Paper Presentations
From Ambition to Achievement: Charting your Path to Success in Research Endeavor
Role: Invited Lecture
Event: 5th Webinar Series for Nigeria Bioinformatics and Genomics Network
Location: Virtual
Date: 11 April 2024
Evaluating Particulate Matter Levels and Their Impact on Residents in Choba and Mgbuoba Areas of Rivers State: Implications for Environmental Health, Climate Change, and Pollution
Role: Paper Presenter
Event: 15th Annual Conference of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health, CUGH 2024
Location: Los Angeles, USA
Date: 7 – 10 March 2024
Community-based innovative approach of deriving a functional compost for remediation of crude oil contaminated soil
Role: Paper Presenter
Event: 6th Biennial Conference for Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) Nigeria
Location: Port Harcourt Nigeria
Date: 2 - 6 July 2023
Sustainable utilization of poultry manure in decontamination of crude oil polluted area
Role: Paper Presenter
Event: 6th Biennial Conference for Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) Nigeria
Location: Port Harcourt Nigeria
Date: 2 - 6 July 2023
Rethinking Strategic Planning: Strength in Collaborations and Evidence gathering
Role: Invited Speaker/Resource Person
Event: Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency, NNMDA Strategic Planning Retreat
Location: Ibadan Business School, Ibadan Oyo State
Date: 29 Nov – 1 Dec 2022
Collaboration and linkages for Environmental Sustainability in actualising the Energy Transition Agenda
Role: Panellist
Event: 4th Nigerian Institution of Environmental Engineers (NIEE) Port Harcourt Chapter Conference
Location: Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Date: 22nd November, 2022
Mitigating climate change impact for a sustainable agricultural production
Role: Paper Presenter
Event: U.S.-Africa Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Date: October 12-14, 2022
Transferable academic skills for science policy communication
Role: Invited Speaker
Event: Developing science policy communication skills: A strategic tool for early career researchers
Location: INASP Zoom Platform
Date: 25th August 2021
Ethics of doing Research
Role: Invited Speaker
Event: Nigerian Applied Microbiologists (NAM) Network Masterclass
Location: Virtual
Date: 25 June 2022
Environmental exposures and implications
Role: Plenary Speaker
Event: Forum of Nigerian Toxicologists (FONTOX) Web Conference
Location: Virtual
Date: 27 – 28 April 2022
Healing the Niger Delta Soils
Role: Invited Speaker
Event: Science Café
Location: Virtual
Date: 5 March 2022
Optimizing agrowaste substrates for bioremediation of hydrocarbons
Role: Presenter
Event: Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) International Conference and General Assembly
Location: Virtual
Date: 16 November 2021
Improving confidence and Promoting Mentorship among Chemistry Professionals in selected institutions in the Niger Delta
Role: Invited Speaker
Event: The Royal Society of Chemistry Inclusion and Diversity Forum 2021: Why belonging and inequalities in race and ethnicity matter
Location: Virtual
Date: 8 December 2021
Generation Equality: Bringing Together the Next Generation of Women and Visionaries of the Beijing Platform for Action event celebrating National Women’s Day in South Africa
Role: Invited Speaker
Event: Gender Equality and anti-Discrimination office: Unit for Institutional Change and Social Justice
Location: Virtual
Date: 9th of August 2021
Developing Guidelines for Evidence Use in Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA): Achievements and Lessons
Role: Invited Speaker
Event: Experiences of Researchers in Institutionalising Evidence-Informed Decision-Making (EIDM) in Government Agencies in Africa Webinar
Location: Virtual
Date: 5 August 2021
Nelson Mandela Day 2021
Role: Chief Guest
Event: Organised virtually by Youth United Council of India
Location: Virtual
Date: 18 July 2021
Establishing an order in a chaotic society
Role: Invited Speaker
Event: 5th Green and Sustainable Chemistry Conference
Location: Bonn, Germany
Date: 10 - 13 May 2020
Developing Guidelines for Evidence Use in Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency
Role: Invited Speaker
Event: Evidence Leaders Africa (ELA) Virtual Conference by AFIDEP in partnership with AAS
Location: Virtual
Date: 4 November 2020
Addressing disputes of everyday environmental abuse in the course of chemistry research, patronage, abuse and policies
Role: Speaker
Event: Evidence Leaders Africa (ELA) Virtual Conference by AFIDEP in partnership with AAS
Location: Virtual
Date: 4 November 2020
Role of Technology in Improving Teaching and Collaborative Research across the West African Sub-region
Role: Guest Speaker
Event: 2nd Webinar Series organised by West African Society for Pharmacology
Location: Virtual
Date: 22 September 2020
Impact of 2012 and 2018 Floods on livelihoods in the Niger Delta
Role: Invited Speaker
Event: Stakeholders meeting on Disaster (Flood) Management by National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in collaboration with Nigeria Red Cross
Location: Port Harcourt
Date: 18 September 2020
Optimized Production of Bioremediation Agent for Application in the Eco-Recovery of Oil Spill site
Role: Presenter
Event: Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Date: 10–12 August 2020
Child Abuse & Maltreatment: The thin line between Discipline and abuse
Role: Panelist
Event: An interactive Session. Senior Secondary School For Science Etiti Alumni
Location: Virtual
Date: 3rd August 2020
Diversity challenges in the laboratory: a critical variable for Africa’s growth
Role: Guest Speaker
Event: 3rd Webinar Series organised by Next Einstein Forum (NEF)
Location: Virtual
Date: 25 June 2020
5th Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference
Role: Invited Speaker
Event: 5th Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference
Location: Dresden, Germany
Date: 10-13 May 2020
Waking the science in young female scientists
Role: Organizer/ Speaker
Event: University of Port Harcourt. 3rd Seminar Series
Location: Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Date: 14 November 2019
Igniting the Flame of Science using communication tool
Role: Speaker
Event: Next Einstein Forum (NEF) Africa Science Week
Location: Kitse, Zambia
Date: 14 October 2019
Science Education: a veritable tool for Development of the South-Eastern Nigeria
Role: Speaker
Event: Senior Secondary School for Science, S4 Etiti, Alumni Association’s Biennial Economic Summit, Science Prize & Igbo Language Promotion Award
Location: Newton Hotel Ltd. Owerri Nigeria
Date: 21 September 2019
The Power of Attitude: The Character Strength of a Goal - getter
Role: Special Guest Speaker
Event: Annual Female Gender – based Conference of the National Association of Political and Administrative Studies Students UNIPORT Chapter
Location: Port Harcourt Nigeria
Date: 13 September 2019
Mutual aid agreements & partnerships in emergency management
Role: Invited Speaker
Event: Stakeholder Coordination Meeting organized by National Emergency Management Agency
Location: Port Harcourt
Date: 5 September 2019
Workplace Safety: A Case Study OF Institute of Petroleum Studies
Role: Invited Speaker
Event: Safety Seminar for Staff members at Institute of Petroleum Studies, University of Port Harcourt
Location: Port Harcourt
Date: 21 June 2019
Fingerprinting of complex microbial populations by analysis of PCR-amplified genes coding for 16S rRNA
Role: Platform Speaker
Event: Genomics and Human Health in Africa Conference
Location: Khartoum, Sudan
Date: 2 - 7 December 2018
Leaving traces of Professional output among West African Researchers
Role: Platform Speaker
Event: West African Research and Innovation Management Association, WARIMA 12th International Conference and Workshop
Location: Ibadan, Nigeria
Date: 25 - 30 November 2018
PAHs Content and Potential Risks on Exposure to Dusts from Classroom Window Corners of Selected Public Primary Schools in Port Harcourt Metropolis Nigeria
Role: Platform Speaker
Event: 3rd South-South Zonal Annual Conference of Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NSBMB)
Location: University of Port Harcourt
Date: 12 – 14 September 2018
Investigation into the Prolonged Intake of Sugar-Free Carbonated Soft Drinks on Selected Biochemical indices of Male Wistar rats
Role: Platform Speaker
Event: 3rd South-South Zonal Annual Conference of Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NSBMB)
Location: University of Port Harcourt
Date: 12 – 14 September 2018
Nanotoxicological indices at exposure for Vigna subterranea
Role: Platform Speaker
Event: 256th American Chemical Society National Meeting
Location: Boston, MA
Date: 19 - 23 August 2018
Interdisciplinary research towards tackling the SDGs in Africa
Role: Presenter
Event: The African Academy of Science
Location: Pembroke College, University of Oxford, UK
Date: 5 - 8 August 2018
Networking and Online presence for Global Scholars
Role: Guest Lecturer
Event: Parasitology & Public Health Society of Nigeria (PPSN) South South meeting
Location: Port Harcourt
Date: 3 August 2018
Agenda for Career Development
Role: Organizer/ Resource Person
Event: Centre for Gas Refining
Location: University of Port Harcourt
Date: 25 July 2018
Safety at Institute of Petroleum Studies Workplace
Role: Invited Speaker
Event: Safety Seminar for Staff members at Institute of Petroleum Studies, University of Port Harcourt
Location: Port Harcourt
Date: 27 March 2018
Patronage of chemical safety and security among chemistry professionals
Role: Presenter
Event: ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Location: Washington, DC, USA
Date: March 2018
Capacity Development Workshop
Role: Resource Person and Workshop Facilitator
Event: Modibbo Adama University of Technology (MAUTECH), Yola
Location: Engineering Lecture Theatre
Date: 13 December 2017
Nanoscience and technology for Agriculture
Role: Speaker
Event: Polymer Institute of Nigeria 28th Annual Technical Conference
Location: Port Harcourt
Date: 25 – 28 October 2017
Science and Peace: an essential nutrient for adolescents
Role: Invited Lecturer
Event: Protect Our Future Peace Camp organised by Centre for Social Transformation and Human Development (CHDST)
Location: Our Lady of Lourdes Secondary School Ozuoba Rivers state Nigeria
Date: 9 August 2017
Conducting International Research
Role: Invited Lecturer
Event: University 2017 Management Retreat
Location: Federal University of Petroleum Research Effurun Delta state, Nigeria
Date: 31 July 2017
University Idea, Localism and Indigeneity
Role: Resource Person
Event: Leadership Training. Academic Staff Union of Universities
Location: Rivers state University, Rivers state Nigeria
Date: 30 June 2017
University Idea, Localism and Indigeneity
Role: Resource Person
Event: Leadership Training. Academic Staff Union of Universities
Location: Niger Delta University Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa state Nigeria
Date: 22 June 2017
University Idea, Localism and Indigeneity
Role: Resource Person
Event: Leadership Training. Academic Staff Union of Universities
Location: University of Port Harcourt, Amatu Braide Hall
Date: 16 June 2017
Science Leadership and Logistics
Role: Invited Trainer/ Facilitator
Event: Global Chemists’ Code of Ethics (GCCE) and Science & Technology Leadership
Location: Sofitel, Nairobi Kenya
Date: 15 May 2017
Science Communication
Role: Invited Trainer/ Facilitator
Event: Global Chemists’ Code of Ethics (GCCE) and Science & Technology Leadership
Location: Sofitel, Nairobi Kenya
Date: 16 May 2017
Global Chemists’ Code of Ethics (GCCE) & Chemical Safety and Security
Role: Trainer
Event: A step-down training for Academics, Technologists, Graduate students, Policy makers and Industry partners, sponsored by American Chemical Society
Location: Centre for Oil and Gas Refining auditorium, University of Port Harcourt
Date: 15 March 2017
Safety in Construction and Allied Workplaces
Role: Organiser/ Facilitator
Event: A two-day National Workshop on Occupational Health and Safety in Nigeria
Location: Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment in partnership with Global Network Monitoring and Development Initiatives and World Safety Organization (WSO)
Date: 1 - 2 March 2017
Challenges of Human Diversity in the Laboratory and the Implications in the National Development
Role: Invited Lecturer
Event: University of Ilorin
Location: Ilorin Kwara state Nigeria
Date: 16 - 17 January 2017
Diversity challenges in the laboratory: A critical variable for Africa’s growth
Role: Speaker
Event: 10th WARIMA International Conference and Workshops
Location: MRC Unit, The Gambia
Date: 11 - 16 December 2016
Research Centres of Excellence: Our Journey So Far!!!!
Role: Lead Speaker
Event: 2016 Nigerian Higher Education Summit: Exploiting Diversity, Differentiation and Quality Assurance in Revitalizing the Nigerian Higher Education System
Location: NAF Conference Centre, Jahi, Abuja, Nigeria
Date: 21 - 23 November 2016
Influence of Aqueous Extract of Acalypha wikiesiana on some selected Biochemical indices of albino Wistar rats
Role: Presenter
Event: 35th Annual Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NSBMB) Conference
Location: Covenant University, Ota
Date: 1 – 4 November 2016
The use of Wonderful kola, African walnut and Guinea plum as Diet Supplements in the Management of Hyperlipidemia in male Wistar rats
Role: Presenter
Event: 35th Annual Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NSBMB) Conference
Location: Covenant University, Ota
Date: 1 – 4 November 2016
Bachelors in Biochemistry and Chemistry Technology: WHAT NEXT?
Role: Keynote Speaker
Event: Association of Biochemistry Chemistry Technolgy Students Summit
Location: Ofrima Hall, Port Harcourt Nigeria
Date: 7 October 2016
Comparison of thermal and microwave remediation for a Nigerian oil polluted soil and implications of phytoremediation for photosynthetic efficiency
Role: Speaker
Event: ENVR 765. American Chemical Society 252nd National meeting and Symposia, Division of Environmental Chemistry
Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA
Date: 21 - 25 August 2016
Interdependence of soil and agricultural practice in a two –year phytoremediation in situ experiment
Role: Speaker
Event: European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2016
Location: Vienna Austria
Date: 17 – 22 April 2016
Superoxide dismutase, catalase and peroxidase activities during Vigna subterranea exposure to Ag Nanoparticles
Role: Speaker
Event: 5th Young Environmental Scientists meeting
Location: Gainesville FL USA
Date: 28 February – 2 March 2016
Biological estimation of Soil Organic matter: a relationship with cellulose breakdown and CO2 release
Role: Speaker
Event: 2nd International Workshop SOMpatic
Location: Rauischholzhausen, Germany
Date: 8 – 10 December 2015
Characterization and phytoremediation of crude oil contaminated wetland
Role: Speaker
Event: 21st Conference on Environmental Indicators
Location: University of Windsor
Date: 2 – 5 August 2015
Levels of selected heavy metals in dumpsites from printing press, paint industry and auto mechanic workshop in rivers state Nigeria
Role: Speaker
Event: West African Society of Toxicology (WASOT) 4th International Conference
Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers state Nigeria
Date: 3 – 6 February 2015
Communication: A mandatory tool for Research Builders and Consumers
Role: Speaker
Event: West African Research and Innovations Management Association, WARIMA 8th International Conference and Workshop
Location: Ilara-Mokin Ondo state Nigeria
Date: 24 – 26 November 2014
Students in Leadership: A Virtue or Vague in the Grassroots Delivery of Dividends of Democracy
Role:
Event: NOREL 2014 ‘NEWBREED OF RESOURCEFUL LEADERS’. Students’ Union National Congress
Location: Ebitimi Banigo Hall, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Date: September 4, 2014
Conditioners and Significance in t-RFLP Profile of the Assemblage of Prokaryotic Microorganisms in Crude Oil Polluted Agricultural Soils
Role:
Event: American Chemical Society 248th National Meeting and Symposia, Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Date: August 10-14, 2014
Plant-Soil Interactions as Promoter for Increased Soil Function, Structure, and Diversity in a Crude Oil Polluted Agricultural Field
Role:
Event: 20th World Congress of Soil Science (20WCSS)
Location: Jeju International Convention Center, Jeju, South Korea
Date: June 8-13, 2014
Enhanced Phytoremediation of Crude Oil-Polluted Soil by Four Common Native Plants: Effect of Inorganic and Organic Fertilizer Amendments
Role:
Event: 2014 International Conference. UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development: What is Essential?
Location: EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland
Date: June 4-6, 2014
In situ Remediation of Arsenic- and Copper-Contaminated Soil by Hevea brasillensis
Role:
Event: American Chemical Society 247th National Meeting and Symposia, Division of Environmental Chemistry
Location: Dallas, TX, USA
Date: March 16-20, 2014
Effect of Heat Treatment and Fermentation on the Phytochemistry of an Aqueous Extract of Buccholzia coriacea
Role:
Event: American Chemical Society 247th National Meeting and Symposia, Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Location: Dallas, TX, USA
Date: March 16-20, 2014
Effective Scientific Communication in Productive Research
Role:
Event: West African Research and Innovations Management Association, WARIMA 8th International Conference and Workshop
Location: Jos Plateau State, Nigeria
Date: March 2-7, 2014
Remediation of Oil-Contaminated Wetland by Hevea brasillensis
Role:
Event: The 21st International Symposium on Environmental Biogeochemistry. ‘Global Challenges in Environmental Biogeochemistry’
Location: Wuhan, China
Date: October 13-18, 2013
Phenol Removal from Refinery Effluent using Hevea brasillensis
Role:
Event: 10th International Phytotechnologies Conference
Location: Syracuse, New York, USA
Date: October 1-4, 2013
Remediation of Cd and Lead-Contaminated Wetland by Hevea brasillensis
Role:
Event: 10th International Phytotechnologies Conference
Location: Syracuse, New York, USA
Date: October 1-4, 2013
Removal of Some Heavy Metals in Oil-Related Effluent by Hevea brasillensis
Role:
Event: Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 32nd Annual Conference. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Tools for Achieving MDGs
Location: Calabar, Nigeria
Date: November 14-17, 2012
Effects of Soil Clean-up using Lemon Grass on the Interaction of Selected Soil Minerals with Organic Pollutants: Management Implications
Role:
Event: Eurosoil 2012 – Soil Science For The Benefit Of Mankind and Environment. 4th International Congress of the European Confederation of Soil Science Societies (ECSSS)
Location: Bari, Italy
Date: July 2-6, 2012
Soil Management Practice and Influences on Phytoremediation of Oil Contaminated Soil
Role:
Event: Urban Environmental Pollution Conference – Creating Healthy, Liveable Cities
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Date: June 17-20, 2012
Assessment of Groundwater Samples from Selected Niger Delta Communities in Nigeria
Role:
Event: New Life Sciences: Linking Science To Society. Bio Vision Alexandria 2012 International Biennial Conference
Location: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt
Date: April 22-25, 2012
Effects of Selected Spices on Biochemical Profile of Mammals
Role:
Event: Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 31st Annual Conference. The Challenges of Globalisation and Climate Change
Location: University of Nigeria Nsukka
Date: October 31 – November 3, 2011
Comparative Analysis on Borehole-Water Samples in Gokana, Ogale and Trans-Amadi in Rivers State
Role:
Event: Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 31st Annual Conference. The Challenges of Globalisation and Climate Change
Location: University of Nigeria Nsukka
Date: October 31 – November 3, 2011
Distribution of Some Metals at Green Remediation of a Crude Oil Contaminated Soil
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Event: Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 31st Annual Conference. The Challenges of Globalisation and Climate Change
Location: University of Nigeria Nsukka
Date: October 31 – November 3, 2011
Biodegradation of BTEX with Tomatoes (Lypersicon esculentum) and Bambara Beans (Vigna subterranea) in Petroleum Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Soils
Role:
Event: International Phytotechnology Society Conference in Portland, Oregon, USA: Putting Plants to Work Where We Live, Labor, Breathe, and Play
Location: Portland, Oregon, USA
Date: September 13-16, 2011
Interaction of Selected Minerals with Organic Pollutants: Effects of Phyto-assisted Bioremediation Using Vigna subterranea
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Event: Soil Interfaces in a Changing World. ISMOM 2011
Location: Montpellier, France
Date: June 26 – July 1, 2011
Toxicological Evaluation of Feed Formulated from Raw Materials from Contaminated Site in the Niger Delta
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Event: College Research Day
Location: Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Date: January 2011
Centrosema pubescens Benth and Mucuna pruriens var. pruriens in Copper Uptake and Translocation – Phytoremediation
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Event: 7th International Conference on Phytotechnologies
Location: Parma, Italy
Date: September 26-29, 2010
Phytoremediation of Crude Oil Contaminated Soil - A Nigerian Niger Delta Case Study
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Event: Third World Organization of Women in Science, TWOWS Africa Regional Conference
Location: ECOWAS Commission, 101 Yakubu Gowon Crescent, Asokoro, Abuja, Nigeria
Date: November 16-20, 2009
Geotechnology and Phytoremediation: A Utensil for Economic Growth
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Event: 10th International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology and Sustainable Development (ISEG 2009) organized by International Society for Environmental Geotechnology
Location: TFH Georg Agricola Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Date: September 7-11, 2009