Patrick
Bisimwa
Personal history
Name: PATRICK BISIMWA NTAGEREKA
Sex: Male
Date of birth: August 4th, 1985
Place of birth: Bukavu
Marital status: Married
Nationality: Congolese
Academic Qualifications
Currently PhD Student at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya.
Master in One Health Molecular Biology, 2015, Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Morogoro, Tanzania.
Bachelor of Animal science, 2011, Université Evangélique en Afrique (UEA), Bukavu, D.R Congo
Fadhili Secondary School, -A-Level: 2001-2004
Fadhili Secondary School, -O-Level: 1998-2000
Camp Saio Primary School – Primary Education: 1991-1997
3. Employment Record at the University
July 2014 to date: lecturer
January 2013 to June 2014: Assistant Lecturer
My research interest is mainly in the fields of Molecular Virology, Molecular Genetics and Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases. I am currently studying the epidemiology and molecular biological characteristics of emerging and re-emerging arboviruses of food security importance particularly African swine fever virus, focusing on development of diagnostic tools, vaccines based on DNA recombinant technology as well as control strategies to improve productivity and increase income generation for smallholder farmers.