Dr. Dickson Mwenda Kinyua of the School of Pure and Applied Sciences, Kirinyaga University has completed a 3 months’ research and networking visit at the University of Cambridge, UK. The visit was part of a collaborative grant awarded in 2020 by the Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund on the development of new photonic approaches for imaging diagnostics of malaria infections. Dr. Kinyua was working under Prof. Pietro Cicuta- Head of Biological and Soft Systems at the Cavendish Laboratory. 

On behalf of the entire KyU fraternity, the Office of the Vice Chancellor and that of Deputy Vice Chancellor ARSA are proud of Dr. Kinyua and congratulate him for representing Kirinyaga University in this great collaboration.