Ruth Wanyera

Ruth Wanyera is a research scientist (Plant pathologist), a graduate from the Ukrainian Agricultural Academy, Russia. She has extensive research experience in wheat diseases, including phenotyping, surveys and surveillance. Her knowledge on sunflower, soybean and canola diseases as well as seed health is excellent. She is an outstanding Africa Biosciences Challenge Fund (ABCF) alumnus and an African Woman in. Agricultural Research and development fellow, a fellow at the Danish Government Institute of Seed Pathology (DGISP)for Developing Countries, Denmark. She has contributed to the release of wheat varieties with adult plant resistance to the wheat stem rust race Ug99 and its variants. She is a member of the American Phytopathological Society APS) and Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI). Kenya Agricultural Women in Research and Development (KeAWARD, Kenya Chapter) and founder member of Kenya Professional Association of Women in Agriculture and Environment) (KEPAWAE). Ruth has written and published several technical reports/articles, authored/co-authored journal papers, contributed to book chapters and also a book editor. Ruth was among the top 500 authors, by scholarly Output in Kenya over the period 2014 to >2019(SciVal-Authors-Kenya). She has coordinated research projects funded by international, regional and national bodies.She has won recognition awards, among them: Best Scientific skills presentations, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute(KARI) 2002; the 2015 Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) Gene Stewardship Award, Sydney, Australia; Norman Borlaug Life Achievement Award and Kenya Agricultural Research Award (KARA), 2020. ). Ruth has interacted widely with various stakeholders and networked with other scientists locally, nationally, regionally and globally in areas of crop research and management. A mentor of several female and male persons including interns and university students on Msc & PhD.