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Ing. Dr. Juana Paul Moiwo
Director, Research and Development Directorate

Ing. Dr. Juana P. Moiwo has a BSc (HONS) in Agricultural Extension from Njala University College, University of Sierra Leone; MSc in Environmental Engineering and PhD in Hydrology & Water Resources Engineering from Jilin University, China; and then Post-PhD in Hydrology & Water Resources Engineering from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Dr. Moiwo has a professional certificate in Public-Private Partnership (PPP) from the University of California, USA. He also worked in CAS as a Research Fellow and Expert Hydrologist from 2006–2014. He joined Njala University in 2015 and has since risen to Senior Lecturer. He was Dean of the School of Technology at Njala University in 2019–2022. Dr. Moiwo is currently the Director of Research & Development (R&D) at Njala University. His research interests include Water Resources Management, Irrigation and Groundwater Management, Remote Sensing, etc. Dr. Moiwo has published scores of scientific papers in renowned SCI journals.

Dr. Moiwo
Contact Info
+23276542008
Education
Post-PhD in Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering

List of Publications

  1. Richard Tamba Simbo, Alhaji Brima Gogra, Yahaya Kudus Kawa, Paul Juana Moiwo (2023). Seasonal effect of weather elements on water table fluctuation in potable wells in Kono District, Eastern Sierra Leone. Scientific Research Publishing, (Academic Journal), ISSN: 2165-3925. https://www.scirp.org/journal/ojapps.
  2. Richard Tamba Simbo, Alhaji Brima Gogra, Juana Paul Moiwo (2023) Physicochemical characterization of settling particulate matter and sediments. Scientific Research Publishing, (Academic Journal), ISSN: 2165-3925. https://www.scirp.org/journal/ojapps.
  3. Qingtao Ma, YonghuiYang, Zhuping Sheng, Shumin Han, Yanmin Yang, Juana Paul Moiwo (2022). Hydro-economic model framework for achieving groundwater, food and economy trade-offs by optimizing crop patterns. Water Research, (SCI Journal), ISSN 0043-1354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.119199.
  4. Suluku Roland, Emikpe Benjamin, Bagla V. Patrick, Moiwo Juana, Asare Derrick (2022). Seroprevalence and predisposing factors of rabies antibodies in unvaccinated dogs in Sierra Leone. Veterinary Medicine Science, (SCI Journal), ISSN 2053-1095: 1–6. https://doi:10.1002/vms3.946.
  5. Kiasheng Luo, Juana P. Moiwo (2022). Rapid monitoring of abandoned farmland and information regulation achievements of government based on remote sensing technology. Environmental Science & Polution, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 1462-9011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2022.02.019.
  6. Kiasheng Luo, Juana P. Moiwo (2021). Comparison of two object-oriented technologies for detecting land use change. Arab Journal of Geoscience, 14, 20 (2021), (SCI Journal), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-020-06307-5.
  7. Mohamed M. Blango, Richard A. C. Cooke, Juana P. Moiwo, Patrick A. Sawyerr, Emmanuel Kangoma (2020). Rainwater harvesting for supplemental irrigation under tropical inland valley swamp conditions. Irrigation and Drainage, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 1531‒0361.
  8. Juana P. Moiwo, Alusine Wahab, Emmanuel Kangoma, Mohamed M. Blango, Mohamed P. Ngegba, Roland Suluku (2019). Effect of biochar application depth on crop productivity under tropical rainfed conditions. Applied Sciences, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 2076‒3417, DOI:10.3390/app9132602.
  9. Mohamed M. Blango, Richard A. C. Cooke, Juana P. Moiwo (2019). Effect of soil and water management practices on crop productivity in tropical inland valley swamps. Agricultural Water Management, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 0378‒3774, DOI:10.1016/j.agwat.2019.05.036.
  10. Luo Kaisheng,, Li Bingjuan, Juana P. Moiwo (2018). Monitoring land-use/land-cover changes at a provincial large scale using an object-oriented technique and medium-resolution remote-sensing images. Remote Sensing, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 2072-4292, DOI:10.3390/rs10122012.
  11. Mohamed P. Ngegba, Patrick Moriba, cJoseph B. A. Kandeh, Juana P. Moiwo, Saffa B. Massaquoi (2018). Assessing efficiency of Action Aid Sierra Leone (AASL) extension services in Sierra Leone, International Journal of Agricultural Extension, (Academic Journal), ISSN: 2311‒6110, 06(02), 129‒138.
  12. Roland Suluku, Abu Macavoray, Juana P. Moiwo, Bashiru M. Koroma (2018). Effect of PPR disease on socio-economic characteristics of farmers in Moyamba District, Sierra Leone. Agricultural Science Research Journal, (Academic Journal), ISSN: 2026‒6073.
  13. Luo Kaisheng, Tao Fulu, Juana P. Moiwo (2018). Transfer of virtual water of woody forest products from China. Sustainability, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 2071‒1050, DOI:10.3390/su10020410.
  14. Emmanuel Kangoma, Mohamed M. Blango, Augustine B. Rashid-Noah, Joseph Sherman-Kamara1, Juana P. Moiwo, Alie Kamara (2017). Potential of biochar-amended soil to enhance crop productivity under deficit irrigation. Irrigation and Drainage, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 1531‒0361, DOI: 10.1002/ird.2138.
  15. Juana P. Moiwo, Yahaya K. Kawa, John P. Kaisam, Umu Lamboi (2016). Implications of groundwater depletion for aquifer geomatrix deformation and water availability. Hydrology, (Academic Journal), ISSN: 2330‒7609, DOI: 10.11648/j.hyd.20160405.11.
  16. Dengpan Xiao, Yongqing Qi, Zhiqiang Li, Rende Wang, Juana P. Moiwo, Fengshan Liu (2016). Impact of thermal time shift on wheat phenology and yield under warming climate in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain, China. Frontiers of Earth Science, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 2095-0209, DOI 10.1007/s11707-016-0584-1.
  17. Kaisheng Luo, Fulu Tao, Juana P. Moiwo, Dengpan Xiao (2016). Attribution of hydrological change in Heihe River Basin to climate and land use change in the past three decades. Scientific Reports, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 2045‒2322, doi:10.1038/srep33704.
  18. Kaisheng Luo, Fulu Tao, Xiangzheng Deng, Juana P. Moiwo (2016). Changes in potential evapotranspiration and surface runoff in 1981–2010 and the driving factors in Upper Heihe River Basin in Northwest China. Hydrological Processes, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 1099‒1085, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10947.
  19. John P. Kaisam, Yahaya K. Kawa, Juana P. Moiwo, Umu Lamboi (2016). State of well water quality in Kakua Chiefdom, Sierra Leone. Water Science & Technology: Water Supply, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 0273‒1223, DOI: 10.2166/ws.2016.049.
  20. Yahaya K. Kawa, John P. Kaisam, Juana P. Moiwo, Victoria Kabia (2016). Physical, chemical and bacterial analysis of drinking water: Kakua Chiefdom, BO district, Sierra Leone. International Journal of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, (Academic Journal), ISSN: 2141-6613, DOI: 10.5897/IJWREE2015.0610.
  21. Juana P. Moiwo, Fulu Tao (2015). Satellite signal shows storage-unloading subsidence in North China. Hydrology and Earth Systems Sciences, (SCI Journal) ISSN: 1607-7938, DOI:10.5194/hessd-12-6043-2015.
  22. Dengpan Xiao, Yanjun Shen, He Zhang, Juana P. Moiwo, Yongqing Qi, Rende Wang, Hongwei Pei, Yucui Zhang, Huitao Shen (2015). Comparison of winter wheat yield sensitivity to climate variables under irrigated and rain-fed conditions. Frontiers of Earth Science, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 2095-0209, DOI 10.1007/s11707-015-0534-3.
  23. Alhaji M. H. Conteh, Juana P. Moiwo, Xiangbin Yan (2015). Using a logistic regression model to analyze alley farming adoption factors in Sierra Leone. Small-scale Forestry, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 1873-7854, DOI: 10.1007/s11842-015-9311-0.
  24. Dengpan Xiao, Yongqing Qi, Yanjun Shen, Fulu Tao, Juana P. Moiwo, Jianfeng Liu, Rede Wang, He Zhang, Fengshan Liu (2015). Impact of warming climate and cultivar change on maize phenology in the last three decades in North China Plain. Theory and Applied Climatology, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 0177-798X, DOI: 10.1007/s00704-015-1450-x.
  25. Alhaji M. H. Conteh, Xiangbin Yan, Juana P. Moiwo (2015). The determinants of grain storage technology adoption in Sierra Leone. Cashier Agriculture, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 1166-7699, DOI: 10.1684/agr.2015.0733.
  26. Juana P. Moiwo, Fulu Tao (2014). Evidence of Land-use Controlled Water Storage Depletion in Hai River Basin, North China. Water Resources Management, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 1573-1650, DOI: 10.1007/s11269-014-0772-2.
  27. Juana P. Moiwo, Fulu Tao (2014). Contributions of precipitation, irrigation and soil water to evapotranspiration in (semi)-arid regions. International Journal of Climatology, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 1097-0088, DOI: 10.1002/joc.4040.
  28. Dengpang Xiao, Juana P. Moiwo, Fulu Tao, Yonghui Yang, Yanjun Shen, Quanhong Xu, Jianfeng Liu, He Zhang, Fengshan Liu (2013). Spatiotemporal variability of winter wheat phenology in response to weather and climate variability in China. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 1573-1596, DOI: 10.1007/s11027-013-9531-6.
  29. Juana P. Moiwo, Fulu Tao (2013). Groundwater recharge and discharge analysis for land use conditions suitable for the hydrology and ecology of semiarid regions. Hydrology Research, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 0029-1277, DOI: 10.2166/nh.2013.103.
  30. Juana P. Moiwo, Fulu Tao (2012). The changing dynamics in citation index publication position China in a race with the USA for global leadership. Scientometrics, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 0138‒9130, DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0846-y.
  31. Juana P. Moiwo, Fulu Tao, Wenxi Lu (2012). GRACE, GLDAS and measured groundwater data products show water storage loss in Western Jilin, China. Water Science & Technology, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 0273‒1223, DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.053.
  32. Juana P. Moiwo, Fulu Tao, Wenxi Lu (2012). Analysis of satellite-based and in situ hydro-climatic data depicts water storage depletion in North China Region. Hydrological Processes, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 1099‒1085, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9276.
  33. Dengpan Xiao, Fulu Tao, Juana P. Moiwo (2011). Research progress on surface albedo under global climate change. Advances in Earth Science, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 1001‒8166. Vol. 2012, No. 11, pp 1217‒1224.
  34. Juana P. Moiwo, Fulu Taoa, Wenxi Lu (2011). Estimating soil moisture storage change using quasi-terrestrial water balance method. Agricultural Water Management, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 0378‒3774, DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.10.003.
  35. Shumin Han, Yonghui Yang, Tong Fan, Dengpang Xiao, Juana P. Moiwo (2011). Precipitation-runoff processes in Shimen hillslope micro-catchment of Taihang Mountain, north China. Hydrological Processes, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 1099‒1085, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8233.
  36. Juana P. Moiwo, Yonghui Yang, Fulu Tao, Wenxi Lu, Shumin Han (2011). Water storage change in the Himalayas from GRACE and an empirical climate model. Water Resources Research, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 0043–1397, DOI: 10.1029/2010WR010157.
  37. Juana P. Moiwo, Yonghui Yang, Shumin Han, Wenxi Lu, Nana Yan, Bingfang Wu (2010). A method for estimating soil moisture storage in regions under water stress and storage depletion — a case study of Hai River basin, North China. Hydrological Processes, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 1099‒1085, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7991.
  38. Juana P. Moiwo, Yonghui Yang, Nana Yan, Bingfang Wu (2010). Comparison of evapotranspiration estimated by ETWatch with that derived from combined GRACE and measured precipitation in Hai River Basin, North China. Hydrological Sciences Journal, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 2150‒3435, DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2011.553617.
  39. Yukun Hu, Juana P. Moiwo, Yonghui Yang, Shumin Han, Yanmin Yang (2010). Agricultural water-saving and sustainable groundwater management in Shijiazhuang Irrigation District, North China Plain. Journal of Hydrology, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 0022‒1694, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.08.017.
  40. Fei Tian, Yonghui Yang, Shumin Han, Juana P. Moiwo, Guoyu Qiu (2010). Determination of the period of major runoff decline and related driving factors in Ye River basin, North China. Journal of Water and Climate Change, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 2040‒2244, DOI: 10.2166/wcc.2010.001.
  41. Yanmin Yang, Yonghui yang, Juana Paul Moiwo, Yukun Hu (2010). Estimation of irrigation requirement for sustainable water resources reallocation in North China. Agricultural Water Management, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 0378‒3774, DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2010.06.002.
  42. Juana Paul Moiwo, Yonghui Yang, Huilong Li, Shumin Han, Yanmin Yang (2010). Impact of water resource exploitation on the hydrology and water storage in Baiyangdian Lake. Hydrological Processes, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 1099‒1085, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7716.
  43. Juana Paul Moiwo, Wenxi Lu, Yongsheng Zhao, Yonghui Yang, Yanmin Yang (2009). Impact of land use on distributed hydrological processes in the semi-arid wetland ecosystem of Western Jilin. Hydrological Processes, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 1099‒1085, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7503.
  44. Juana Paul Moiwo, Yonghui Yang, Huilong Li, Shumin Han, Yukun Hu (2009). A comparison of GRACE with in situ hydrological measurement data shows storage depletion in Hai River Basin of Northern China. Water SA., (SCI Journal), ISSN: 18166‒7950, Vol. 35, No. 5, pp 663‒670.
  45. Shumin Han, Yonghui Yang, Yuping Lei, Changyuan Tang, Juana Paul Moiwo (2008). Seasonal groundwater storage anomaly and vadose zone soil moisture as indicators of precipitation recharge in the Piedmont region of Taihang Mountain, North China Plain. Hydrological Research, (SCI Journal), ISSN: 0029-1277, DOI: 10.2166/nh.2008.117.
  46. Juana Paul Moiwo (2006). Spatial analysis of the impact of land-use on surface runoff and soil erosion — A case study of western Jilin. Journal of Geoscientific Research in Northeast Asia, (Academic Journal), Vol. 9, No. 1, pp 83–96. (东北亚地学研究英文版).
  47. Juana Paul Moiwo (2006). Impact of land-use patterns on distributed groundwater recharge and discharge — a case study of western Jilin. Chinese Geographical Science, (Academic Journal), Vol. 16, No. 3, pp 229–235. (中国地理科学, 英文版).
  48. Juana Paul Moiwo (2003). The effect of flow on pollution and remediation of groundwater. Journal of Geoscientific Research in Northeast Asia, (Academic Journal), Vol. 6, No. 2, pp 183–190. (东北亚地学研究, 英文版).
    1. Juana Paul Moiwo (2001). Porosity, dispersity, and contaminant transport in groundwater. Journal of Geoscientific Research in Northeast Asia, (Academic Journal), Vol. 4, No. 2, pp 192–199. (东北亚地学研究, 英文版).
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