I attained my Bachelor of Science in the School of Natural Sciences at University of Zambia and my I am currently a PhD student at Georg – August University, Germany. I am also a lecturer at the University of Zambia in the Department of Biological Sciences. I have great interest in Plant Ecophysiology, Fungi and Forest Ecology. My masters thesis was conducted under the Department of Forest Botany and Tree Physiology and was titled “Performance of Populus nigra progenies under Common Garden Conditions” where I performed tasks such as photosynthesis measurements, chlorophyll pigment extraction, growth measurements (height and diameter) and above ground biomass for my thesis. Furthermore, I carried out soil sampling and analysis