Date of Birth: Contact Address: Tuesday. (Afo) 24′” July, 1934 306, Marguerite Cartwright, University of Nigeria Nsukka Nduka Okafor. B.Sc. PhD. is an eminent Professor of Microbiology and top scientist in today’s Nigeria. He is a calm and calculated renowned scientisi who has done more than can be briefly reported here. He is indeed an effigy of greatness in research and publication in the university and scientific world. Education \u2022 Government College Ibadan 1950- 1955 \u2022 University College Ibadan 1955 I960 University of Cambridge 1961 1964 Employment History Research Officer, Microbiology, Federal Department of Agricultural Research Ibadan 1960 1965 & 1970 \u2022 Microbiologist. Low Temperature Research Station Cambridge England 1966 \u2022 Senior Lecturer. University of Nigeria Nsukka. 1970 1973 Visiting Fellow, Dept of Microbiology. University of Queensland Australia 1971 \u2022 Visiting Associate Prolessor. Cornell University Ithaca, New York USA 1973 \u2022 Created a Professor 1975 Visiting Scientist. Central Nutrition and Food Research Institute. Zeist, Netherlands 1976 \u2022 Visiting Professor. Food and Industrial Microbiology. University of Wisconsin. Madison Wisconsin. USA. 1976 Membership and Affiliation to Learned Associations \u2022 Fellow. Institute of Biology \u2022 Fellow. Linnaean Society \u2022 Member. Society for General Microbiology UK \u2022 Member. British Society for the Philosophy of Science UK \u2022 Member. Society for Applied Bacteriology UK \u2022 Member. Science Association of Nigeria \u2022 Member. Cambridge Philosophical Society \u2022 Member. British Mycological Society UK \u2022 Member. Nigeria Society for Microbiology ( Secretary 1972) \u2022 Member. Systemic Committee. International Association of Microbiological Societies ( IAMS) 1973 \u2022 Member. Committee on Food Microbiology and Hygiene. IAMS \u2022 Member. Editorial Board. Nigerian Society for Microbiology 1974 \u2022 Member, Panel of Consultants on Genetics of Industrial Micro-Organisations, International Atomic Energy Agency Vienna 1975 \u2022 Member. International Cell Research Organisation. UNESCO 1977 \u2022 Member. University of Nigeria Senate 1966 1967 \u2022 Member. East Central State Sports Council 1972 \u2022 Member. Subcommittee on Scholarships and Administrations of the Committee of Nigerian Vice-Chancellors 1973 1975 \u2022 Member, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Management Board 1976 \u2022 Member, Governing Council University of Nigeria Nsukka 1977 Publications Too many to list here including the most prominent one: \u2022 The Development of Universities in Nigeria: A study of the influence political and other factors on University Development in Nigeria 1868 1967. (Longman, London 1971). His hobbies include Badminton and Writing. Professor Okafor got married to Beatrice Chinyelu Ene and they are blessed with three children. <\/p>\n
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