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Prof. Balozi K. Bekuta is an Associate Professor in the School of Natural Resource Management, Department of Forestry and Wood Science. He joined the University in 2008 as a lecturer when it was still part of Moi University. Prof. Balozi K. Bekuta holds a BSc. Forestry (Second Class Honours, Upper Division; Moi University, 1990); MSc. (Forestry Science – University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 1996); Certificate of Proficiency (Forest Silviculture, Forest Management, and Forest Management Applications – University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 1996), and an earned PhD.

Prof. Nicholas W. Makau is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Science, Department of Physics. He joined the University in 1993 when it was still part of Moi University as a Graduate Assistant, then became a Tutorial Fellow and later on a Lecturer. Since then, he has taught many courses in both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. He has also supervised over 5 PhD students, and over 15 Masters students and examined many theses locally and internationally.

Prof. Linnet Gohole is an Associate Professor of Agricultural Entomology and Integrated Pest Management from the School of Agriculture and Biotechnology, University of Eldoret.

She holds a Doctorate degree in Production Ecology and Resource Conservation (Agricultural Entomology) from Wageningen University in The Netherlands, a Master of Science in Zoology, and Bachelor of Education Science in Zoology and Botany from Kenyatta University. Her academic research at these levels was focused on the integrated management of insect pests.

Prof. Makwali holds Ph.D. Parasitology (Moi University), MPhil. Parasitology (Moi University), BSc. BOT/ZOO (Moi University), and Dip. Protozoan Diseases (Obihiro Univ. of Agric. and Vet. Medicine, Japan).

Prof. Makwali joined the University of Eldoret in 1995 when it was a campus of Moi University as a Graduate Assistant where she rose through the various academic ranks. Currently, she is a senior lecturer at the Department of Biological Sciences. Her area of expertise is Parasitology/Immunology with a specialization in Protozoan Diseases Therapy and Control.

Prof. Lizzy Mwamburi is an Associate Professor of Plant Pathology at the University of Eldoret. She is a graduate of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (SA) (PhD), University of Melbourne (Australia) (MSc), and Moi University (MSc). In addition, she carried out her postdoctoral research studies at Gottingen University, Germany.

Prof. Betty Korir is a senior researcher with research focus areas in Mathematics (Biostatistics), Probability Theory, Statistical Modelling, time series Analysis, and Estimation/time series Analysis.

Prof. Gertrude Were is a nutritionist by profession and a registered member of the Kenya Nutritionists and Dieticians’ Institute (KNDI). Currently, she is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences with a teaching experience of 30 years at university level. She has mentored many students both at M. Sc and PhD level, has published several scientific papers in peer reviewed journals and co-authored three books in her discipline.