Dr. Veronica Okello has been invited to deliver a talk at the Molecular Foundry User Meeting on Friday, August 19, 2022 at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, US As a follow up to an exciting profile in Nature career feature, ‘Voices from Africa’ series, https://www.nature.com>career articles, Dr. Veronica Okello, a lecturer from the Department of Physical…
Read MoreMs. Rose Tomno, a master’s student in the pioneer MSc Chemistry class at the Department of Physical Sciences, defends her Master’s thesis in a defense seminar held on 8th April 2022. Dr. Edgar Owiti and Dr. Veronica Okello win internal research grant in the 5th MksU call for internal research grant 2021/2022 Prof.…
Read MoreDr. Veronica Okello (PI) and Dr. Elizabeth Ndunda (Co-PI) win Internal Research Grant of KES 700,000 for their Proposal “Effect of Simulated Rainfall and Natural Weather on Chromated Copper Arsenate Treated Wood and Environmental Remediation: A Focus on Wood Treatment Plants in Kenya. The proposal was submitted for the 5th MksU call for internal research…
Read MoreEDUCATION BACKGROUND 2017-2020 : -University of the Free State (RSA) Doctor of Philosophy (Physics) Focus area: Material Science and Energy Thesis title: Solution combustion synthesis and photophysical characterization of rare-earth doped zinc zirconate nanocomposites 2004-2006 : -Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Master of Science in Physics Majoring in material science with…
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