Full Member

Ruth Kihika

Membership since: 2025

Africa

Currently in:

Kenya

Field of activity:

Other

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

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