Laban Ayieko Ogallo

Laban Ayieko Ogallo (born 20 January 1950) was a professor of Meteorology at Nairobi University, Kenya. He was one of the pioneers of climate science and meteorology in Africa. He was a former director of the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center, He was a Chairman of the Department of Meteorology, a founding Member of the Kenya Meteorological Society (KMS), African Meteorological Society (AMS), a member of African Academy of Sciences and The World Academy of Sciences. He was also a member of the IPCC team that received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007

Early life and education Prof. Ogallo was born in Kenya on 20 January 1950. He obtained his B.Sc. Hons (Maths, Physics and Meteorology) in 1975, M.Sc. (Meteorology) in 1977 and PHD (Meteorology) in 1980 from University of Nairobi.