April 8, 2022
College of Veterinary Medicine presents 1xbet online sports betting excellence award to Waithaka Mwangi
And the top faculty 1xbet online sports betting award in the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine goes to: Waithaka Mwangi.
Mwangi was named theZoetis Animal Health Award for 1xbet online sports betting Excellence at the Phi Zeta 1xbet online sports betting Day on March 1.
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“It means a lot to me to be selected as the recipient of the 2022 Zoetis Award for Veterinary 1xbet online sports betting Excellence,” Mwangi said. “It is inspiring to be honored for the 1xbet online sports betting efforts and I am grateful to the colleagues, students and staff who have helped me to be successful.”
“Dr. Mwangi is an exceptionally talented immunologist whose 1xbet online sports betting encompasses some of the world’s most consequential animal and human pathogens,” said Frank Blecha, associate dean for 1xbet online sports betting . “His work on African swine fever virus and SARS-CoV-2 is at the forefront of contemporary vaccine technology. Importantly, he is sharing his vast expertise with his students and mentoring the next generation of immunologists and virologists in his laboratory.”
Mwangi earned a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and parasitology from the 1xbet online sports betting of Nairobi, Kenya, in 1990. He completed a doctorate and postdoctoral training in immunology at Washington State 1xbet online sports betting in 2002 and 2004, respectively.
Mwangi was recruited to the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M 1xbet online sports betting in July 2005 as an assistant professor and graduate faculty. He was promoted to a tenured associate professor in 2014. In October 2016, he joined the faculty at Kansas State 1xbet online sports betting as a tenured associate professor, graduate faculty member and director of the flow cytometry laboratory. He was promoted to professor in spring 2019.
Mwangi has more than 25 years of experience working on vaccine design and antigen delivery platforms in large outbred animal species. His current 1xbet online sports betting is focused on the development of SARS-CoV-2 subunit vaccines. He has had more than million in 1xbet online sports betting grants and has mentored more than 60 graduate students at Texas A&M and K-State. He is an inventor or co-inventor on 14 patents and has published more than 50 journal articles and two book chapters.