Lucy Irungu, the newly appointed vice-chancellor of Machakos University in Kenya, was last week elected president of the East African Research and Innovation Management Association.
The entomology professor and former University of Nairobi deputy vice-chancellor in charge of research production was elected during Earima’s fourth annual conference in Arusha, Tanzania.
She will serve for a two-year term and be assisted by three vice-presidents appointed from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.