Dr. Patrick Ssebugere, PhD

ssebugerep@gmail.com / patrick.ssebugere@mak.ac.ug

+256 782 307 233 /

Senior Lecturer

Research Interest

Environmental chemistry and toxicology, development and validation of analytical techniques, food safety and risk assessment, nanotechnology in wastewater treatment and green energy technologies

Biography

Patrick Ssebugere is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at Makerere University in Uganda (East Africa). He received his Dr Sc in Green Chemical Technology from Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland in 2015. In 2019, he undertook postdoctoral studies at Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health in Germany. In 2022, he was awarded a Georg Forster Research Fellowship, and he spent 12 months at Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ in Germany. Since 2022, he is Chairperson of the Technical Committee at the Uganda National Bureau of Standards on the standardization of Paints, Varnishes, and related products for East Africa. Currently, he is Associate Editor of Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry, and Editorial Board Member for Global Science Publishing. At Makerere University, he is group leader of the Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology.

Education

Ph.D., Accounting & Finance, University of Strathclyde, Scotland
M.S.F., Finance, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 2006
M.B.A., Taxation, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA, 1983

Current Project

2022-2023, “Biomethane and Biofertilizer Production from Biomass-Matooke Peels for Sustainable Energy and Agricultural Applications”, Makerere University Research and Innovation Fund, UGX 74,791,000/=, Grant number: RIF/080/22 (Principal Investigator). 2. 2022 – 2024, “Environmental Chemistry for Sustainable Development”, APPEAR Academic Partnership, € 373,050.15, Project 249 (Co-Investigator). 3. 2020 – 2023, “Establishment of a Biomarker research facility to first track the development of COVID19 novel diagnostics and treatment alternatives in Uganda”, Presidential Scientific Initiative on Epidemics (PRESIDE), UGX 2,994,415,000/= (Co-Investigator). 4. 2022 – 2023, “Development of extraction and microextraction techniques for pesticide residues from food, nutraceuticals and environmental samples”, ICM Erasmus plus grant, Grant number SK BRATISL01 (Co-Investigator). 5. 2020 – 2023, “Exposure pathways to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and thyroid hormone function in breast-feeding mothers and their infants in Uganda”, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) Research Grants Programme, USD 36,079, Grant number 20-267 RG/CHE/AF/AC_G (Principal Investigator).

Previous Project

2021 – 2022, “Watershed land-use footprint on Lake Victoria sediments: Lake-wide chemical contaminant characterization and stakeholder engagement towards a sustainable pollution-control framework for Ugandan lakes”, Makerere University Research and Innovation Fund, UGX 122,633,200/=, Grant number: MAKRIF/CH/01/21 (Co-Investigator). 2. 2021-2022, “Capacity of Moringa oleifera and Eichhornia crassipes in removal of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals from wastewater: Towards improved water quality and wastewater management”, Makerere University Research and Innovation Fund, UGX 72,678,800/=, Reference number: MAKRIF/CH/02/21 (Principal Investigator). 3. 2019 – 2020, “Mitigation of Hazardous Effects of the Petroleum Industry and other Chemical Pollutants on the Aquatic Environment in Uganda”, Makerere Research and Innovation Fund, UGX 66,696,000/= (Co-Investigator). 4. 2017 – 2019, “Persistent organic pollutants in breast milk, blood and placental tissues for mothers living in the urban and rural areas of Uganda”, Carnegie Corporation of New York, USD 45,000, Grant number G-16-54068 (Principal Investigator). 5. 2016 – 2018, “Persistent organic pollutants and incidences of obesity in Uganda”, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, USD 25,000, Grant number 51180060 (Principal Investigator).