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Paul Matovu

Paul Matovu

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Paul is an academic,  a passionate nature conservationist, a field, and lab Biologist with an undergraduate back ground in Botany & Zoology, and graduate training in Botany. His areas of interest include Botany, Ethnobotany, Ecology, and Conservation Biology. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Botany with a bias in Systematic Botany & Spatial Phylogenetics at Makerere University, with specialised training and research funding from the University of Oslo, Norway.

  1. MSc. Botany, Mak (August 2018 – February 2022). Research title: Molecular Phylogeny, Taxonomy, and distribution of  Chlorophytum Ker-Gawl. (Asparagaceae) in Uganda. (https://makir.mak.ac.ug/handle/10570/9971)
  2. MSc. on exchange (1. Biogeography & Biodiversity; 2. Systematics of Organismal groups: The Plant Kingdom), University of Oslo, Norway. (January – June 2020).
  3. BSc. (Botany & Zoology), 1st Class Honours, Mak. (August 2013 – May 2017).
  4. Diploma in Education, Secondary, Kyambogo University. (Sept 2008 – June 2010)
  1. Ssenku, j., Okurut, S., Namulu, A., Kudamba, A., Tugume, P.,  Matovu, P., Wasige., G. Kafeero., H. & Walusansa, A. (2022). Medicinal plant use, conservation, and the associated traditional knowledge in rural communities in Eastern Uganda. Tropical Medicine and Health, (50) 39.https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-022-00428-1
  2. Nyakoojo, C., Kabiswa, W., Najjuma, E., Matovu, P., Ochaya, H. (2024). Potential of Heavy Metals and Microplastics Contamination of River Mpanga, Fort Portal; Kabarole District, Uganda. Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, (23) 3. https://doi.org/10.46488/NEPT.2024.v23i03.024
  3. Matovu, P., Chimal-Ballesteros, J.A, Namaganda, M., Nordal, I., Bjorå, C.S. (2025).Chlorophytum (Asparagaceae) of Uganda—a molecular phylogenetic approach and the resurrection of Chlorophytum elgonense Bullock. Phytotaxa. Vol. 701, No. 1: 13 May 2025. Magnolia press. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.701.1

Worked as a field Botanist on the following selected projects.

  1. Invasive species surveys in selected protected areas of Uganda (December 2023-February 2024): Uganda Wildlife Authority
  2. Vegetation surveys in selected wetlands of Ntungamo district (March, 2024): Nature Uganda
  3. Vegetation surveys for Busega-Mpigi-Masaka Express High way ESIA (July, 2023): BIMCO
  4. Flora Ecologist for the EACOP MCPY02 and Access Roads in Mubende district (Feb, 2023): Proess Uganda C/o Total Energies.
  5. Vegetation surveys for ESIA of the Construction of new training facilities and selected technical colleges within Uganda (July, 2023): Ministry of Education and Sports.
  6. Ecological Restoration Project in the Tilenga ECOP project (2022): Ecotrends C/o Total Energies Uganda