ACADEMIC STAFF PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

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1 ACADEMIC STAFF PROFESSIONAL PROFILE 1. Personal Data Ins Name: PAUL OKEMO Title/Qualifications: PROFESSOR, PhD Department/Unit/Section: Microbiology Contact Address: Box , Nairobi Position: Full Professor Area of Specialization: Medical Microbiology 2. Conference Presentations (Have presented many Conference papers which can not fit in this space. I have only given the most recent) S/No Presenter Title of Paper presented City/Country Date of Conference 1. Understanding danger as we Casablanca, 23 rd -25 th face the coming plaque Morocco March Bio-risk Assessment and Biorisk Cape Town, Nov. 16- Management South Africa 19 th Epidemiology of Emerging Adis Abbaba, April 13 th infections Ethiopia 20 th Lessons from Avian flue, and Bamako, Mali Aug 5 th -14 th, other emerging viruses Primary and secondary Accra, Ghana March 23 rd - barriers in Bio-risk 28 th 2012 management Funding (US$) CRDF BEP AFENE T US Dept. of State US Dept. of State 3. Research S/ No Research Year Title Donor Funding (US$) er Ik of medicinal plants of World Bank USD, 1,298, Medicinal Plants used for Vicres USD, 450,000 the treatment of Tuberculosis in the Lake Basin Region 3 E. Monda and Management of bean rust on French beans HRE USD, 35, Funded projects S/ No Researcher Year Title Granting Body Funding (US$) 1 John Mathenge Antibiotic resistance in NACOSTI USD, 35,294 1

2 2 June Mwajuma 3 Elizabeth Kago Staph aureus from milk and milk products Characterizati on of microbes found in pipes of water delivery systems Control of Plant parasitic Nematodes NACOSTI USD, 35,294 KARI USD, 35, Publications (I have published about 77 papers in refereed Journals. These are just the most recent ones in the last two years and cannot still fit in this space- Google: aul for more) S/No. Author(s) Year Title Journal ISBN/ISSN Reference No. 1. Omari, A.. 2. Theddeus K. and Okemo p 3. Omari A, 4. Mutuku C. and 5. Mutuku C. and Antibacterial and Antifungal activities of essential oils from Satureria biflora and Toddalia asiatica 2014 Efficacy of selected medicinal plants from eastern against Aspergillus flavus 2014 Ethnobotanical survey of selected medicinal plants used by Ogiek community in against Microbial infections 2014 Metal pollutants distribution within Lake Victoria Basin and their influence on the Native and Transient Microbial flora 2014 Association of metal tolerance with Multidrug resistance among Environmental Global Journal of Science frontier Research Chemistry Plant Science Ethnobotany Research and Applications Agricultural and Biological Sciences Agriculture and Biology Journal of North America 14(4): (5): : (4): (1):

3 6. Omari A. and. 7. Caroline N and. 8. Kago E and 9. Kemoi E. K and. 10. Omari A and 11. Kemoi E and 12. Kemoi E and bacteria from wetlands of Lake Victoria Basin 2014 Profiling of Antimicrobial properties of Rubus keniensis Standl Microbial quality and antibiotic resistant bacterial pathogens isolated from groundwater used by residents of Ongata Rongai, Kajiado North County, 2014 Effects of Cabbage Tissue and calcium Hypochlorite on soil Fertility and yield of selected Solanaceous crops 2013 Pathogenic Cryptococol species co-presence with Salmonella in rectal swabs of domestic chicken (Gallus gallus) at kabigeriet village, Nakuru, County 2013 The role of phytomedicine in challenges of emerging re-emerging diseases and pathogenic resistance to antibiotics 2013 Isolation of Candida species in domestic chicken (Gallus gallus) droppings in Kabigeriet village, Nakuru County, Presence of Cryptococcus species in domestic chicken (Gullus gullus) droppings and possible risk it poses to humans in Kabigeriet,Nakuru pharmacognocy and phytocemistry Biological and Biochemical Sciences Annual Research and Review in Biology East African Medical Journal International Herbal Medicine European Scientific Journal East African medical Journal 2(5) (1): (3): (1): (4): (36): :

4 13. Nyamboya R. and. County 2013 Antibiotic resistance of fecael bacterial indicators and pathogenic isolates from sludge and wastewaters of Abottoirs in Nairobi, Biology 1(5): Consultancy and community service S/No. Consultant (s) Consulting Person/ Body/ Organization 1.. Mukiama T 2. and Oguge N. Year World Bank Earthwatch University of Fort Hare, S. Africa 7. Affiliation to Professional Bodies Title Consultancy Service Aromatic and indigenous plants of Medicinal Plants of the Samburu Community Analysis of wastewater bacterial profiles Payment (US$) USD 12,000 USD25,000 S.A Rand 60,000 S/No Name of professional body 1. Society of Microbiology 2. American Society of Microbiology 3. Association of Science Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) 4. African Biological Safety Association (AfBSA) 5. International Federation of Biological Association (IFBA) 8. National and International awards and Recognitions S/No Name of award or Awarding Organization/Body Year Recognition 1. Fulbright Scholar Fulbright Who is Who in the world American Bibliographic society Member of the Phi, Epsilon Society, USA USA, for Scholarship excellence External Examination (if any) S/No Institution Year 1. JKUAT 2013-date 2. Nairobi University Several Thesis todate 3. Maseno University Several thesis todate 4

5 10. Supervision of postgraduate students (if any): Have supervised more than 56 undergraduate students to completion and more than 4PhDs S/No Name of student Thesis title Status of project(e.g.fiest year etc) 1. Omari Amuka Efficacy of selected medicinal plants used by the Ogiek communities against microbial Completed in Alfred Ogao abiba related infections Antibacterial efficacy and Safety of Selacted n Medicinal Plants 3. Silas Kiruki Molecular characterization of Enteropathogenic bacteria and protozoa in River Njoro and Nakuru Municipality waters and their Drug resistance levels 4. John Muriithi Mathenge 5. June Mwajuma 6. Fidensio K. Ndegwa 7. Theddeus muange Kiswii Deternination of enterotoxin producing Staph aureus in animal products and looking for antibiotic resistance genes Profiling of Microbial flora and characterization of genomes of resistant organisms in the Mombasa Municipality County water distribution system Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used for treatment of infections in th Mount Region and efficacy Determination Determination of aflatoxin producing species of Completed in 2013 Completed in 2012 Completed and waiting for submission 2015 Due to graduate in 2016 Due to graduate in 2016 At data collection level 5

6 8. Elizabeth K. Kago Aspergillus and their distribution in grain found in Machakos County, Effects of various applications such as Cabbage residues and chemical soil amendments on the control of Ralstonia solanacearum 9. Davies M. Makilla Profiling of pathogenic bacterial and Protozoal infections on Cultured fish At data collection level At proposal development 11. Patents (if any) S/No Have not been able to file any patents because the equipment for our work to get to patent level are lacking. We however have a lot of potential candidate compounds, one of them may hit the market instantly. 12. Administrative positions held to date: Production and QC Manager- Delmonte Co-oporation ( Canners)-1978 to 1982 Head of Microbiology and Senior analyst- Bureau Of Standards Deputy Quality Assurance Director- Sterling Health Chairman, School Board of Undergraduate studies Chairman, School Board of Postgraduate studies Dean, Graduate School-2011-todate 6