Academic Staff

Dr. Noel Gahamanyi is a Microbiologist with interest in pathogens and their drug-resistance potentials. He got his Ph.D. from Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania.
Dr. Gahamanyi holds an MSc in Microbiology from Jain University (India) and a BSc in Biotechnology from the former National University of Rwanda.
Before embarking on his Ph.D. journey, Dr. Gahamanyi served as a Lecturer of Microbiology-related courses at the Catholic University of Rwanda where he also served as Head of the Biotechnology Department and then as the Vice-dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology (2013-2018).
In Research, Dr. Gahamanyi has ten (10) published papers and one book chapter all related to Microbiology. Five of these papers are indexed in PubMed. He is familiar with both routine microbiology practical sessions and also masters the molecular techniques (PCR, electrophoresis, MLST, sequencing).
Dr. Gahamanyi is a member of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and the Young East African Health Research Scientists (YEARS) forum affiliated with the East African Health Research Commission.
Dr. Gahamanyi received a number of awards including the Best Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) Postgraduate student Research Award for the academic year 2020-21 and the First-class with a gold medal after completing MSc in Microbiology at the top of the class (2013).