Joseph Nduguru
NationalityTanzanian
Alma materSokoine University of Agriculture (BS), University of Zambia (MSc), University of Pretoria (PhD)
AwardsPresidential medal award on Scientific Discoveries and Research Excellence (2012), Best National Agricultural Research Scientist (2011).
Scientific career
FieldsBiological Virology
InstitutionsMikocheni Agricultural Research Institute
ThesisMolecular characterization of cassava mosaic geminiviruses in Tanzania

Joseph Ndunguru is a Molecular Plant Virologist, working for the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries in Tanzania at Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute (MARI) in Mikocheni, as the Officer in Charge from 2012 to date.[1][2] He is also the National Biotechnology Research Coordinator in Tanzania.[3][4][5]

His research interest is to understand plant viruses at the molecular level, develop diagnostic tools, and develop management strategies for plant viruses of economically important crops in Africa.[6][7]

References

  1. Monks, Kieron. "Scientists battle 'Ebola of plants'". CNN. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  2. "The Great Tanzanian". Tanzania Zalendo. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  3. "Joseph Ndunguru". www.cassavawhitefly.org. Archived from the original on 2021-04-10. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  4. "Team". Cassava Virus Action Project. 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  5. "Meet the scientists | AgShare.Today". Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  6. "Joseph Ndunguru | Cassava Virus Evolution". www.cassavavirusevolution.org. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  7. "Meet the BecA Hub staff - BecA-ILRI hub". hub.africabiosciences.org. Retrieved 2020-06-24.





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