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UNIVERSITY OF KABIANGA ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED
Mr ODHIAMBO RECHAB SYLVESTER
Nationality: Kenyan
Religion: Christian
Marital Status: Married
Contacts: P.O. Box 203020200, Kericho, Kenya. Tel: +254723848042; Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION QUALIFICATION:
• PhD (Organic Chemistry) On going (JKUAT); • MSC. Chemistry (JKUAT); • BSC. Biochemistry ( Chemistry regular) JKUAT
FIELD OR AREA OF SPECIALIZATION
NATURAL PRODUCTS CHEMISTRY/ ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
1 Tutorial Fellow (Organic Chemistry)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Nov 2015 to date: Tutorial Fellow at University of Kabianga (UoK). Sep 2013 to date: PartTime Assistant Lecturer at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) May 2014 Dec 2015: PartTime Assistant Lecturer at Maasai Mara University May 2013 Dec 2015: PartTime Assistant Lecturer at Technical University of Kenya May 2013 Dec 2015: Associate Faculty member at Mount Kenya University May 2012 Dec 2013: Assistant Lecturer Kiambu Institute of Science and Technology
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS International publications 1. Rechab S. Odhiambo, Kareru G. Patrick, Kutima L. Helen, Nyagah C. Gathu, Njonge F. Kimani, Wamburu R. Waithaka and Cheruiyot Kipyegon. (2015). Antibacterial activity of ethanolic extracts of Prosopis juliflora against gram negative bacteria. European Journal of Experimental Biology, 5(11): 4346
2. Cheruiyot Kipyegon, Kutima L. Helen, Kareru G. Patrick, Njonge K. Francis, Rechab S. Odhiambo, Mutembei K. Jackson and Madivoli Edwin (2015). In vitro Ovicidal Activity of Encapsulated Ethanolic Extract of Prosopis juliflora Against Haemonchus contortus Eggs. IOSR Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences, 10 (5) Ver. II: 1822. 3. Wamburu, R.W., Kareru, P.G., Mbaria, J.M., Nyaga, G. and Rechab, S.O. (2015). Spectrometric Detection of Organic Compounds and Toxicity of Ethanolic Leaves Extracts of Prosopis juliflora. Chemistry and Materials 4. Research, 7 (1):2125.
Rechab Sylvester Odhiambo, Kareru G. Patrick, Kutima L. Helen, Nyagah C. Gathu, Njonge K. Francis and Waithaka W. Richard (2014). Evaluation of In 5. Vitro Ovicidal Activity of Ethanolic Extracts of Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC (Fabaceae). IOSR Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences, 9 (3) Ver. II: 1518.
6. Wamburu, R.W., Kareru, P.G., Mbaria, J.M., Njonge, F.K., Nyaga, G. and 2 Rechab, S.O. (2013). Acute and SubAcute Toxicological Evaluation of Ethanolic Leaves Extract of Prosopis juliflora (Fabaceae). Journal of Natural Sciences Research 3(1): 815
Rechab, S.O., Kareru, P.G., Kutima, H.L, Gakuya, D.W., Nyagah, G.C., Njonge, F.K. and Waithaka, R.W. (2011). In vitro anthelmintic effect of Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC (Fabaceae) on Haemonchus contortus, an abomasal nematode of sheep. Book of Extended Abstracts for the 14th NAPRECA Symposium and AAMPS Ethnoveterinary Medicine Symposium pg. 216219.
RESEARCH PROJECTS AND INTERESTS Medicinal Phytochemistry, Natural Products Chemistry, Ethnopharmacology
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