Dr. Chika Ebiye Peter Ejikeugwu

Profile

Academic position	Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fields	Microbial Ecology and Applied Microbiology
Keywords	soil microbiome, soilRESIST, antibiotic resistance genes, antibiotic resistance, antibiotic mixtures
Honours and awards	2023: Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Georg Forster Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, UFZ, Leipzig, Germany. 2023: Rising Star Postdoctoral Fellowship, Freie Universität (FU) Berlin, Germany [Unutilized]. 2022: The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Young Affiliateship Award [2022-2027]. 2021: Affiliate Membership Award from the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) [2020-2025]. 2021: DAAD Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, BAM Institute, Berlin, Germany. 2021: Young Investigator Award on Antimicrobial Resistance, Institute Mérieux, France 2020: Elected Fellow, Africa Science Leadership Programme (ASLP). 2020: Elected Member, Global Young Academy (GYA), Germany [2020-2025]. 2020: National Researchers Prize in Microbiology in Nigeria. 2019: Travel Grant, Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), UK. 2019: Travel Grant, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, British Columbia, Canada. 2019: Travel Grant, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). 2018: Matsumae International Foundation (MIF) Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, Kyoto, Japan.

Current contact address

Country	Germany
City	Leipzig
Institution	Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ
Institute	Department of Environmental Microbiology

Host during sponsorship

Dr. Anja Worrich	Department of Environmental Microbiology, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ, Leipzig
Start of initial sponsorship	01/11/2023

Program(s)

2023	Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers