Joel Bonface Malala: Curriculum Vitae

                                                 

 Research Assistant

 

Mount Kenya University

BSc. Microbiology & Biotechnology

Technical University of Mombasa

+254724035747

jmalala@mku.ac.ke 

www.mku.ac.ke 

 

Education

•  BSc., 2013, (First Class Honours), Microbiology & Biotechnology, Technical University of Mombasa (TUM), Kenya  

• Postgraduate Certificate., 2013, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)/Environmental Audit (EA)

Professional Experience

• Tutorial Fellow (2014), Technical University of Mombasa (part-time)

• Research Assistant (2013-2014), Technical University of Mombasa

• EIA Associate Expert (2013- to date)

Areas of expertise

Microbial culturing, plant/animal tissue culture, preparation of microbial inoculum, vaccine preparation, sterilization, DNA sample preparation, extraction, sequencing and PCR amplification and data analysis

Patent

1.      Luffa-Aqua Purifier as source of water for domestic use (Patent No.KE/UM/2012/00293)

2.      Bio-alkanol gel as a form of renewable source of energy (Patent No.KE/UM/2012/00296)

Research Interest

• Environmental Conservation and Biodiversity

• Innovation

• Plant transformation through somatic/organic embryogenesis

• Human system health research

• Production of natural microbial products

• Ethnomedicine

• Water quality/sanitation

• Renewable energy