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Esther Githumbi
PhD Student and Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher

Biography

I am interested in adopting a multidisciplinary approach to wetland conservation especially how wetlands are importance sources of information both historical and modern that can be used in environmental policy formulation and ecological modelling. I have been involved in two wetland ecological studies under different management strategies in Kenya.

  • A modern ecological wetland studies in a protected ecosystem i.e. the Nairobi National Park in 2010 where the effects of water quality on macrophyte distribution across the National park analysed.
  • A palaeoecological study on a mixed ownership (county government and local community) peri urban wetland in Central Kenya 2011-2012.

 My doctoral researches East African landscapes responses to climate change and human impacts so as to better understand how they may respond to future climate change. This is through swamp sediment analysis for pollen, fungal spores and charcoal data sets to provide a vegetation composition/distribution profile, assessment of high severity human impacts and the occurrence of fires along a time series profile. The study sites will cover a range of environments, providing a comparison between an upland forest and the savannah grasslands.

Career

2013 - Present

Early Stage Researcher and PhD Student

Department of Environment and Geography,

University of York.

2012 - 2013

Research Intern

Palynology and Palaeobotany section, National Museums of Kenya.

2010 - 2013

M.Sc Zoology: Biology of Conservation

College of Biological and Physical Sciences. University of Nairobi, Kenya.

2006 - 2010

B.Sc Environmental Conservation and Natural Resource Management.

College of Biological and Physical Sciences. University of Nairobi, Kenya.

2009

Research Intern

Soil Sciences and Biometrics departments.

Githumbi, Esther

Contact details

Esther Githumbi
PhD Student and Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher
Department of Environment and Geography
University of York
Heslington
York
YO10 5DD

Tel: 01904 324780
Fax: 01904 322998