{"id":10718,"date":"2017-02-16T13:09:13","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T12:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=10718"},"modified":"2017-11-16T12:48:59","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T11:48:59","slug":"okoli-professor-bosa-ebenezer","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okoli-professor-bosa-ebenezer\/","title":{"rendered":"OKOLI, Prof. Bosa Ebenezer"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc, Ph.D, university teacher, born January 9, 1946, Kaduna, Kaduna State; married Nkechi Jessie Ugochukwu 1977; two sons, three daughters; Education: Central School, Amawbia-Awka, 1952-59, Merchants of Light School, Oba, Onitsha, 1960-64, Government College, Afikpo, 1965-66, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, 1971-74; 1975-79; Career: Appointed Pupil Food Inspecting Officer, Federal Ministry of Health, 1975; Graduate Assistant, (Genetics), University of Ife, 1975-79; Lecturer in Genetics, University of Port-Harcourt, 1979-81; Senior Lecturer, University of Port Harcourt, Botany Department, 1983-87; Reader. 1987-93; appointed Professor of Genetics, University of Port Harcourt, 1993-date;.Chairman, Board of Institute of Agricultural Research &#038; Development, 1998-Date; Former Director, General Studies, Department, University of Port Harcourt, 1986-88; Fellow, Linnaen Society of London; Life member, International Association of Plant Morphologists and Councillor for Africa, 1992-Date; member, Society for Economic Botany, 1980-85; member, Gideons International, Port Harcourt; member, International Association of Impact Assessors; President, Genetic Society of Nigeria, 1986-87; President, Botanical Society of Nigeria, 1998-Date; Publications: Over 18 scientific publications in international journals; Foreign Honours: Recipient, Fellowship Award, Association of Commonwealth University Commission, 1983-84; Hobbies: photography, singing &#038; gardening; Official Address: Department of Plant Science &#038; Biotechnology, P.O. Box 171, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State;Telephone: 052-200-250,200-289 extension 2857; Home: 9, Banjul Circle Gambia-Ama, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-10718","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10718"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=10718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}