Research Scientist

Elizabeth M. Kigondu was born on 8th February 1979 in Nairobi, Kenya. Currently she is a PhD student at the University of Cape Town, Department of Chemistry, South Africa. Her TB drug discovery project, under the joint supervision of Prof Kelly Chibale and Dr Digy Warner, involves biotransformation, chemical synthesis, antimycobacterial screening and mechanism of action studies. Before embarking on a PhD, she studied at Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology for her MSc (Medicinal Chemistry, 2007) and BSc (Chemistry, 2002) degrees. Currently she is also a Research Officer at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) where she has been involved in drug discovery research focusing on natural products derived from medicinal plants. Her research interests are in integrated drug discovery