Rua Khogali Ibrahim Khogali
<p style="text-align:justify"><strong>Research project:</strong> Using metagenomics to unravel how tick microbiomes and endosymbionts affect pathogen prevalence and transmission risk.<br />
Rua Khogali Ibrahim Khogali is an ARPPIS PhD Scholar being supervised by Dr. Jandouwe Villinger, Dr. Daniel Masiga and Dr. Caleb Kibet (<em>icipe</em>) and Dr. Armanda Bastos (University of Pretoria). Her research interest is Veterinary Entomolgy. Her project is hosted by <em>icipe</em> 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.</p>