Joseph K Rugutt
- Assistant Professor, Biology
- School of Health and Natural Sciences
- jrugutt@mercy.edu
Joseph Rugut has a doctoral degree in chemistry from Louisiana State University. He has taught in 2- and 4-year colleges in Kenya and the US. His teaching and research grants have included The Carnegie Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, and the National Science Foundation.
Postdoctoral Institution: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Areas: Analytical and Organic Chemistry
Graduate Institution: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Areas: Organic (major); Analytical (minor)
Undergraduate Institution: Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya
Major: Chemistry
2020: A recipient of the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship (CADF) to initiate a Collaborative University-Industry Consortium for Accelerating Innovation Through Fostering Best Practices in Research‚ Mentoring and Professional Development at the University of
Kabianga, Kenya; March 2020.
2019: Principal Investigator (PI) of NSF proposal MRI: Acquisition of A 90 MHz NMR
Spectrometer: Initiating a Bioinspired Undergraduate Student Achievers in Research
(USTAR) Program in a Two-Year College (MSU-WP), 2019-2022 NSF, PI, $242,790
2018: A recipient of a Mini-Grant from the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship (CADF)
to attend the international 11th Annual Congress on Chemistry at Singapore (Asia) during
September 12-13, 2018. The theme of the conference is, “Envision the Progressive
upgrades in the field of Chemistry” and my keynote presentation is on “USA-Kenya
Collaboration in Guided-Inquiry Green Nano science Drug Discovery Research.”
2018: A recipient of the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship (CADF) to initiate collaborative research/teaching research and faculty/student mentoring at Egerton University, Kenya;
May-August 2018.
2017: A recipient of the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship (CADF) to initiate collaborative research/teaching research and faculty/student mentoring at the University of Kabianga,
Kenya; May-August 2017.