Noreen Mukhwana Mutoro, MSc.

Institute of Applied Research
Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
Moltkestrasse 30
76133 Karlsruhe
Germany

phone: +49 721 925-2833
email: m_noreen
 Noreen Mutoro
Work experience
since 01/2015 Assistant Research Scientist, Carnivores, Livelihoods and Landscapes – Action for Cheetahs in Kenya (project)
2013 - 2017 Country Coordinator (acting) / Organizing Secretary, Tropical Biology Alumni Association of Kenya (TBAAK)
03/2012 - 05/ 2012 Intern, Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy, Animal Orphanage
08/2011, 08/2012 Intern, Rutgers University and National Museums of Kenya, Primatology and Ecology Field School
09/2008 - 11/2008 Intern, National Museums of Kenya, Zoology Department, Ornithology Section
Education
since 03/2019 University of Salzburg, Faculty of Natural Sciences (Austria) / Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Institute for Applied Research (Germany): Doctoral studies (PhD) in natural sciences
2012 - 2016 University of Nairobi (Kenya): Postgraduate course (MSc) in Biology of Conservation
2007 - 2012 University of Nairobi (Kenya): Bachelor of Science (BSc Hons.) in Wildlife Management and Conservation
05/2007 - 09/2007 Institute of Advanced Technology: Certificate in International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL), Syllabus Version: 4
2003 - 2006 Riara Springs Girls High School (Kenya): Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
Grants and awards
01/ 2018 - 10/2021 Katholischer Akademischer Ausländer Dienst (KAAD): Scholarship funding for PhD studies
10/2016 - 08/2017 Rufford Small Grants for Nature Conservation (£5,000), Project title: Bottom-up conservation – Empowering school kids to be champions of bat conservation
10/2014 - 02/2015 The Tropical Biology Association Small Grants / Project Grant (£1,500), Project title: Understanding the population dynamics and roost site selection of the straw-colored fruit bats (Pteropodidae: Eidolon helvum) to guide their conservation in Mombasa County, Kenya
Karlsruhe, 10/12/2020