{"id":6235,"date":"2016-11-10T11:23:27","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T10:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=6235"},"modified":"2017-11-27T12:25:04","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T11:25:04","slug":"amakiri-professor-sotonye-fiberesima","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/amakiri-professor-sotonye-fiberesima\/","title":{"rendered":"AMAKIRI, Prof Sotonye Fiberesima"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>born June 2, 1942 in Okrika, Rivers State; Schools attended: Government College, Umuahia 195660; Federal Science Schools, Lagos 1962-63; University of Ibadan, 196468; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria 1968-70; University of California, Davis, California 1975; Qualifications: B.Sc (Hons) DVM (Doctor of Veteri nary Medicine), Ph.D.;; Member of Nigerian Institute of Management (MNIM); Married with six children to Dr. (Mrs) Mildred Alali Amakiri (nee Horsfall); Appointment Held: Profes sor ofVeterinary Anatomy, University of Ibadan from 1980; Lecturer 1970 75; Senior Lecturer 1975-80; Clubs and other Associations: Member, New York Academy of Sciences; Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association; World Association ofVeterinary Anatomists, World Association of Anatomists; International Society of Biometeorologists; Publications: Have published over 55 scientific articles in Internatio nal and National Journals, including 6 chapters on various books; Hobbies: Writing, reading, swimming, football, travelling; Served as Member, Rivers State Library Board 1972-75; National Library Board, Lagos 1976-78; Mem ber Agricultural Advisory Council and also Green Revolution Committee, Rivers State 1979 &#8211; date; Member Governing Council of Rivers State College of Education, Port Harcourt 1981 &#8211; date; Consultant to the Federal Livestock Department, Lagos and the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology on Veterinary, Live stock and variousAgricultural projects and programmes 1976 &#8211; date; As External Examiner in Professional Examinations at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria 1979-81; Rockefeller Foundation Post Doctoral Fellowat the University of California; Beneficiary of Association of Common wealth Universities Travel Fellowship to all Commonwealth East African Universities. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,174],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-6235","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-medicine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/6235","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\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/6235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6235"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=6235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}