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Dr. Nyandoro, is a Senior Lecturer in the Chemistry Department, University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM). His research and consultancy interests lie in the natural products research for bioactive constituents from plants, algae, fungi, etc. Nyandoro obtained his Bachelor degree (B.Sc.Ed, 1^st Class Hons) (2000), M.Sc. Chemistry (2003), and PhD (2010) in the area of natural products chemistry from the UDSM. He was employed as Assistant Lecturer at UDSM in 2004 then promoted to a Lecturer position in 2010 upon completion of his Research Week Award, May 2021. Nyandoro has served for 8 years as the Chairperson of Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) Spices and Condiments Technical Committee, AFDC 7 (2014 – 2022)  and as the Deputy Principal, College of Natural and Applied Science (CoNAS) for 2018/2019 –2021/2022 triennium. Dr. Nyandoro is recognized nationally, regionally and internationally in his scholarly field of natural products chemistry, hence participating in different fora research collaborations and networks. PhD studies, and to Senior Lecturer in 2015. Dr. Nyandoro did his one-year (September 2014 to August 2015) postdoctoral research at the University of Gothenburg under auspices of Swedish Institute (SI). He has supervised 24 M.Sc. and 9 PhD students and 2 Postdoctoral researcher by 2022 in natural products chemistry and related fields. He has published 56 articles in the peer reviewed/reputable journals and 1 policy review paper. Nyandoro’s publications can be accessed through:https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GLRcE9wAAAAJ&hl=en;  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stephen-Nyandoro;  https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/2265015. Dr. Nyandoro`s International Research awards include Swedish Research Council Collaborative Research Awards 2012-2015, 2016-019, & 2019-2022; The Leverhulm – Royal Society Africa Award (UK-Tanzania-Ghana Collaborative Research) 2013 – 2016; Royal Society - Royal Society of Chemistry International Exchanges Award 2016–2018. He has also three UDSM Competitive Research Grant Awards (2018-2019), three UDSM Competitive Research and Innovation Grant Awards (2020-2021), three UDSM Competitive Research and Innovation Grant Awards (2021-2022) serving as PI for one each. Other awards he has received are overall 2^nd Best University of Dar es Salaam Research Week Award May 2017, the Best Academician in the Chemistry Department for the 2016-2017 Academic Year and 3^rd Best, College Level Research Week Award May 2018. Overall 3rd Best – Multidisciplinary category - University of Dar es Salaam