Joanne Ogunah is a Lecturer in Chemistry and currently the Head of Department of Physical Sciences, University of Embu. She obtained her PhD from Maseno University, Kenya with specialization in Physical and Applied chemistry. Her research interests are on the fate and abstraction of xenobiotics from the environment and water purification technologies. She is an alumnus of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), a member of the Kenya Chemical Society, a visiting researcher of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) and a founding member of Transformative Women in Leadership Network.