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Job Category: Teaching
Phone Number: +254727162102
Division / Faculty: Faculty of Science
Directorate / Dept: DEPT. OF PHYSICS
Section: COMPUTATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS
Address: P.O BOX 139-60400

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

PhD (ongoing): Ab initio study of structural, elastic and vibrational properties of FeMnP-type materials for nera room temperature refregeration , Egerton University
M.Sc: Effects of Magnetic Flux density on concentratrion of E. coli and S.typhi and chemical properties of River Njoro water, Distinction, Egerton University, 2016
B.Ed: Education Science(Physic and Mathematics), Second class Honors ( Upper Division), Egeron University, 2011
KCSE: Precious Blood Secondary School Kilungu, Kenya, B+ ,73 points ,2005
KCPE: Rev. Ikingi Boarding Primary School, 425 out of 500, 2001

FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION

Material Science ( Computational Physics)
Biophysics

WORK EXPERIENCE

September 2018 to Date - Tutorial Fellow, Physics Department, Egerton University.

August 2013 to August 2018 - A level Physics Teacher, Greensteds International School, Nakuru, Kenya.

May 2011 to August 2011 - Physics /Maths Teacher, Kiereni Secondary School.

May 2010 to August 2010 - Physics /Maths Teacher, Njoro Boys Secondary School (Teaching Practise)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Material modelling for energy conversion
Water purification using Magnetic field

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Thirika Anne Mwende, Onyango Lawrence Omondi. Effects of Magnetic Flux Density on the Population of Salmonella Species in River Njoro water. International Journal of Physics, 2017, 5-4: 135-140. doi: 10.12691/ijp-5-4-5.
Onyango Lawrence Omondi, Elisha A. Ogada, Thirika Anne Mwende and Owuor G. Lawi. Modeling Malaria and Rotavirus Co-Infection. Neural, Parallel, and Scientific Computations, 26, No. 2 (2018), 143-168 ISSN: 1056-2176
Onyango Lawrence Omondi, Thirika Anne Mwende. Analysis of the effects of vaccination on Ebola dynamics. International Journal of Engineering Innovation and Research: Volume 6, Issue 3, pp 127-132. ISSN: 2277 –5668
Thirika Anne. MSc. Thesis. Effects of Magnetic Flux Density on Escherichia coli, salmonella species and the chemical properties of River Njoro water. Egerton University, Nakuru, Kenya, 2016.
Thirika Anne, Ndiritu Francis and Kiruki Silas. Effects of Magnetic Flux Density on the Population of Escherichia coli in River Njoro Water. International Journal of Physics: Vol. 4, No. 4, 2016, pp 113-118. doi: 10.12691/ijp-4-4-5.

CONFERENCES & INVITED PRESENTATIONS

2020 - “Density Functional Theory and Beyond: Accuracy, Efficiency & Reproducibility in Computational Materials Science.” 5-6 March, Catholic University of East Africa, Nairobi
2020- QLS-CMSP Virtual summer retreat on Heat, Water, Noise and Life, 29-31 July, International Center for Theoritical Physics( ICTP) Italy
2020- Embracing Biopphysics in Africa: Challenges and Strengths, 21 August, Biophysical Society

HONORS, PRIZE AND AWARDS

2007: Kenya Government scholarship to undertake a B.Ed in Science
2018: Egerton University scholarship to undertake PhD in computational physics
2019/2020: Kenya Education Network (KENET) Research Fund

REFEREES

Dr. Mulwa Winfred Mueni (Ph.D.),
Computational Physics Researcher,
Department of Physics,
Egerton University.
P.O BOX 536-20115,
Egerton, Kenya.
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Dr. Moses N Gichuki (Ph.D.),
Senior Lecturer and Dean Faculty of Science,
Department of Mathematics,
Egerton University.
P.O BOX 536-20115,
Egerton, Kenya.
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