Misigo Angalika

A Water and Environmental engineer with expertise in hydrological modeling, water quality and watershed risk analysis. Interested in eco-hydrological modeling to understand various watershed hydro-geomorphological functions, the influence of human and natural disturbances, and the risk identification for sustainable water resource management at the micro, meso, and macro scales. Avid user of Python and R for data management, data processing, visualization, communication, reports/dashboards, and shiny web applications. Passionate about open science and the use of digital tools for research.

I am a Kenyan, fluent in English and Swahili (beginner Japanese and French). worked in Kenya and Liberia (Africa) and started research career overseas in Japan. Apart from my research, I am committed to helping needy students in my community as well as improving our environment. I initiated sponsorship of few students through their studies since 2010 and planting of 1000 trees annually in my hometown in Kenya since this year April (target was my neighbors, but next year’s target is my former elementary school students).

• Field work and experiment coordinator, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, 04/2020, 03/2024, Coordinated graduate and undergraduate students in fieldwork and experiments.
• Kenyans in Nagasaki (KIN) group treasurer, Nagasaki, Japan, 02/2020, 03/2021, Introduced income-generating activities and promoted Kenyan culture and tourism services.
• Events coordinator, Hands of Compassion Ministry, JKUAT, Nairobi, Kenya, 2008, 2010, Organized outreach visits to children's homes and encouraged the less fortunate.

• Visiting researcher, Honorary research fellow, Watershed Environment Laboratory, Department Civil and Environmental engineering, School of Engineering, Nagasaki, Japan, 04/2023, 04/2024
• Assistant Professor, Honorary research fellow, Watershed Environment Laboratory and water quality laboratory, department of advanced Engineering, School of Engineering, Nagasaki, Japan, 04/2020, 03/2022

• Presenter, The 1st Campus Asia Program International Symposium, Nagasaki City, Japan, 02/27/2023
• Presenter, The 3rd International Conference on Hydraulic Engineering and Safety-ICHES, Chengdu City, China, 05/30/2018
• Poster Presentation, The 37th IAHR World Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 08/13/2017-08/18/2017

• Graduate Student Participation Award, Nagasaki University, Awarded to present PhD findings at the 1st Campus Asia Program International Symposium
• Graduate Student Travel Award, African Business Education Initiative for Youth (ABE Initiative) scholarship, Awarded to present findings and publication at the 3rd International Conference on Hydraulic Engineering and Safety-ICHES

• Proliferation of the diatom Cyclotella Meneghiniana affected by exposure to lead, Van-Tu Nguyen, Bao-Khoa Duong, Duc-Hung Nguyen1, Misigo W.S. Angalika, Heritier A. Mufwankolo, Tan-Duc Nguyen, and Thanh-Son Dao, Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vol. 19, No. 1, 51–60, 10.26471/cjees/2024/019/279
• A framework to regionalize flow information in a catchment with limited hydrological data, Misigo W. S. Angalika, Seiji Suzuki, Wataru Tanaka, Huynh V. Vu, and Tomoaki Itayama, Open Journal of Modern Hydrology, 13, 22-51, 10.4236/ojmh.2023.131002
• Assessing nutrient budget of ungauged catchment using intermittent water quality markers, Misigo W. S Angalika, Seiji Suzuki, Truc-Ly Le-Huynh, Tomoyaki Itayama, and Wataru Tanaka, Maejo International Journal of Energy and Environmental Communication, 04(03), 1-10, 10.54279/mijeec.v4i3.247534
• Application of hurdle Poisson model to predict the abundance of toxic cyanobacteria Microcystis in reservoirs, Truc-Ly Le-Huynh, Tomoaki Itayama, Kaito Mitsunaga, Misigo W. S. Angalika, Seiji Suzuki, Maejo International Journal of Energy and Environmental Communication, 04(03), 47-51, 10.54279/mijeec.v4i3.247529
• Spatial-Temporal Sediment Hydrodynamics and Nutrient Loads in Nyanza Gulf, Characterizing Variation in Water Quality, Angalika W.S. Misigo and Seiji Suzuki, World Journal of Engineering and Technology, Vol.6 No.2B, 10.4236/wjet.2018.62B009

• Postgraduate Researcher, Watershed Environment Lab and Water Quality Lab, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, 2016, 2018; 2019-2024, Developed an alternative method for estimating river discharge and rapidly undertaking environmental impact assessment of a watershed with limited historical data. Involved in field data collection, sampling, and laboratory water quality analysis.
• Research assistant, Watershed Environment Lab and Water Quality Lab, Participated in field data collection of water aerators and coordinated laboratory water quality analysis.
• Research Intern, Hydrosoft Technology (Research) Institute Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan, 10/2017, 10/2017, Contributed to a research project on seasonal nutrient perturbation in Lake Victoria using a 3-D Coupled Physical and Biological Model.