Dr. Laban Ogallo

Laban Ogallo: Prof. Ogallo is the former Director of IGAD Climate Predisction and Applications Center (ICPAC). He is currently the Coordinator of a 5-year UNDP-ICPAC project on early warning and disaster risk reduction over eastern Africa. He obtained his B.Sc (Hons), M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from University of Nairobi.He also obtained a postgraduate Diploma in Operational Forecasting from the then East African Institute for Meteorology Training and Research [EAIMTR]. He has served as the Secretary of Kenya National Council for Science and Technology. Prof. Ogallo has published and contributed to over 100 scientific papers and books, mainly in the field of meteorology, climate change and related applications. His main areas of research interest include climate change, Climate modeling, prediction and applications of climate information in integrated disaster risk reduction, and sustainable development efforts. He has been an active participant in the UN IPCC climate change assessment reports. He is a member of many environment related professional bodies / advisory committees at Global, regional and national levels including being a TWAS fellow.