text: Peggoty Mutai is a Kenyan chemist. Born in Kericho, her interests include medicinal chemistry, in particular working with the search for new treatments against parasitic worms.                                                                                                                 
  After studying at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, where she obtained her Bachelor of Science and her Masters degree in pharmacy and pharmaceutical analysis, she was accepted at McGill University in Canada to continue pursuing her doctorate, which she had started at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Mutai returned to the University of Cape town to finish her doctorate in 2014. Mutai was among the fifteen Fellows chosen by the LOréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science to receive an international scholarship to pursue their research projects in 2012. She is currently a lecturer for the department of Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy at the University of Nairobi and the section head of Pharmacognosy.