Miriam Kasebele is an Assistant Lecturer at the Institute of Resource Assessment (IRA) at the University of Dar es Salaam, with a with a Master of Science in Natural Resources Assessment and Management. She is currently finalizing her PhD at the University of Giessen in Germany with a focus of flow of reactive nitrogen in small holder agricultural systems having impacts on both soil, air and water bodies. She has extensive field research experience both in surveys and physical data collection and analyses.