Profile - DR Philip Onyono Nyakego

Back

DR Philip Onyono Nyakego

OffLine

Staff Information

PERSONAL DETAILS

Designation: LECTURER
Corporate Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Personal Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Job Category: Teaching
Phone Number: +254726247770
Division / Faculty: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
Directorate / Dept: DEPT. OF VETERINARY, ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
Section: Anatomy
Address: 536-20115 EGERTON

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Master of Science in Veterinary Anatomy and Cell Biology
Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine

FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION

Veterinary Anatomy
Cell Biology

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Master of Science in Veterinary Anatomy and Cell Biology
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

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

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
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

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

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

Kenya Veterinary Board
Kenya Veterinary Association
Gusii Egerton University Dons