“You may be looking for some insight on the possibility of choosing a brilliant career whether it may be a bright future in pharmaceutical fields, medical school, and forensic science, or environmental science, Natural science is a big part of it all. A career in Natural science offers the opportunity for a challenging and rewarding life as it bridges physics and materials science, with the biological sciences and medicine, and with the earth and planetary sciences. Natural science is a fundamental driver in a wide spectrum of fields” – Palmer Imbenzi

Mr. Imbenzi is an assistant lecturer, in the Department of Pharmacy, with a valuable skill set in the areas of Pharmacognosy, and Organic Chemistry.

His passion is in natural science especially searching for biologically active constituents from natural products that exhibit antioxidant and free radical scavenging activities and synthesizing of organometallic compounds.

Mr. Imbenzi is an awardee of the prestigious ANSO Scholarship for Young Talents and CSC for postgraduate studies in the Peoples’ Republic of China. His research proposals have attracted research grants from NACOSTI (2016) and KeMU internal research grants (2022).

Mr. Imbenzi is a member of the KeMU research conference organizing committee that coordinates and facilitates the university’s conference activities. He is also KeMU’s Institutional innovation champion in collaboration with the Kenya National Innovation Agency(KeNIA) where he is responsible for supporting the growth of a strong framework for commercialization of research from the institutions, strengthening the start-up ecosystem in the country, Keeping and sustaining innovation momentum at the school and institutional level, train others, follow through with activities, scout innovations, and support institutional leaders in introducing and implementing reforms to catalyze innovation.