CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL NAME: Lucy Wachuhi Irungu DATE OF BIRTH: 13 th May, 1957 PLACE OF BIRTH: Nyeri, Kenya NATIONALITY: Kenyan MARITAL STATUS: Single PRESENT ADDRESS: University of Nairobi Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research, Production & Extension) P.O. Box 30197 NAIROBI Tel: 254-2-2315416 or 254-2-2101810 Fax: 254-2-2317251 E-Mail: [email protected] PERMANENT ADDRESS: P O Box 1400, Thika Tel: 067-22346 FORMER EMPLOYER: I.C.I.P.E. Research Centre PRESENT POSITION: Professor, Medical Entomology and Parasitology A ACADEMIC HISTORY DATE INSTITUTION DEGREE/CERT. FIELD OF STUDY 1975-78 University of Nairobi BSc (Hons) Entomology 1978-79 Liverpool School of MSc. Medical Tropical Medicine Entomology And Applied Parasitology 1981-84 Liverpool School of Ph.D Medical Tropical Medicine Entomology 1984-85 I.C.I.P.E. Research Postdoctoral Molecular Biology Centre Research Fellow of Trypanosomes 1 B AWARDS 1. MOBIL OIL SCHOLARSHIP - To pursue B.Sc. degree. An award given to the best 1 st year student in Faculty of Science 2. KENYA SHELL PRIZE - Awarded during 1 st , 2 nd and 3 rd year for best performance in Faculty of Science 3. COMMONWEALTH FUND FOR - Awarded during 1 st , 2 nd and 3 rd TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION year for best performance in SCHOLARSHIP Faculty of Science 4. ASSOCIATION OF - To pursue Ph.D degree COMMONWEALTH C ACADEMIC CAREER PROFILE • Lecturer, Department of Zoology 1988 – 1993 • Senior Lecturer, Department of Zoology 1993 – 1998 • Associate Professor, Department of Zoology 1998 – 2008 • Professor, School of Biological Sciences 2008 – to date Other Academic Duties • Coordinator of Entomology Group • Coordinator of Parasitology Group • Examinations Officer D ADMINISTRATIVE CAREER PROFILE • Chairman, Department of Zoology 1999 – Feb. 2004 • Ag. Dean, Faculty of Science (when requested) 1999 – 2003 • Ag. Principal, CBPS Feb. 2000 – May 2004 • Principal, CBPS May 2004 – Feb 2011 • Deputy Vice Chancellor, (RPE) March 2011-to date 2 E OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES 1. 1999 -2003 Ag Dean, Faculty of Science when requested 2. 1999-2003 Joint Coordinator of the Universities of Nairobi and Sussex link during which time there was staff exchange for teaching and joint research, capacity building and acquisition of equipment and library books. 3. 1990 -1999 Faculty of Science representative to the Nairobi Ouster. The latter comprised the main research institutions in Kenya. Its mandate was to foster collaboration in research and training. 4. 1999 -2002 Secretary to the Academic Programmes section - Faculty of Science Income generating Unit F MEMBERSHIP TO BOARDS OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY • Board Member – Association of Teacher Educators for African (Afriate) • Board Member – National Council of Science and Technology • Board member - ICIPE Board of Training and Postgraduate Studies • Board Member/Trustee- Gandhi Smarak Nidhi Fund • Board Member - University of Nairobi Enterprises and Services • Board Member – Consortium For National Health Research (CNHR) • Board Member – KEMRI Welcome Research Programme International Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB) G RESEARCH i). Ongoing Research Projects 1. Larval Ecology of Malaria Vectors in Western Kenya - the population dynamics of Anopheles gambiae and their interaction with other aquatic fauna 2. The Effects of insecticide-treated nets (ITNS) on mosquito behaviour and survival in Western Kenya. 3. Identification and Distribution of the Natural Enemies ( Predacious Mites ) Inhabiting Coffee in the Major Production Areas in Kenya 3 4. Evaluation of Livestock Keeper-based netting Technology for Protection of Smallholder’s Zero-grazed Dairy Cows against Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis in Mwea, Mbeere District, Kenya. 5. Country Director for the Below Ground Biodiversity Programme. 6. Mapping of Risk Factors for Visceral Leishamaniasis Transmission and the potential of Biological Control in Kenya. ii). Previous Research Projects 1. Investigations on Phlebotomine sandfly vectors of cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis in Kenya. 2. Poultry Helminthiasis in Kenya. iii) Other Research Experience 1977-1978 Carried out a 6 months research project as a requirement for the 3.1.1. option in Zoology and submitted a dissertation entitled "The Development and migration of Trypanosoma brucei in Glossina morsitans ". 1979 Carried out a research project for which I wrote and submitted a dissertation entitled "A taxonomic redescription of Lu longipalpis and the effect of pH on acceptability of sugar solution to laboratory bred Lu longipalpis ", for the award of MSc degree of the University of Liverpool, U.K. 1979/1980: Spent 5 months at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the British Museum during which time I gained experience in: 1. Laboratory and other methods of colonizing sandflies. 2. Taxonomy of Kenyan sandflies 3. Experimental laboratory transmission experiments. 4. Blood meal identification 5. Fluorescent marking of sandflies for mark/recapture techniques used in dispersal studies. 6. Studies based on isoenzyme and electrophoretic methods for differentiation of sandflies from Brazil. 1980/81 Conducted research on the vectors of Leishmaniasis in Kenya, this included Laboratory and field studies. 4 1981/1984 Conducted research on the physiology and genetics of the Culex pipiens complex, mainly investigating the susceptibility and refractoriness of the above complex to different filarial worms. I wrote a thesis entitled "Studies and development of filaria in mosquitoes". 1985/1987 Carried out research on vector parasite relationships between Glossina morsitans and Trypanosoma brucei , as well as preliminary studies on the molecular biology of Trypanosomes. H RESEARCH GRANTS 1. Deans Committee Grant 1990: Kshs 300,00.00 for research on Malaria Vectors in the Mwea Tabere Irrigation Scheme 2. Agricultural Research Fund ( KARI ) 1999: USD 10,000.00 for research on Poultry Helminthiasis in Indigenous Poultry in Kenya 3. Third World Academy of Sciences 2004: USD 7,000.00 for research on Development of Mosquito Surveillance System for Rapid assessment of Malaria Risk and Epidemiology 4. Deans Committee Grant 2004: Kshs 79,000 and TWAS Grant USD 10,000, for research on Survey, identification and classification of the predacious mites of the family Phytosiidae, with special reference to geographic distribution and biodiversity. 5. Deans Committee Grant 2008: Kshs 237,000. Evaluation of Livestock Keeper- based netting Technology for Protection of Smallholder’s Zero-grazed Dairy Cows against Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis in Mwea, Mbeere District, Kenya. 6. Identification and Distribution of the Natural Enemies ( Predacious Mites ) inhabiting Coffee in the Major Production Areas in Kenya .Grant of kshs 2,060,000 from Coffee Research Foundation. 7. As Country Director for the Below Ground Biodiversity Programme, we have received research grants worth Kshs.65,518,515.47 million over the last five years, for Research on the Sustainability of Below Ground Biodiversity. 8. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 2010: Kshs 8 million: Mapping of Risk Factors for Visceral Leishamaniasis Transmission and the potential of Biological Control in Kenya. 5 I FUNDRAISING 1. Secured renovation funds for the Department of Chemistry amounting to Kshs.100,000/= from Rockland Ltd. 2. Secured 27 dissecting microscopes for the Botany and Zoology Departments worth Kshs.2,160,000/= through my linkage with Michigan State University and Centres for Disease Control in the USA. 3. Secured tuition fees, project funds and monthly stipend for 3 MSc. Students amounting to Kshs.1,942,000/= from my various research linkages. 4. Through collaboration with Prof Bonnie Dunbar of African Biomedical Centre (ABC), Prof Ochanda and myself obtained equipment worth US$450,000, US$30,000 for laboratory renovation at Center for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (CEBIB) and US$7,000 student scholarship. 5. Secured equipment from Seeding Labs (USA) for Department of Chemistry and School of Biological Sciences worth kshs 15million . 6. Established a link/collaboration in 2006 between School of Biological Sciences (MSc Applied Parasitology Thematic group) and Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania. To date I have secured scholarships and research funds for ten (10) students amounting to Kshs 3,719,521.20. 7. CEBIB-USAID/Kenya Strategic Agricultural Biotechnology Outreach Support Program: The CEBIB supported outreach is funded to the tune of approximately USD 500,000 for two (2) years. The program has carried outreach in Agricultural Biotechnology and Biosafety in several parts of the country and is ongoing. J COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH LINKAGES 1. Research on Malaria Vectors and Insecticide Treated Nets Programme in Western Kenya in conjunction with Michigan State University, Centres for Disease Control and the Kenya Medical Research Institute, funded by the National Institute for Health, USA. 6 2. Research on Transmission of Malaria and Insecticide Resistance in the Mosquito Vectors in Mbale, Kakamega District in collaboration with University of New York, Buffalo and the Kenya Medical Research Institute. 3. Management of Coffee Pests In Kenya: Integration of predacious Mites and The Action of some Environmentally accepted compounds with Coffee Research Foundation Ruiru, Kenya. 4. Larval ecology and vector control in Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania and Mbita Point, Kenyain collaboration with Ifakara Health Institute, Tanzania 5. Mapping of Risk Factors for Visceral Leishamaniasis Transmission and the potential of Biological Control in Kenya with Kenya Medical Research Institute