Department of Biological Sciences

School of Natural Science

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Kakamega, KENYA

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Kitungulu Nicholas, Dip, HND, BSc. MSc, PhD(On going)

Kitungulu Nicholas is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences. He is a Medical Biotechnologist pursuing a PhD in Medical Biotechnology at Maseno University. His PhD is focused on Molecular Entomology and Genetic Diversity of Malaria Vectors. He has previously worked at Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Global Health Research in the Climate and Human Health Research Division before joining Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology. He was also a Research fellow at the University of Massachusetts University Laboratory at KEMRI Kisumu where he did his Master’s degree programme in Medical Biotechnology. Kitungulu has a wealth of experience in PSC & IRS, Molecular Analysis, Mosquito rearing, Mosquito morphological identification, both adult and larvae collection and management of insectary.

His main research interests include genetic diversity of malaria vectors, innovation strategies towards malaria control & prevention, Molecular characterization of malaria vector & insecticides resistance, immunogenetics of malaria disease, climate change and disease prevalence for management of better public health care, both locally and internationally. He co-ordinates TVET programmes at the department. Kitungulu has won various awards (National Research Fund, Kenya and a PhD HELB scholarship). He is currently working on various malaria related projects in Western Kenya.

Some of his latest key published works include:

1. Diana Musungu Waiswa, Kipcho Davis Mukabane ,Nicholas Ligayo Kitungulu, David Hughes Mulama, Jackson Korir Cheruyoit. Prevalence and diversity of Plasmodium species in pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in selected health centers of Kakamega County, Western Kenya. Published on 11th October 2022 in Scientific Africa. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2022.e01392
2. Davis Kipcho Mukabane, Nicholas Kitungulu, Philip A Ogutu, Jackson Cheruiyot Korir, David Hughes Mulama. Assessment of knowledge of malaria and its control practices in mining and sugarcane growing regions of Western Kenya highlands.Published: 29 July 2022. African Health Sciences. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ahs/article/view/228871
3. Kitungulu, Nicholas, Bernard Guyah, Mark Webale, Nathan Shaviya, Maxwell Machani, David Mulama, and Bryson Ndenga. "Resistance of Anopheles gambiae sensu lato to Pirimiphos-methyl Insecticide in Kakamega County, Highlands of Western Kenya." African Health Sciences 22, no. 1 (2022): 589-97.3.DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v22i1.68.

2. Nicholas, Kitungulu, Guyah Bernard, Ndenga Bryson, Kipcho Mukabane, Mark Kilongosi, Stephen Ayuya, and David Hughes Mulama. "Abundance and distribution of malaria vectors in various aquatic habitats and land use types in kakamega county, highlands of Western Kenya." Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences 31, no. 2 (2021). DOI:https://doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v31i2.7

3. Mukabane, Kipcho, Nicholas Kitungulu, Philip Ogutu, Jackson Cheruiyot, Ndombi Tavasi, and David Mulama. "Bed net use and malaria treatment-seeking behavior in artisanal gold mining and sugarcane growing areas of Western Kenya highlands." Scientific African 16 (2022): e01140. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2022.e01140

4. Webale, M. K., Wanjala, C., Guyah, B., Shaviya, N., Munyekenye, G. O., Nyanga, P. L., ... & Kitungulu, N. (2020). Epidemiological patterns and antimicrobial resistance of bacterial diarrhea among children in Nairobi City, Kenya. Gastroenterology and Hepatology from Bed to Bench, 13(3), 238.DOI:  https://doi.org/10.22037/ghfbb.v13i3.1910

5. Webale, Mark Kilongosi, Bernard Guyah, Christine Wanjala, Peter Lokamar Nyanga, Sella K. Webale, Collins Abonyo, Nicholas Kitungulu, Nathan Kiboi, and Nancy Bowen. "Phenotypic and genotypic antibiotic resistant diarrheagenic Escherichia coli pathotypes isolated from children with diarrhea in Nairobi City, Kenya." Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences 30, no. 6 (2020). DOI:https://doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v30i6.5