Dr. John Njiraini Profile

  ​Name of Staff: Dr. John Maina Njiraini, PhD

  Designation/Rank: Tutorial Fellow

  Department: Earth Sciences,

  School: Science & Applied Technology

  Email: jnjiraini@laikipia.ac.ke

PERSONAL DETAILS

A   Educational Background/Qualification:

B   Brief Auto-biography

I have over 13 years of work experience in Kenyan universities. I have taught at Moi University, University of Eastern Africa, Baraton and Bomet University College on part-time basis before joining Laikipia University on full-time basis in 2021. As a professionally trained cartographer and land surveyor, I have previously worked in busy GIS, Land Surveying/Cartography Departments/Sections of Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) and Ramani Geosystems in Nairobi City. I am a Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Fellow and alumni.

C    Areas of Specialization

1. Digital cartography
2. Land Surveying
3. Remote Sensing
4. Geographical Information Systems
5. Human Geography
6. Methods and techniques in Geography

D   Research Interest

Applications of Earth Observation (EO) and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) techniques in among other research areas, population and demography, natural hazards and disasters, retail planning, agriculture, hydrology, environmental management, urban studies and transport, climate change and variability.

E     All Publications

1. Njiraini, J. M., Omondi, P. & Okaka, F. (2022). Scientific and Indigenous Knowledge Understanding of Rainfall Induced Landslide in Murang’a County, Kenya. East African Journal of Environment and Natural Resources, 5(1), 48-57.  https://doi.org/10.37284/eajenr.5.1.550
2. Maina, N. J., Okaka, F., & Omondi, P. (2022). Landslide Disasters’ Causal/Trigger Factors as Understood by the Indigenous People in Murang’a County, Kenya. Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International, 26(1), 5-16. https://doi.org/10.9734/jgeesi/2022/v26i130329
3. Maina, N. J. (2018). Locating new chiropractor practices in England and Wales. International Journal of Scientific Research and Management, 6(03). Link:    https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=Locating+new+chiropractor+practices+in+England+and+Wales.+&btnG= 
4. Ndegwa, B., Omondi, P., & Njiraini, J. M. (2016). The challenges of empirical approach to teaching geography: A case study of selected secondary schools in Kwanza Zone, Tran-Nzoia County, Kenya. International Journal of Educational Investigations, 3(2), 15-25. Beatrice Ndegwa, Paul Omondi and John Maina Njiraini. 2015. Link:  https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=The+challenges+of+empirical+approach+to+teaching+geography%3A+A+case+study+of+selected+secondary+schools+in+Kwanza+Zone%2C+Tran-Nzoia+County%2C+Kenya&btnG=

F     Scholarly Presentations at Conferences/Workshops/Seminars

1. Competency-Based Curriculum Training. Mandela Hall, Laikipia University, Nyahururu, Kenya. Dates 24^th to 26^th January, 2024
2. Introduction to Competency-Based Curriculum. T3 Alliance CBC Training. Mandela Hall, Laikipia University, Nyahururu, Kenya. 22^nd to 24^th  August 2023
3. Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) workshop implementation training Held on 5^th May, 2023 at Mandela Hall, Laikipia University.
4. Training on E-Learning platform, (Moodle), Laikipia University, Vienna Hotel, Nakuru. 16^th September, 2022
5. The Upper Ewaso Ng’iro River Basin monitoring and forecasting stakeholder engagement workshop. Organized by Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD). Held on 18^th – 19^th May, 2022, Nyeri County, Kenya.
6. GIS sensitization workshop by Ecospace Services and Sharescreen Africa. Held on 12^th May, 2022 at Mandela Hall, Laikipia University.
7. Pedagogy Workshop, 10 February 2022-Mandela Hall, Laikipia University-Kenya
8. Geographic Information System (GIS) and Earth Observation (EO) Symposium. Kenya Water Institute (KEWI), Ole Shapara Avenue, South C, Nairobi, Kenya on 24^th and 25^th June, 2021
9. Training on Gender Mainstreaming and Gender-Based Violence. National Gender and Equality Commission. Mandela Hall, Laikipia University, Main Campus. 15^th June 2021
10. CARTA II training workshops by seminar for graduate students and staff, Moi University, Eldoret. April 27^th to 29^th, 2021. Online.
11. Training on E-Learning platform, Moodle, University of Eastern Africa, Baraton. Online training course. April-July 2020
12. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) workshop, 23^rd-24^th March, 2016 Sirikwa Hotel, Eldoret- Local Organizing Team member and Rapporteur
13. GISResearch UK, University of Leeds, United Kingdom, 15^th- 17^th April, 2015
14. Intensive training on fundamentals of ERDAS IMAGINE 2012 at Oakar Services, Nairobi- Kenya
15. AfriGIS conference participant- UNEP Headquarters, Gigiri, Nairobi. 2001

Consultancies

Digital Mapping Technical Expert for Busia County Mapping of Sand and Related Land-uses for Busia County Government- BGWays Consultancy Limited. February-October, 2019

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