November 2019
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December 2015
Ruth Kihika > Other Awards
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Ms Ruth Kihika

Membership since: 2020
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Awards
November 2019 L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science Sub-Saharan Africa Young Talents Fellowship-2019
November 2017 First runner-up in the icipe Governing Council Award for best published science paper by icipe scholar
December 2015 Overall winner in the oral presentations’ category at the 15th Horticultural Association of Kenya Workshop
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Other Memberships/Affiliations
International Society of Chemical Ecology
Royal Society of Chemistry

Degrees:

2017
Master
Chemical Sciences

Publications resulting from Research
Kihika R.M., Murungi L.K., Ng’ang’a M.M., Coyne, D.L., Teal, P.E.A., Hassanali A., and Torto B. (2017) Parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita interactions with different Capsicum annum cultivars reveal the chemical constituents modulating root herbivory, Scientific Reports, 7: 2903. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-02379-8.
Torto, B., Kirwa, H., Murungi L.K., Kihika R.M., (2018) Strategies for the Manipulation of Root Knot Nematode Behaviour with Natural Products in Small Scale Farming Systems. In Roles of Natural Products for Biorational Pesticides in Agriculture. August 2018 ACS Symposium Series. DOI: 10.1021/bk-2018-1294.ch009
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Awards
November 2019 L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science Sub-Saharan Africa Young Talents Fellowship-2019
November 2017 First runner-up in the icipe Governing Council Award for best published science paper by icipe scholar
December 2015 Overall winner in the oral presentations’ category at the 15th Horticultural Association of Kenya Workshop