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Christine Omuombo
Country of origin: Kenya Currently in: Kenya, Nairobi General field of specialization: Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences-
Degrees
2020 Doctorate Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences -
Current Research Activities
Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences
• Environmental geosciences, • Water resources: availability, use and sustainable management, • Paleoclimatology and paleoenvironment, • Human impact on the environment on the past and present landscapes.
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
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchTeachingTeaching (University level: BSc., and MSc. candidates) and research in the following areas: Environmental Geology, Quaternary paleoclimatology and paleoenvironments, Marine Geology, Sedimentology and sedimentary basins, Geochemistry, Climate change and water resources, Sustainable land and water management and Supervised a considerable number of undergraduate student projects
Affiliations
National Museums of Kenya -
Other Awards
Sep 2013Early Career Researcher PhD scholarship GrantI 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.Sep 2013PhD mobility grantI 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.Nov 2014Travel grantI 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.Jun 2012Travel grantI 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.Sep 2011Travel grantI was awarded a Travel grant by START International to attend the Young Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) forum in Yantai, ChinaOct 2010Summer school grantI 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.Sep 2008Erasmus Mundus MSc ScholarshipI was awarded an Msc Scholarship by Erasmus Mundus to pursue a Joint Master of Science degree at the Universities of Plymouth, Cadiz and Faro.
