Esther Ngumbi

**Esther Ndumi Ngumbi** wata kwararriya ce a fannin ilimin halitta ta ƙasar Kenya  kuma malama wacce a halin yanzu ita ce Mataimakiyar Farfesa a fannin ilimin halittu da Nazarin (African-American Studies) a Jami'ar Illinois a Urbana-Champaign.  An ba ta lambar yabo ta 2018 Society for Experimental Biology Award Presidential.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
Esther Ngumbi ta girma ne a gundumar Kwale, al'ummar karkara ne a kasar Kenya.   An fara gabatar da ita harkar noma tun tana shekara bakwai, lokacin da iyayenta suka ba ta fili ta noman kabeji.   Tun tana ƙarama ta fara sanin kalubalen da manoma ke fuskanta da suka haɗa da fari da ƙasa mara kyau.  A karon farko da ta bar kauyensu shine ta halarci Jami'ar Kenyatta, inda ta samu digirin farko da na biyu..    A cikin shekarar 2007 an ba ta lambar yabo ta Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Mata ta Jami'ar Amirka (AAUW) ta Ƙasashen Duniya wanda ya ba ta damar kammala  digiri a ilimin  halitta a Jami'ar Auburn.   A cikin shekarar 2011 ta zama ɗaya daga cikin mutanen farko da suka samu digiri na uku daga cikin al'ummarta.   Bayan ta sami digiri na uku ta ci gaba da zama a Jami'ar Auburn a matsayin kwararriyar malama.

## Bincike da aiki
An naɗa Ngumbi Mataimakiyar Farfesa na Entomology da Nazarin (African-American Studies) a Jami'ar Illinois a Urbana-Champaign a cikin shekarar 2018.  Ta kuma koyar da ilimin sadarwa.  Ta nazarci yadda tsire-tsire, tsire-tsire, ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta da kwari ke amfani da siginar sinadarai masu lalacewa da marasa ƙarfi.  Waɗannan sun haɗa da mahaɗi masu canzawa (VOCs) waɗanda ke daidaita tattaunawa tsakanin tsire-tsire, herbivores da microbes. Ngumbi ta yi imanin cewa ingantacciyar aikin noma na birane na iya taimakawa wajen yaƙar cin abinci mara kyau.   A cikin shekarar 2019 Ngumbi ta gabatar da cikakken lacca a taron shekara-shekara na Ƙungiyar Ecological Society ta Burtaniya. 

### Sabis na ilimi da ƙwarewa

An ba ta lambar yabo ta Jagoran Dorewa ta 2017 da lambar yabo ta Mata masu launi (Women Of Colour Award). 
   A cikin shekarar 2018 Ngumbi ta sami lambar yabo ta  Shugaban Ƙungiyar Gwajin Biology.
 

Ngumbi kwararriyar masaniya ce a fannin kimiyya  kuma ta ba da gudummawa ga Mail&amp;amp;Guardian, Moth, Scientific American and the World Economic Forum.     Ta bayyana a Rediyon Jama'a na Wisconsin.  Barack Obama ne ya zaɓi Ngumbi don zama wani bangare na Shirin Shugabancin Matasan Afirka.  Tana ba da shawara ga matasa masu bincike ta hanyar Gidauniyar Clinton. Ta yi kamfen na ganin 'yan mata daga yankunan karkara su sami ingantaccen ilimi, musamman a fannin kimiyya da fasaha.  Aiki tare da danginta, Ngumbi ta taimaka wajen kafa *Dokta Ndumi Faulu Academy*, makaranta a garinsu da ke hidimar ɗaliban makarantar sakandare sama da 100.     a cikin shekarar 2021 Ngumbi ta sami lambar yabo ta Mani L. Bhaumik don hulɗar jama'a tare da Kimiyya ta Ƙungiyar Amirka da Ci gaban Kimiyya.

### wallafe-wallafen da aka zaɓa
Littattafanta sun haɗa da:

* Ngumbi, Esther (2016). "Bacterial-mediated drought tolerance: current and future prospects". Applied Soil Ecology. 105: 109–125. doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2016.04.009.
* Ngumbi, Esther (2009). "Comparative GC-EAD Responses of A Specialist (Microplitis croceipes) and A Generalist (Cotesia marginiventris) Parasitoid to Cotton Volatiles Induced by Two Caterpillar Species". Journal of Chemical Ecology. 35 (9): 1009–1020. doi:10.1007/s10886-009-9700-y. PMID 19802643. S2CID 5921837.
* Ngumbi, Esther (2012-12-01). "Comparison of associative learning of host-related plant volatiles in two parasitoids with different degrees of host specificity, Cotesia marginiventris and Microplitis croceipes". Chemoecology. 22 (4): 207–215. doi:10.1007/s00049-012-0106-x. S2CID 14865498.

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