Dr Ngozi Nwogwugwu( Nee Egbuhuzor) is the first child of a family of six, born to Mr & Mrs Patrick Egbuhuzor of Umuofor Amuzi Ahiara in Ahiazu Mbaise L.G.A., Imo State. She is happily married to Mr Stanley Nwogwugwu of Umuobo Umuawada in Ezinihitte Mbaise L.G.A, Imo State. The marriage is blessed with three lovely children: two boys and a girl.

Dr Ngozi had her education at s follows Central School, Amuzi; Community Secondary School Amuzi; Madonna Senior Secondary School for Science, Etiti; Imo State University, Owerri; Federal University of Technology, Owerri and the University of Port Harcourt. She had her FSLC, JSLC, SSC, B.Sc, M.Sc and PhD respectively from these institutions.

She is a devout catholic; a charismatic, and Christian mother.

She has more than ten years’ experience in her chosen career, with scholarly publications in local and international journals. She has research interest in Applied Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology. Her PhD thesis was on the “Production of Bioethanol from Non- cellulosic agro wastes using Saccharomyces cerevisiae andCronobacter malonaticus” with response Surface model.

Dr Nwogwugwu has taught and supervised many undergraduate and postgraduate courses and theses.

She is emotionally stable with a good interpersonal relationship with colleagues.