Work Experience
Senior Scientist – Computational Biologist
Orion Pharma
Feb 2020 - Present, Turku, Finland
Orion Pharma is the largest Pharmaceautical company in Finland.
Responsibility:
- Design, develop and implement data-science tools for research and development projects
- Support research project with data-related questions especially utilizing high-throughput omics datasets
- Apply cutting-edge computational and statistical tools for novel drug targets prioritization and biomarker discovery
- Lead data-driven bioinformatics and AI collaboration with Academic groups for target discovery
Senior Research Associate - Statistical Genomics
MRC-IEU University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Apr 2019 - Jan 2020
University of Bristol one of the world’s top universities and is the de facto home of Mendelian Randomization.
Responsibility:
- Applying Cutting edge genomics and epidemiology techniques to identify therapeutic targets for Autoimmune diseases.
- Publish and communicate scientific research
- Facilitate Academy-Pharma industry collaboration
Senior Postdoctoral Scientist – Acting Head of Statistics
KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Program
Mar 2018 - Jun 2019, Kilifi Kenya
KEMRI-Wellcome Trust is a one of a kind International research facility in Kenya and Africa leading in infectious disease research and clinical trials
Responsibility:
- Support Institutional stastistical needs
- Lead the statistics unit
- Development of statistical methods for diverse omics datasets
Early career postdoctoral scientist
KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Program
Mar 2016 - Nov 2018
Responsibility:
- Conducting research on Malaria and virus genomics and diversity in long-term surveillance
- Writing and publishing scientific work
- Supervising Masters students and Interns
Visiting Research Scientist
Heidelberg University
Jan 2019 - Mar 2019, Heidelberg, Germany
Responsibility:
- Developing statistical methods for analysis of the KILchip Protein Microarray data
Adjunct Faculty
Pwani University
Jul 2016 - Present, Kilifi, Kenya
Responsibility:
- Taught MSc Bioinformatics SBCG810 Biostatics and data science for Biology
- Taught SBCG812, Databases and Data visualization
- Examine Masters and Doctoral Thesis for the MSc bioinformatics and PhD Bioinformatics Program
Bioinformatics Intern
Yukiguni Maitake
Mar 2015 - Sep 2015, Niigata, Japan
Responsibility: - Developing transcriptomics and genomics software tools to support research and development in Maitake Mushroom cultivation
Medical Sales Representative (2008 - 2009)
Pharmaken Kenya LTD
Responsibility:
Marketing Anti-inflammatory and analgesic generic products in the Nairobi and North Eastern region
Education
Ph.D – Computational Biology (2013-2015)
Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)
Thesis:
Integrated pathway-based transcription regulation network mining to decipher the role of transcription factors in the heterogeneity of small cell lung cancer phenotypes
M.Sc – Computational Biology (2011-2013)
Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)
Thesis:
Protein sequence diversity characterization using the physical attributes of amino acids: Examples in plasmodium falciparum sequences and in terpenoid enzymes
Intensive Japanese Language Course (2010-2011)
Osaka University
BSc in Biology (2004-2008)
University of Nairobi
St Patrick’s High School-Iten
1999-2002