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Olembo is the Executive Director of Africa Biotechnology Stakeholders Forum (ABSF) with headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.
One of Africa’s leading scientists and a biotechnology Professor, Prof. Olembo has worked as a consultant for various organizations including the Kenya Non-governmental Committee for the 1985 United Nations End of Decade Women’s Conference; the UNEP Biodiversity/Biotechnology Program; the CGIAR Secretariat/World Bank; the International Service for National Agricultural Research; among others.
Prof. Olembo has published over 30 proceedings, abstract reports and research papers in various international scientific journals. She is Chair to the boards of the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS), the Kenya Biotechnology Platform, and the Radiation Protection Board of Kenya. She is also a board member of the Pest Control Board of Kenya, and the Aga Khan Hospital. Prof. Olembo belongs to over 30 professional societies and organizations including the Genetic Resources Policy Committee of the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI), the Commission for Biological Education (CBE) of the International Union Trustee of the Public Law Institute, the National Committee of Kenya National Academy of Science, the International Association for Women Biochemist, among others.
Prof. Olembo holds a PhD in Biochemistry; Msc in Zoology; and a Bsc (Honours) degree (Chemistry, Zoology, Botany) from the University of Nairobi. She has trained in recombinant DNA techniques at the Courthould Institute, Middlesex Hospital, London. She has attended various courses: at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Academy; a course on strategic planning sponsored by Voluntary Agencies Development Assistance (V.A.D.A.), Naivasha, Kenya; and the Third International Training Course on Insect Growth, Development and Behaviour at ICIPE, Kenya.
Professor Olembo has risen, through ranks and files, from a graduate research assistant in the Department of Zoology of the University of Nairobi, to the current position of a Professor of Biochemistry at the same university.
Her research interests are in biodiversity, insect biochemistry, Bacillus thuringiensis, carbohydrate and amino acid metabolism, and trypanosome metabolism and differentiation.
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