Dr. Laurence Ochoo

Lecturer, Department of Physics

Academic Qualifications

2017-2018: Principal Investigator (PI), Under VC-Research grant 2017: Design of an Electromagnetic Field Pulses-based Profiler Technology for Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Monitoring. Aim: This research work aims at availing an electromagnetic field profiler for lessinvasive in-vivo diagnosis of cancer, to allow for quick and easy means of screening patients for cancer, modeled around the same concept for the HIV-screening gargets.

2017-2018: Group Research, Under VC-Research grant 2017: Plant Extract Mediated Biosynthesis of Silver and Gold Nanoparticles and their Antimicrobial Activity

2016-2017: Innovation -Principal Investigator (PI): Important Parameters for Optimized Metal Nanoparticles aided Electromagnetic Field(EMF) Effect on Cancer. Aim: to identify the important parameters for recognizing the most effective metal nanoparticle sizes for inducing efficient electromagnetic field effect in the destruction of cancer cells. In this research, we have identified one of the earlier ignored but a very important underlying mechanisms in the Nanoparticles-aided Electromagnetic field destruction of cancer cell.

Refereed Journal Articles

2019 June: Green sonochemical synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Bridelia micrantha extract and evaluation of their antibacterial activity.Afr. J. Pure Appl. Chem, 2019, vol 13(3), pp 34-42. (Kithokoi Kilonzo Jackson, Lawrence Ochoo, John M. Maingi, Sauda Swaleh and Wilson Njue)
2018 December: Ultrasonic Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Mediated by Prunus africana Plant Extracts and Their Antibacterial Activity. Int. J.Nano and Materials, 2018, 7(1), pp 43-56. ISSN 2166-0182. (Kithokoi J. Kilonzo, Lawrence Ochoo, John M. Maingi, Sauda Swaleh, Wilson M. Njue)
2018 September: SONOCHEMICAL BIOSYNTHESIS OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES USING BRIDELIA MICRANTHA AND EVALUATION OF THEIR ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY Euro. Int. J. Sci., and Tech. vol 7(9), 2018, pp 1-13, ISSN 2304-9693. (Jackson Kilonzo Kithokoi1 , Lawrence Ochoo2 , John M. Maingi3 , Sauda Swaleh4 , Wilson Njue5 ).
2018 March: Important Parameters for Optimized Metal Nanoparticles aided Electromagnetic Field(EMF) Effect on Cancer (Lawrence Ochoo1, Charles Migwi2, John Okumu2 ). Springer Journal; Cancer Nanotechnology.
2014 December: PhD Thesis: Influence of Silver Nanoparticles on the Optical properties of Methylene Blue and Curcumine Dyes (Lawrence Ochoo) – Kenyatta University.
(Ochoo et al, 2012) – Journal of Nanoparticle Research - Modeled mechanism of the light energy absorption by metal Nanoparticles of Ag, Au and Cu, providing a plausible equation for predicting the energy absorption behavior of the metal NPs, where important parameters of influence and their magnitude of influence are identified
(Ochoo et al, 2018) –Cancer Nanotechnology Journal-Has Identified important parameters for recognizing the most effective metal nanoparticle sizes that would have efficient influence on the electromagnetic field effect in the destruction of cancer cells. In this publication, we have also identified one of the earlier ignored but a very important underlying mechanisms in the Nanoparticles-aided Electromagnetic field destruction of cancer cell.