Dikko Gafna

Vegetation survey and analysis, species distribution modeling

Topics

Diversity and distribution of medical plants
Knowledge about the use of traditional medicine

Curriculum vitae

Since 2016	PhD student at KIT-IfGG. Topic: Diversity and distribution of medical plants in savana drylands, Kenya (Prof. S. Schmidtlein, Prof. J. Obando)
Since 2013	Part time Lecturer at Egerton University, Kenya
2014-2016	Part time lecturer at Mount Kenya University, Kenya.
2010-2014	Master of Arts (Geography), Kenyatta University, Kenya. Master’s thesis: ‘Medicinal Plants Species Diversity and Access to Traditional Herbal medicine among the Samburu People’ (Dr. I.O. Mahiri and Dr. J. G. Mahiri)
2010-2016	Teacher of Geography at Maralal High School, Kenya
2009-2010	Teacher of Geography at Sawagongo High School, Kenya
2005-2009	Bachelor of Education (Arts), Moi University, Kenya
2000-2003	High School, Kanga High School, Kenya

Publications

2023

Gafna, D. J.; Obando, J. A.; Kalwij, J. M.; Dolos, K.; Schmidtlein, S. (2023). Climate change impacts on the availability of anti-malarial plants in Kenya. Climate Change Ecology, 5, Art.-Nr.: 100070. doi:10.1016/j.ecochg.2023.100070

Gafna, D. J. (2023, November 21). Medicinal Plant Distribution and Supply: Conservation Issues and Implications. PhD dissertation. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000162863

2021

Gafna, D. J.; Obando, J. A.; Reichelt, M.; Schmidtlein, S.; Dolos, K. (2021). Medicinal service supply by wild plants in Samburu, Kenya: Comparisons among medicinal plant assemblages. Global Ecology and Conservation, 30, e01749. doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01749

2017

Gafna, D. J.; Dolos, K.; O Mahiri, I.; Mahiri, J. G.; Obando, J. A. (2017). Diversity of medicinal plants and anthropogenic threats in the Samburu Central Sub-County of Kenya. African journal of traditional, complementary and alternative medicines, 14 (5), 72–79. doi:10.21010/ajtcam.v14i5.10