OUR FELLOWS
When Angela Gerald Mkindi was growing up in a rural Tanzanian village with five siblings, she was fond of science and did her best to excel in school. She credits her father, an agronomist, with encouraging her to pursue an education in the sciences. After completing a degree in Environmental Sciences and Management at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), she attended NM-AIST, where she earned an MSc in Environmental Science. She is currently a PhD candidate and expects to graduate in 2020 with a doctorate in Sustainable Agriculture and Biodiversity Management.
During her undergraduate studies, she worked with her supervisor on a project investigating East Coast Fever in cattle. “I started testing the effects of using crude extracts against diseases in cows,” she recalls. “My objective was to see whether using plant extracts was effective against diseases in cattle.
Field of Research
Mkindi’s research focus on leading experiments to inform the efficacy of botanical pesticides and to create awareness among farmers who process and use scientifically validated botanicals.