Phyllis Njeri Muniu

Contact Info

phyllis.muniu@ku.edu

Mentor: Dr. Folashade Agusto

Research Interests: Environmental Health

Hometown: Kiambu, Kenya

B.S. in Applied Statistics, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, 2021, Nairobi, Kenya

M.S. in Mathematical Sciences, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, 2024, Accra, Ghana

Phyllis N. Muniu and Folashade B. Agusto (2025). Spatial Temporal trends and clustering of mental health in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains. In Progress.
Phyllis N. Muniu and Folashade B. Agusto (2025). Impacts of pm2.5 wildfire on Cardiovascular Health. In Progress.
Phyllis N. Muniu, Jeremis N. Morales Morales, Joshua Atsu, Folashade B. Agusto, Carmen Caiseda, Jarron M. Saint Onge, Tinuke Adebanji (2025) Exploring the Spatiotemporal Effects of Domestic Violence in Puerto Rico During the COVID-19 Period: A Geographically and Temporally Weighted Regression Study. In Progress.
Joshua Atsu, Phyllis N. Muniu, Jeremis N. Morales Morales, Folashade B. Agusto, Carmen Caiseda, Jarron M. Saint Onge, Tinuke Adebanji (2025) Mathematical modeling of the dynamics of domestic violence in Puerto Rico. In Progress.

Invited talk: Spatio-temporal analysis of domestic violence in Puerto Rico. The 10th Annual meeting of SIAM Central States Section, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas,2025, October 11-12 2025.
Invited talk: Impacts of socio-economic and demographic variables on mental health. Fall Central Sectional Meeting, Saint Louis University , St Louis, MO. October 18-19 2025.
Poster: Modelling spatio-temporal distribution of mental during Covid-19 pandemic in the Rocky Mountains. The 10th Annual meeting of SIAM Central States Section, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas,2025, October 11-12 2025.