Persistent Digital Identifiers (UIDs)
ORCID :
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1403-6971
Activities
Professor of Chemical Oceanography (Marine Chemistry) with specialization in
Marine Biogeochemistry, toxicology and Pollution. Research interests include Marine
Environmental Monitoring, Marine Pollution and Toxicology, Marine Chemistry,
Coastal Hydrodynamics, Ocean Biogeochemistry, Ocean Acidification, Ocean
Literacy, Water quality monitoring, fisheries and ecosystem management, watershed
management, aquatic toxicology, fate of pollutants eg endocrine disrupting chemicals
(EDCs) and nano materials, ecosystem health and
climate change.
Skills
Swimming, reading, innovations, travelling
Comment(s)
I have worked in the University of Calabar
for more than 39 years now. During this period, I have taught several courses
in the undergraduate and graduate Programmes of Oceanography, Chemistry and
Fisheries, mentored and supervised graduate students. I have served as a 5
times Head of Department of Physical Oceanography, Acting Director and
Director, Institute of Oceanography, Pioneer Dean, Faculty of Oceanography,
Acting Vice Chancellor, as well as Chairman, Committee of Deans, University of
Calabar, Nigeria. I am the immediate past Coordinator/ Desk Officer, U6 Consortium
of African Universities UNICAL., Desk Officer, Association of West African
Universities (AWAU) UNICAL and presently the Coordinator, Marine Atmosphere
& Coastal Ocean Research Network, UNICAL.
I had my professional training on Coastal Zone management at the International
Centre for Marine Sciences and Technologies/CNR, Venice, Italy and Marine Pollution monitoring of
trace organics and their impacts on sea and fisheries at the Institute for
Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany. I also attended a Regional Training Course on Marine Nutrient Chemistry and
Monitoring in Tunis, Tunisia sponsored
by IAEA in 1993
well as a UK fellowship on Darwin Initiative on Biodiversity (Biotope Mapping)
at the University of Ghana co-sponsored by the University at the New
Castle-upon-Tyne. In 2017, I received professional training on the use of ocean
gliders for the monitoring of essential ocean variables (EOVs) ocean
contaminants. I have served as an Editor and reviewer to many academic journals
including Tropical Journal of Environmental Research, Journal of Oceanography
and Marine Sciences, Journal of Environmental Monitoring, Journal of Applied
Science & Technology etc.
