Prof. Meshack Obonyo Joins IUCEA as Senior Principal, Exchange and Partnerships at Inter-University Council for East Africa. Prof. Obonyo is an Associate Professor of Biochemistry. He previously worked at Egerton University in Kenya where he served in the University Senate for a period of 9 years, as well as the University’s Deputy Director Quality Assurance. Prof. Obonyo also served as the Head of the Department of Biochemistry for 6 Years. Other responsibilities that Prof Obonyo held include being the Liaison Officer to the Kenya National Qualifications Authority and being the University Data Officer to the Commission for University Education.

He has taken diverse trainings in the Quality Assurance, Credit Accumulation and Transfer Systems, and Recognition of Prior Learning. Prof Obonyo has also undertaken various consultancies and Institutional Audits in the Area of Higher Education and Training. He holds Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Biochemistry from Northwest University, South Africa, a Master of Science Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and a Bachelor of Science Biochemistry and Chemistry from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT).