Herbert Wanjala Kavunja

Dr. Herbert Wanjala Kavunja is Iaso’s Chief Scientist. He is responsible for the overall lab operation and specific lab administrative duties. As a lead scientist, he has worked to validate the commercial potential of Iaso’s mutant-bacteriophage Qβ vaccine platform technology by demonstrating its superiority to commercially available carrier platforms. Dr. Kavunja has expertise in synthetic organic chemistry, chemical biology, vaccinology, and nanotechnology.

He received his B.Sc. degree in chemistry from the University of Nairobi – Kenya. He earned his M.Sc. degree in Chemistry from the University of Nairobi – Kenya and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Michigan State University. He was a Postdoctoral research associate at Central Michigan University from 2015 – 2018 and at Michigan State University from 2018 – 2019. He joined Iaso Therapeutic Inc in 2019.