Abneel Kaur Matharu

<p><strong>Research Project: </strong>Ecology in Tunga penetrans (Jiggers) in East Africa.</p> <p>Abneel is a DRIP PhD Scholar supervised by Dr. Ulrike Fillinger (<em>icipe</em>) and Dr. Lynne Elson (KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme). Her research interest is in neglected tropical diseases that affect human health. Abneel is currently researching on Tungiasis - a neglected tropical skin disease, caused by the sand flea Tunga penetrans, across Kwale and Siaya counties.</p> <p>Abneel completed her undergraduate studies in Biotechnology at Bangalore University, India, and obtained an MSc. in Biotechnology from the University of Nairobi.</p>