Edward Mengich Experience

Employer: Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI)

Period of Employment: September 1988 – date

Professional advancement

Period

Position

September 1988 – August 1992

Assistant Research Officer (ARO)

March 1992 – August 1996

Research Officer II (RO II)

September 1996 – June 2004

Research Officer I (RO I)

July 2004 – July 2011

Senior Research Officer (SRO)

August 2011 - date

Principal Research Officer (PRO)

Postings/assignments

Period

Posting

1988 - 1991

KEFRI/KARI/ICRAF AFRENA Project at the National Agroforestry Research Centre, Maseno, Western Kenya

1991 - 1994

University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada: MSc (Forestry) degree programme at UBC

1994 - 1998

Agroforestry department, KEFRI Headquarters, Muguga in Central Kenya: Organization of the First Kenya National Agroforestry Conference, 25-29 March, 1996 (member of secretariat); Resident lecturer for the Kenya/Japan Social Forestry Training Project

1998 - 1999

KEFRI/BADC Agroforestry for Integrated Development in Semi-arid Areas of Kenya (ARIDSAK) Project based at the KEFRI Research sub-centre in Kibwezi, Eastern Kenya; Project management (acting Project Manager, co-opted secretariat to Project Management Committee (PMC)

1999 - 2000

Goethe Institute in Goettingen, Germany: Intensive 4-month German language course

2000 - 2001

Georg-August University, Goettingen: Graduate visit to the Institute of Silviculture, University of Goettingen; Initiation of a PhD thesis proposal on sandwich programme

2001 - 2007

KEFRI/BTC ARIDSAK Project, Kibwezi; Egerton University, Njoro: Thesis research for a PhD degree at Egerton University

2007 - 2010

KEFRI Londiani Regional Research Centre; Egerton University, Njoro: Thesis research for a PhD degree at Egerton University

2010-Sept 2019

KEFRI Rift Valley Eco-region Research Programme, Londiani; (a) Green Zones Development Support Programme (Funding: ADP), (b) Mainstreaming Sustainable Land Management in Agro-pastoral Production Systems of Kenya (Funding: GoK, GEF, UNDP-Kenya); (c) Regional Project Leader (RPL), the Water Towers Protection and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation (WaTER) Programme (Funding: EU); Acting Regional Director (Jan – Feb 2019);

Oct 2019-Nov 2021

KEFRI Turkana Forestry Research Sub-centre, Lodwar:

Assistant Regional Director

Dec 2021-date

KEFRI Baringo Forestry Research Sub-centre, Marigat

Principal Research Scientist

Main duties

  • Development, planning, formulation, design and implementation of research projects/field experiments
  • Supervision and training of young scientists, research technicians and other staff
  • Writing research proposals, scientific reports and technical papers

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