GEE Seminar - Professor Esther Ngumbi, University of Illinois

Professor Esther Ngumbi

Assistant Professor, Entomology at University of Illinois

Dr. Ngumbi is an author, researcher, educator, mentor, speaker and a champion for change around the issues of hunger, gender, education, youth activism, agriculture, sustainability, and public service. She is the founder of organizations that empower farmers and youth in Kenya, and she’s served as a mentor for entities like the Clinton Global University Initiative and President Obama’s Young Leadership Program. Dr. Ngumbi's research focuses on the devastation of crops by insects and the catastrophic implications these occurrences have on the farming communities that rely on the crops for both food and wealth.