https://oceanexpert.org/expert/ijeoma.vincent-akpu@uniport.edu.ng

ORCID : 0000-0003-0964-7057

PhD

Teaching/Education
Research
Natural Resource Management
Extension Services (Public Awareness)

Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology
Fisheries, Aquaculture
Limnology
Pollution

A Professor of Ecotoxicology and Hydrobiology in the Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria with research expertise in Ecotoxicology; Environmental Impact Assessment and Ecosystem Valuation; and Coastal Resources Management. She has over 20 years of extensive investigations on fates and effects of pollutants in Niger Delta wetland of Nigeria and Cape Coast of Ghana in support of preserving the environment. She has conducted several trainings for different Non-Governmental Organizations and over twenty oil impacted communities in Niger Delta on Environmental Impact Assessment and other environmental issues. She executed the projects on Intervention Framework for Mainstreaming Environmental Rights for Sustainable Livelihood and Development in the Niger Delta; and led the Environment team on Integrated Environmental, Health, Human Right and Gender (EHRG) baseline study of Ogoni clean up in Niger Delta amongst others. She is a Technical Advisor on environment for Center for Environment, Human Right and Development (CEHRD), and has served as expert in review of draft Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) reports of many projects for Federal Ministry of Environment, Nigeria.

She volunteers to capacity building and training of local communities in Nigeria on alternative skills to improve their livelihood; and facilitates two community based groups in Niger delta. She is actively involved in teaching and mentoring at the university and other national and international programs. She is an active member of several local and international professional bodies. 

Gulf of Guinea
South Atlantic Ocean

Hydrobiology, Ecotoxicology, Coastal Resource Management,  Environmental Impact Assessment and Ecosystem Valuation.

English

Google Scholar
ResearchGate

https://www.uniport.edu.ng/schools/2019-01-31-08-20-51/2019-01-31-10-25-27.html

Ijeoma holds a BSc Biology from University of Lagos; M.Sc and Ph.D Hydrobiology & Fisheries from University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.  She completed her doctorate degree as FGN scholar in 2007, and a Post-doctoral research at the University of Stirling-UK in 2011/2012. She proceeded for international courses in Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture and Natural Resources Management organized by Wageningen UR in Makerere University, Uganda and another one in Marine Data and Sample Management and Quality Assurance/ Quality Control Procedures in Chemistry/Radiochemistry in Tunisia.