Affilliation

Department of Environment Systems, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
Lecturer, Department of Physics and Biochemical Sciences, The Polytechnic (University of Malawi), Malawi

Modules at The Polytechnic

Applied Nuclear Physics I & II
Light and Laser Optics
Physics

Research areas of interest

Radiation detection and measurement
Environmental radiation dosimetry and radiation protection
Nuclear safety and security
Waste to energy especially biogas.

Background

MSc Medical Physics, University of Surrey, United Kingdom, 2013
Research thesis: “Optimal collimator design in small-pixel solid-state detectors for nuclear medicine applications”.
BSc Environmental Science and Technology (Physics), University of Malawi, 2009.
Dissertation: evaluation of the performance of a portable biogas digester.

Current research work at Iimoto Laboratory

My PhD research is in collaboration with the Japan Atomic Energy Agency in Minamisoma, Fukushima with a focus on in-situ radioactivity measurement techniques for the waterbed. The specific technologies in this research are the plastic scintillation fibers (PSF) applied to agricultural ponds and a NaI:Tl spectrometer applied to the marine environment.

Estiner Walusungu Katengeza; Yukihisa Sanada; Kazuya Yoshimura; Kotaro Ochi; Takeshi Iimoto；The ecological half-life of radiocesium in surficial bottom sediments of five ponds in Fukushima based on in situ measurements with plastic scintillation fibers；Environmental Science Process&Impacts;2020

Interests and hobbies

Music(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8dMk3i81Yip0j5dI4F49kw)
Netball
Public speaking