Dr. Zipporah Moraa Gichana is a lecturer and Chairperson of the Department of Environment, Natural Resources and Aquatic Sciences at Kisii University, an adjunct research scientist at AICAD, and Kisii University's Africa-UniNet representative. She is a freshwater scientist and aquaculture researcher specialising in aquatic ecology, limnology, water-quality management, aquaponics, and recirculating aquaculture systems. Her official profile lists ORCID 0000-0001-8581-510X and institutional contact zgichana@kisiiuniversity.ac.ke.