Margaret Wanjiku Mugure
<p><strong>Research project:</strong> Exploring the phylogenetic evolution and geographic transmission patterns of the rice blast pathogen <em>Magnaporthe oryzae</em> in Africa</p>
<p>Margaret is a DRIP scholar supervised by Dr Dan Masiga (<em>icipe</em>), Dr. Jean-Baka Domelevo Entfellner (BecA-ILRI Hub) and Dr. Wilton Mbinda (Pwani University, Kenya).</p>
<p> Margaret completed her BSc studies in Biochemistry at Pwani University in 2018 where she graduated with a first class honors. She is currently registered for an MSc in Bioinformatics at Pwani University. She is in her second year and currently placed at BecA-ILRI Hub for her project. She is supported by EANBiT, a program managed at <em>icipe</em> and funded by NIH.</p>
<p>She is also a member of the ISCB (International Society for Computational Biology).</p>