Lecturer

Okiemute Rosa Johnson-Ajinwo obtained her BSc in Pure and Industrial Chemistry from the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra state, Nigeria in 1998 and proceeded to the University of Port Harcourt in 2000, for a Master’s degree in Analytical Chemistry. By 2006, she joined the Department of Pharmaceutical/Medicinal Chemistry of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the University of Port Harcourt as a Lecturer 11. The following year, she commenced studies at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu state, Nigeria for a Masters’ degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry. By 2017, Rosa obtained her PhD in Pharmacy from the Keele University, UK. Rosa is a beneficiary of five scholarship awards, notably amongst which are: (i) SPDC( Shell Petroleum Development Company), Scholarship award for Undergraduate study, 1995. (ii) McArthur Grant for MSc study, 2008, and (iii) ETF (Education Tax Fund, now known as TETFUND) Scholarship award for PhD study in the UK, 2011. She is also a recipient of several student awards such as; (i) Frank and Mary Loewus Student Travel Award from Phytochemical Society of North America, PSNA, 2015, 54th Annual Meeting. (ii) Best Poster Award from Phytochemical Society of North America, PSNA, 2015, 54th Annual Meeting and (iii) Keele Postgraduate Association, (KPA) Bursary Award, 20th May, 2015. Currently, she is a Senior Lecturer and the Head of Department of Pharmaceutical/Medicinal Chemistry of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.