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Assistant Professor
Faculty of Science and Technology
Department of Biological Sciences
FIELD OF SPECIALISATION
Zoology/Immunology
WORK EXPERIENCE
Jan 2022- to Date: Lecturer DBIOL; ISMS Champion DBIOL, Performance contracting committee member (HIV/AIDS Mainstreaming)
Jan 2023 – to Date: Peer Reviewer in African Journal of Horticultural Science
Jan 2021 & 2022: Module Developer (ZOOL l 0143 &ZOOL 00143) ODEL
March 2023: I.E for Janiffer Nguru (MSC) on determination of occurrence of root knot nematodes in spinach and their manusing resistant varieties and selected organic amendments in Muranga County ,Kenya
June, 2023 : I.E; for Tabitha Kanini Gitonga (PhD) on prevalence and characterization of ochratoxigenic fungi in coffee (mand the effect of environmental factors on their occurence in Tharaka Nithi County .Kenya
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Member of Kenya Society for Immunology (KSI) – April 2011- to date
COMMUNITY SERVICE
2023: Participation in the triple threat dialogue and the launch of the jiinue initiative
2023: MSEA sensitization seminar (Micro and Small Enterprises Authority)
2022: Induction Seminar for newly employed TSC teachers
2022: Students leaders training Meru County &TNC
2022: Peer counsellors Training Meru County &TNC
2022: Committee Member of World AIDS Day Preparations TNC
EDUCATION
PhD. In Zoology
MSc. In Immunology
Bed Science (Biology/Chemistry)
KEY RESEARCH PROJECTS
2019 :Chuka University Internal Research Funds (ksh 200,000)
2019 : KEMRI Research Grants (kshs 2Million)
RECENT SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
Study of animal diseases (Prevalence transmission , diagnosis, treatment, and mapping of hotspots )
CURRENT/FUTURE RESEARCH PROJECTS/INTERESTS
ZOOLOGY /IMMUNOLOGY :
Zoology and immunology areas are concerned with animal disease and their effect on the working of the immune system. The following are some proposed open problems:
(i) Having managed to look at the current HIV treatment options ; we need to include more effective regimens to counter the drug resistance observed in the current ART treatment combinations
(ii) We intend to develop more effective diagnostic instrument that will be able to diagnose the virus even when in small quantities in the blood
(iii) We intend to look at the immune response of (host and pathogen ) to HIV and other animal diseases
POSTGRADUATE SUPERVISION
1.“Effectiveness of Experiential Learning Approach on Students Academic Achievement and Attitude Towards Biology In Secondary Schools In Maara Sub- county,
Kenya
2. Prevalence and Characterization of Bacterial Soft Rot Isolates of Cassava Tubers and Their Control Using Hot Pepper and Green Tea Crude Extracts In Homa-Bay County, Kenya