Affiliation: International Atomic Energy Agency, Joint FAO/IAEA, Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture

Dr. Richard Kangethe obtained his PhD in Biochemistry (molecular parasitology) from the University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa in 2012 and was subsequently a post-doctoratal researcher at the HIV Pathogenesis Program based at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine Campus where he studied the relationship between HIV and Cryptococcus meningitis in antiretroviral therapy-naive patients. He was initially hired in November 2012 as a consultant at the International Atomic Energy Agency laboratories in Seibersdorf to initiate studies on the effects of low dose irradiation in Trypanosoma spp., and subsequently as a livestock technician in 2017 where he currently works on developing molecular tools for livestock immunology and irradiated vaccine studies.