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Assistant Lecturer
Email: pfundi@chuka.ac.ke
Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
Department of Environmental studies & Resources Development
FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION
Biology of Conservation, Wildlife Management
WORK EXPERIENCE
Assistant Lecturer Chuka University
Research Scientist at the Institute of Primate Research- National Museums of Kenya
Deputy Wildlife Manger Mount Kenya Game Ranch
EDUCATION
Master of Science Biology of Conservation
B.Sc. in Wildlife Management
KEY RESEARCH PROJECTS
2016-ongoing Ecological monitoring of the translocated Mount Kenya guereza
2014-2016 Translocation of Mount Kenya guerezas to Karura forest
2011-2014 Ecology of De Brazzas monkeys at Mathew Ranges Forest Reserve
2010-2012 Pre-reintroduction assessment of diet and habitat suitability for mountain Bongos in Mount Kenya
SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
1. Henrik S., Prettejohn. M., Bunge, D., Fundi, P., and Bjorklund, M. 2017. Relatedness and genetic variation in wild and captive populations of Mountain Bongo in Kenya obtained from genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data. Elsevier (Global Ecology and Conservation), 11: 196-2016
2. Fundi, P. & Marriotte, C. 2016. Introducing Colobus guereza to Karura forest: A means to an end. Swara: 63-66
3. Simon, G.S., Fundi, P, Berril, M. & Njoroge, C.H. 2016. Pre-dispersal seed handling treatment by five sympatric non-human primates in Kibale National Park, Uganda. Science Letters: 4 (1): 84-91.
RESEARCH INTEREST
Wildlife behavioral ecology, conservation education and management