PhD Student
e-mail: zaynab.mashood@up.poznan.pl
Phone: + 48 780 782 433
Cieszkowskie New College, Laboratory of Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture, Room no 28A
ORCID ID: 0009-0008-8435-1858
Teaching
Aquaculture and its impact on environment
Sustainable fish farming
Research interests
- Aquaculture Nutrition
- Aquaculture Management
- Fish Nutrition
- Aquaculture Water Quality
- Fish Feed Formulation
Education
2024 MSc. Animal Production Management, Poznań University of Life Sciences
2021 BSc. Zoology, University of Ilorin
Experience
2024 – Feed Technology and Production Intern at one of the top fish feed-producing companies, Skretting, Norway
2023 – Research and Development Intern at one of the top fish feed-producing companies, Skretting, Norway
2023 – Summer School Research Assistant at the Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budějovice, Czech Republic
2022 – Graduate Assistant at the University of Ibadan Zoological Garden, University of Ibadan Nigeria
2021 – Research Student at the Department of Zoology, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
2019 – Summer Research Intern at the Central Research Laboratories, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
Publications and Presentations
Mashood, Z., Rawski, M., Kierończyk, B., Skrzypczak, P., & Mazurkiewicz, J. (2024). Evaluation of the application and environmental sustainability of alternative feed materials in sturgeon nutrition. A review. Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences. https://doi.org/10.22358/jafs/190730/2024
Mashood Z.A., and Nzeh, G.C. (2019). Review article on the effect of Municipal Waste Leachate on fish”.
Mashood, Z.A., Mazurkiewicz, J., Rawski, M., Florczyk, K., and Wiśniewski, M. (2024). Effect of Fish Meal Dietary Replacement with Selected Insect Larval Meal on the Growth Performance and Environmental Sustainability of European Chub (Leuciscus cephalus) Juveniles. Oral session presented at Poznan University of Life Sciences MSc International Conference, Poznan Poland, April 26th, 2024.
Mashood, Z.A., Kuebutoryne, K. Enhancing Phosphorus Utilization Efficiency of Common Carp in Pond Aquaculture: Unravelling the influence of microbes in carp nutrition. Oral session presented at the International Summer School at the Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic, June 26th – July 21st, 2023.
Mashood, Z.A., Mazurkiewicz, J., Rawski, M., Florczyk, K., and Wiśniewski, M. (2023). Effect of Fish Meal Dietary Replacement with Hermetia illucens and Tenebrio molitor Larval Meal on the Growth Performance and Environmental Sustainability of Leuciscus idus Juveniles. Oral session presented at the Aquaculture Canada 2023 Conference and Tradeshow, Victoria BC Canada, May 7-10th, 2023.
Mashood, Z.A., Mustapha, S.W., and Nzeh, G.C. (2021). Growth Performance, Haematological and Biochemical parameters of Hybrid Clarias gariepinus fed varying levels of Vignea subterranean and Blood Meal. Oral session presented at the 20th Annual conference of the Nigerian Society for Experimental Biologists, University of Ilorin, Nigeria, August 8-11th, 2021.
Awards and distinctions
2024 Golden Medal for academic achievements from the Poznań University of Life Sciences
2024 Graduated at the top of my class in my Masters’ Program in Animal Production Management with a CGPA of 4.91on a 5.00-grade scale
2024 Demonstrated exceptional research qualities as an intern with Skretting twice through the Erasmus+ Summer Internship Programme
2023 Travel Grant Award for the Aquaculture Canada 2023 Conference and Tradeshow held in Victoria, Canada
2023 Grant Award for International Summer School Programme at the Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, University of South Bohemia
2021 Third place award with cash prizes at the Center for Social Awareness, Advocacy and Ethics (CSAAE) Youth Ethics Debate
2021 Nominee for the Best Promising Undergraduate Award at the Nigerian Society for Experimental Biologists (NISEB) 20th Annual Conference
2021 Best Graduating Student at the Department of Zoology, University of Ilorin
2020 Scholar of the Year Award for consecutively winning the 2018-2019-2020 University of Ilorin Scholarship Award