Luna Kamau

Luna Kamau is a Kenyan public health scientist who works in malaria management. An executive at the Kenya Medical Research Institute's Centre for Biotechnology Research and Development, she is a 2018 Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences and 2021 Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences.

Biography Kamau was born in Kitale, Trans-Nzoia County. the last one of which was under a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/World Health Organization joint fellowship. Kamau said that as a woman scientist she had "to become resilient [and] face environments that were not gender sensitive" amidst gender inequality in Africa.

Kamau studies molecular entomology, molecular vector biology, and ecology as a scientist. KEMRI also awarded her their Gold (Nelion) Excellence/Merit Award in 2015 and Global Research Excellence Award in 2020.