© 2015 Sarah E. Rich

Emmanuel Captain Vellemu

RISE Degree(s) 

PhD in Water Resource Science from the Institute for Water Research (IWR), Rhodes University

RISE Network(s) 
SSAWRN
Nationality 
Malawian
Employment 

Carnegie Early Career Research Leader Fellow (Postdoctoral Researcher) at the Future Africa Institute, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Lecturer in the Department of Water Resources Management, Ndata School of Climate and Earth Sciences, Malawi University of Science and Technology

Research 

The ecological risk of acid mine drainage in a salinising landscape

Special Accomplishments 

Young Scientist Participant at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA): Southern African Young Scientists Summer Program (SA-YSSP) 2014–15: "Extract of Africa: Towards the equitable and ecologically-sound governance of mining and drilling"

Best Young Scientist Communicator (2015), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA): Southern African Young Scientists Summer Program (SA-YSSP) 2014–15

Selected Conference Papers & Presentations 

Vellemu EC. Fighting Elephants, Suffering Grass: Towards a clumsy solution to solving acid mine drainage in South Africa. Poster presented at the 4th YWP ZA Biennial and 1st African Young Water Professionals (YWP) Conference in Pretoria, South Africa, 16–18 November 2015

Vellemu EC, Mensah PK, Palmer CG. Sensitivity of the mayfly nymph (Adenophlebiide auricurata) Leptophlebiidae to MgSO4 and Na2SO4. Paper presented at the 16th WaterNet/WARFSA/GWP-SA Symposium on Île Maurice, Mauritius, 28–30 October 2015

Vellemu EC, Mensah PK, Palmer CG. Tolerance of juvenile and adult freshwater shrimps (Caridina nilotica) to MgSO4 and Na2SO4. Paper presented at the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Europe 25th Annual Meeting in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, 3–7 May 2015

Vellemu EC, Mensah PK, Palmer CG. The toxicity of two magnesium salts to adult and juvenile freshwater shrimp Caridina nilotica. Poster presented at the 15th WaterNet/WARFSA/GWP-SA Symposium in Lilongwe, Malawi, 28–30 October 2014

Selected Publications 

Vellemu EC, Mensah PK, Griffin NJ, Odume ON, Palmer CG, Dowse R. 2017. Using a risk-based approach for derivation of water quality guidelines for sulphate. Mine Water Environ., pp. 1–8

Updated list available on Google Scholar.

Email Address(es) 
evellemu@gmail.com
RISE Degree(s) Completed 
April 2018