Cyorian Katongo is Molecular Biologist, Geneticist and Evolutionary Biologist by training. He has done some research in areas of (Plant Quantitative Genetics, Cichlid Evolution, Cichlid Systematics, Cichlid Hybridization, Effects of water Pollution on fish health uman Iodine Nutrition.
Katongo, Cyprian & S. Koblmüller, N. Duftner, L. Makasa, C. Sturmbauer. 2005. "Phylogeography and speciation in the Pseudocrenilabrus philander species complex in Zambian Rivers". Hydrobiologia. 542(1):221-233. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-1389-x (crc03983) (abstract)
Katongo, Cyprian & S. Koblmüller, N. Duftner, L. Mumba, C. Sturmbauer. 2007. "Evolutionary history and biogeographic affinities of the serranochromine cichlids in Zambian rivers". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 45:326-338 (crc01707)
Katongo, Cyprian & O. Seehausen, J. Snoeks. 2017. "A new species of Pseudocrenilabrus (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Mweru in the Upper Congo River System". Zootaxa. 4237(1),. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4237.1.10 (crc08069) (abstract)