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Professor Mburu is an alumna of the University of Reading in the UK. Mary is a trained agronomist whose teaching career spans over a period over twenty years, 14 of which were at the University of Nairobi. She is the SEKU ASALI Project Principal Investigator (PI) and Project Coordinator and, the agronomy activity lead in the AWP&B.
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Ms. Kakiya is a Master of Business Administration student at the Egerton University. She is a trained accountant with vast experience in handling research grants and, is currently the Project Accountant for the SEKU-ASALI Project.
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Mr. Otteng holds an MA in Communication Studies from the Univerity of Nairobi, Kenya, and Master of Public Sector Managment from Africa Univerity, Zimbabwe. He is a PhD student in Health Communcation at Masinde Muliro Univerity of Science and Technology, Kenya. He is the activity lead for the Publicity and Visibility component of ASALI Project.
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Dr. Kisangau has PhD in Economic Botany from the University of Dar es Salaam. His research interests are in enhancing livelihoods through socio-economically useful plants and conservation of threatened ecosystems. Within the SEKU ASALI project, Dr Kisangau takes lead in the coordination of the high value trees component.
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Dr Kariuki holds a PhD from Technical University Delft, The Netherlands (Geology, GIS and Remote Sensing). He has a wide experience in geological resource mapping and use of remote sensing and GIS tools in various research fields having taken part in many multidisciplinary research projects. He is involved in hydrogeological research and vulnerability of borehole water resources in the ASALI Project, and incorporates the technologies in understanding the dynamics and sustainable use of ground water in the ASALs.
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Dr Mwangi who holds a PhD degree from Loughborough University in the UK has a background in Water Engineering and Water Resources Management. He has interest in participatory researches and development of appropriate technologies with potential to reduce peoples’ vulnerability positions in the ASALs. Dr Mwangi takes the lead role in sustainable access to water resources in the SEKU ASALI project.
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Dr. Amwata is a graduate of the University of Nairobi, Kenya. Dorothy is Range Management Socio-Ecologist with 14 years of work experience in and outside Kenya. She holds a PhD Degree in Range Management (Resource economics-ecology option). She leads agriculture and food security; and natural resource components of the ASALI Project.
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Dr Ndung’u holds Bachelor of Education Science, and Master of Environmental Science degrees from Egerton University. He also holds a PhD Environmental Science from Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, India. He is an environmental scientist with research interests in land use change and its effects on natural resources, climate change and vulnerability of communities to the changing climate. He leads the resilience building component of the SEKU ASALI Project.