Masters Student

Daisy Chebet is an MSc student in Microbiology at Stellenbosch University whose research centres on wastewater-based genomic surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) across multiple African countries. Her work involves collecting wastewater from diverse sites, then applying metagenomics and bioinformatics to characterize resistome diversity, identify resistance genes and their microbial hosts, and investigate environmental drivers of AMR spread.

With a BSc in Microbiology, she has extensive experience culturing bacteria from human, animal, and environmental sources using a One Health framework, generating phenotypic AMR data to inform public health antibiotic use. This background provides a strong foundation for her current research, which aims to expand her expertise into the genetic underpinnings of AMR, contributing to relevant data that informs public health and environmental management strategies in Africa.