Ogbonna Nwakego Christiana

Biography

Christiana Nwakego Ogbonna obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education Biology from University of Nigeria Nsukka (1988); a Master’s Degree in Biosystem Science, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Tsukuba Japan (2001) and a Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from Department of Biochemistry/Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ebonyi State University Abakaliki, Nigeria (2010). Her work experiences include National Youth Service Corpse (NYSC) Government Secondary School Ahoada, Rivers State, Nigeria (1988-1989); Research Assistant, Gene Discovery Research Centre, National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology, Tsukuba Japan (2001 -2002); Assistant Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry/ Biotechnology, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki (2002 – 2003); Lecturer II, Department of Biochemistry/Biotechnology, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, (2003 – 2006); Lecturer I, Department of Biotechnology, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki (2006 – 2009); Senior Lecturer, Department of Biotechnology, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki.(2009 - 2010); Senior Research Fellow, National Biotechnology Development Agency, South- East Zonal Biotechnology Center, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (with parallel appointment in the Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, UNN) (August, 2010 – Present.

Research Interest

) Enzyme Biotechnology with particular interests in Fungi enzymes (2) Production of bio-ethanol from agricultural biomass (3) Production of useful metabolites by fungi.