{"id":10746,"date":"2017-02-16T15:21:22","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T14:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=10746"},"modified":"2017-05-15T15:36:09","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T14:36:09","slug":"okon-dr-ekong-udo","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okon-dr-ekong-udo\/","title":{"rendered":"OKON, Dr. Ekong Udo"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc, Ph.D., bio chemist, brewing technologist, university teacher; born January 12, 1950, Mbiatok Itam, Itu Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State; married Ekaete Samademi Ikpidungise, 1979; three sons, one daughter. Education: St. George&#8217;s Primary School, Zaria, 1955-59; F.C.G. School, Aba, 1960- 61; National High School, Aba, 1961-65; Hope Waddel Training Institute, Calabar, 1967; Federal School pf Science, Lagos, 1970-72; University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 1972- 75; 1979-84. Career: Appointed Science Assistant Lecturer, College of Technology (now The Polytechnic, Calabar), 1976-78; Lecturer III, II, I, The Polytechnic, Calabar, 1978-85; Lecturer II, I, Brewing\/Science Technology, University of Cross River, Uyo (now University of Uyo) 1989-91; Senior Lecturer\/.Acting Head, Department of Brewing Science and Technology, University of Uyo, 1991-95; Associate Professor\/Head, Department of Brewing Science Technology, University of Uyo, since 1995; member, Faculty of Admissions Committee, University of Uyo, 1992-96; member, Divisional Research Committee,d 1992-96; Co ordinator, Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme, 1993-98; Co-ordinator, Central Research Laboratory Management Committee, 1993-98; Publicity Secretary, Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology, Eastern chapter, 1992-94; Chairman, Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology, Eastern chapter, since 1995; Vice- President, since 1998; member, Biochemical Society of Nigeria; member, Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology; Foundation for African Development Through International Biotechnology; member, Institute of Brewing; member, Amnesty International, member, Uyo Sports Club. Publications: has published many articles in many national and international professional journals. Hobbies: tennis, music. Official Address: Department of Brewing Science and Technology, University of Uyo. Home: 154, Ikot Ekpene Road, Uyo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,1505,178],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-10746","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-educationist","category-professional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10746","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\/10746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10746"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=10746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}