Mr. Kevin Ondoo Omondi

Member Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC),School of Science, Technology and engineering, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

He studied at The Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) where he attained a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Chemistry in 2015. He attained a Master of Science degree (MSc) in Chemistry from JKUAT in 2022, specializing in water Chemistry. His MSc title thesis is: Assessment of selected physico chemical parameters of water and sediment in River Sio, Busia County, Kenya. He is currently pursuing PhD in Chemistry at JKUAT. His PhD title thesis is: Harnessing chitosan and cellulose for sustainable waste water treatment.  He is a member of The Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) and has worked both as a Consultant and Chief rapporteur in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector for Kenya Water and Sanitation Civil Societies Network (KEWASNET), WASH Alliance Kenya and The African Civil Society Network on Water and Sanitation (ANEW)

• Bsc. Industrial chemistry; 2015; JKUAT
• Msc. Chemistry; 2022; JKUAT     Title of thesis: assessment of selected physico chemical parameters of water and sediment in river sio, busia county, kenya
• Ph.d (ongoing) JKUAT     Title of thesis: harnessing chitosan and cellulose for sustainable waste water treatment

His areas of research are: Water quality, climate change, adsorption studies, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and natural product chemistry

He has published five (5) papers in referred journals:

1. Evaluation of Selected Heavy Metals in Indoor Dust and Interior Painted Walls of Nursery Schools in Nairobi County, Kenya (2023)
2. Assessment of Water Quality and Heavy Metal Pollution in River Ndambuk, Busia County, Kenya. (2023)
3. Lantana trifolia: Phytochemical and elemental composition, proximate contents and gas chromatography – mass spectrometry profile (2020)
4. Determination of Selected Water Quality Parameters in River Sio, Busia County, Kenya. (2019)
5. Assessment of Anions and Heavy Metals in Sediments from River Sio, Busia County, Kenya (2019)

• Che 104: organic chemistry i
• Che 203: organic chemistry ii
• Che 303: organic synthesis
• Che 403: heterocyclic and stereochemistry

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• Email: komondi@au.ac.ke
• Telephone number: +254728894458