The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) joined forces in 2019, leveraging a combined 65 years’ experience in research on the role of forests and trees in solving critical global challenges.
Muthemba holds a Molecular Biology and Biochemistry degree from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. He has vast experience in the applications of molecular techniques in diverse plants and animals systems.
He joined ICRAF from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) Forensic and Genetics Laboratory where he was tasked with the molecular surveillance of wildlife diseases such as herpes viruses in elephants and trypanosomes in Rhinoceros, species bar-coding and bush-meat identification for forensic prosecutions. As the AOCC laboratory technician, he is charged with the maintenance, isolation and re-sequencing of the 101 targeted African orphan crops.
Publications (co-authored)
2019
Munyano P
, Ndalo J, Kinyanjui Z, Kangethe S, Nyoka I, Mpanda M, Jamnadass R H, Muchugi A, Kariba R, Muthemba S, Hendre P, Dembélé C
2019
Sahu S K
, Liu M, Yssel A E J, Jiang S, Song B, Hendre P S, Jamnadass R H, Kao S-M, Featherston J, Zerega N J C, Xu X, Yang H, Van Deynze A, Van de Peer Y, Liu X, Liu H, Muchugi A, Kariba R, Muthemba S
2019
Hendre P S
, Fu Y, Chang Y, Song B, Liu H, Liu M, Liao X, Sahu S K, Wang S, Li L, Lu H, Peng S, Cheng S, Xu X, Yang H, Wang J, Liu X, Shapiro H-Y, Mumm R H, Van Deynze A, Simons A, Jamnadass R H, Muchugi A, Kariba R, Muthemba S
2019
Song B
, Song Y, Fu Y, Kizito E B, Kabod P N, Liu H, Kamenya S N, Li X, Wang S, Cheng S, Shapiro H-Y, Van Deynze A, Yang H, Wang J, Xu X, Odeny D A, Liu X, Jamnadass R H, Muchugi A, Kariba R, Muthemba S
2019
Chang Y
, Liu H, Liu M, Liao X, Sahu S K, Fu Y, Song B, Cheng S, Hendre P S, Mayes S, Ho W K, Yssel A E J, Kendabie P, Wang S, Li L, Lu H, Peng S, Van Deynze A, Yana-Shapiro H, Van de Peer Y, Xu X, Yang H, Wang J, Liu X, Simons A, Jamnadass R H, Muchugi A, Kariba R, Muthemba S
2016
Jamnadass R
, Muthemba S, Kariba R, Hendre P S, Muchugi A
2016
Ho W K
, Mavenkeni B O, Song B, Van Deynze A, Massawe F, Mayes S, Muchugi A, Kariba R, Muthemba S, Hendre P