Staff Profile
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Department of Biological Sciences
School of Natural and Applied Sciences (MMUST)
P.O. Box 190-50100
Kakamega, KENYA
Office no. SPD Block B Room 310
Kakamega-Webuye Road
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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6549-6292
Dr. Christine Akinyi Onyango
Dr. Christine Akinyi Onyango holds a doctorate degree in Marine Biology specializing in the effects of global warming on coral reefs and a master’s degree in environmental biology. Her areas of academic and research interest are in the fields of aquatic ecology, and the use of molecular tools in addressing environmental issues. Her major scholarly contribution was her role in promoting the use of molecular tools in unravelling cellular responses of organisms to environmental stress. She currently serves as the departmental exams’ coordinator and a member of the departmental Postgraduate Studies Committee.
Some of her key published works include: -
- P. Muigai, H. Agevi, J. Otuoma, F. N. Muyekho,C. A. Onyango and G. Ayaga. (2023). Trade-offs in Species Selection and Carbon Offset on farms around Kakamega-Nandi Forest Ecosystem in Kenya. Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems 26 (3):1-17. http://doi.org/10.56369/tsaes.4774
- Christine Akinyi Onyango, Humphrey Agevi, Henry Mugatsia Tsingalia, Marina Cords, Gertrude Schaab G. (2011) Density estimation by spatial extra- polation of some diurnal monkey populations in the Kakamega forest, Kenya. In: Conference proceedings of International Conference on Tropical Forest Resources, Kakamega.
- Christine Akinyi Onyango, Henry Lungayia, William Aino Shivoga, Richard Wephukulu (2013) Assessment of water quality by use of macro-invertebrates in Omubhira and Lurambi streams: Implications for Management and Conservation. East African Journal of Engineering, Science and Technology. Vol 1. No.2. ISSN-2219-8598.
- Hollander J, Linden O, Gudka M, Duncan M I, Obura D, James N, Bhagooli R, Nyanapah J, Onyango C, Duvane J, Louis Y, Ngotho D, Mvungi E, Mamboya F, George R, Hamad H, Issa Hamisi M, Adeleke B, Ngoa E, Harlay J, Oduor N, Fondo E, Wambiji N, Raharinaivo L, Winkler A, Okemwa G, Karisa J, Madi Bamdou M, Mtaki K, Randrianandrasana J. (2020) Marine Organisms Responses to Climate Change Effects in the Western Indian Ocean. Journal of Indian Ocean Rim Studies,
Volume 3, Issue 1.
- Christine A Onyango, David Glassom, Angus MacDonald. (2021) De novo assembly of the transcriptome of scleractinian coral, Anomastraea irregularis and analyses of its response to thermal stress. Molecular Biology Reports. 48: 2083–209. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-021-06184-5
