Professor C. F. I. Onwuka

Degree: B. Sc. M. Sc., Ph. D.

E-mail: chysonka @yahoo.com chysonka@gmail.com

Tel: (+234) 803-337-6854, 807-608-5310, 808-295-9255, 039-773148

Fax: +234-39-243045

Department: Animal Nutrition

Academic Rank: Professor

Current Position: Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics)

Research Interest: Animal nutrition/ Production with emphasis on Ruminant (Sheep and Goats) Feeding, Feed resources, and Toxicology. Manipulation of the Rumen environment and the Improvement of the degradability of feed resources.

Detailed Resume

ACADEMIC DEGREE WITH DATE

B.Sc. Agric. 1978

M.Sc. Animal Science 1980

Ph.D. (Animal Science)1983

Cert. in Alley Farming. 1990

INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED WITH DATE

University of Ibadan, 1983

University of Ibadan, 1980

University of Ibadan,1978

(AFNETA/IITA/ ICRAF/ Univ. Ibadan) 1990

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES

(a) Charter Member – International Goat Association,(IGA) USA. From 1982.

(b) Nigerian Society for Animal Production (NSAP).

(c) Nitrogen Fixing Tree Association (NFTA), Hawaii, USA.

(d) Agricultural Society of Nigeria (ASN).

(e) Animal Science Association of Nigeria (ASAN).

(f) Small Ruminant Research Network (SRNET).

(g) African Feed Resources Network (AFRNET).

(h) Alley Farming Network in Tropical Africa (AFNETA).

(i) Pastoral Development Network (PDN), U.K.

PRIZES, HONOURS, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITIONS

Federal Government Scholarship Award – 1975 – 1978

University of Ibadan Postgraduate Scholarship Award – 1979 – 1983

Listed in the Profiles of African Scientists by the African Academy of Sciences, Nairobi, Kenya. 1990, 1991 and 1994

Conferred