Okumu Fredros

Okumu Fredros

Country

Kenya

Affiliateship Period

2016 - 2020

Discipline

Medical & Health Sciences

Biography

Dr Fredros Okumu is Director of Science at Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania, and an Associate Professor at University of the Witwatersrand. He is a mosquito biologist and public health expert working on new ways to improve control and prevention of vector-borne diseases. He is passionate about improving ecosystems for young researchers in Africa and liberation of scientific knowledge. He tweets https://twitter.com/Fredros_Inc , Occasionally blogs here, and has his publications archived here & here"

About the Affiliates Programme

The Affiliates Programme recognizes and supports the development of promising African early and mid-career scientists into world class research leaders who contribute to the Academy's vision of transforming lives through sciences.