Graduate Assistant, Department of Biotechnology

Mercy N. Madubuike


Mercy Ngozi Madubuike

Graduate Assistant

BSc. (Plant Science & Biotechnology)
Email: mercy.madubuike@futo.edu.ng

Biography

Mercy N. Madubuike is currently a Graduate Assistant in the Department of Biotechnology, Federal University of Technology Owerri. She graduated from Abia State University, Uturu where She got her first degree in Plant Science & Biotechnology and her Masters degree is still in-view here in FUTO. She hails from Isuikwuato L.G.A. in Abia State. Her areas of research interest are Plant Biotechnology & Environmental Biotechnology. 

 

List of Academic & Professional Qualifications with dates

  • MSc in Biotechnology  (in-view)
  • BSc in Plant Science & Biotechnology  (2011)

List of Honours/Merit Awards received

  • Silver Medal on National Biology Olympiad 2006.
  • Best Graduating Student of 2011/2012 Set  (Plant Science & Biotechnology) ABSU.

Membership of Professional Bodies

  • Biotechnology Society of Nigeria (BSN)
  • Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM)

Work Experience

  • Laboratory Analyst at Helicon Nigeria Limited, Port Harcourt. Rivers State.
  • NYSC Experience: Biology Teacher at Community Secondary School, Rumuigbo. Rivers State.
  • SIWES Experience: Assistant Laboratory Technician at Tissue Culture Laboratory, National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike. Abia State.

Areas of Research Interest/Specialization

  • Plant & Environmental Biotechnology

List of peer-reviewed Publications

A STUDY OF THE ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITIES OF TWO NIGERIAN EDIBLE MUSHROOM EXTRACTS ON ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS AND PENICILLIUM NOTATUM.