Profile: Dr. Joseph Kimutai Langat, PhD.; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0587-8640 ; Email: drjosephlangat@kisiiuniversity.ac.ke & drjosephlangat@gmail.com; Phone +254 722305965

Joseph Kimutai Langat, a duly registered member No. 777 of the Soil Science Society of East Africa (SSSEA) Kenya Chapter, is a senior lecturer of crop and soil sciences, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Kisii University, Kenya, and ILO-SIYB Certified Trainer in GYB-SYB-IYB (https://webapps.ilo.org/siybgateway/Certification.action?id=128812). He serves as Adjunct Research Scientist at the African Institute for Capacity Development (AICAD), whose mandate is capacity building for poverty reduction in Africa by collaborating with the AICAD on applied research projects that address African development challenges such as sustainable development, co-authoring high-impact publications, building research networks, and contributing expertise and funding to jointly advance research, innovation, and knowledge transfer. Dr. Kimutai holds a PhD (crop ecophysiology from Moi University, MPhil (Moi), BSc & Diploma agronomy (both from Zhejiang University, China), postgraduate diploma in Mass Communication (KIMC, Nairobi) and a Diploma in Science Education. He served previously as a high school teacher (1989-2000), senior seed inspector KEPHIS (2000-2004), senior editor in charge of research and publishing- Jomo Kenyatta Foundation (2004-2015), Board of Management Chairperson of six schools at diverse dates (2010- date), Chief Officer Education Bomet County (2015-2017), and Dean- School of Agriculture at Lukenya University, Mtito Andei (2018-April 2019), University examination officer, and Campus Director in charge of Kisii University, Eldoret Campus (2022-2023). He is a CASSCOM member of Nyamira and Bomet County (2021-date), Editor-in-Chief of AJAUSUD Journal (2025- date), Chairman- Kisii University Agritech (2020-date), Chairman- Department of Education- Catholic Diocese of Kericho (2023-date), Chairman Bomet County Education Board (2024-date), Chairperson of the National Governing Council of the 47 County Education Board Chairpersons, among other accolades. He served as Editor-in-Chief (EiC) in the 2^nd Kisii University International Multidisciplinary Conference (10-12 September 2024), whose theme was Strengthening African Economies Through Innovations for Sustainable Development, with 8 sub-themes and over 24 tracks. Peer reviewed and presented works were published in the Kisii University Book of Abstracts. Dr. Langat also serves as the EiC of the upcoming 3^rd Kisii University International Multidisciplinary Conference scheduled for 9^th to 11^th June 2026, whose theme is Reimagining Inclusive and Borderless Knowledge through Global Health for Sustainable Development. He has won numerous national and international scholarships and project grants, published widely in a number of high impact journals in his area of expertise (crop and soil). In December 2024, Joseph led a team of scientists as PI and won two 8-months project research grants worth Ksh. 500,000. He has supervised many undergraduate student projects and more than 10 MSc and PhD approved soil, crop and agricultural extension projects that lead to the award of the degrees of the University. One MSc student he supervised graduated in 2021, while three of them graduated in 2025. He is trained and qualified in diverse fields: mass communication and journalism, report writing, senior management course (KSG), financial management, educational institutions management, winning grants project proposals writing, seed and plant varieties development, certification standards & processes. He is a consultant, a mentor to many, and conducts a number of humanitarian activities in the Kenyan villages.