Dr. Mary Kivata is a lecturer in the department of Biological and Physical Sciences, School of Pure and Applied Sciences at Karatina University. She has been teaching biochemistry and other related courses in the university since 2015. Dr. Kivata completed her Ph.D.  programme at  the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and her masters and undergraduate studies at Kenyatta University. Her research interests lie in the areas of microbial genomics, microbiology, bioinformatics and antimicrobial resistance.

Mary W. Kivata, Margaret Mbuchi, Fredrick L. Eyase, Wallace D. Bulimo, Cecilia K. Kyanya, Valerie Oundo, Wilton M. Mbinda, Willy Sang, Ben Andagalu, Olusegun O. Soge, R. Scott McClelland, and John Distelhorst (2020). “Plasmid mediated penicillin and tetracycline resistance among Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from Kenya”. BMC Infectious Diseases 20: 703 DOI: 1186/s12879-020-05398-5

Kivata, M. W., M. Mbuchi, F. L. Eyase, W. D. Bulimo, C. K. Kyanya, V. Oundo, S. W. Muriithi, B. Andagalu, W. M. Mbinda, O. O. Soge, R. S. McClelland, W. Sang and J. D. Mancuso (2019). “gyrA and parC mutations in fluoroquinolone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from Kenya”. BMC Microbiology 19(1): 76 DOI: 1186/s12866-019-1439-1