Assoc. prof. Hetron Mweemba Munang'andu, DVM, PhD

Last update: 23. 10. 2023

I. BASIC INFORMATION
I.1 Surname Munang'andu
I.2 Name Hetron Mweemba
I.3 Titles Assoc. prof. , DVM, PhD
I.4 Year of birth 1964
I.5 Name of the workplace University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Nord University
I.6 Address of the workplace Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovak Republic
I.7 Position associate professor
I.8 E-mail address hetron.m.munangandu@nord.no
I.9 Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
I.10 Name of the study field in which a person works at the university veterinary medicine
I.11 ORCID iD 3 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1021-6396
3 Optional item.

II. HIGHER EDUCATION AND FURTHER QUALIFICATION GROWTH
II.a Name of the university or institution II.b Year II.c Study field and programme
II.1 First degree of higher education University of Zambia 1990 bachelor of veterinary medicine
II.2 Second degree of higher education Royal Veterinary College, University of London 1993 veterinary microbiology
II.3 Third degree of higher education Norwegian University of Life Sciences 2013 immunology and vaccionology
II.4 Associate professor Nord University 2022 fish health, microbiology
II.5 Professor
II.6 Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. CURRENT AND PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
III.a Occupation-position III.b Institution III.c Duration
Associate Professor Nord University 2022 up to now
Forsker/Research Scientist Norwegian University of Life Sciences 2006 2021
Program Coordinator Center of Excellence Control of Zoonoses, University of Zambia 2004 2005
Lecturer - Micrbiology, Zoonses & Infectious Medicine University of Zambia, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine 1999 2005
Head Diagnostic Laboratory Central Veterinary Research Institute, Lusaka, Zambia 1991 1998

IV. DEVELOPMENT OF PEDAGOGICAL, PROFESSIONAL, LANGUAGE, DIGITAL AND OTHER SKILLS
IV.a Activity description, course name, other IV.b Name of the institution IV.c Year
Canvass Nord University 2022
Labster Nord University 2022

V. OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE TEACHING CAREER AT THE UNIVERSITY
V.1. Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a Name of the profile course V.1.b Study programme V.1.c Degree V.1.d Field of study

V.2. Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year 4
V.2.a Study programme V.2.b Degree V.2.d Field of study
4 According to Art. 6 para. 4 of the Standards for the Study Programme.

V.3. Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.3.a Name of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure V.3.b Study field to which it is assigned

V.4. Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.a Bachelor's (first degree) V.4.b Diploma (second degree) V.4.c Dissertation (third degree)
V.4.1 Number of currently supervised theses 0 0 2
V.4.2 Number of defended theses 0 10 4

V.5. Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a Name of the course V.5.b Study programme V.5.c Degree V.5.d Field of study

VI. OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH/ARTISTIC/OTHER OUTPUTS
VI.1. Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.a Overall VI.1.b Over the last six years
VI.1.1 Number of the research/artictic/other outputs 95 45
VI.1.2 Number of the research/artictic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases 85 40
VI.1.3 Number of citations corresponding to the research/artictic/other outputs 2405 1871
VI.1.4 Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases 1266 1051
VI.1.5 Number of invited lectures at the international, national level 1 1

VI.2. The most significant research/artistic/other outputs 5
1. Host pathogen interaction, elucidating mechanisms of infection progression and vaccine development for infectious pancreatic necrosis virus in Atlantic salmon
2. Transcriptome analysis of dendritic like TO-cells generated from Atlantic salmon headkidney cells infected by salmonid alphavirus virus subtype 3 (SAV-3)
3. Profiling of virulence and antimicrobial resistance genes of Aeromonas spp. from fish, animals, humans and aquatic environment based on whole genome analysis
4. Surveillance, host pathogen interaction, vaccine development, efficacy trials and immune response of Nile tilapia to tilapia lake virus (TiLV) infection
5. Vaccine development and characterization (genotyping/pheotyping) of different bacteria species infecting various tropical fish species in Asia and Africa
5 Maximum of five most significant outputs, if the RATP form is attached to the application.

VI.3. The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years 6
1. Antigen dose and humoral immune response with protection for inactivated infectious pancreatic necrosis virus vaccines in Atlantic salmon
2. Detection of tilapia lake virus (TiLV) infection by PCR in farmed and wild Nile tilapia
3. The kinetics of CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell gene expression correlate with protection in Atlantic (Salmo salar L) vaccinated against
4. Detection of infectious bursal disease viurs (IBDV) genome in free-living pigeon and guinea folw in Africa suggests involvement of wild birds
5. Stress induced virus induced reversion to virulence of pancreatic necrosis virus in naive fry of Atlantic salmon
6 Maximum of five most significant outputs over the last six years, if the RATP form is attached to the application.

VI.4. The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs 7
1. 111 Citations - Antigen dose and humoral immune response with protection for inactivated infectious pancreatic necrosis virus vaccines in Atlantic salmon
2. 83 citations - Detection of tilapia lake virus (TiLV) infection by PCR in farmed and wild Nile tilapia
3. 80 citations - The kinetics of CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell gene expression correlate with protection in Atlantic (Salmo salar L) vaccinated against
4. 52 citations - Detection of infectious bursal disease viurs (IBDV) genome in free-living pigeon and guinea folw in Africa suggests involvement of wild birds
5. 47 citations - Stress induced virus induced reversion to virulence of pancreatic necrosis virus in naive fry of Atlantic salmon
7 Maximum of five most significant citations, if the RATP form is attached to the application.

VI.5. Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years 8
1. Fish Food safety control measures against microbial resistance by host reprogramming (Project Manager- Research Council of Norway Grant No. 3206919)
2. Biotechnology Approach for the Prevention and control of fish diseases in Aquaculture project (Principal investigator- Research Concil of Norway Grant No. (283566)
3. Nanoparticle encpasulation of plant based vaccines against Piscine Reovirus in Atlantic salmon (Principal Investigator - Research Council of Norway Grant 239140)
4. Targeted disease prophylaxis in the European fish farming Industry project. (Consortium Partner 10, European Union Project Grant agreement No. 311993).
5. Indo-Norway platform on fish and shellfish vaccine development (Principal Investigator - Research Council of Norway Project Grant No. 183204)
8 Maximum of five most significant projects, if the RATP form is attached to the application. In addition to the name and brief characteristics of the project, the type of participation is indicated (in Slovak and in English), if possible, a hyperlink to the project and its outputs and citations are stated as well.

VII. OVERVIEW OF ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE RELATED TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH/ARTISTIC/OTHER ACTIVITIES 9
VII.a Activity, position VII.b Name of the institution, board VII.c Duration
Head of the Salmon Research Unity Norwegian University of Life Sciences 2020 2021
Member of Expert Committee on control of Zoonoses (Streptococcosis) Food and Agriculture organization, United Nations 2020 2021
Course Coordinator and lecturer Veterinary Microbiology Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Zambia 1999 2005
Course Coordinator and Lecturer Veterinary Infectious Medicine Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Zambia 1999 2005
Course Coordinator and Lecturer of Veterinary Public Health Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Zambia 1999 2005
9 E.g. academic positions, memberships in editorial boards and in scientific and professional societies.

VIII. OVERVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL MOBILITIES AND VISITS ORIENTED ON EDUCATION AND RESEARCH/ARTISTIC/ OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THE GIVEN FIELD OF STUDY
VIII.a Name of the institution VIII.b Address of the institution VIII.c Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Massachusset Institue of technology (MIT) 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA 0000 0000 Research collaboration
NITTE DEEMED University Deralakatte, Mangaluru 575018, Karnatak, India 0000 0000 Research collaboration
Ningbo State University Zhejian, Ningbo, Jiangbei District, China 0000 0000 Research collaboration
Artic University of Tromsø Norge Fiskerihøyskole 9019 Tromsø, Norway 0000 0000 Research collaboration
Seppic Vaccine Company SEPPIC Vaccine Company, Toulouse, France 0000 0000 Collaborative research
Graduate Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkudai, Sapporo Kita 18, Nishi 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan 0000 0000 Collaborative research

IX. OTHER RELEVANT FACTS 10
IX.a If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artictic/other activities are mentioned
10 Maximum of 1800 characters, if the RATP form is attached to the application.
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