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A PROFILE-April, 2020 https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpr-ochieng-odero/ J. P. Ochieng’-Odero (JPR) is an entomologist with keen interest in the place of science, technology and innovation (ST&I) in economic development, and the role of learning and knowledge sharing in capacity strengthening. He graduated with a BSc. (Zoology) 1982 from the University of Poona, and was awarded the Indian National Merit Scholarship for Science in April 1982. In 1984, he was awarded an Africa-Wide Postgraduate Research Fellowship that enabled him to undertake postgraduate research at the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), New Zealand leading to his graduation with a PhD in Zoology (specializing in Entomology) from the University of Auckland in 1989. He is currently employed as the Project Team Leader of the eastafricaresearchfund.org He was (2008-2015) Deputy Director & Head of Scientific Programmes of the Consortium for National Health Research (CNHR www.cnhrkenya.org), which is a Kenyan-based health research grantmaking organisation. In this capacity, he has built experience in the design, development and implementation of several competitive research grant schemes targeting research leaders, as well as research and teaching institutions. Earlier he worked as a Senior Research Scientist and Head of the capacity strengthening programme of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE www.icipe.org), including serving as the Network Coordinator of the African Regional Postgraduate Programme in Insect Science (ARPPIS: http://www.icipe.org/capacity_building/grad), a training programme implemented in partnership with 34 African universities. His research background has involved working with integrated multi-disciplinary research teams involved in both field and laboratory areas of arthropod research. He also worked with the R&D Forum for Science-led Development in Africa (RANDFORUM) where he was actively involved in programme planning and development activities, which included negotiating agreements with governments, bilateral and multilateral institutions, coordination and planning for regional S&T Roundtables and policy-oriented Summits. Dr. Ochieng’-Odero has also undertaken consultancy work on exploring opportunities for commercialization of research outputs through science parks. He was a team member of the resource persons to the first and second Copenhagen Series of Seminars on Conditions for Social Progress where he presented two major seminal papers. He has been an active member of the Programme Monitoring Committee of the Regional Integration Research Network of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). He was a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of a regional university project led by Makerere University known as Training Health Researchers into Vocational Excellence in East Africa (THRiVE www.thrive.or.ug) and collaborating with the National University of Rwanda, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College as well as Gulu University as well as ICIPE. (NRF www.researchfund.go.ke He was appointed on the Governing Council of the Mater Misericordiae Hospital in February, 2018. He was appointed (2013-2017) as a Commissioner with the Commission of University Education (CUE) of Kenya (www.cue.or.ke). He served as a member of the Regional Advisory Group of the DFID-funded Knowledge Systems Innovation Project being implemented by Natural Resources Institute (NRI) at the University of Greenwich in a consortium which includes the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), and the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS). He was appointed a member of the African Scientific Advisory Board (ASAB) of The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) in March, 2019 and is a College Member of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI.)

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By JPROctober 2, 20215 min read

Beware of False Prophets…!

September 13th 2021 is a day that will long live in my collection of infamy. My heaven came crashing down on […]

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By JPRAugust 8, 20211 min read

JPR Reflections on the Future of Learning and Work

Jamboz,I hope you are well and still striving to keep safe. Enclosed do find my reflections on the future of […]

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By JPRJuly 25, 202131 min read

JPR finds himself at a Crossroad: Was he set to be `Man of Many Worlds’?

The story of my life would not be complete if I did not tell you about my foremost love. Theatre. […]

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By JPRJuly 11, 20213 min read

A road intersection brings forth memories

A morning meeting is canceled and hence find myself with time to wander around Mombasa CBD.  The junction of Digo […]

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By JPRJune 29, 202118 min read

When it Rains…., It Pours….!

Nothing has been so real, and so poignant than that philosophical reflection by Rev. Alfred Apela of the All Saints’ […]

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By JPRMay 29, 20213 min read

Never say bye-byes to friends..

During the last two weeks of May 2021 I made a tour of the Kenya Coast as well as the […]

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By JPRMay 2, 202110 min read

A looming crisis of Intellectual Attrition within the Research-Career Pipeline

I was saddened to learn early this year that Prof. Ramesh C. Saxena, a former Principal Research Scientist at the […]

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By JPRApril 8, 20218 min read

Tribute to a True Friend, Gifted Person, and Excellent Human Being: Celebrating the life of Catherine W. Kariuki

It is with a heavy heart that I received news from the daughter Wambui early Easter Monday morning, 2021 of the transition of Catherine […]

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By JPRMarch 11, 202111 min read

Rescue of a PhD-My Postgraduate life in Aotearoa (1985-1989)

I had deep craving to achieve the very highest levels of education from very early on. Having failed to get […]

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By JPRFebruary 7, 20212 min read

A real scare…

One of the most scariest moments in my life happened around about 2014. The place: Office retreat at Moi South […]

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