Research project: Using metagenomics to unravel how tick microbiomes and endosymbionts affect pathogen prevalence and transmission risk.
 Rua Khogali Ibrahim Khogali is an ARPPIS PhD Scholar being supervised by Dr. Jandouwe Villinger, Dr. Daniel Masiga and Dr. Caleb Kibet (icipe) and Dr. Armanda Bastos (University of Pretoria). Her research interest is Veterinary Entomolgy. Her project is hosted by icipe through the European Union (EU). Its research aim is to characterise and contrast pathogen prevalence with tick species-specific microbiomes, considering climate, altitude, and land-use practice. Rua holds both her BVM and MSc in Parasitology from Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at University of Khartoum, Sudan.