Professor Jacinta A. Opara, a leading African environmental scholar, science educator and development activist with the combined power of management and human rights is a Professor of Environmental Health, Management and Ecology in the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Kampala International University, Kampala-Uganda.
Background
She received MSc Magna Cum Laude in Environmental Sciences(Urban Public Health Management) and PhD Magna Cum Laude in Environmental Sciences(Environmental Health and Planning) from Universidad Central de Nicaragua and did postgraduate studies at the Universidad de Granada, Granada-Spain and Akershus University, Lillestrom-Norway. She was trained as a science teacher at University of Ibadan and University of Nigeria before earning graduate degrees from Rivers State University of Science and Technology and the University of Port Harcourt. Since the 1990s, Professor Opara has held teaching, research and consulting experiences across Africa, America, Europe and Asia. She is a Visiting Professor of Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation, Department of Biology, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, Kwararafa University, Wukari-Taraba State, Nigeria.She held teaching and research appointment as an Associate Professor at the School of Environmental Studies, Universidad Azteca, Chalco-Mexico
Education
She received MSc and PhD Magna Cum Laude from Universidad Central de Nicaragua and did postgraduate studies at the Universidad de Granada, Granada-Spain and Akershus University, Lillestrom-Norway. She was trained as a science teacher at University of Ibadan and University of Nigeria before earning graduate degrees from Rivers State University of Science and Technology and the University of Port Harcourt.
Career
Since the 1990s, Professor Opara has held teaching, research and consulting experiences across Africa, America, Europe and Asia. She held teaching and research appointment as an Associate Professor at the School of Environmental Studies, Universidad Azteca, Chalco-Mexico
Religion
She is a true believer in the trinity
Membership
Fellow of Institute of Management Consultants
Fellow of Chartered Institute of Administration
Connections
She is happily married with children