Executive Committee

Dr. Helida Achieng Oyieke

Dr. Helida Oyieke is the Director for Research and Collections at the National Museums of Kenya, a natural history based museum centered in Nairobi, where she oversees and provides general leadership on research programmes in the institutions. She holds a B.Ed, M.Sc and Ph.D degrees in biological sciences all from the University of Nairobi and is specialized in the Marine Botanical Sciences. Helida started her research career in 1984 at the Kenyan Marine and Fisheries Research Institute in Mombasa where she rose to the rank of Senior Research Scientist. In 1994 she joined her current institution as a Senior Research Scientist, rose to Principal Scientist position before finally being appointed to her current position in 2004.

Throughout her research career she has mobilized grants for research in the fields of taxonomy, ecology, biodiversity conservation and collection management, and serves in several technical national and regional committees. Dr. Oyieke is currently serving as a member of CBOL Executive Committee, representing Africa, and also chairs the steering committee for the eastern Africa Barcode Initiative where she is making efforts to popularize barcoding technology as a tool for taxonomy in the region.

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