September 2013
Christine Omuombo > Other Awards
I was awarded an Early Career Researcher PhD scholarship Grant in support of my doctoral funding for my research between the University of Nairobi and Sorbonne University France, by L’Agence Inter-établissements de Recherche pour le Développement. The amount of grant was euros 21,600 for a period of 3 years covering research expenses, travel allowance, field costs and general allowance during my PhD studies.
September 2013
Christine Omuombo > Other Awards
I was awarded a PhD mobility grant for funding my PhD stay at Sorbonne University by Campus France Nairobi. The amount of the grant was Euros 7,200 for a period of 3 years covering 3 months stay each year at Sorbonne University. The money covered my accommodation and travel allowance during my PhD laboratory exchange.
November 2014
Christine Omuombo > Other Awards
I was a awarded a Travel grant by the African Association of Women in Geosciences to attend a research conference on Earth Sciences and Climate Change in Windhoek, Namibia.
June 2012
Christine Omuombo > Other Awards
I was awarded a Travel grant by the European Science Foundation (ESF) to attend the ESF – LFUI research conference on Modes of Variability in the Climate System in Obergurgl, Austria.
September 2011
Christine Omuombo > Other Awards
I was awarded a Travel grant by START International to attend the Young Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) forum in Yantai, China
October 2010
Christine Omuombo > Other Awards
I was awarded a grant by the Volkswagen Foundation to attend the East Africa Summer School on Tectonics, Climate Change and Evolution in Kenya and Tanzania.
September 2008
Christine Omuombo > Other Awards
I was awarded an Msc Scholarship by Erasmus Mundus to pursue a Joint Master of Science degree at the Universities of Plymouth, Cadiz and Faro.
Full Member
Dr. Christine Omuombo
Membership since:
2021
Field of activity:
Other Memberships/Affiliations
National Museums of Kenya
Degrees:
2020
Doctorate
Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences
Publications resulting from Research
Omuombo C (2021). Climate and environmental changes in the Mt. Kenya region. Past Global Changes Magazine, vol. 29(1), 44-45. DOI: 10.22498/pages.29.1.44
Olago D, Raini J, Omuombo C, Ogonda G, Muli J, Okello C, Memo W, Ong’ang’a O (2021). Lentic-Lotic Water System Response to Anthropogenic and Climatic Factors in Kenya and Their Sustainable Management, In Climate Change and Water Resources in Africa: Perspectives and Solutions Towards an Imminent Water Crisis. Pp 193-218. Springer International Publishing. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-61225-2_9
Christine Omuombo, David Williamson and Daniel Olago (2020), Biogeochemical proxy evidence of gradual and mute geolimnological response of Lake Nkunga, Mt. Kenya to climate changes and human influence during the past 2000 years. Scientific African. DOI: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2020.e00416
Christine Omuombo, Arnaud Huguet, David Williamson and Daniel Olago, (2020), Application of GDGT- derived temperature proxies on Mt. Kenya. Africa Journal of Physical Sciences. ISSN 2313-3317
Sarah Coffinet, Arnaud Huguet, Nikolai Pedentchouk, Laurent Bergonzini, Christine Omuombo, David Williamson, Christelle Anquetil, Martin Jones, Amos Majule, Thomas Wagner, Sylvie Derenne, (2017), Evaluation of branched GDGTs and leaf wax n-alkane δ2H as (paleo) environmental proxies in East Africa. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.11.020
Emma Mbua, Soichiro Kusaka, Yutaka Kunimatsu, Denis Geraads, Yoshihiro Sawada, Francis H Brown, Tetsuya Sakai, Jean-Renaud Boisserie, Mototaka Saneyoshi, Christine Omuombo, Samuel Muteti, Takafumi Hirata, Akira Hayashida, Hideki Iwano, Tohru Danhara, René Bobe, Brian Jicha, Masato Nakatsukasa (2016), Kantis: A new Australopithecus site on the shoulders of the Rift Valley near Nairobi, Kenya, Journal of Human Evolution,Vol 94: 28 – 44. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.01.006
Omuombo C.A, Olago D.O and Odada E.O. 2013. Coastal waters, In Developments in Earth Surface Processes - Kenya: A Natural Outlook Geo- Environmental Resources and Hazards. Pp 109 - 114. 1st Edition, Elsevier. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59559-1.00009-8
Omuombo C.A, Olago D.O and Odada E.O. 2013. Coastal erosion, In Developments in Earth Surface Processes - Kenya A Natural Outlook Geo- Environmental Resources and Hazards. Pp 331 – 339.1st Edition, Elsevier. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59559-1.00022-0
Opiyo-Akech N., Omuombo C.A., and Masibo M. 2013. General geology, In Developments in Earth Surface Processes - Kenya: A Natural Outlook Geo- Environmental Resources and Hazards. Pp 3 – 10. 1st Edition, Elsevier. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59559-1.00001-3
Matthew R. Bennett, John W.K. Harris, Brian G. Richmond, David R. Braun, Emma Mbua, Purity Kiura, Daniel Olago, Mzalendo Kibunjia, Christine Omuombo, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, David Huddart, Silvia Gonzalez (2009), Early Hominin Foot Morphology Based on 1.5-Million-Year-Old Footprints from Ileret, Kenya, Science, Vol 323 no 5918:1197 – 1201. DOI: 10.1126/science.1168132