Adelaida K. Semesi

**Adelaida Kleti Semesi**, kuma **Adelaide K. Semesi** (1951&nbsp;– 6 ga Fabrairu 2001),  ƙwararriyar masaniyar muhalli ce ta ƙasar Tanzaniya, wacce Farfesa ce a fannin ilmin halittu na ruwa a Jami'ar Dar es Salaam . Semesi, wacce aka san ta da aikinta kan ilimin halittu na mangrove, ita ce mace ta farko da ta zama farfesa a fannin kimiyyar halittu a Tanzaniya.

## Ilimi
An haifi Semesi a shekarar 1951 a Haubi, Tanzania. Ta kammala karatun digiri na farko a Jami'ar Dar es Salaam a shekarar 1975, sannan ta kammala karatun digiri na uku daga wannan jami'ar a shekarar 1979.

## Sana'a
Aikin koyarwa na Semesi ya fara ne a shekarar 1975 a matsayin mataimakiyar koyarwa, inda ta zama farfesa a lokacin mutuwarta.  A shekarar 1982 ta fara wani shiri na bincike kan noman ruwan teku a Zanzibar ; aikace-aikacensa ya haifar da ƙarin jari a masana'antar da ke samar da ayyuka iri-iri, musamman ga mata. Aikinta kan ilimin halittu na mangrove ya fara ne a shekarar 1990, wanda ya sa Tanzania ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin ƙasashe na farko da suka sami tsarin kula da muhalli ga mangrove.  Ta kuma kasance mai fafutukar kare ilimin kimiyya na asali da aka watsa ta baki, da kuma ayyukanta a cikin al'ummomi, musamman dangane da ayyukan noma. 

Ana yi wa lakabi da  ("mama mangroves" a Swahili),   ta ƙware a fannin ilimin halittu na mangroves, ta kasance memba na Majalisar Ƙungiyar Duniya don Tsarin Halittu na Mangroves,  memba na Majalisar Ƙungiyar Ciyawar Teku ta Duniya,  kuma memba na kwamitin amintattu na Ƙungiyar Kimiyyar Teku ta Yammacin Indiya . 

Semesi ita ce farfesa mace ta farko a Tanzania a fannin kimiyyar halitta.  Duk da wariya da ake nunawa mata a fannin kimiyya, an karrama ta da kyaututtuka na duniya.  Waɗannan sun haɗa da tallafin karatu na Fulbright ga Jami'ar Kudancin Florida a shekarar 1982, inda ta gudanar da wani aikin bincike mai taken "Nazarin Wasu Kwayoyin Halittar Ruwa".  Ta sami tallafin karatu na Pew Trust a shekarar 1992, wanda ta yi amfani da shi wajen gudanar da babban bincike kan yankin Bagamoyo, wanda ya haɗa da tushen ruwa, kididdigar zamantakewa da tattalin arziki da sauran abubuwa. 

A lokacin rasuwarta, Semesi ita ce Darakta a Cibiyar Kimiyyar Ruwa ta Jami'ar Dar es Salaam.  Ta mutu a ranar 6 ga Fabrairu, 2001.  An bayyana mutuwarta a cikin *Pwani Yetu: Jaridar Wasikar Labaran Kamfanin Gudanar da Teku na Tanzania* a matsayin "babban rashin sa'a ga kiyaye muhallin ruwa". 

## Ganewa

* Tallafin Karatu na Fulbright 
* Pew Trust Fellowship a Kimiyyar Ruwa 
* Jami'ar Noma ta Norway : Lambar Yabo ta Noragric Publication (1999), don ƙwarewa a cikin wallafe-wallafen bincike 
* *Tsire-tsire na Ruwa na Tanzaniya: Jagorar filin zuwa ga ciyawar teku da ciyawar teku na Tanzaniya* ta Eurico C. Oliveira, Katrin Österlund da Matern SP Mtolera sun sadaukar da kansu ga rayuwar Semesi da aikinta. 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Semesi ya yi aure da 'ya'ya huɗu. 

## Littattafai da aka zaɓa

* Collen, J., M. Mtolera, K. Abrahamsson, A. Semesi da M. Pedersen. 1995. Noma da ilimin halittar algae ja Eucheuma: Muhimmancin kasuwanci a Gabashin Afirka. Ambio 24(7): 497-450
* Mtolera, MSP, J. Collen da AK Semesi. 1995. Samar da hydrogen peroxide mai lalata a cikin Eucheuma denticulatum (Rhodophyta) yayin damuwa da pH mai yawa, ƙarfin haske mai yawa da gasa da wasu nau'ikan halittu ke haifarwa. olera, MSP, J. Collen da AK Semesi. 1995. Samar da hydrogen peroxide mai lalata a cikin Eucheuma denticulatum 30(4): 289
* Semesi AK 1993. Yankunan dausayi na ƙasashen kudu da hamadar sahara, dacewarsu da kuma kula da su. Takardun taron kan ruwa da muhalli: Mabuɗin Ci gaban Afirka 151-164

* Engdahl, S., F. Mamboya, M. Mtolera, A. Semesi da M. Björk. 1998. The Brown macroalgae Pakina boergesenii a matsayin mai nuna nauyi karafa gurbatawa a cikin Zanzibar Channel. Ambio 27 (8): 694-700
* Semesi, AK 1998. Matsalolin amfani da albarkatun bakin teku da kiyayewa a Bagamoyo, Tanzania. Ambio 27(8): 635-644
* Semesi, AK 1998. Gudanar da Mangrove da amfani da shi a Gabashin Afirka. Ambio 27(8): 620-626
* Mtolera, MSP, J. Collen da AK Semesi. 1996. Samar da sinadarai masu canzawa na halogenated organic mahadi a cikin Eucheuma denticulatum (Rhodophyta) wanda ya haifar da matsin lamba sakamakon karuwar pH da kuma yawan haske. Jaridar Turai ta Phycology 31(1): 91
* Bjork, M., SM Mohammed da A. Semesi. 1995. Coralline algae, muhimman masu gina murjani masu rafuka da ke fuskantar barazanar gurɓatawa. Ambio 24(7): 502

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