About
Dr. Otieno is a lecturer and Examination coordinator in the Department of Physical, Biological, and Health Sciences, at Rongo University-Kenya. A botanist with a special focus on Microbiology. Her research interests are on plant pathology, tissue culture, food security, and climate change. A member of the Institutional Review and Ethics Committee, Biological Weapon Convention (BWC) Desk officer /focal person, and a member of the Science, Technology, and Innovation mainstreaming committee at Rongo University. She is a supervisor of several undergraduate and postgraduate projects. Otieno is a mentor of girls in STEM-related careers. A member of African Women for Bioscience which is a professional body for both secondary and University students. A reviewer of scientific articles including for women in science programs in Sub-Saharan Africa. I teach Botany and Microbiology related courses. She participates in several research and community outreach, particularly on food security and climate change mitigation where she advocates for climate-smart farming and breeding of important orphaned/neglected crops like mushrooms and Colocassia esculenta (Taro). She has been able to come up with a taro leaf blight tolerant taro which is also climate-smart being able to grow under rainfed conditions.https://www.researchgate.net/p...
Joined
November 2024
