Deans and Directors

Director, School of Biological Sciences.
Dr. Catherine Lukhoba
Consultancies Engaged in

My professional experience includes 13 years of in teaching and research in the field of plant systematics and economic botany, particularly medicinal plants, at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels.  I have been awarded consultancies in quantitative and qualitative analysis of the nutritional content of vegetables used in famine conditions of Southern Sudan (CRS),  plant diversity assessment of the KARI transgenetic cassava field trial site at KARI (Alupe) and assessment of  training manuals for FAO (Kenya Field Schools programme).  I have also been involved in preparations of a proposal to GEF. I have been involved in collaborative researches: Phylogeny and medicinal uses of Plectranthus globally; BOZONET- (enhancing taxonomy for conservation); and currently VicRes Project in the Lake Victoria basin and in the medicinal plant utilization of Kakamega forest.  In addition, I am a Research member of the Kenya Medicinal and Aromatic plants (KMAPS) (KARI- University of Nairobi) and of the Kenya Aloe Working Group.

Qualifications:
Doctor of Philosophy, (Botany), Master of Science (Taxonomy)
Areas of specialization
plant systematics, morphogenesis and economic botany (medicinal plants)
Email
clukhoba@uonbi.ac.ke
Director, School of Mathematics
Dr. Stephen Luketero
Consultancies Engaged in
Qualifications:
B.SC MATHEMATICS(1994), M.SC MATHEMATICS (1996), M.BA FINANCE (2008), PH.D MATHEMATICS (2008)
Areas of specialization
Email
sluketero@uonbi.ac.ke
Director,Centre for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics
Dr.George Obiero
Consultancies Engaged in
Qualifications:
Areas of specialization
Email
george.obiero@uonbi.ac.ke
Director, Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation
Prof. Daniel Olago
Consultancies Engaged in
Qualifications:
B.Sc, M.Sc. , Ph.D
Areas of specialization
Email
dolago@uonbi.ac.ke
Dean, School of Physical Sciences
Prof. Leonidah Kerubo
Consultancies Engaged in

INITIATED PARTNERSHIPS

  • A Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between the University of Nairobi P.O. Box 301, 00100-GPO Nairobi, Kenya (Cooperator) and Walter Reed Army Institute of Research 503, Robert Grant Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20910-7500 (Laboratory.) “Antimalarial screening of Kenyan ethnomedicinal plants”.
  • MOU between Department of Chemistry, University of Nairobi, Kenya and Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany. Exploring the Potential of Compounds from Kenyan traditional plants against Cancer.

MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE ACCOMPLISHMENT

  • SEK 800,000- 400 MHz NMR Machine-Collaborative research in drug discovery from Kenya Flora with special emphasis on infectious diseases and anticancer agents.
  • SEK 460,000- HPLC Machine-Collaborative research in drug discovery from Kenya Flora with special emphasis on infectious diseases and anticancer agents.
Qualifications:
2009 PhD University of Nairobi (UoN) Kenya Natural Products Chemistry 1996 MSc University of Devi Ahilya (M.P) India Applied Chemistry BSc University of Barkatullah, MSc University of Devi Ahilya, University of Nairobi (UoN)
Areas of specialization
Chemistry, Zoology and Botany
Email
lkerubo@uonbi.ac.ke
Director, School of Computing & Informatics
Prof. Robert Oboko
Consultancies Engaged in
Qualifications:
Areas of specialization
Computer Science PhD (UoN), MSc. Computer Science
Email
roboko@uonbi.ac.ke