Founder member of the Consortium for Research in East African Terrestrial
Ecosystems (CREATE). http://www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/CREATE/

CREATE is a research and capacity building initiative integrated into the Bayreuth Institute of African
Studies and the Bayreuth Centre of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCeer), providing a
platform for training and ecosystem research in Eastern Africa. Affiliate members are Jaramogi Oginga
Odinga Univ. of Sc. And Technology, Maseno and Moi Universities and Lake Basin Dev. Authority.

Research Interests

• Plant ecophysiology: Water relations and Stress physiology
• Landscape ecology: Carbon and water balances of agro-ecosystems and forests.
• Biodiversity, ecosystem management and global change research.

Membership in Scientific clubs/societies:

• American Geophysical Union (AGU)
• Consortium for Research in East African Terrestrial Ecosystems (CREATE)
• British Ecological Society (BES)
• Society for Conservation Biology (SCB)
• Bayreuther Zentrum für Ökologie und Umweltforschung (BAYCEER)
• Tropical Biology Association (TBA)
• Nature Kenya/BirdLife Int.
• KAAD Association of E.African Scholars (KASEA)
• Geselschaft Für Ökologie (GFÖ)