Dr. Fiona Mumoki

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsAnimal Biochemistry and Physiology,Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions
KeywordsChemical communication, Varroa mites, Pollinator health, Honey bee reproduction, Honey bees
Honours and awards

2024: Genetics Society of America Presidential Membership Initative

2021: National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF) Innovation Postdoctoral Fellowship Award

2020: University of Pretoria Postdoctoral Fellowship Award

2018: L'Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science Award for sub-Saharan Africa fellowship

2015: African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) Fellowship

2015: Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) Postgraduate Fellowship for PhD studies

2015: Student of the year at the 5th Teaching and Research in Natural Sciences for Development in Africa (TReND) Summer School on insect neuroscience and Drosophila neurogenetics

2010: Consortium for National Health Research (CNHR) Fellowship

2009: First Class Honors in BSc. Biology from the University of Nairobi, Kenya

2003: National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa Y2 Rating (A researcher in this group is recognised by all of reviewers as having the potential to establish him/herself as a researcher -demonstrated by recent research products).

Current contact address

CountrySouth Africa
CityPretoria
InstitutionUniversity of Pretoria
InstituteDepartment of Zoology and Entomology
Homepagehttps://www.up.ac.za/

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Tomer Joseph CzaczkesArbeitsbereich Angewandte Zoologie / Ökologie der Tiere, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin

Programme(s)

2026Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers