOLOGY & BOTANY WITH (Educ.), Honours Year 2003;
(iii) UDSM - M.Sc.(Env.Studies.), Year 2007;
(iv) OUT & DENMARK - PhD (Env. Poll. control & Modelling), Year 2013.
8 OTHER TRAINING  Seminar on Examinations Supervision, Managment and Quality
Control, November & December, 2021.
 Workshop on Capacity building in research innovations, Feb. 2021
 Workshop on OERs Activity Design in ODL, 22 January, 2019.
 Workshop on Gender Mainstreaming, 2018 at OUT.
 Training on Strategic Planning, 2017 at OUT.
 Workshop of Environmental Health & Safety at OUT ODL Tower
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania March, 2016.
 Training about MOODLE PLATFORM Elms 2015 at OUT.
 Short course on STELLA Software Ecological Modeling at Univ. of
Copenhagen, Denmark, 2012.
 Short course on TOEFL & PEST Software Ecological Modeling
Equations at Univ. of Montana, USA, 2011.
 ACDE-Research Proposal Writing at UDSM-CoET (Kijitonyama
Campus) 4th – 9th July, 2011.
 Workshop on the Review of WSPs, WTTPs and Constructed
Wetlands in Tanzania-Kilimanjaro, 2009.
 Workshop on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Lindi, 2009.
 Workshop on water resources in Developing Countries: Planning &
Management in a Climate Change Scenario –ICTP-Trieste, Italy.
 Seminar & Conference on Climate change, Pollution, Environmental
Management, Rift Systems, Volcanoes and Tsunami in Mbeya -
Tanzania 2005-2006.
 Web based training and got certification in “Consultancy as a
Professional Option” through InWent-Germany, 2005.
 On-line Course in pollution-issues, climate change, control and
monitoring through SANTREN Germany, 2004.
 On-line Course in water quality-monitoring and management
through SANTREN Germany, 2004.
 On-line Course in integrated groundwater management through
InWent –Germany Global Campus 21, 2004.

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MANAGERIAL SKILLS &
EXPERIENCES
Leading the Department of Environmental Studies from 2016 to
date 2021.
Lecturer and Head of the Department of Environmental Studies at
OUT to date 2021.
President of the Open Univ. of Tanzania Academic Staff (OUTASA)
2017 - 2018.
Member of the ASAPUCT= Association of the Academic Staff in
Public Universities and Colleges of Tanzania, 2017-2018.
Member of HRMC, SENATE & COUNCIL 2014 – 2018 at OUT.
Chairperson of the OUT Pension Fund Committee, years 2018 to
date 2021 at Open University of Tanzania.
Manager to the office of the Vice Chancellor, years 2015 - 2016 at
OUT Headquarters in Dar es Salaam.
Tanzania Higher Learning Trade Union (THTU) National Level
women representative 2015-2017.
Director Lindi Regional Centre 2008 – 2015 at the Open University.
Secretary of the Regional Academic Committee, years 2008 - 2015
in Lindi Region, Southern Tanzania.
Chairperson of the OUT Sub-Council years 2014 - 2015 in Southern
Zone of Tanzania.
Chairperson of the Matriculation Examinations team under Prof.
Mfinanga years 2005 - 2006 at University of Dar es Salaam.
Working in Government special duties and with the National
Examination Council of Tanzania (NECTA), years since 2000 -
2004 in Kilimanjaro and Dar es Salaam & Then 2019 to date 2021.
10 TEACHING AND SUPERVISION
 Teaching Environmental Education & Commnunications; water
resources Mgt. in Environemntal Studies Department as well Plant
Breeding in Life Science Departiment for the undergraduates.
 Supervising Research proposals & Reports writing in Postgradaute
Studies both Masters and PhDs.
 Teaching in Life Science Practicals on Animal and Plant Diversities.
11 RESEARCH AREAS
(i) Environmental Education&Communication skills.
(ii) Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
(iii) Pollution, Erosion control & Environmental degradation in general.
(iv) Waste Management and Recycling.
(v) Wastewater Treatment & Re-use / Recycling.
(vi) Biodeversity & Ecological Moddeling using computer programme.
(vii) Environmental Conflict resolutions, health and ethics,
(viii) Climate Change & Environmental Conservation.
(ix) Research in Blended Online, Open and Distance Learning (ODL).
SOME SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCES [THERE OTHERS PLUS SOME FROM EDUCATION]
(i) Heavy Metals Removal by Subsurface Flow, Constructed Wetland treating Effluent from Maturation Waste Stabilization Ponds (MWSPs) for
Reuse in Aquaculture and Agriculture (www.ijier.net).
(ii) Food safety aspects of potentially Toxic Heavy Metals after uptake and accumulation of Municipal Wastewater-fed Fish Tissues.
http://www.out.ac.tz
(iii) Heavy metal levels in Drinking Water: Mining Area vis-a-vis Unplanned Settlement in Tanzania (Published in HURIA journal page 70; July,
2011) http://www.out.ac.tz
(iv) Mathematically Modelling the re-use of the outlet from Horizontal Subsurface Flow, Constructed Wetland (HSSFCW) for Aquaculture and
Agriculture (with Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering, environmental@davidpublishing.org
(v) Modeling Nitrogen Transformation, Removal and Reuse in Integrated Wastewater Treatment Plant (IWTP)
Website: (http://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-63249-4.00025-7)
(vi) Advances in the Ecological Modelling and Ecological Engineering applied on Lakes and Wetlands Book Chapters: Modelling of Wastewater
Treatment in a system consisting of Waste Stabilization Ponds, Constructed Wetlands and Fish ponds in Tanzania (Chapter 23)
(Elsevier_S&T_Author_Connect@mail.elsevier.com).

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(vii) Municipal Wastewater Management: The use of Horizontal Subsurface Flow, Constructed Wetland (HSSFCW) to get treated water for
Reuse in Aquaculture and Agriculture (Publisher: Environmental Management Encyclopedia) in Taylor and Francis Inc., USA. Website:
(http://doi.org/10.1081/E.EEM-120051985)
(viii) Quality of reclaimed water and reared catfish-carp in aquaculture ponds receiving treated municipal wastewater and implications for
human health (Irene Aurelia Tarimo and Harieth Hellar-Kihampa). Website:www.elixirpublishers.com 2015.
(ix) Impacts of Tourism activities on the Environment with an Innovative model for Destinations to stay ahead of their competitors
(www.tourism-conf.out.ac.tz) 2016
(x) Climatic environmental factors affecting Sesame (Sesame indicumL) growth at Nachingwea District, Lindi Region, Tanzania
www.resjournals.org
(xi) Environmental Management Tool for Treatment of Wastewater and Re-use in Aquaculture and Agriculture: The use of Wetlands and other
Bio-systems in Treatment of Wastewater and Re-use/recycling. www.ajol.info/index.php/huria Journal, 2017.
(xi) The introduction of Biogas Technology (BT) to the Villages as one solution to Climate Change Threats (Not published).
(xii) Assessment of Indigenous Farmers’ Response to Climate Change effects at Mabogini Village in Moshi Rural-Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (Not
published)
(xiii) The use of wetlands for pollution control, water reserves and poverty alleviation in Nachingwea District, Lindi Region, Tanzania
(www.elixirpublishers.com).
(xiv) Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Enhancing Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century: Mobile Phones as Tools to boost
Teaching and Learning in Institutions.
(xv) Digital Era Technologies and Business management practices in Tanzania – Conference Proceedings.
(xvi) Removal of wastes and Re-use of Treated water from Maturation Waste Stabilization Ponds (MWSPs) (www.ajol.info/index.php/huria ).
Current Researches
(i) Assessment of Heavy metal contamination in Nyakanga Dam in Geita Region, Tanzania.
(ii) The role of indigenous knowledge system (IKS) on Adaptation to Climate change to small holder Farmers in Kilema Ward in Kilimanjaro
Region, Tanzania.
(iii) Artisanal Gold Miners’ Practices in Handling Mercury for Extraction of Gold at Mtakuja Ward in Geita Region, Tanzania.
(iv) Assessment of water well locations in relation to water quality at misugusugu ward in coast region, Tanzania.
(v) Teaching & Learning Methodologies in Open and Distance Learning:”TEACHING AND LEARNING IN ODL
BLENDED MODEL ENVIRONMENTS”
REFEREES
1. Prof. Deus D. Ngaruko, 2. Prof. Tozo Elifas Bisanda,
Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics), The Vice Chanclor,
The Open University of Tanzania, The Open University of Tanzania,
Box 23409 Dar es Salaam, Box 23409 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Office (Direct line): +255 22 2 668835
Mob: +255 716 178 227 and +255 764 378 575
Emails: deus.ngaruko@out.ac.tz or ngarukoddp@gmail.com
SIGNATURE & CERTIFICATION
I, the undersigned, certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief, this CV correctly describes myself, my qualifications, managerial skills and
experiences. I understand that any willful mis-statement described herein may lead to my disqualification or dismissal, if engaged.
Signature
07/12/2021