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John Massa Kasenene
John Massa Kasenene is a botanical and environmental ecologist, academic, scientist and academic administrator in Uganda. From 4 October 2022, he serves as the substantive Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Mountains of the Moon University (MMU), at that time, the tenth public university in the country.

From 25 January 2019 until 4 October 2022, he served as the vice-chairman of the four-person Task Force Committee, established by the Cabinet Minister of Education and Sports to superintend the transition of MMU from a private university to a public institution.

Background and education
Kasenene is a Ugandan national. His first degree, a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a concurrent Diploma in Education were obtained from Makerere University, the oldest and largest public university in Uganda. He went on to obtain a Master of Science degree in Plant Ecology, also from Makerere. His degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Forest Ecology, was awarded by Michigan State University, in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. He also obtained certificates in primatology and field research methods from institutions in the state of Virginia, United States.

Career
Kasenene has been teaching and lecturing in the areas he specialized in, since 1982. Before 2011, he was the professor of Forestry Ecology, in the Department of Botany at Makerere University. He concurrently served as a senior research and training fellow at Makerere University's Biological Field Station in Kibale National Park.

From 2011 until 2022, he was the Vice Chancellor of Mountains of the Moon University. In that capacity, he was the chief academic and administrative officer of the institution, equivalent to a CEO, during the time the institution was privately owned. On 4 October, he was appointed Deputy Vice Chancellor of MMU, responsible for Administration and Outreach, in the now public institution.