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Dr. Abdullahi Musa Ph.D.<\/a><\/span><\/h3>
Research Fellow (Post-Doc)<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Research Interests:
\n*Natural product drug discovery & development
\n*Isolation & characterization of plant-derived secondary metabolites
\n*Pharmacological evaluation using experimental & computational methods
\n*In silico modeling & molecular dynamics simulations*
\n*Bioactive compound discovery for metabolic & anticancer applications
\n*Integration of organic chemistry with genomics & bioinformatics<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Dr. Andrea Gilbert-Eckman, Ph.D.<\/a><\/span><\/h3>
Research Fellow (Post-Doc)<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Research Interests:
\n* Food safety & pathogen inactivation
\n* Cold atmospheric plasma applications in food science
\n* Plant stress responses & fresh produce safety
\n* Genomics & bioinformatics in food microbiology
\n* Innovative food processing & preservation technologies
\n* Risk assessment & mitigation in foodborne diseases<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Dr. Babak Behnam, MD, Ph.D.<\/a><\/span><\/h3>
Visiting Professor<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Research Interests:
\n* Genomic and molecular medicine
\n* Rare genetic diseases and cancer genetics
\n* Personalized medicine and next-generation drug development
\n* Advanced genetic testing and laboratory informatics
\n* Precision therapeutics and translational research<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Dr. Oyetayo O Adefiranye, Ph.D.<\/a><\/span><\/h3>
Research Fellow (Post-Doc)<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Research Interests:
\n* Microbial biotechnology & fermentation science
\n* Antibiotic resistance & microbial ecology
\n* Sustainable waste valorization & bioconversion
\n* Pharmaceutical microbiology & drug discovery
\n* Microbial Genomics & bioinformatics <\/p>\n<\/div>

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Dr. Paulina Carmona-Mora, Ph.D.<\/a><\/span><\/h3>
Visiting Professor<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Research Interests:
\n* Genomics
\n* Biomarkers
\n* Neurological and developmental disorders
\n* Epigenetics
\n* Science diplomacy and diversity in science<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Funmi Ilori, LL.M., B.L.,LL.B.<\/a><\/span><\/h3>
Non Executive Director<\/a><\/div><\/div>
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Harrison Nnebe, ACS, B.Ed.<\/a><\/span><\/h3>
Non Executive Director<\/a><\/div><\/div>
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Ibikunle Bolorunduro, MBA, BSc.<\/a><\/span><\/h3>
Non Executive Director<\/a><\/div><\/div>
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Mr. Uwaisu Nura Kani, B.Sc., M.Sc.<\/a><\/span><\/h3>
Instructor and Research Assistant<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Research Interests
\n*Microbial genomics and transcriptomics
\n*Computational drug discovery and molecular docking
\n*Precision medicine and translational research
\n*Genomics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and cancer<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Ms. Chioma Ohaeri, B.Sc.<\/a><\/span><\/h3>
Instructor and Research Assistant<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Research Interests
\n*Computational biology & metabolite simulation
\n*Biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) & functional annotation
\n*Molecular docking & in silico drug discovery
\n*Probiotics, gut microbiome & non-communicable diseases
\n*Systems biology & pathway prediction
\n*Translational bioinformatics in microbial research<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Ms. Katherin Eliana Alejandra Ot\u00e1lora Acevedo, M.Sc., Ph.D. (c)<\/a><\/span><\/h3>
Research Fellow<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Research Interests
\n*Biodiversity and conservation genetics
\n*Evolutionary biology and phylogeography
\n*Molecular biology and genomic data analysis
\n*Bioinformatics and computational biology
\n*Integrating molecular data into conservation and public health strategies<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Olabisi Flora Davies-Bolorunduro, Ph.D.<\/a><\/span><\/h3>
Executive Director, Senior Research Fellow<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Research Interests
\n* Microbial genomics & antimicrobial resistance
\n* Natural product drug discovery
\n* Genomics & bioinformatics applications in disease research
\n* Public health & disease control<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Rabe Haruna CAT, Dip (Accountancy)<\/a><\/span><\/h3>
Administration<\/a><\/div><\/div>
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Toluwaloju Duro-Bello, FCA, MSc, BSc.<\/a><\/span><\/h3>
Non Executive Director<\/a><\/div><\/div>
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