CURRICULUM VITAE (CV)

Summary: Current education status:

He is currently the 20162017 Chair Energy & Prosperity Post-Doctoral Fellow in Mathematics of Macroeconomic and environmental assessment of energy transition at Laboratoire de Mtorologie Dynamique (LMD),
Department of Geosciences, Ecole Normale Suprieure (ENS) (Paris, France) under the supervision of Prof.
Michael Ghil and Dr. Fabio DAndrea.
Double Ph.D., in:
1. Applied Mathematics from the University of Nairobi and
2. Environmental Sciences from University Pierre & Marie Curie (UPMC, Paris-6)
Titles of the Ph.D. are respectively:
1. A Simple Coupled ClimateEconomyBiosphere Model
2. Energy Balance Mathematical Model on Climate Change
Supervisors:
Dr. Fabio DAndrea (Laboratoire de Mtorologie Dynamique, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace,
Ecole Normale Suprieure, UPMC, Paris 6 (France));
Dr. Charles Nyandwi (Division of Applied and Industrial Mathematics, SoM, UoN).
Name
Gender
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Marital status
Born
Permanent address
Telephone
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Keroboto Benjamin ZaNgoti OGUTU

Male
Kenyan
Married with one wife and five children, three girls and two boys
5th May 1972, Kisii, Kenya
P.O Box 1073-00900, Kiambu, Kenya
+254(0) 733 315 216
okeroboto@gmail.com

Career objective
To get a challenging position in a dynamic organization so as to exploit my abilities, set high standards for
myself, gain experience in my chosen career of Mathematics and Environmental Sciences, conduct research,
apply knowledge, challenge norms, inspire others, and above all, be accountable for my own decisions and
actions, as well as to acquire management skills for the well-being of the organization and humanity at large.
Experience
01/04/2016 To date: Post-Doctoral (PD) Fellow
01/2009 To date: Fulltime Mathematics Lecturer
01/2006 01/2009: Fulltime Mathematics Lecturer

Laboratoire de Mtorologie Dynamique (LMD),

Department of Geosciences,
Ecole Normale Suprieure (ENS) (Paris, France)
Dedan Kimathi University of Technology (DeKUT),
Nyeri, Kenya
Kenya School of Professional Studies, Nairobi, Kenya

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08/2005 01/2009: Mathematics Lecturer (Part-time)

02/2004 01/2009: Mathematics Lecturer (Part-time)
11/2003 09/2004: Mathematics Tutorial Fellow

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and

Technology (JKUAT), Nairobi, Kenya
Kenya Methodist University (KEMU), Meru
and Nairobi Campus, Kenya
Kiriri Womens University of Science and Technology
(KWUST), Nairobi, Kenya

Education
01/04/2016 To date
Post-Doctoral (PD) Fellow

Chair Energy & Prosperity:

Laboratoire de Mtorologie Dynamique (LMD),
Department of Geosciences,
Ecole Normale Suprieure (ENS) (Paris, France)

01/2011 25/05/2015
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.): Applied Mathematics &
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.): Environmental Sciences
09/2000 11/2002
Master of Science (MSc): Industrial Mathematics
04/1993 11/1998
Bachelor of Arts (BA) 2nd Class Honours Upper Division
Major Field: Pure Mathematics; Minor Field: Economics

University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya &

University of Paris 6, Paris, France
University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Research interests
Modeling climate change and anthropogenic effects; coupled climateecology and climateeconomic modeling;
dynamical and physical processes; and Earthhuman society interactions.
Current research
1. Ogutu, K. B. Z., DAndrea, F., and Ghil, M.: Energy transition and economic growth, in preparation.
2. Ogutu, K. B. Z., DAndrea, F., and Ghil, M.: Including two-sex population dynamics and the role of literacy
into the Coupled ClimateEconomyBiosphere (CoCEB) model, in preparation.
3. Ogutu, K. B. Z., DAndrea, F., and Ghil, M.: Including business cycles into the Coupled ClimateEconomy
Biosphere (CoCEB) model, in preparation.
4. Ogutu, K. B. Z., DAndrea, F., and Ghil, M.: Endogenizing deforestation carbon emissions into the Coupled
ClimateEconomyBiosphere (CoCEB) model, in preparation.
5. Ogutu, K. B. Z., DAndrea, F., and Ghil, M.: Terrorism and economic growth: An application of CoCEB
model, in preparation.
6. Ogutu, K. B. Z., DAndrea, F., Ghil, M., and Nyandwi, C.: CoCEB: A Coupled ClimateEconomy
Biosphere model Part 1: Investing in low-carbon technologies towards stabilization of Earths climate in
the 21st century, in preparation.
7. Ogutu, K. B. Z., DAndrea, F., Ghil, M., and Nyandwi, C.: CoCEB: A Coupled ClimateEconomy
Biosphere model Part 2: Stabilizing temperature deviations to below 2 C: Deforestation control and
investing in carbon capture and storage technologies, in preparation.
Publications
1. Ogutu, K. B. Z.: Pair Formation in Sexually Transmitted Diseases, MSc thesis, School of Mathematics,
University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 2002.
2. Ogutu, K. B. Z.: A simple Coupled ClimateEconomyBiosphere model, PhD thesis, School of
Mathematics, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 2015.
3. Ogutu, K. B. Z.: Energy balance mathematical model on climate change. Continental interfaces, environment.
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Universit Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI, 2015. English. <NNT: 2015PA066224>. <tel-01233019>,
https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01233019, 2015.
4. Ogutu, K. B. Z., DAndrea, F., Ghil, M., Nyandwi, C., Manene, M. M., and Muthama, J. N.: Coupled
ClimateEconomyBiosphere (CoCEB) model Part 1: Abatement share and investment in low-carbon
technologies, Earth Syst. Dynam. Discuss., 6, 819863, 2015.
5. Ogutu, K. B. Z., DAndrea, F., Ghil, M., Nyandwi, C., Manene, M. M., and Muthama, J. N.: Coupled
ClimateEconomyBiosphere (CoCEB) model Part 2: Deforestation control and investment in carbon
capture and storage technologies, Earth Syst. Dynam. Discuss., 6, 865906, 2015.
Submitted and accepted abstracts
1. A simple integrated assessment approach to global change simulation and evaluation
by Keroboto Ogutu, Fabio DAndrea and Michael Ghil,
Geophysical Research Abstracts
Vol. 18, EGU2016-11761, 2016
Submitted to the EGU General Assembly 2016, Vienna Austria:
Accepted in Session ERE1.6 SOS! Charting a safe operating space for humanity lessons from different
scientific approaches
2. A simple integrated assessment approach to global change simulation and evaluation
by Keroboto B. Z. Ogutu, Fabio DAndrea and Michael Ghil,
Submitted to the International Environmental Modeling & Software Society Conference (iEMSs) 2016,
Session A4: Modelling for Low Carbon Economies.
Management experience
02/2009 03/2012
Chairman, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science (DeSAS), DeKUT
01/07/2015 29/02/2017 Chairman, Department of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MPS), DeKUT
Workshops, seminars and conferences attended
22nd 23rd Nov., 2012
Workshop on Coupled ClimateEconomics Modeling and Data Analysis held at
the Institut des Systmes Complexes de Paris le-de-France (ISC- PIF).
31st Oct. 4th Nov., 2011

2011 National Bio-Mathematics Workshop, Nairobi and Nanyuki, Kenya.

Referee

Journal of Global Economics, Management and Business Research (JGEMBR)

Computer
literacy

Programming Methodology: Matlab, R/S+, MS Excel, Word, PC TeX(LaTex), C+;

Computer Fundamentals: Computer Systems Hardware and Software

Awards and achievements

01/04/2016 31/03/2017 Chair Energy & Prosperity Post-Doctoral Fellowship worth 50 000
01/05/2014 30/04/2015 Awarded 2500 for an interdisciplinary Franco-Kenyan collaborative Coupled
ClimateEconomyBiosphere Interactions research project where I am the PI
01/2011 10/2014
Ph.D. Fellowship from the French Embassy in Kenya
01/2011 10/2014
Ph.D. Funding by DeKUT
09/2000 11/2002
MSc. Scholarship from the University of Nairobi
Referees
Dr. Fabio DAndrea, Directeur de recherche (LMD, ENS+CNRS)
Laboratoire de Mtorologie Dynamique, Ecole Normale Suprieure
UMR 8539-Ecole Normale-24, Rue Lhomond
75231 Paris Cedex 05 (France) Tel: +33(0) 1 44 32 22 31/+33(0) 624107947
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E-mail:dandrea@lmd.ens.fr
Prof. Michael Ghil, Distinguished Professor of Geosciences (emeritus) (ENS), Distinguished Research Professor
(UCLA)
CERES-ERTI, Ecole Normale Suprieure
24 Rue Lhomond / 8 Rue Erasme
F-75230 Paris Cedex 05 (France) Tel : +33(0) 1 44 32 22 44
E-mail: ghil@lmd.ens.fr

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