Tobby Oliwit Abura, M.Eng.
Room: | 1101 |
Phone: | +49.89.289.13707 |
Telefax: | +49.89.289.13718 |
e-mail: | tobby.abura(at)tum.de |
Workgroup: | Urban Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus |
Curriculum Vitae
| Since 2025 | Research Assistant at the Chair of Urban Water Systems Engineering, TU Munich, Germany |
| May 2025 to October 2025 | Interim National Technical Coordinator for Uganda, Circular and Persistent Organic Pollutants (PoPs) Free Plastics in Africa (Global Environment Facility GEF & United Nations Environment Programme), Basel Convention Coordinating Centre for Africa Region & the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), Uganda. |
| July 2023 to September 2025 | Technical Advisor to National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), Uganda |
| August 2024 to December 2025 | Post Graduate Diploma in Environment & Social Impact Assessment, Makerere University, Department of Environmental Management, Kampala-Uganda. |
| October 2021 todate | Part time Assistant Lecturer, Kyambogo University, Faculty of Engineering & Faculty of Science (Environmental Engineering & Environmental Science, Technology & Management), Kampala-Uganda |
| August 2021 to December 2022 | Africa Continent Correspondent (Korea-Africa Foundation) |
| Feb 2017 to Feb 2019 | Research Assistant, Environmental Processes & Materials Laboratory, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea. |
| August 2016 to Feb 2019 | Master of Engineering in Environmental Engineering, Daegu University, South Korea |
| June 2013 to July 2015 | Environmental Engineer & Effluent Treatment Plant Manager, Athi River Tanneries, Kenya & Jambo Tannery Uganda Limited, Uganda. |
| August 2009 to Feb 2014 | Bachelor of Engineering in Environmental Engineering & Management, Kyambogo University, Kampala-Uganda |
Publications
Abura, Tobby Oliwit; Roent, Dune A. Cayetano; Gopalakrishnan, Kumar; Jun, Seok Kim; Kim, Sang-Hyoun: A comparative evaluation of biochemical methane potential (BMP) of various Ugandan agricultural biomass following soaking aqueous ammonia (SAA) pretreatment. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020. doi:10.1007/s11356-019-07190-8
Roent, Dune A. Cayetano; Abura, Tobby Oliwit; Gopalakrishnan, Kumar; Jun, Seok Kim; Kim, Sang-Hyoun: Optimization of soaking in aqueous ammonia pretreatment for anaerobic digestion of African maize bran. Fuel 253, 552–560 (2019). doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2019.05.051
Conference Papers / Poster
International Conference on Alternative Fuel, Energy and Environment (ICAFEE), Daegu City, South Korea, 2017. (https://icafe-e.com/eng/template-kit/homepage/hakkimizda.php)
Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association Conference, 2018, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.