Professor
PhD, Msc, BSc
ijeoma.vincent-akpu@uniport.edu.ng
Science
Animal and Environmental Biology
Ijeoma Vincent-Akpu, is a professor of Ecotoxicology; and Hydrobiology with activities that include teaching, research and community service within and outside Nigeria. She is actively involved in extensive investigations on fate and impacts of pollutants in Niger delta; Environmental Impact Assessment and Ecosystem Valuation. In addition to teaching and mentoring students at the university, she volunteers in training the local communities in alternative skills to improve their livelihood and had carried out several baseline studies in Niger delta; and trained NGOs and over 25 oil impacted communities in Niger Delta as she champions the awareness of Environmental Impact Assessment and Ecosystem Valuation.
Investigations on fate and impacts of pollutants in Niger delta; Ecotoxicology; Hydrobiology, Environmental Impact Assessment and Ecosystem Valuation.
"1.National Research Fund Grant NRF/SETI/NRT/00031 (#34,942,500)
2.TETFUND Intervention Grant - Conference Attendance Grant to South Africa
3.CV Raman Fellowship – Indian Government Sponsored Programme
4. Techwomen Programme – US Government Sponsored Programme
5. Aashukan Participation Grant – Canada Sponsored Programme($7,684.90 CA)
6. Intra-ACP SHARE Mobility Scheme Grant
7.TETFUND Intervention Grant - Conference Attendance Grant to Italy
8. International Atomic Energy Agency Fellowship for Training Programme
9..Netherlands Fellowship Programme for International Training
10 Commonwealth Academic Fellowship for a Post-Doctoral Research
11.Federal Government of Nigeria Scholar for a PhD Research
12. Federal Government of Nigeria Scholar for Secondary School