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DR Philip Onyono Nyakego

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PERSONAL DETAILS
Designation
LECTURER
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Job Category
Teaching
Phone Number
+254726247770
Division / Faculty
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
Directorate / Dept
DEPT. OF VETERINARY, ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
Anatomy
Address
536-20115 EGERTON
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
  1. Master of Science in Veterinary Anatomy and Cell Biology
  2. Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION
  • Veterinary Anatomy
  • Cell Biology
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
  1. Master of Science in Veterinary Anatomy and Cell Biology
  2. Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine
WORK EXPERIENCE
  • October, 2015 - Todate: Teaching Assistant, Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology, Egerton University
  • July to September, 2013: Volunteer at the Kenya Society for the Protection and Care of Animals
  • June to August, 2012: Student intern at St. Austin Veterinary Clinic, Lavington
KEY PROJECTS
  1. A study on the structure of the the Olfactory Mucosa and Olfactory Bulb in Fossorial Rodents: the East African Root Rat (Tachyoryctes splendens) and the Naked Mole Rat (Heterocephalus glaber)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Neuroanatomy
  • Olfaction
  • Evolutionary biology
  • Congenital malformations
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
  1. Kisipan M. L., Nyaga S. N., Onyono P. N., Thuo J. K., Orenge, C. O. and Ojoo, R. O. (2020): Lobar holoprosencephaly with craniofacial defects      in a Friesian calf: A case report. Vet Med Sci. 2020;00:1-8. https://doi.org/10.1002/vms3.244
  2. Onyono P. N., Kavoi B. M., Kiama S. G. and Makanya A. N. (2017): Functional morphology of the olfactory mucosa and olfactory bulb in fossorial rodents: the East African root rat (Tachyoryctes splendens) and the naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber). Tissue and Cell https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tice.2017.07.005
CONFERENCES & INVITED PRESENTATIONS
  1. Onyono P. N., Kavoi B. M., Makanya A. N. and Kiama S. G. (2017): Organization of the olfactory mucosa and olfactory bulb in fossorial rodents: the East African mole rat (Tachyoryctes splendens) and the naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber). The Joint Kenya Veterinary Association, Common wealth Veterinary association and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - University of Nairobi International Scientific Conference, April 26-29, 2017, Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya and the Naked Mole Rat (Heterocephalus glaber)
HONORS, PRIZE AND AWARDS
  1. In March, 2015 I was awarded the Science, Technology & Innovation Research Grant by the National Commission for Science, Technology & Innovation towards my Masters project
TEACHING AREAS
  • Embryology
  • Histology
  • Comparative Gross Anatomy
OTHER SOCIETIES
  1. Kenya Veterinary Board
  2. Kenya Veterinary Association
  3. Gusii Egerton University Dons
REFEREES
  1. Prof. Stephen G. Kiama - Professor of Veterinary Anatomy & Vice Chancellor of the University of Nairobi
  2. Dr. Caleb O. Orenge - Chairman of Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology, Egerton University
  3. Dr. Ismael Thoya - The VeterinarIan Incharge, Kenya Society for the Protection and Care of Animals
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