Mike is a DRIP MSc scholar supervised by Dr Dan Masiga (icipe) and Pwani University.  He is currently an EANBiT MSC graduate fellow based at Pwani University, undertaking course in Bioinformatics. He holds a degree in Biochemistry from Pwanni university and previously worked at KEMRI Wellcome Trust as an assistant research officer, on a project aimed at understanding effectiveness of Rotarix vaccine in Kenya.