The Profile

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Hasifa Nampala, PhD, MSc, BSc (Educ) | Senior Lecturer, Kyambogo University

hnampala@kyu.ac.ug | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8380-0561

Hasifa Nampala is a senior Lecturer of mathematics at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science, Kyambogo University. For over two decades, she has demonstrated capabilities in mathematical teaching and research. Through mathematics teaching, she has influenced creativity, critical thinking, and reasoning among the learners, through using pedagogy, andragogy, or hybrid teaching approaches.

As a Mathematical researcher, she has conducted research in both mathematical finance and biology. Her analytical skills have guided her to evaluate the relationship between mathematical models and real-life consistency. She has numerical computational skills using mathematical software such as Matlab.

She has excellent communication skills that are multi-disciplinary for different audiences. These have been expressed using simple and understandable language, through conference presentations. Her creative thinking skills have been demonstrated through identification of new trends in both research problems and the methods used to tackle the problems and design suitable mathematical models for each challenge. She has collaboratively worked with public health experts, epidemic control programs and international agencies to disseminate key findings from Mathematical models.

As a member of the teaching faculty, she has majorly developed students through lecturing, supervision, examination, and mentorship. She has supervised and examined Ph.Ds and master’s students to completion at, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Busitema University, Makerere University and Kyambogo University.

She has served as examination coordinator and later became the Head of Department- Mathematics and statistics, at Kyambogo University. She has contributed to a wider scientific community through curriculum development, research identification and review. She has developed three curricula at the postgraduate level for different Universities. These curricula include masters in industrial mathematics at Busitema University, a Master of Science in Applied Mathematics at Kyambogo University, and a Ph.D in Mathematics by research at Kyambogo University.

She reviews research proposals and manuscripts for; WILEYS publishers, Uganda National Academy of Science and Kyambogo University Competitive Research Grants Committee and Makerere University, Busitema University and Mbarara university of Science and TechnologyI have solicited and written grants that boost research in mathematical modeling. I serve on various committees in Kyambogo University.

She has won scholarships and has participated in grants writing and consequently won grants from NORAD (Norway), Sida (Sweden), HEI-ICI (Finland), NORHED (Norway), DAAD (Germany) and KyU-competitive grants (Uganda).

She is a member of Ugandan Women in Mathematics (UGAWOM), which gave birth to Eastern Africa Women in Basic Science (EANOWBAS). Both networks have a sole role of mentoring and supporting girls to increase on the representation of women and girls in basic sciences and science professions in the region.

She holds a PhD in Mathematics from Makerere University. Her area of expertise is mathematical modelling of infectious diseases both within-host and at population levels. She has a number of publications in peer-reviewed journals. She has a Master of Science in mathematical modelling from the University of Dar Es Salaam and Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland. She won an award as second-best participant in postgraduate diploma in management, at the Uganda Management Institute. He holds a Bachelor of Science with education (mathematics and physics) from Makerere University.

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Dr. Fulgensia K. Mbabazi, PhD | Senior Lecturer of Mathematics, Busitema University

F.K.Mbabazi (Ph.D) is a Senior Lecturer of Mathematics and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Science and Education, Nagongera Campus, Busitema University. Dr Fulgensia graduated with a Ph.D in Mathematics from the Pan African University Institute for Basic Sciences Technology and Innovation (PAUSTI), Nairobi Kenya. Her expertise is in modeling infectious diseases using differential equations to understand the transmission, control and prediction of future occurrences of communicable diseases in humans.

Dr Fulgensia, last born in a family of four (4) boys, married with four (4) children. She lost her mother at the age of 13 years, her father and brothers cared for her and always encouraged her to work hard for her future. Her dream was to be a banker because she thought working with the bank would enable her to be a rich woman and overcome the poverty in her home. She was attracted to mathematics in her high school days. During her time a mathematics teacher would be seen on the weekend and her classmates that were rebounding acted as their mentors. Working with her colleagues in discussion groups helped her to improve and love mathematics. Unfortunately the scores she got could not give her the programme of her dream, instead she was admitted on Bachelor of Science with Education. She had no option but to accept and take up the government course given to her since her family couldn’t afford private sponsorship.

Her advice to the youth: Be patient with your parents/guardian as you pursue your studies. Know what you want and work hard towards achieving your goal. Along the way if you fail to achieve what you wanted seek advice, take on another path it’s God that has our plans and HE has the best for us in HIS store. Jeremiah 29:11. "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Be encouraged to embrace mathematics in your studies, mathematics is the heart of all subjects. Mathematics is life, it’s applied in our daily activities and you can’t risk missing it at all stages. Today if you are among those who say mathematics is abstract and hard just confess, accept that it is possible to pass it provided you put in effort and are willing to take

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Annet Kyomuhangi | Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, Busitema University.

I’m an Algebraist and I use numbers and symbols to support scholars in creating solutions for tomorrow’s challenges.

Member, Eastern Africa Women in Basic Sciences (EANWOBAS).

Member, Association of Women Mathematicians (AWoM).

Member, Higher Education Resource Services-East Africa (HERS-EA).

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Jalira Namugaya | Lecturer/Ag. HOD Mathematics, Muni University

Core Values: Professionalism, Integrity, Equity and Quality.

Research Interests: Financial Mathematics, Financial Time Series Modelling and Forecasting, Fuzzy Inference Systems, Artificial Neural Networks, Mathematics Education.

Prayer: My humble prayer is to be an agent of gender and community empowerment.

Hobbies: Travelling, Cooking, Volunteering, Reading and Writing.

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