Professor Ndichu Maingi is a Professor of Veterinary Parasitology at the University of Nairobi. He holds a PhD degree in Veterinary Parasitology from the University of Nairobi, an MSc degree in Parasitology from McGill University, Canada and a BVM from the University of Nairobi. His areas of specialization are anthelmintic resistance and integrated management interventions for helminths in grazing livestock. He also has research interests in molecular identification and diagnosis of parasitic infections and diagnosis and control of Taenia solium cysticercosis.