Role/Department: Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Development Studies. University of Nairobi
Email: mkmuriithi@uonbi.ac.ke
Research interests: Health economics
Prof Muriithi is an associate professor in the Department of Economics and Development Studies (DEDS). He has over 15 years in both leadership and hands- on research in applied fields of health economics, education, poverty and inequality, development economics, social determinants of health, and national health strategy development. He is widely published in these fields. His current research affiliations include the Africa Center of Excellence in Inequality Research (ACEIR) based at University of Cape Town and the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) based in Nairobi. Prof Muriithi is also part of several projects including the Global National Transfer Account where he is the Kenya team lead, the Counting Women Work (CWW) project based at the University of Berkeley California, USA, and the Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) project housed at University of Washington Seattle. He is well acquainted with using national survey data, where I use statistical packages for economic analysis like STATA, SPSS, and the R program to undertake analysis.
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Role/Department: Thematic Head, Physical and Industrial Chemistry; Department of Chemistry. University of Nairobi
Email: dmbui@uonbi.ac.ke
Research Interests: Liquid and solid waste management; Environmental Impact assessment; modelling; agriculture; renewable energy; climate adaptation.
Prof. Damaris Nduta Wachira-Mbui is an Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry, University of Nairobi and an associate at the Institute for Climate Change. She is also head of the Physical and Industrial Chemistry section. She is keen to pursue research project initiatives in environmental monitoring and control, sensors, bioenergy and climate change mitigation and in modelling. She has pursued initiatives in solid waste and wastewater management, where she has sought ways of wastewater remediation using various technologies and has sought the production of biogas and bioelectricity from solid waste.
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Role/Department: Senior Lecturer, Department of Geography, Population and Environmental Studies. University of Nairobi
Email: parita@uonbi.ac.ke
Research interests: Climate change communication and adaptation, nature-based solutions, climate finance, gender, climate education
Dr Parita Sureshchandra Shah is a lecturer in the department of geography specializing in environmental planning and governance. She is an Environmental Impact and Audit Assessor and Registered with the National Environment Management Authority in Kenya. Her expertise ranges in the fields of environmental planning and management, biogeography and policies and legal frameworks, climate change, ecotourism, natural resources management and population, health, and environment. Dr Shah is well-published on issues ranging from climate change, multilateral environmental agreements to ecotourism. She has been a Member of the Karura Forest Educational and Environmental Trust (KFEET) and has coordinated the educational syllabus of the Forest. Her efforts in conservation have been recognized by the Oshwal Community as well as the Jain Social Group in Kenya. Dr Shah has also been recognized as a Trainer of Trainees by the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife.
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Role/Department: Lecturer, Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies. University of Nairobi
Email: k_k@uonbi.ac.ke
Research interests: Green energy solutions
Dr. Kenneth Mbali is a lecturer at the University of Nairobi. His interest is in energy and environmental sustainability. His research focuses on the pros and cons of continued use of hydrocarbons and the benefits of transiting to clean energy. His interests span the nexus between energy use and environmental security, and how the two variables have affected humanity, especially in developing countries. He believes that a deeper understanding of the two is significant as it will help the global community in attaining the Sustainable Development Goals.
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- Climate-resilient landscapes;
- Climate governance;
- Climate knowledge systems;
- Sustainable energy for poverty reduction;
- Climate action and social inequality;
- Climate risk management;
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