Elizabeth Owuor

Elizabeth Owuor
  • Faculty
  • Instructor

Education

PhD, Chemistry, 2016
Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

MS, Analytical Chemistry, 2007
University of New Hampshire, USA

Bachelor of Education (Chemistry & Statistics), 2002
Kenyatta University, Kenya

Student Research/Collaboration

  • Bio-polymers for bio-medical applications; delivery of therapeutic agents such as vaccines
  • Polymers for improving soil moisture management and cropping productivity 
  • Extraction and removal of pollutants such as oil spills from environmental systems using surfactants and ecofriendly adsorbents
  • Studies of the structure & biosynthesis of glycosphingolipids (GSLs) of the pathogenic model fungus, Cryptococcus neoformans 
  • Studies of the functions of GSLs in Neurosora crassa using inhibitors of GSL biosynthesis, with a view of providing a correlation of biological effects with changes in GSL expression (glycosphingolipidomics). A collaborative study done together with the Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics (CMPG), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, B-3001 Heverlee-Leuven, Belgium

Publications

  • Impact of particle nanotopology on water transport through hydrophobic soils. Journal of Colloid & Interface Science August 2015, p. 61-70
  • β-1, 2-Xylosyltransferase Cxt1p Is Solely Responsible for Xylose Incorporation into Cryptococcus neoformans Glycosphingolipids. Eukaryotic Cell, September 2008, p.1611-1615, Vol. 7, No. 9