Lead implementing scientist excels in research

in Egerton University and other universities offering agricultural courses in Kenya. He has over 50 papers published in premier internationally refereed journals above the second ranking scientist. This is according to Scopus®, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature that delivers a comprehensive overview of the world’s research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities (www. scopus.com).

In 2001, Prof. Kahi scooped two awards; the prestigious Peter Doherty Award and Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)’s Excellence in Science Award in the most Promising Young Scientist Category.This clearly reflects that even in his early years in research he was already a determined fellow and has lived up to the awards’ expectation by showing his focus on contributing knowledge to the science community. He has further demonstrated this by retaining the lead position for the Award of Researcher of the Year in two categories – Publications and Funds attracted at Egerton University, since 2005.

Prof. Kahi is an accomplished Professor of Animal Breeding and Genomics at Egerton University’s Department of Animal Sciences and a member of the Permanent International Committee of the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production. Given his strong networking skills, he has successfully attracted funds for institutional development and advancement from various donor agencies including the European Union (EU), Netherlands Organisation for International Cooperation in Higher Education, US Agency for International Development (USAID), African Union (AU), US Department of Agriculture (USDA), World Bank, International Foundation of Sciences (IFS), UK government’s Department for International Development (DFID), British Council, among others.