User:Gmanyali

George Simiyu Manyali (born on 24 September 1981) is a computational material scientist and a leader of Computational and Theoretical Physics Group at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, where he holds a title of University Lecturer at the Department of Physics, School of Natural Sciences. Manyali was raised in Kitale, the son of Eric Manyali Namonyo and Topisita Nakhumicha Manyali, squatters in Sinoko farm, Kitale. He is married to Pamela Nafula Wanjala and they have two sons: Nicola Chetty Simiyu and George Junior Simiyu. Manyali graduated from St. Paul's High School Sinoko and attended Moi University, where he received his bachelor of science degree (in the year 2008). He went on to receive his MSc (in the year 2012) and Ph.D.(in the year 2014) in Physics from the University of Witwatersrand Johannesburg. Manyali has built a network with the lead scientists across sub-Saharan Africa and the world at large through the African School for Electronic Structure Methods and Application(ASESMA). In 2015, Manyali received the prestigious award from the African-German Network of Excellence in Science(AGNES) i.e the “AGNES Grant for Junior Researchers”, an acknowledgment to his academic prowess.