• Bsc. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, [JKUAT, Kenya], [2007]
• Msc. Biochemistry, [JKUAT, Kenya], [2010]
• PhD Doctor of Philosophy in Agriculture, [Okayama University, Japan], [2015]

• Award of commendation for excellent research completion in 2014, March 25 2015, Okayama University, Japan.

Eleven publications

1. Ongaga, E, G., Muli, J. K., Kamau, P. K. and Budambula, N. L. M. (2025). Endophytic Microflora of Crotalaria: Their Diversity and Role in Plant Growth Promotion. Current Microbiology. (2025) 82:214
2. Muli, J. K., Neondo, J. O., Kamau, P. K., Michuki, G. N., Odari, E. and Budambula, N. L. M. (2022). Genetic diversity and population structure of wild and cultivated Crotalaria species based on genotyping-by-sequencing. PLOS ONE. 17(1-19).
3. Muli, J. K., Neondo, J. O., Kamau, P. K., Odari, E., & Budambula, N. L. M. (2021). Phenomic characterization of Crotalaria germplasm for crop improvement. CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, 2(1), 1–15.
4. Mwakha, F.A., Gichimu, B. M., Neondo, J. O., Kamau, P. K., Odari, E., Muli, J. K.and Budambula, N. L. M. (2020). Agro-Morphological Characterization of Kenyan Slender Leaf (Crotalaria brevidens and C. ochroleuca) Accessions. International journal of Agronomy. 4:1-10.
5. Wasonga, M. A., Arunga, E. E., Neondo, J. O., Muli, J. K., Kamau, P. K. and Budambula, N. L. M. (2020). A hybridization technique for orphan legumes: development of an artificial interspecific pollination protocol for Crotalaria spp. Journal of Crop Improvement. 35(2), 264-275.
6. Muli, J. K., Neondo, J. O., Kamau, P. K., and Budambula, N. L. M. (2020). Genetic diversity and use of African indigenous vegetables especially slender leaf. International Journal of Vegetable Science. 1-19.
7. Mwakha, F.A., Budambula, N. L. M., Neondo, J. O., Gichimu, B. M., Odari, E., Kamau, P. K., Odero, C., Kibet, W. and Runo, S. (2020). Witchweed’s Suicidal Germination: Can Slenderleaf Help? Agronomy. 10(6),873
8. Kamau, P.K., Sano, S., Takami, T., Matsushima, R., Maekawa, M. and Sakamoto, W. (2015) A Mutation in GIANT CHLOROPLAST Encoding a PARC6 Homologue Affects Spikelet Fertility in Rice. Plant and Cell Physiol. 56: 977-991.
9. Kamau, P.K., Sano, S., Matsushima, R., Maekawa, M. and Sakamoto, W. Molecular characterization of an ARC6-like protein involved in chloroplast division and biogenesis in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Proceedings of 2014 JKUAT Scientific, Technological and Industrialization Conference, ISBN 9966-923-28-4, Page 842-846
10. Malele, I.I., Ouma, J.O., Enyaru, J.C.K., Matovu, E., Alibu, V., Auma, J.E., Onyoyo, S.G., Bateta, R., Changasi, R.E., Mukiria, P.W., Nguyu, K., Gitonga, P.K., Mwaniki, L.M., Nyingilili, H.S., Lyaruu, E.A., Kapange, L.A., Kamau, P.K. and Masiga, D.K. (2013). Comparative diagnostic and analytical performance of PCR and LAMP-based trypanosome detection methods estimated using pooled whole tsetse flies and midguts. Veterinary Parasitology 197: 549-556.
11. Kamau, P.K., Matsushima, R., Maekawa, M. and Sakamoto, W. GIANT CHLOROPLAST (GIC) encodes an ARC6-like protein involved in chloroplast division in rice (Oryza saliva L.). Breeding research 2013, ISSN 1344-7629, Page: 199
12. Kamau, P.K. (2009). Morphological characterization and DNA barcoding of Two Gonometa species in Mwingi (Kenya). In Improving Forest Conservation and Community livelihoods through Income Generation from Commercial Insects in three Kenyan Forests. Edited by Suresh K. Raina, Esther N. Kioko, Ian Gordon and Charles Nyandiga PP. 33-34 Icipe press.

Dr. Peter Kuria Kamau
South Eastern Kenya University
Life Science Department
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