{"id":2938,"date":"2025-05-22T11:53:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T11:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/?page_id=2938"},"modified":"2025-05-22T16:18:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T16:18:43","slug":"nodza-george-isaac","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/?page_id=2938","title":{"rendered":"NODZA GEORGE ISAAC"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2938\" class=\"elementor elementor-2938\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8f3a025 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8f3a025\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-de071df\" data-id=\"de071df\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7191c93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7191c93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.5 - 14-03-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"187\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dr-nodza-G.I.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2945\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dr-nodza-G.I.jpg 187w, https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dr-nodza-G.I-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dr-nodza-G.I-145x146.jpg 145w, https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dr-nodza-G.I-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dr-nodza-G.I-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dr-nodza-G.I-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dr-nodza-G.I-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8ec6266 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8ec6266\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8a4aed9\" data-id=\"8a4aed9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18ea46c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18ea46c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.5 - 14-03-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<ol>\n<li>TITLE (PROF\/DR\/): <strong>DR.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>NAME: <strong>NODZA GEORGE ISAAC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>POSITION: <strong>LECTURER I&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 0px;\">SPECIALISATION:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>EDUCATION\/TRAINING <em>(Begin with Bachelor\u2019s degree or other initial professional education, such as nursing, include postdoctoral training and residency training if applicable. Add\/delete rows as necessary.)<\/em><\/p>\n<table width=\"722\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"348\">\n<p>INSTITUTION AND LOCATION<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">\n<p>DEGREE<\/p>\n<p><em>(if applicable)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"106\">\n<p>Completion Date<\/p>\n<p>MM\/YYYY<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"173\">\n<p>FIELD OF STUDY<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"348\">\n<p>B. Tech (Hons.) Applied Botany, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">\n<p>B.Tech.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"106\">\n<p>03\/2009<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"173\">\n<p>Applied Botany<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"348\">\n<p>University of Lagos- Akoka, Lagos Nigeria<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">\n<p>M.Sc.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"106\">\n<p>10\/2012<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"173\">\n<p>Botany<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"348\">\n<p>University of Lagos- Akoka, Lagos Nigeria<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">\n<p>Ph.D.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"106\">\n<p>03\/2018<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"173\">\n<p>Botany<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"348\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"106\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"173\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"348\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"106\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"173\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: center;\">&nbsp;Personal Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;I&#8217;m a Nigeria botanist interested in assessing plant diversity patterns at local and regional scales. A large part of my research is also focused on taxonomy, ecology and conservation of orchids.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the ongoing biodiversity loss crisis exacerbated by climate change, my study spans a wide range of topics, including ethnobotany, Systematics and conservation of plants, where my goal is focus on identify and conserve a wide range of endangered vascular flora through advocacy and utilization of biotechnological innovations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 0px;\">Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Chester Zoo, North of England Zoological Society Students Grants, 2011\u20132014<\/li>\n<li>Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Research Grant, \u2013 2014<\/li>\n<li>The Lennox-Boyd Memorial Trust, \u2013 2017<\/li>\n<li>International Association of Plants Taxonomist (IAPT), \u2013 2018<\/li>\n<li>Bentham-Moxon Trust, UK, \u2013 2019<\/li>\n<li>British Ecological Funds(BES), \u2013 2019<\/li>\n<li>Life Science Editors Foundation&nbsp;award, USA,\u00ad\u2013 2022<\/li>\n<li>TETFUND-Nigeria funding to Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding, Georg-August-Universit\u00e4t G\u00f6ttingen, Germany \u2013 202&nbsp; &nbsp;<strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Selected Most Recent Publications \/Contributions to Knowledge<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li>Nodza, I.G., Onuminya, T.O, Igbari, A.D., and Ogundipe, O.T. (2022). Ethnoveterinary Study of Medicinal Plants used to treat Cattle Diseases in the Eastern highlands of Nigeria, <em>Ethnobotany Research and Applications<\/em> 24:7<\/li>\n<li>Nodza, I.G., Onuminya, T.O., and Ogundipe, O.T. (2022). Preliminary Conservation Checklist of Orchid of Gashaka Gumti National Park, Nigeria. <em>Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation (JTBC), 19<strong>:<\/strong>29-46.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Igbari, A. D., Ejugwu, V. J., Nodza, G. I., and Ogundipe, O. T. (2023). Ethnobotanical Survey and Phytochemical Screening of Medicinal Plants Used in the Management of Asthma in Lagos Metropolis.&nbsp;<em>Journal of Herbs, Spices &amp; Medicinal Plants<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>29<\/em>(4), 405\u2013418. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/10496475.2023.2207075\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/10496475.2023.2207075<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Igbari, A. D., Onuminya, T. O., Nodza, G. I., and Ogundipe, O. T. (2024). Diversity and use of plant collections of the Lagos University Herbarium, Nigeria.&nbsp;<em>Feddes Repertorium<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>135<\/em>(2), 140-155.<\/li>\n<li>Hammanjoda, S. A., Nulit, R., Nformi, U. B., Nodza, G.I, Saba, A. O., Besi, E. E., and Go, R. (2025). Floristic Composition and Diversity of Plants across Three Vegetation Zones of Gashaka Gumti National Park, Northeastern Nigeria.&nbsp;<em>Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>48<\/em>(1)<\/li>\n<li>Collaborators\/ Networks<\/li>\n<li>Mark W Chase, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic garden Kew, UK.<\/li>\n<li>Volker Sommer, Department of Anthropology, University College London<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Oliver Gailing, Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding, Georg-August-University G\u00f6ttingen, B\u00fcsgen-Institute, GermanyG\u00f6ttingen, Germany<\/li>\n<li>Carina Carneiro de Melo Moura, Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding, Georg-August-University G\u00f6ttingen, B\u00fcsgen-Institute, GermanyG\u00f6ttingen, Germany<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TITLE (PROF\/DR\/): DR. 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