Eric Mirenga
Forschungsinteressen
- Development and application of targeted and non-targeted metabolomics techniques
- Partitioning, retardation and degradation Kinetics of pharmaceutically active contaminants
- Surface Chemistry
- Toxicology and ecotoxicology of pharmaceutically active contaminants and other contaminants of emerging concern
- Assessing effects of pharmaceutically active contaminants on microbes using metagenomics and metatranscriptomics
- Fate and dynamics of organic and inorganic chemical components in soils under different management regimes
Lebenslauf
2021 - Present:Research Associate, Department of Soil Science, Trier University
2018: Research Assistant- Danish International Development Agency -Green and Circular Innovation for Kenyan Companies (DANIDA- GECKO) Project, Kenya Industrial research and Development Institute
2017-2021: Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry- Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
2015-2018:Master of Science in Molecular Biology, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology.Thesis: Biodegradation Kinetics of Chlorpyrifos and Diuron Degrading Bacterial Isolates from the Nzoia River Drainage Basin, Kenya. Funding- The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Research Grants Programme in Basic Sciences for Research Units in Science and Technology- Lagging Countries (2015-2016) & The National Research Fund (NRF) Kenya.
2011: Project Assistant- Netherlands Project, World Agroforestry Centre
2009-2012: Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
Publikationen
2018
Mirenga E. O., Korir J.C, Kimosop S.J, Orata F, and Getenga Z.M, “Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Soil Bacteria Capable of Degrading Chlorpyrifos and Diuron Pesticides.” Journal of Applied & Environmental Microbiology, vol. 6, no.1 (2018): 18-24. DOI: 10.12691/jaem-6-1-3