Dr Emmanuel Godwin Oyiwona, PhD

Environmental microbiologist and academic with over 25 years of teaching, research, and laboratory experience in environmental health, microbiology, wastewater treatment, and climate change. Published author of scientific books and peer-reviewed articles with strong experience in scientific evaluation, research supervision, and data interpretation relevant to AI model assessment.

Areas of expertise: Environmental microbiology; Environmental health science; Wastewater microbiology; Climate change and sustainability; Scientific research evaluation; Data analysis and interpretation; Laboratory quality assurance; Academic writing and editing; Public health microbiology; Scientific fact-checking.

Education: PhD Environmental Microbiology – University of Nigeria, Nsukka (2011–2015); Research Training in Water Quality & Environmental Engineering – Hokkaido University, Japan (2012–2013); MSc Environmental Microbiology – University of Nigeria, Nsukka (2002–2010); BSc Microbiology – Ahmadu Bello University (1986–1989); Certificate in Climate Change Mitigation – University of Cape Town (2021).

Professional experience: Chief Lecturer in Environmental Microbiology at Benue State Polytechnic (1997–Present), teaching environmental microbiology and public health courses, supervising undergraduate research projects, and managing laboratory work; Facilitator in Biology at the National Open University of Nigeria (2016–2018); Quality Assurance Analyst at Imarsel Pharmaceutical Company (1992–1996).

Leadership: Commissioner for Water Resources and Environment, Benue State Government (2022–2023); Commissioner for Education, Benue State Government (2021–2022); Head of Department of Science Laboratory Technology, Benue State Polytechnic (2018–2019).

Publications & membership: Author of Rudiments of Environmental Microbiology (2018), Introductory Microbiology (2018) and Bacteriology (2018), with research areas covering microbial fuel cells, antibiotic resistance, wastewater microbiology and environmental pollution. Member of the Nigerian Society for Microbiology and Editorial Board Member (Environmental Microbiology Journal). Contact: godwinloveth1@gmail.com.