MA Geogr. Dikko Jeff Gafna
- PhD student
- Research
- Group: Vegetation
- Room: Geb. 10.50, Raum 818
- Phone: +49 721 608-47840
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Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Institut für Geographie und Geoökologie
Kaiserstr. 12
76131 Karlsruhe
Germany
Dikko Gafna
Vegetation survey and analysis, species distribution modeling
Topics
- Diversity and distribution of medical plants
- Knowledge about the use of traditional medicine
Curriculum vitae
| Since 2016 | PhD student at KIT-IfGG. Topic: Diversity and distribution of medical plants in savana drylands, Kenya (Prof. S. Schmidtlein, Prof. J. Obando) |
| Since 2013 | Part time Lecturer at Egerton University, Kenya |
| 2014-2016 | Part time lecturer at Mount Kenya University, Kenya. |
| 2010-2014 | Master of Arts (Geography), Kenyatta University, Kenya. Master’s thesis: ‘Medicinal Plants Species Diversity and Access to Traditional Herbal medicine among the Samburu People’ (Dr. I.O. Mahiri and Dr. J. G. Mahiri) |
| 2010-2016 | Teacher of Geography at Maralal High School, Kenya |
| 2009-2010 | Teacher of Geography at Sawagongo High School, Kenya |
| 2005-2009 | Bachelor of Education (Arts), Moi University, Kenya |
| 2000-2003 | High School, Kanga High School, Kenya |
Publications
2021
Gafna, D. J.; Obando, J. A.; Reichelt, M.; Schmidtlein, S.; Dolos, K. (2021). Medicinal service supply by wild plants in Samburu, Kenya: Comparisons among medicinal plant assemblages. Global Ecology and Conservation, 30, e01749. doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01749
2017
Gafna, D. J.; Dolos, K.; O Mahiri, I.; Mahiri, J. G.; Obando, J. A. (2017). Diversity of medicinal plants and anthropogenic threats in the Samburu Central Sub-County of Kenya. African journal of traditional, complementary and alternative medicines, 14 (5), 72–79. doi:10.21010/ajtcam.v14i5.10