Duncan Kioko Mwinzi is a research fellow at the National Museums of Kenya. He is an Entomologist, working in the invertebrate Zoology Section, Zoology department, where he has worked on different insect groups since 2017. Duncan’s current research interest is in pollination ecology and other beneficial insects while his previous research was on the order of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths).

Duncan has a Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture (Crop Protection Option) and a Master’s Degree in Crop Protection from the University of Nairobi. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Zoology at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.

Publications

• Master’s thesis dissertation: Mwinzi, D. K. (2019). Diversity and abundance of butterfly species and farmers’ pesticide use Practices and perceptions on insect pollinators in farmland and Ngangao Forest, Taita Hills, Kenya. http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/107767
• Mwinzi, D. K., Nderitu, J. H., Kimenju, J. W., & Kioko, E. N. (2020). Farmers’ pesticide Use Practices and Perception on Insect Pollinators and Pollination in Taita Hills, Kenya. African Journal of Horticultural Science, 17, 83-100. http://journal.hakenya.net/index.php/ajhs/article/view/19
• Kioko, E. N., Musyoki, A. M., Luanga, A. E., Genga, O. C. & Mwinzi, D. K. (2021). Fluttering beauty with benefits: The butterflies of Taita Hills. A field guide. National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya. https://jrsbiodiversity.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/A-field-guide-to-Taita-Hills-butterflies-NMK-JRS-2021.pdf.