PROFESSIONAL &  RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

May 2000 - present:

Assistant Research Scientist, Wetland & Marine Department (know more about our department), National Museums of Kenya.

 Reporting to Head of the department, the main duties include: To collect field data on wetlands of Kenya, analyse and synthesize into information that can be used by resource managers in wetlands monitoring and management.

 July 1999 – July 2001:                 

National Technical Officer , Global Environmental Facility (GEF)-United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) Rift Valley Lakes Project (Kenya).

Reporting to National Project Co-ordinator, the main duties included: To develop a database and reference collection of literature on Rift Valley Lakes, Prepare reports of activities being undertaken by the project and Update the existing wetlands inventory and database.

May - July 1999:    

Intern, at National Museums of Kenya, Wetland & Marine Department.

Supervisor: Dr. Nathan Gichuki, National Museums of Kenya, P. O. Box 40658, Nairobi, Kenya.

Received exposure and training on skills and techniques of searching, acquiring, synthesize and reporting biodiversity information especially during the preparatory stages of GEF-UNDP Rift Valley Lakes Project.

September - November 1995:

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

August - September 2003:

MSc. Student

Promoter: Prof. Dr. Ludwig Triest, Laboratory of General Botany and Nature Management (to Laboratory of General Botany and Nature Management), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.

Sponsored by Belgian government Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR),  Laboratory of General Botany and Nature Management & National Museums of Kenya.

Carried out fieldwork for MSc. thesis entitled "DNA polymorphism, allozyme diversity and biomass  of Cyperus papyrus L.  in Kenya's wetlands".

April - May  2003:

MSc. Student

Principal Research Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nanette Daro, Director, Ecological Marine Management (ECOMAMA) Masters programme, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.

 Sponsored by Belgian government, Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR).

Participated in Masters of Science  Ecological Marine Management field work research at the Belgian Coast, Southern NorthSea and Spuikom lagoon,Oostende, Belgium. Acquire skills and techniques in field sampling procedures, laboratory analysis and identification of marine organisms. Areas covered were sampling of benthos, zooplankton, nutrients, particulate organic carbon, chlorophyll and primary production.

November 1999 - September 2002:

Assistant Research Scientist

Centre for Biodiversity (Wetland & Marine Department), National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya.

Involved in field research to inventory and document biodiversity of wetlands in semi-arid areas of  Kenya e.g. Tana River & Kajiado districts.

September 1998 - March 1999:

BSc. Student

Supervisor: Mrs. Esther Kitur,  Lecturer Department of Environmental Science , Kenyatta University P. O. Box 43844, Nairobi, Kenya.

Sponsored by Kenyatta University.

Undertook BSc. research project  entitled "Extent  use of indigenous medicinal flora and potentiality of its value to be used their protection and conservation. A case study of Ndanai Division, Bomet District, Kenya".

February – April 1997:

BSc. Student

Supervisor: Mr. Peter Kamau, Lecturer Department of Environmental Planning and Management , Kenyatta University P. O. Box 43844, Nairobi, Kenya.

Sponsored by Kenyatta University.

Participated in a teamwork research expedition in Lake Victoria on water hyacinth. The study investigated the economic, social and ecological impacts of the water hyacinth and envisaged to propose to propose environmental friendly mitigating strategies of controlling it.