DEGREE REGISTERED FOR:
PhD-Biotechnology
CONTACT DETAILS:
Biotechnology Innovation Centre, Rhodes University, P O Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa
Email: ealuvaala@kemri.org, ealuvaala@gmail.com
EDUCATION DETAILS:
PhD Biotechnology (Current) Rhodes University, Grahams town, South Africa
MSc Molecular biology 2011 Jomo Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya
BSc Biochemistry 2005 University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
- Research Officer KEMRI (Kenya) 2012 – to date
- Laboratory Manager Biotech Forensics(Kenya) 2011-2012
- Quality control Analyst National quality control laboratory(Kenya) 2009-2011
- Research Intern KEMRI (Kenya) 2006-2007
RESEARCH TITLE/PROJECT:
(i) RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
The research work centered on developing a non-invasive paper based microfluidics assay for qualitative and quantitative detection of P. falciparum in saliva of malaria patients.
PUBLICATIONS:
- Aluvaala, E.K., Tsuma, L.M., Wambua, P.P., Bulimo, W.D. and Mulaa, F.J. Identification of Glycosylhydrolase-producing Extremophilic Bacterium from Lake Bogoria (Kenya) Using 16Sr DNA nucleotide sequences. Sequence deposited in Gene Bank under accession DQ341411. January 2006.
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