Title/Qualifications: PhD. Department/Unit/Section: Geography Contact Address: 43844-00100 Nairobi Office Tel:     + (254)-020-8710901-19, Ext 57321 Mobile Tel:    +(254)726 234 217 Email Addresses: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Position: Lecturer Area of Specialization: Stable Isotopes Biogeochemistry, Phylogenetics Analysis Download Full CV

Research Interests:

• Application of Stable Isotope techniques on dietary ecology, soil geochemistry, paleolimnology, and forensics
• Application of GIS and Remote Sensing in modeling stable isotopes trends and patterns in plants, soils, and mammalian tissues,
• Systematic biology (Phylogenetics). 

Research And Publications
Refereed Publications

• Cerling, T. E., Samuel A. Andanje, S. A., Gakuya, F., Kariuki, J. M., Kariuki, L., Kingoo, J. W., Khayale, C., Lekolool, I., Macharia, A. N., Anderson, C. R., Fernandez, D. P.,Hu, L., Thomas, S. J., (In Press). Stable isotope ecology of black rhinos (Diceros bicornis) in Kenya. Oecologia.
• Saturday, A., Makokha, G. M., Macharia, A. N. (2016). Household Water Treatment Technologies for Microbial Removal in Kabale District, Southwestern Uganda.Journal of Environment and Health Sciences, 2(1): 1–8.
• Macharia, A. N., Cerling, T. E., Matthew J. J., Jay R. K. (April 2014). The hair-diet 13C and 15N fractionation inChlorocebus aethiops sabaeus based on a control diet study. Ann. Zool. Fennici 51: 00–00 ISSN 0003-455X, (print), ISSN 1797-2450 (online). Helsinki 2014 © Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board
• Morris, J. L., le Roux, P. C., Macharia A. N., Brunelle, A., Hebertson, E. G., Lundeen, Z. J. (2013). Organic, elemental, and geochemical contributions to lake sediment deposits during severe spruce beetle, (Dendroctonus rufipennis) disturbances. Forest Ecology and Management, 289, 78–89.
• Macharia, A. N., Uno, K. T., Cerling, T. E., Brown, F. H. (2012). Isotopically distinct modern carbonates in abandoned livestock corrals in northern Kenya, Journal of Archaeological Science, 39: 2198–2205, doi:10.1016/j.jas.2012.02.005.
• Cerling, T. E., Andaje, S. A., Bird, M. I., Korir, D. K., Levin, N. E., Mace, W., Macharia, A. N., Remein, C. H., Wynn, J. G. (2011). Woody cover and hominin environments in the past 6 million years. Nature, 476: 51–56, doi:10.1038/nature10306.

Papers In Conference Proceedings

• The State of University Education in Kenya Publication: selected papers from the 1st Biennial Conference, 2016 publication. Volume 1. ISBN 978-9966-009-24-1.