I am an agricultural scientist specialized in agronomy with special focus on
integrated crop management. I am currently an Associate Professor and Dean
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi. I hold a
PhD in Plant Science (University of Manitoba, Canada), M.Sc. Agronomy (University of
Nairobi), B.Sc. Agriculture at First Class Honours (University of Nairobi) and
Postgraduate Diploma in Integrated Agricultural Research for Development (ICRA, The
Netherlands). I teach courses related to crop management and production systems, biodiversity,
biotechnology, plant nutrition and plant physiology at undergraduate, masters and
PhD levels. I have supervised to completion 39 masters and 4 PhD students in agronomy and
related disciplines. I have coordinated projects dealing with integrated management
of snap beans, dry beans, Navy beans, cowpea and rural innovation processes. I
participated in the development of the national agricultural research system policy.