Amos Lucky Mhone is currently a Graduate Fellow at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). He holds a BSc in Veterinary Medicine (DVM, Hons) from the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR), and Currently pursuing an MSc in Medical Microbiology at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT). During his training and work experience, he gained extensive expertise in clinic and community animal diseases diagnostics and case management, veterinary medicines registration, inspection, and post-market surveillance, Farm-based biosafety, quality control and herd health of feedlot farming. Ticks and tick-borne disease control through the support of ITM vaccine production and quality control, and anti-tick vaccines. His current research interest is in solutions to Antimicrobial resistance of tropical neglected diseases, and he is currently undertaking research on Characterization of S. Enteritidis Bacteriophages and evaluation of phage delivery systems in chickens.

July 2019 – current: Postgraduate Fellow, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Salmonella Bacteriophage characterisation experiments, Phage delivery systems evaluation in different hosts, African
swine fever Vaccine and epidemiology research, Anti- Microbial resistance research on Salmonella, Escherichia and
Campylobacter species.

February – May 2019: Intern, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
East Coast Fever Sub-Unit Vaccine research, Ant-tick Vaccine research, Tick-acaricide resistance research, African Swine
Fever Research, tick breeding, tick harvest and identification, Microscopy, disease diagnostic procedures (PCR, ELISA,
IFAT), Tick infection rate assessments.

December 2018 – January 2019: Intern, All Creatures Animal Welfare Trust, Lilongwe, Malawi
In-clinic diagnostics and case management, community spay/neuter clinics, canine behaviour and training, animal rescue, rabies vaccination campaigns, animal care and husbandry, post-op patient care.

October – November 2018: Intern, Malawi Pharmacy, Medicines and Poisons Board, Lilongwe, Malawi
Registration and inspection of pharmaceutical products and business establishments, qualification and quantification of pharmaceutical active ingredients using quality control tests, post-market surveillance of established pharmaceutical
businesses.

September 2018: Intern, Central Poultry 2000 Ltd., Chimwemwe and Luwelezi Farms, Mchinji, Malawi
Biosecurity and quality control tests (feet and tire baths, TB tests, vaccinations), feedlot ration making and stall feeding, herding of sheep and cattle into pasture fields, post-mortem and meat inspection procedures.

June 2018: Volunteer Research Technician, Lilongwe Wildlife Trust, Kuti Wildlife Reserve, Salima, Malawi
Identifying and analysing tick colonies around warthog burrows with African Swine Fever (sylvatic cycle) Project, investigating velvet monkey population’s proximity to farming land and advising how to mitigate negative effects of monkeys.

August – October 2017: Intern, African Union Centre for Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, Lilongwe, Malawi
Disease diagnostic procedures (PCR, ELISA, IFAT), assessing efficacy of East Coast Fever Vaccine using clinical trials, breeding ticks for vaccine production, parasite pick-up trial participation, tick pre-feeding and dissection to evaluate infection rate in salivary glands, vaccine quality control tests.

August – September 2016: Vet Clinic Intern, Lilongwe Society for the Protection and Care of Animals, Lilongwe, Malawi
In-clinic diagnostics and case management, community spay/neuter clinics, canine behaviour and training, animal rescue, rabies vaccination campaigns, animal care and husbandry, post-op patient care.

September 2012 – October 2013: Vice President, Youth Action Against Climate Change (YAACC), Rumphi, Malawi
Organizing executive committee meetings, fundraising activities, liaison with local authorities to implement YAACC