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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.)