John Simaika
Senior Researcher - Aquatic Ecology
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.
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