Name: Dr. Anne Wangari Kairu
Title/Qualification: PhD
Department: Biological Sciences
School: Pure and Applied Sciences (SPAS)
Contact Address: P.O Box 6-60100 Embu
Academic qualifications
2014 – 2021: Ph.D. in Biology of Conservation. Title of thesis: Impacts of forest governance on structure and regeneration of mangroves in Kwale County, Kenya. University of Embu
2008 – 2011: Master of Science Degree in Biology of Conservation.
Thesis entitled: Distribution and population structure of East African green heart (Warburgia ugandensis) in Mt. Kenya forest, Kenya. University of Nairobi.
2002 – 2007: B. ED (Science). Botany, Zoology and Education – 2nd Class (Hons.) Upper Division Kenyatta University
Teaching and Research experience
2021 September – to date: Lecturer, Biological sciences department, University of Embu
2012 – 2021: Tutorial Fellow, University of Embu.
1991 – 2009: Teaching biology in various high schools in Kenya.
Research experience
October 2021: USAWA project in collaboration with Professor Mark Huxham Edinburgh Napier University, in Kwale County, Kenya.
September 2019 to February 2020: Forest monitoring and governance in Kwale Kenya.
2018 - 2019: A research on the evolution of forest policies in Kenya and their impacts on mangrove management.
2017: Mangrove forest structure in state and co-managed mangrove forests, in Gazi Bay Kenya.
2014 – 2016: Ethnographic study of mangrove governance in Kwale, Kenya.
2009 - 2010: Research on distribution and population structure of East African green heart (Warburgia ugandensis) in Mt. Kenya forest, Kenya.
Memberships of professional bodies
- Women in Marine Science Network (WiMS)
- Nature Kenya
- Western Indian Ocean Early Career Scientists Network (WIO-ECSN)
- Political Ecology Network.
