• Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, NELSON MANDELA UNIVERSITY, SOUTH AFRICA. 2020
• Master of Science in physics (Electronics and Instrumentation), Kenyatta University, 2013.
• Bachelor of Education (Science), [Physics & Mathematics], Kenyatta university, 2003.

• Solar PV testing and maintenance

1. I.M Kwembur, JL Crozier, EE van Dyk, FJ Vorster“Monitoring the natural recovery of potential induced degradation in poly-crystalline photovoltaic modules” Journal of Energy in Southern Africa 33(1): (published 2022) 9 DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2413-3051/2022/v33i1a8611
2. I.M Kwembur, JL Crozier, EE van Dyk, FJ Vorster“Detection of Potential Induced Degradation in Mono and Multi-Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Modules” Physica B (published 2020) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2019.411938.
3. Y. C. Li, E. L. Melenbrink, G. J. Cordonier, C. Boggs, A. Khan, M. K. Isaac, L. K. Nkhonjera, et al., “An Easily Fabricated Low-Cost Potentiostat Coupled with User- Friendly Software for Introducing Students to Electrochemical Reactions and Electroanalytical Techniques,” J. Chem. Educ., vol. 95, no. 9, pp. 1658–1661, 2018.
4. I.M Kwembur, JL Crozier, EE van Dyk, FJ Vorster “Comparative study of potential induced degradation approaches in multi-crystalline Si PV modules”. Proceedings of the 6th Southern African Solar Energy Conference (SASEC 2019), East London, South Africa (25-27 November 2019). [ISBN 978-0-7972-1825-3]
   https://www.sasec.org.za/papers2019/46.pdf
5. Jacqui Crozier McCleland, Isaac Kwembur, Ross Dix-Peek, Frederik Vorster, E Ernest van Dyk “Implementation of technical specifications to standardise and improve electroluminescence imaging test setups”. Proceedings of the 6th Southern African Solar Energy Conference (SASEC 2019), East London, South Africa (25-27 November 2019) [ISBN 978-0-7972-1825-3] https://www.sasec.org.za/papers2019/70.pdf
6. IM Kwembur, EE van Dyk, FJ Vorster, JL Crozier “A case study on monitoring PID recovery on multi-crystalline modules”. Proceedings of the 64th Annual SAIP Conference, Polokwane, South Africa (July 2019). Published on 10th october2020 ISBN: 978-0-620-88875-2 http://events.saip.org.za/internalPage.py?pageId=2&confId=144.
7. I.M Kwembur, J.L. Crozier, E.E. van Dyk, F.J. Vorster” Optimisation of Electroluminescence setup for characterisation of Photovoltaic module degradation” Proceedings of the 5th South Afrcian Solar Energy Conference , 2018 [ISBN 978-0-7972-1825-2] (https://www.sasec.org.za/full_papers/51.pdf)
8. Ross M Dix-Peek , Isaac Kwembur , E Ernest van Dyk , Frederik J Vorster , and Christiaan J Pretorius “parameter optimisation of individual cells through voltage dependent electroluminescence of an experimental silicon module,” Proceedings of the 5th South Afrcian Solar Energy Conference, 2018. [ISBN 978-0-7972-1825-2] https://www.sasec.org.za/full_papers/32.pdf

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