Judi Wangalwa Wakhungu EGH is a Kenyan politician, diplomat, and geologist who was appointed by the President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, as ambassador to France on the 26th of January 2018.

[9] She also held an eleven-year tenure as the executive director of the African Center for Technology Studies (ACTS),[10] an intergovernamental organization dedicated to environmental research and sustainable innovation in Africa.

The stockpiles were accounted for using digital tools for the first time, including a DNA library, with which forensic evidence helps to prosecute illegal wildlife trade in the region.

[12] In the same year, Wakhungu was also selected by then United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to join twenty-six other scientists to form a Scientific Advisory Board.

[15] Later in her administration, Wakhungu actively supervised an initiative to collect over twenty-four tones of plastic waste around Lake Nakuru National Park, a protected area known for its wide variety of animals and plants.

She has penned and contributed to multiple research papers over the years, including a 2008 report for ACTS detailing Kenya's rising conflicts over land tenure and post-election violence.

[23] In 2012, Wakhungu contributed to two articles on agriculture and food insecurity[24] alongside biologist and ex-Government Chief Scientific Adviser for the United Kingdom, John Beddington.

She was the research director of the Global Energy Policy and Planning Program of the International Federation of Institutes for Advanced Study (IFIAS), which is based in Toronto, Canada.