Geoffrey Okeng'o
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Lecturer and Research Scientist: Theoretical Physics, Astrophysics and Space Sciences |
| Location | Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya |
| Introduction | Geoffrey O Okeng’o is a South African- trained Kenyan physicist with a Ph.D. in Physics (Theoretical Cosmology). He was born on 17th April 1984 in Kisii, Nyanza Province, Western Kenya, and his love for Physics and Maths began at a nascent age when he took interest in solving Maths and Science problems for other kids while in primary school. He passed to join secondary school where he studied Maths and all sciences: Biology, Chemistry and Physics, topping in class. In 2003, he got admitted to pursue a 4-year BSc Physics degree at University of Nairobi-Kenya, graduating in September 2007 with Honors majoring in Theoretical Physics. In 2008, he won a scholarship to join the National Astrophysics and Space Science Honors Program (NASSP) at the University of Capetown (UCT), South Africa. While at UCT, he won a Square Kilometer Array Africa scholarship for MSc at University of Western Cape (UWC) graduating Cum Laude March 2011. He then proceeded to pursue a Ph.D. at UWC, completing in 2015. He loves reading articles, deriving equations, writing codes, taking walks, cycling, jogging and writing science articles, traveling, socializing and gardening. |
| Interests | Scientific Research, Teaching, Training, Scientific Computing, Big Data, Leadership. Scientific writing and science education. |
| Favorite Movies | None |
| Favorite Music | Classic, Lingala, Christian, Reggae |
| Favorite Books | A brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking, From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time by Sean M. Carroll, Time and Chance by David Z. Albert, The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality by Brian Greene |