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Prof. Alieu Mohamed Bah
Deputy Vice Chancellor, حلحلآ‏»­ Campus

Professor Alieu Mohamed Bah

Associate Professor & Deputy Vice Chancellor

Deputy Vice Chancellor, حلحلآ‏»­ Campus

حلحلآ‏»­ University, Sierra Leone

7+
Years as Department Head
13+
Professional Memberships
17+
University Committees
7+
Editorial Board Positions

Educational Background

Ph.D. in Crop Science
2011
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, P.R. China
M.Sc. in Agricultural Education
2006
حلحلآ‏»­ University, Sierra Leone
B.Sc. in Agricultural Education
1993
حلحلآ‏»­ University College, University of Sierra Leone

Current Administrative Positions

Deputy Vice Chancellor, حلحلآ‏»­ Campus
September 2022 to date
حلحلآ‏»­ University
Regional Manager, Southern and Eastern Region
2022 to date
Kulafai Rashideen Islamic Mission
Board Member
2022 to date
Kori Radio FM 103.5

Professional Memberships

Member - حلحلآ‏»­ University Society for Academic Advancement (NUSAA)
2015 to date
Member - Sierra Leone Association of Journalists
1995 to date
Member - African Crop Science Society
2022 to date
Member - National Council for Technical, Vocational and Other Awards
April 2019 to date
District Manager - Moyamba District Kulafai Rashideen Islamic Mission
2012 to date

Leadership Roles in Professional Organizations

Chairman - Campus Working Committee, ASA حلحلآ‏»­ Campus
March 2016 to June 2018
Acting President - Academic Staff Association, حلحلآ‏»­ University
July 2018 to July 2019
SLAJ Regional Adviser - Southern Province
June 2017 to 2022
Chairman - Variety Release and Registration Committee
2019 to August 2022

National Board Memberships

Member - National Seed Board
2020 to 2022
Member - National Fertilizer Regulatory Board
2020 to 2022

Editorial Board Memberships

Editorial Board Member - حلحلآ‏»­ University Society of Academic Advancement (NUSAA) Journal
Reviewer - International Journal of Plant & Soil Science
Reviewer - African Journal of Biotechnology
Reviewer - Plant Growth Journal
Journal Reviewer - JENE-18.4.23-0953

Certificates of Excellence in Reviewing

• Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing: SDI/HQ/PR/Cert/105931/DRA

• Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing: SDI/HQ/PR/Cert/107620/DRA

Administrative Experience

Dean - School of Agriculture
August 2020 to August 2022
حلحلآ‏»­ University
Head of Department - Crop Science, School of Agriculture and Food Science
October 2015 to August 2022
حلحلآ‏»­ University
Acting Station Manager - NU Radio FM92.5
January 2019 to March 2020
حلحلآ‏»­ University
Senior Lecturer
2015 to 2019
حلحلآ‏»­ University

University Service

Member - University Court حلحلآ‏»­
July 2018 to July 2019 & July 2022 to date
Member - Financial and General-Purpose Committee
July 2018 to July 2019
Member - Senate (as Head of Crop Science Department)
2015 to August 2022
Member - حلحلآ‏»­ Campus Management Committee
September 2018 to 2022
Member - University Coordinating Committee
July 2018 to July 2019
Member - حلحلآ‏»­ University Financial Review Committee
2018 to 2020
Member - Agri-Task Force
October 2018 to 2021

Specialized Committee Memberships

Member - Health Committee, حلحلآ‏»­ University
July 2018 to July 2019
Member - University Housing Committee
July 2018 to July 2019
Member - School Management Committee, University International School
July 2018 to July 2019
Member - حلحلآ‏»­ University Farms Management Committee
Current appointment
Member - حلحلآ‏»­ University Guest House Management Committee
Current appointment
Member - Animal Production Department Committee
Current appointment

Project Coordination

International Project Leadership

Project Coordinator - RAF5076
Improving Crops Using Mutation Induction and Biotechnology through Farmer Participatory Approach (AFRA)
Project Coordinator - RAF5078
Establishing a Food Safety Network through the application of Nuclear and Related Technologies. Phase II
Project Coordinator - RAF5083
Improving Crops Using Mutation Induction and Biotechnology through Farmer Participatory Approach (AFRA)

External Professional Appointments

Member - Organizing Committee
Southern Regional Football Association
Investigating Committee Member
October 2014 to February 2015
Investigation of Mr. Eric Kallon, Procurement Assistant, حلحلآ‏»­ University
Field Day Sub-Committee Member
April 2014 to 2016
Oversight Committee Member (Service Committee)
September 2014 to 2018

Professional Summary

Professor Alieu Mohamed Bah brings over 15 years of distinguished academic and administrative leadership to his role as Deputy Vice Chancellor. His extensive experience spans research coordination, academic administration, and community service. With leadership roles in multiple national boards and international project coordination, he has demonstrated exceptional commitment to advancing agricultural education, research excellence, and institutional development in Sierra Leone and beyond.

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Contact Info
+23278616777
+23277340253
Education
PhD. Crop Science, 2011, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, P.R. China
M.Sc. in Agricultural Education; 2006; حلحلآ‏»­ University
B.Sc. in Agricultural Education; 1993; حلحلآ‏»­ University College, University of Sierra Leone

Dr. Alieu Mohamed Bah

Research Publications & Academic Contributions

Dr. Alieu Mohamed Bah's research spans multiple disciplines including plant stress physiology, agricultural sustainability, crop improvement, and environmental toxicology. His work has contributed significantly to understanding plant responses to heavy metal stress, sustainable agricultural practices in West Africa, and crop breeding for challenging environments.

Plant Stress Physiology

Heavy metal tolerance, antioxidant mechanisms, cellular responses

Crop Improvement

Rice breeding, variety evaluation, stress tolerance

Sustainable Agriculture

Organic farming, soil management, crop rotation

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

1.Bah Alieu M, Jing Zhao, Huaxin Dai, Yue Cai, Hongyan Sun, Guoping Zhang, Feibo Wu (2010). Effect of Cadmium, Chromium and Lead of Growth, Metal Uptake and Antioxidative Capacity in Typha angustifolia. Journal of Biological Trace Element Research. DOI:10.10007/s12011-010-8746-6 (IF=1.12)
2.Bah Alieu M, Hongyan Sun, Fei Chen, Jing Zhou, Huaxin Dai, Guoping Zhang, Feibo Wu (2010). Comparative Proteomic analysis of Typha angustifolia leaf under Chromium, Cadmium and Lead stress. Journal of Hazardous Materials 184: 191-203. (IF=4.14)
3.Xianhong Chen, Bah Alieu M, Li Lin, Shuijin Zhu and Feibo Wu (2012). Differences in physiological traits and protein expression between glyphosate-tolerant glandless cotton and it yields. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 82 (11): 961–71.
4.Bah Alieu M, Yue C, Chen X Zhang, G. (2014). Exogenous BRs modified the antioxidant enzymes and ameliorate the effect of Cd stress in the leaves and roots of C. olitorius. Indian Journal of Advances In plant Research (IJAPR), 1: ISSN: ABCD-OXYZ.
5.Bah Alieu M, Chen Xion Hong, Edwin J.J. Momoh, Guoping Zhang, Feibo Wu (2015). Effect of different nitrogen forms in alleviating cadmium-induced changes on plant growth, metal accumulation, oxidative and antioxidative enzymes in Solanum aethiopicum plant. International Research Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences 2, 4: (2349-4077) (IF=2.818)
6.Bah Alieu M, Dai Huaxin (2015). Effect of Cadmium, Chromium and Lead on ultrastructure, GSH and Free Cysteine in Typha angustifolia. Transcriptomic 3: 15. Doi: 10.4172/2329-8936.1000115
7.Jalloh Saidu O, Kanneh Salia M, and Bah Alieu M (2017). Evaluation of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum l.) genotypes for adaptation and yield components on the njala upland soil southern Sierra Leone.
8.Mansaray Ibrahim, Ngaujah Aiah Steven, Kassoh Fayia A., Bah Alieu M. (2018). Characterization of Lowland Rice Genotypes (F6-7) for Variability in Agronomic and Morphological Traits in Iron-Toxic Environment. International Journal of Agriculture Innovations and Research 7, 2: 2319-1473
9.Mustapha Feika, Fayia A. Kassoh and Alieu Mohamed Bah (2018). The effects of palm kernel cake, chicken manure, gliricidia sepium as compared to inorganic manure (npk-15:15:15 & urea) on growth, yield and yield components of irrigated maize (zea mays l.). International Journal of Contemporary Applied Researches Vol. 5, No. 8 (ISSN: 2308-1365).
10.Edward Momoh Munu, Aiah Steven Ngaujah, Sayo Sesay and Alieu Mohamed Bah (2018). Screening of rice breeding lines for flooded water condition. International Journal in Physical and Applied Sciences Vol. 5, No. 8 ISSN: 2394-5710
11.Vandi Alieu Sama, Alpha Bellah Jalloh, Sayo Sesay and Alieu Mohamed Bah (2018). Genetic Diversity of Lowland Rice Varieties Evaluated in the Associated Mangrove Swamp of Sierra Leone. International Journal of Research in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 5, No 5, ISSN (Online): 2348 – 3997.
12.Vandi Alieu Sama, Fayia A Kassoh and Alieu Mohamed Bah (2018). Screening Lowland Rice Genotypes for Ratooning Performance in the Associated Mangrove Swamp of Sierra Leone. International Journal of Agriculture Innovation and Research Vol. 7, No 4, ISSN (Online): 2319 – 1473
13.Kamara, Augustine Musa, Johnson, Adolphus Jeremy, Bah, Alieu Mohamed and Amara, Augustine (2020). Assessing Extension-Farmer Interface on the Adoption of Improved Rice Technologies Among Smallholder Farmers in Kambia District, Sierra Leone. Journal of Sustainable Development Vol. 18, No. 1
14.Kamara, M. A., Bah, A.M., Johnson, A., and Sessie, T.D. (2020). Determinant of Adoption Patterns of Improved Rice Varieties among Smallholder Farmers in Kambia District Northern Sierra Leone. Journal of Sustainable Development Vol. 18, No. 1
15.Fatmata Margai, Fayia A. Kassoh, Melvin S. George, & Alieu M. Bah (2021). Okra Varietal Response under Soil Amended with Different Rates of Gliricidia Sepium Green Manure. International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) Vol. 10, No 6, ISSN: 2319-7064, SJIF (2020): 7.803
16.Mohamed Ansumana Samai, Fayia Augustine Kassoh, Shaka Kroma, Prince Emmanuel Norman, Alieu Mohamed Bah (2021). Effect of time and proportion of leaf harvest on pest, forage and root yields of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) in the inland valley swamp and upland ecologies of حلحلآ‏»­. International Journal of Environmental & Agriculture Research (IJOEAR) ISSN:[2454-1850] [Vol-7, Issue-9]
17.Ashadu Nyande, Melvin S. George, Fayia A. Kassoh and Alieu M. Bah (2021). Growth and Yield response of Okra (Ablemochus esculentus) to varying rates of different sources of organic soil amendments at حلحلآ‏»­, Moyamba District Southern Sierra Leone. African Journal of Agricultural research 17(8):1144-1154 DOI:10.5897/AJAR2021.15656
18.BS Turay, AM Bah, DMK Amara, VI Kallon and SA Kanu (2022). Germination, Growth and Yield Responses of Egg plant and Okra Grown on Anthill and Termite Mound Soils. Biology and life Sciences forum. Presented at the 1st International Electronic Conference on Horticulture, 16-30 Apr 2022.
19.John Mod Bendu, Augustine Mansaray, Alieu Mohamed Bah, and Edwin Julius Jeblar Momoh (2022). Effect of planting method and spacing on the growth parameters of three Bambara groundnut cultivars in two agro-climatic Zones of Sierra Leone. World Journal Biology Pharmacy and Health Sciences
20.John Mod Bendu, Augustine Mansaray, Alieu Mohamed Bah, and Edwin Julius Jeblar Momoh (2023). Effect of planting method and spacing on the yield and yield components of three Bambara groundnut cultivars in two agro-climatic Zones of Sierra Leone. International Journal of Agriculture & Environmental Science Volume 10 Issue 1.1-8
21.Paul Musa Lahai, Peter Osobase Aikpokpodion, Mohamed Tailu Lahai, Mohamed Alieu Bah and Mathew Lamana Saffa Gboku (2023). Phenotypic diversity of wild Sierra Leonean coffee (Coffea stenophylla) collected from Kenema and Moyamba Districts. Beverage Plant Research
22.John Mod Bendu, Augustine Mansaray, Alieu Mohamed Bah, and Edwin Julius Jeblar Momoh (2023). Determine the appropriate planting method and spacing that improve the quantitative agro-morphological traits of three Bambara groundnut landraces. International Journal of Veterinary Science and Agriculture Research Volume 5 Issue 6
23.Ashadu Nyande, Melvin S. George, Fayia A. Kassoh and Alieu M. Bah (2023). Effect of Intercroping and Crop Arrangement on Yield and Yield Components of Late Season Maize and Cowpea in the Upland of حلحلآ‏»­ Soil Series Southern Sierra Leone. Journal of Experimental Agriculture International Volume 45, Issue 11, Page 178-189. Article no. JEAL.108265
24.Lahai PM, Bah MA, Lahai MT, Aikpokpodion PO, Johnson RAB (2023). Genetic diversity of coffee germplasm in Sierra Leone: implications for conservation and breeding programs. Beverage Plant Research 3:26 https://doi.org/10.48130/BPR-2023-0026
25.Fasuluku Bayoh, Melvin S. George, Fayia A. Kassoh and Alieu M. Bah (2024). Response of maize grain yield to different sources of organic manure at varied levels of application. Vol. 20(1), pp. 113-122. DOI: 10.5897/AJAR2023.16537
26.Mustapha M. Massaquoi, Melvin S. George, Fayia A. Kassoh and Alieu M. Bah (2024). Screening of rice varieties tolerant and susceptible to iron toxicity in inland valley swamps (IVS) in Sierra Leone. Int. J. Adv. Res. 12(03),193-208. DOI:10.21474/IJAR01/18383
27.Alusaine Edward Samura, Vandi Amara, Raymonda Johnson, Dan David Quee, Musa Decius Saffa, Marco David Tarawally, Kevin Bary Rice, Alieu Mohamed Bah (2024). Efficacy of Insecticidal Net in Controlling Fall Army Worm (Spodoptera frugiperda) Population and Damage on Maize (Zea mays L.) in Sierra Leone. American Journal of Entomology
28.Paul M. Lahai, Peter O. Aikpokpodion, Alieu Mohamed Bah, Mohamed T. Lahai, Lyndel W. Meinhardt, Seunghyun Lim, Ezekiel Ahn, Dapeng Zhang, and Sunchung Park (2025). Unveiling the Genetic Diversity and Demographic History of Coffea stenophylla in Sierra Leone Using Genotyping-By-Sequencing. Plants 2025, 14, 50
29.Musa Decius Saffa, Alusaine Edward Samura, Mohamed Alieu Bah, Angela Obageli Eni, Ezechiel Bionimian Tibri, Sagnon Adama, Fidele Tiendrebeogo, Justin Simon Pita, Prince Emmanuel Norman, and Raymonda Adeline Bernardette Johnson (2025). Detection of Cassava Mosaic Disease and Assessment of selected Agronomic Traits of Cassava (Manihot esculenta). Horticulturae 2025,11,618. https://doi.org/10.330/horticulturae11060618

Book Chapters & Training Manuals

1.Food and Nutrition Security and the Right to Food Teaching Manual. Module 9 Livelihoods & Vulnerability.
2.Climate Smart Agriculture Training Manual for Sierra Leone
3.Training Manual for Cash Crop Production and Rehabilitation in Sierra Leone
4.Training manual on crop rotation and associated crops
5.Training Manual on fruit tree crops cultivation and multiplication training manual for selected fruit tree crops in Sierra Leone
6.Training Manual for women and supervisors on vegetable crop production and other livelihood related activities

Research Impact Summary

Dr. Bah's research portfolio demonstrates a strong commitment to sustainable agriculture and crop improvement in Sierra Leone and West Africa. His work on heavy metal stress tolerance in plants has contributed to understanding plant adaptation mechanisms, while his extensive work on rice breeding and evaluation directly supports food security in the region. His development of numerous training manuals reflects his dedication to knowledge transfer and capacity building in agricultural communities.

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