Cynthia Nkolika Ibeto Cynthia Ibeto is an Associate Professor at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN). In 2010, she obtained her PhD (Analytical Chemistry) from UNN. She was an Academic Research Fellow of the National Centre for Energy Research and Development, UNN (2008-2016) and worked extensively on optimization of production processes of biofuels. She is an Environmental/Analytical Chemist working on adding value to waste materials via bioremediation. She is a member of UK Research and Innovation Peer Review College and Outer International Assessment Board of Irish Research Council, and received scholarships/awards notably; National Young Scientists’ Prize for Women in Chemical Sciences (2021), Royal Society of Chemistry Research Mobility Grant (2020), Schlumberger Faculty for the Future Fellowship (2016/2017) and Analytical Chemistry Trust Fund, Developing World Scholarship (2014). She is the Periodic Table of Younger Chemists Awardee representing argon for celebration of IUPAC100 and International Year of the Periodic Table (2019). She was featured as an accomplished Chemist in programmes by Middlesex University & McGraw Hill (2021) and Chemistry Europe (2021 & 2022). She is an affiliate of the African Academy of Sciences and has received a gold award of excellence (2019) and fellowship award (2020) for significant contributions to Chemical Society of Nigeria and the Chemistry profession. She is the Coordinator, Women in Chemistry (Nigeria) and Vice-Chairman, Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World UNN. She served as Executive Council member of other professional bodies and Chair of various scientific committees. She has supervised several postgraduate students and co-authored over seventy publications.
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