Biography

George N. Karuku currently works at the Department of Land Resource Management & Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi. George does research in Irrigation and Water Management, Agronomy and Soil Science. Their current project is ‘Formulation of Slow Release Fertilizers using nano-particles and superabsorbents’. George N. Karuku currently works at the Department of Land Resource Management & Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi. George does research in Irrigation and Water Management, Agronomy and Soil Science. Their current project is ‘Formulation of Slow Release Fertilizers using nano-particles and superabsorbents’. George N. Karuku currently works at the Department of Land Resource Management & Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi. George does research in Irrigation and Water Management, Agronomy and Soil Science. Their current project is ‘Formulation of Slow Release Fertilizers using nano-particles and superabsorbents’..

Academic Positions

• Present2021

  Associate Professor

  University of Nairobi, Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT).



• 20212017

  Senior Lecturer

  University of Nairobi, Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT).

• 20161991

  Lecturer

  University of Nairobi, Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT).

• 19911991

  Assistant Lecturer

  University of Nairobi, Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT).

• 19911988

  Graduate Assistant

  University of Nairobi, Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, Range Management Section

• 19911988

  Agricultural officer I

  Ministry of Agriculture

• 19861985

  Clerical Officer I

  Nairobi City Council

• 19811981

  Untrained Teacher

  South Tetu Girls

Education & Training

• Ph.D. 2011

  Doctor of Philosophy, Soil Science

  University of Nairobi

• M.Sc. 1992

  Master of Science, Soil Science

  University of Nairobi

• B.Sc. 1985

  Bachelor of Science, Agriculture

  University of Nairobi, Kenya

• KACE 1980

  Kenya Advanced Certificate of Education

  Kijabe High School, Kenya

• EACE 1978

  East African Certificate of Education

  Thika High School, Kenya

• CPE 1974

  Certificate of Primary Education

  Kaharo Primary School, Kenya

Patents and Innovations

• 2018
  Slow release NPK fertilizer composite (Cellulose-graft-poly(acrylamide)nano-hydroxyapatite/soluble fertilizer

  Patent Application No. 3319: Filed in June, 2019 at Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI))