Background

Dimkpa, Christian Okwuzo Son of Jonah and Esther Dimkpa.

Education

Diploma, Federal College Agriculture, Umuahia, Nigeria, 1992. Diploma, Imo State Polytechnic, Owerri, Nigeria, 1998. Master of Science, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium, 2005.

Doctor of Philosophy, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, 2009.

Career

Research technician International Institute Tropical Agriculture, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, 1995—2000, research supervisor Ibadan, Nigeria, 2000—2003, consultant, 2005. Doctoral fellow International Research School Max Planck Institute Chemical Ecology, Jena, since 2006.

Achievements

• Christian Okwuzo Dimkpa has been listed as a noteworthy biotechnologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of International Society African Bioscientists and Biotechnologists, International Foundation Sustainable Development Africa and Asia, Plant Science Organization.

Connections

Married Josephine Mogbo Akpak. Children: Naomi Oluchi, Emeka David.

Father:

Jonah Dimkpa

Mother:

Esther Dimkpa

Spouse:

Josephine Mogbo Akpak

child:

Emeka David Dimkpa

child:

Naomi Oluchi Dimkpa