CURRICULUM VITAE Dr. Boniface Mwanzia Kavoi (BVM, PGDE, MSc, PhD) 1. PERSONAL INFORMATION Names: Dr Boniface Mwanzia Kavoi; Date of Birth: April 18, 1972; Nationality: Kenyan; Marital status: Married; Confession: Protestant; Languages: English, Kiswahili; Tel., + 254 02 4446764 Ext 2336 Mobile: +254 720895968 E-mail:
[email protected] Contact address: C/o Department of Veterinary Anatomy & Physiology, Chiromo Campus, University of Nairobi, P.O Box 30197-00100, Nairobi. 2. SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS After graduating with a Bachelors degree in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Nairobi in November 1998, I registered with the Kenya Veterinary Board and began private clinical practice in Machakos and Makueni Counties in Kenya. At the same time, I served as a teacher (Chemistry & Biology) in Masii S.D.A Secondary School in Machakos County. In 2001, I was employed by Choicemeds Pharmaceutical Company as a Medical Representative, a position I 2 held until 2003 when I left to join Mutitu S.D.A Secondary School (Makueni County) as a Science teacher and a Dairy Farm Manager. While working as a teacher in Mutitu S.D.A, I registered for a school-based postgraduate training in education at Egerton University. After completing the teacher training in 2004, I was employed by the University of Nairobi as a Tutorial Fellow in the Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology. My MSc program, which I started immediately after joining the department, was completed in November 2008. My PhD work was started in 2009 and was successfully completed in October 2012. My earlier and current research (theses and publications) mainly focuses on smelling and the smelling tissue in the nasal cavity and the brain of vertebrates.