Dr. Stephen Mureithi

Stephen Mureithi is a Rangeland ecologist and Soil scientist. His research focuses on the direct effects of disturbance on dryland ecosystems, and restoration of degraded lands and its impact on land, livestock, wildlife and pastoral livelihoods. He has particular interests in land, soil and water management; restoration of degraded arid environments; watershed and water resources management. Stephen is currently serving as a Researcher and Lecturer at the University of Nairobi’s Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT), where has helped establish the Hydrology and Watershed Research Laboratory, which he heads as the Lead Scientist. He is also an Associate Researcher, at the University of Nairobi’s African Drylands Institute for Sustainability (ADIS), a Senior Scientist in Triple L Research Initiative, and a Post-Doc Fellow at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) under the AgriFoSe2030 Programme.