TITLE (PROF/DR/): DR.

NAME: NKWOJI Joseph Ahamefula

POSITION: SENIOR LECTURER                             SPECIALISATION: BENTHIC ECOLOGY, BIOMONITORING AND MARINE POLLUTION MANAGEMNT  

EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with Bachelor’s degree or other initial professional education, such as nursing, include postdoctoral training and residency training if applicable. Add/delete rows as necessary.)

Personal Statement

I am a senior lecturer in the department of Marine Pollution and Management at the Department of Marine Sciences, University of Lagos, Nigeria. He has more than fifteen years teaching and research experience in marine and maritime pollution management, marine ecosystem health risk assessment and green shipping. Before joining the University of Lagos as a lecturer II in 2014, I had worked as a Principal Research Officer, and Protem Head, marine productivity at the Nigerian Institute for Oceanographu and Marine Researc, (NIOMR), Lagos, Nigeria. I have also served served as a visiting scientist on environment related areas to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rabat, Morocco; Centre National de la Researché Scientifique (CNRS), Roscoff, France; Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Selangor, Malaysia; Institut français de recherche pour l’exploitation de la mer (ifremer), Nantes, France; and Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Italy. I am a Fellow of the Nigeria Environmental Society (FNES); Member (PoC), Partnership for the Observation of Global Ocean (POGO); Associate member, Marine Mammals Observation Association (MMOA), Affiliate member, Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST), and Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) certified for MMO/MFO/PAM. I am also a POGO nominated representative at the United Nations Ocean Convention (UNOC) holding in Nice, France between June 9^th -13^th, 2025.

Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours

• Associate Member, Marine Mammals Observation Association (MMOA) 2024-Date
• Affiliate Member, Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) 2024-Date. (Membership Number:8119940)
• Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) certified MMO/MFO/PAM 2024-Date
• Guest lecturer, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy, January, 2025
• Visiting Scientist, Laboratorio di Oceanologia Sperimentale ed Ecologia Marina (LOSEM), Civitavecchia, Italy January, 2025

 Selected Most Recent Publications /Contributions to Knowledge 

1. Onyena, A. P., Nkwoji, J. A., Chukwu, L. O., Walker, T. R., & Sam, K. (2023). Risk assessment of sediment PAH, BTEX, and emerging contaminants in Chanomi Creek Niger Delta, Nigeria. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 195(9), 1080. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-023-11703-x
2. Onyena, A.P., Nkwoji, J.A. and Chukwu, L.O. (2021). Evaluation of hydrochemistry and benthic macroinvertebrates in Chanomi Creek, Niger Delta Nigeria, Regional Studies in Marine Science 46 (2021) 101907 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2021.101907
3. Ibanga, L. B., Nkwoji, J. A., Usese, A. I., Onyema, I. C. and Chukwu, L. O. (2021). Macrobenthic invertebrate community structure and heavy metals concentrations in the crab, Uca tangeri in a tidal creek, Niger Delta, Nigeria. Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology 43 (2), 318-325 https://www.sjst.psu.ac.th
4. Nkwoji, J. A., Ugbana, S. I., and Ina-Salwany, M. Y. (2019) Impacts of land-based pollutants on water chemistry and benthic macroinvertebrates community in a coastal lagoon, Lagos, Nigeria. Scientific African, 7, e00220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2019.e00220
5. Nkwoji, J. A., Yakub A., Ajani, G. E., Balogun, K. J., Renner, K.O., Igbo, J. K., Ariyo,
6.   A., and Bello, B. O. (2010). Seasonal Variations in the Water Chemistry and Benthic 

      Macroinvertebrates of a South Western Lagoon, Lagos, Nigeria. Journal of American Science, 2010:     6(3): 85-92. ISSN: 1545-1003 

 Collaborators/ Networks (International inclusive)

1. Marco Mercelli, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
2. Ina Salwany, Universiti Putra Malyasia, Selango, Malaysia
3. Prof Amissah, Kwame Nkurumah University of Science and tTechnology, Ghana
4. Edmond Sossoukpe, University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin Republic
5. Aduabobo Ibitoru Hart, University of Port-Harcourt, River State, Nigeria