B.Sc. B.Sc. Hons (Rhodes Univ), M.Sc. (Univ of Ghent, Belgium), PGDE (UNAM),  PhD (Max-Planck-Institute, University Bremen, Germany

University of Namibia
P. Bag 13301, Windhoek
Namibia
Phone: +264 61 206 3561
W051

Phone:   +264 61 206 3561
Fax:        +264 61 206  3791

ejulies@unam.na

I obtained my BSc at the University of Namibia, majoring in Zoology and Botany. Then I did my BSc (Hons.) in Fisheries Science and Resource management at the department for Ichthyology at Rhodes University in Grahamstown. I then obtained a MSc in Environmental Sanitation, focusing on wastewater treatment at the University of Ghent in Belgium.My MSc thesis dealt with removal of ammonium from textile wastewater and the reduction of sludge in produced in sewage treatment plants.  After that I completed a PGDE at UNAM. My PhD was in Marine Ecology with the emphasis on marine microbial ecology. My PhD thesis dealt with organic carbon mineralization in marine sediments off the continental shelf of Namibia.

Freshwater and Marine Ecology , Aquatic Ecology, Aquatic resource management (MSc students), Waste management, Introduction to Ecology, Ecological field techniques, Field ecology; Environmental Education/Education for Sustainable Development

Marine microbiology, Aquatic ecology, Limnology

• Research and Projects

  • Evaluation of water quality in drinking water of Namibia. The emphasis is on the presence and effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals.
  • Dynamics of intertidal zone communities on the coast of Namibia
  • Carbon turnover and nutrient cycling in shelf sediments off the Namibian coast.
  • Formulation and implementation of environmental friendly policies and strategies for the University of Namibia and other educational institutions.
  • Development of educational and awareness material to promote sustainable development.

  Publications

  • Julies E.M., Arnosti C., Fuchs B.M., and Brüchert V. 2010.  Organic carbon degradation in anoxic organic-rich shelf sediments: Biogeochemical rates and microbial abundance. J. Geomicrobiology. 27(4),  pp.303-314
  • Brüchert, V., B. Currie, K.R. Peard, U. Lass, R. Endler, A. Dübecke, E. Julies, T. Leipe, and S. Zitzmann. 2006. Shelf anoxia in the Namibian coastal upwelling system. Biogeochemical and physical control on shelf anoxia and water column hydrogen sulphide in the Benguela coastal upwelling system off Namibia, p. 161-193. In L. Neretin, B.B. Jørgensen, and J. Murray (ed.), Past and present water column anoxia. NATO Science Series. Kluwer Springer, The Netherlands.
  • Vandevivere P., Ficara E.,Terras C. Julies E. and Verstraete W. 1998. Copper-mediated selective removal of nitrification inhibitors from industrial wastewaters. Environmental Science and Technology. 32(7), pp. 1000-1006

  Conferences attended

  • Julies E.M., Brüchert V. and Arnosti C. 2005. Carbon transformation in shelf sediments of the Namibian upwelling system. Poster presented at the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Summer meeting, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
  • Julies E.M., Brüchert V. and Arnosti C. 2005.Dynamics of carbon moneralization in shelf sediments of the Namibian upwelling system. Poster presented at the 12th Southern African Marine Science Symposium, Durban, South Africa.
  • Julies E.M., Fuchs B.M. and Brüchert V. 2006. Distribution and activity of sulfate reducing and fermentative microorganisms in Namibian shelf sediments. 11th International Society for Microbial Ecology – ISME, Vienna, Austria
  • Julies E.M. 2010. Regional Center of Expertise in Environmental Education/Education for Sustainable Development for Namibia. Namibian Environmental Education Network Annual meeting, Waterberg, Namibia.
  • Julies E.M. and Boothway L. 2010. The Earth Charter: Its application in Namibian education. Namibian Environmental Education Network Annual meeting, Waterberg, Namibia

Community outreach: Judge at National Science fair, and at various schools; Involvement in organizing the Science fair at UNAM and Polytech; Judge at the National Youth Conference for and Biodiversity and Development (2010). Served on the National task force to organize events for the 2010 calendar to celebrate events to celebrate the International Year for Biodiversity.

• Member of the Namibian Environmental Education Network (NEEN)
• Member of the Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa (EEASA)
• Member of the steering committee of the Regional Center of Expertise for Education for Sustainable Development (Khomas-Erongo Region)