PhD Biotechnology
Name of Department: Biotechnology Rhodes University, P O Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa
Email: onchongadavid@hotmail.com
PhD currently - Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
MSc 2007- Bhopal University, Bhopal, India
BSc 2005–Periyer University, Salem, India.
Aug. 2006 to Jan. 2007 : Internship with Grow Tips Biotech (India)
Position held : Research Assistant
June to August 2007 : Bhopal Memorial Research Hospital (India)
Position held : Medical Biotechnologist- Research Assistant
Oct. to Dec. 2007 : Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)
Position Held : Research Assistant
From February 2008 : Kenya Polytechnic University College
(Constituent college of Nairobi University)
Position Held : Part time lecturer Department of
Biotechnology and Biochemistry.
Areas of teaching : Biochemical engineering and fermentation
Process, molecular Biology, plant and
animal tissue culture and Enzymolgy
From July 2008 : Kenya Institute of Professional Studies
Position Held : Lecturer Department of Medical and Applied
Sciences.
Areas of teaching : Biochemistry, immunology and microbiology
From August 2009
to current. : Mwenge University College of education
Position held : Lecturer Department of Biology.
Areas Of teaching : Biotechnology, genetics and molecular biology
Added Responsibility : Head of Biology Department
Characterization of partnership role of mitochondrial Hsp40-Hsp70 chaperones of Plasmodium falciparum
Production and application of citric acid from Apergillus niger - Bachelor’s project. Published in Periyer University science journal 2006
Production of Artemesinin through tissue culture –Master’s Thesis. Published in Barkatullah Vishwa Vidyaya Bhopal University science journal 2010.
Module Book, Introduction to Immunology, First Edition, Mwenge University College, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science 2011.
Module Book, Basic Principles of Biotechnology and Gene Cloning, Mwenge University College, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science 2013
Module Book, Genetics and Molecular Biology, First Edition, Mwenge University College, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science 2013.
Standardized conditions for growth of Spirulina plantesis in tropical climate, Mwenge university science Journal 2012.
Nyakundi, .O.D (2013), Immunology for Beginners (First Edition). Moshi Safi Publishers& Trading Co.ltd.
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