John Simaika

Senior Researcher - Aquatic Ecology

Research team

Water, food and ecosystems > Sustainable water infrastructure and ecosystems

Areas of expertise

aquatic ecology landscape ecology bioassessment biomonitoring rehabilitation

John Simaika has expertise in both aquatic and landscape ecology and restoration. He has more than a decade of experience working in African rivers, lakes, wetlands and artificial ponds. Simaika is the founder and co-Chair of the IUCN Task Force on Global Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Sampling Protocols (GLOSAM), and co-Chair and founder of the Biodiversity and Biological Monitoring and Assessment workstream of the World Water Quality Alliance (WWQA-UNEP). He has authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications in international journals and three books.