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Welcome to the Directorate of Research and Extension

The academic staff of the University of Embu are currently engaged in research activities in ten  thematic areas, namely; Agriculture and Food Security, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Ecology, Education, Organic and applied Chemistry, Energy, Business, Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Mathematics. Our members of staff continue to actively seek new funding opportunities so as to attract research grants in the university. The members of staff have also published widely with the high impact journals and top publishers in the world.
Dr. Mark Otieno
Director, Research and Extension

Recent Publications

  1. Laub, M., Corbeels, M., Ndungu, S. M., Mucheru-Muna M. W., Mugendi, D., Yegon, R., Waswa, W., Vanlauwe, B., & Six, J. (2024). Shifting focus from external to in situ organic resources – The redesign of four tropical long-term experiments. European Journal of Agronomy,157, 127194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2024.127194
  2. Masheti,O., Muthomi, J.W., Muiru, W.M., Arunga, E.E. & Gepts, P. (2024). First report of Elsinoë phaseolicausing scab of common beans in Kenya. New Disease Reports, 49, e12268. https://doi.org/10.1002/ndr2.12268
  3. Alzain, M. A., Asweto, C. O., Saeed, M. E., Kassar, A., Ali, K. E. M., Ghorbel, M., ... & Wang, W. (2024). Assessing suboptimal health status in the Saudi population: Translation and validation of the SHSQ-25 questionnaire.Journal of Global Health, 14. doi: 7189/jogh.14.04030
  4. Ngui, S. M., Mwangangi, J. M., Richter, J., & Ngunjiri, J. W. (2024). Prevalence and intensity of urinary schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths among women of reproductive age in Mwaluphamba, Kwale.Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 17(2), 71-83. https://doi.org/10.4103/apjtm.apjtm_762_23
  5. Budambula, V., Ngari, M., Budambula, N. L., Ahmed, A. A., & Were, T. (2024). Nutritional status of people who inject drugs in Coastal Kenya: a cross-sectional study. BMC nutrition, 10(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-024-00851-z

News

Prof. Kenya wins a grant from the United Nations Peace and Development Trust Fund

Prof. Eucharia Kenya, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of Planning, Administration and Finance who is a Professor of Biotechnology at the Department of Biological Sciences has been awarded a grant worth US$ 498,071.28 (approximately 61 million Kenyan shillings) by the United Nations Peace and Development Trust Fund (UNPDTF). The project is titled “Enhancing Gender Analysis in STEM Higher Education and Research in Kenya” and will run between 1st January 2023 and 31st December 2024. - Read More

Visit by the Director DAAD - The Director DAAD Ms. Beate Schindler-Kovats visited the University on 2nd June 2022. The visit was to present an opportunity to the university to explore areas of mutual interest, collaboration and in-depth discussion on sponsorship and funding programmes. Read More

The Director DAAD Ms. Beate Schindler-Kovats visited the University on 2nd June 2022. The visit was to present an opportunity to the university to explore areas of mutual interest, collaboration and in-depth discussion on sponsorship and funding programmes. The Director paid a courtesy call to the Vice-Chancellor's Office and later visited the Microbiology laboratory. She made a presentation on funding opportunities and programmes by DAAD in Senate Boardroom. She concluded her visit to the University with a tree planting exercise.