Josphat Igadwa Mwasiagi

Prof Mwasiagi obtained his BTECH in Textile Technology from Bharathiar University (Coimbatore) in 1991. He thereafter worked in Thika cloth Mills and Rivatex factory where he served as the Assistant to Spinning Master and Spinning Manager respectively. In February 1997 he joined Moi University as a teaching assistant. Mwasiagi did his Master and PhD degrees in Donghua University in 1998-2000 and 2004-2009, respectively. Professor Mwasiagi , currently works with Moi University as an Associate Professor of Textile Engineering, and has vast research and teaching experience in textile technology, which includes, serving as the Head of Department for the Department of Textile Engineering, in 2002 to 2004 in Moi University, working as a Professor and Chair of Yarn Manufacture courses in Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia (2013 to 2015).  He also serves as the local coordinator SPREE project (funded by EU), Kenyan researcher for Collaborative Research on key issues of protective textile products in emergency situations in African countries, (sponsored by China Association of Science and Technology), external staff reviewer for Kwame Nkrumah University of science and Technology, reviewer with Commission for University Education (CUE) and Project Principal Investigator (PI) for the UNEP INTEX project in Kenya.