DR (MRS.) MARGARET E. BASSEY
B.Sc (UNIBEN) M.Sc. (UI) Ph. D (UNIPORT)

Ag. Head of Department

PROGRAMME OFFERED WITH ADMISSION REQUIREMENT

(Full time)
B.Sc. Botany and Ecological Studies

a.         UME:  Five credits at Ordinary Levels in G.C.E., S.S.C.E. or their equivalent
examinations in English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics
and Biology or Agriculture.

b.         Direct Entry:

            i.          Three Advanced Level passes in Biology, Chemistry and Physics plus
credits at Ordinary Level specified in (a) above.

           ii.          OND, NCE, HND or B.Sc. in a related subject plus credits at Ordinary
Levels as specified in (a) above.

ADMISSION CRITERIA PGDB:
PGDB will be opened to holders of First degree or their equivalent in Botany and allied fields from universities recognized by University of Uyo.

MASTER OF SCIENCE REQUIRMENT:
Prospective students must have obtained the Bachelor’s degree with at least a Second Class Lower Division in Botany, Agriculture, Forestry, Biology, Environmental Science and any other related field from recognized universities approved by the Senate of the University of Uyo, Uyo.  Students with low second class lower or third class grade, who have completed the Post graduate Diploma in Botany will also be eligible for admission into the M.Sc. programme.

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Ph.D) REQUIREMENT:
The Ph.D. Programme is open to candidates with Master’s degrees, as shall be determined by the Departmental Postgraduate Board, from this University or other approved Universities.  Only candidates with not less than a “B�? grade (60% average) score in the M.Sc degree will be admitted for a direct Ph.D. programme.  In a situation where the prospective candidate seeking for admission had an M.Sc degree outside Botany and Foresty, the candidate may be considered for Ph.D admission.  In such a case, the candidate so admitted shall offer a non-terminal M.Sc. degree programme courses and makes an average score of 60% (that is, a “B�? grade) before being advised to proceed for a Ph.D. programme by the Departmental Postgraduate Board.           

STAFF LIST:
1.         Prof. Godwin Johnson Esenowo B.Sc. (USA) M.Sc. (Washington DC,) Ph.D. (Ile-Ife)
Diploma Tropical (London),
Specialization/Research Interest:  Plant Physiology/Biotechnology/Tissue Culture/
Phytochemistry of Medicinal plants

2.         Prof. Kingsley Essien Akpabio B.Sc. (Nig), M.Sc. (Ife), Ph.D. (Ife)
Specialization/Research Interest:  Cytogenetics/Genetics/Plant Cytogentics &
Systematics/Cytogenetics screening of indigenous medicinal plants.

3.         Prof. Rufus Matthias Ubom B.Sc. (Ife), M.Sc. (Ife), Ph.D. (Ife)
Specialization/Research Interest:  Ecology/Biometry/Biodiversity/Environmental
Ecology/Ethnobotany.

4.         Prof. Gabriel John Ebukanson B.Sc. (Ife), M.Sc. (Ife), Ph.D. (Ife)
Specialization/Research Interest:  Plant Physiology/Water stress & Conservation

5.         Dr. (Mrs) Margaret Emmanuel Bassey B.Sc. (Uniben), M.Sc. (UI), Ph.D. (Uniport)
Specialization/Research Interest:  Taxonomy/Biosystematics/Biosystematics,
Ethnobotany (Indigenous knowledge documentation

6.         Dr. (Mrs) Uduak Aniesua Essiett B.Sc. (Ife), M.Sc. (Ife), Ph.D. (Uyo)
Specialization/Research Interest:  Anatomy/Biosystematics/Taxonomic significance
Angiosperms

7.         Dr. Gregory Afia Akpan B.Sc. (UNN), M.Sc. (Unijos), PGDE (Unijos) Ph.D. (Unical)
Specialization/Research Interest:  Genetics/Sex expression in cureubits

8.         Dr. Chukwuma Sonny Odoemena B.Sc. (UNN), M.Sc. (UI), Ph.D. (Uniuyo)
Specialization/Research Interest:  Physiology/Phytochemistry/Bioassay of medicinal
Plants.

9.         Dr. C. C. Ihukwumere B.Sc. (Unijos), M.Sc. (Unijos), Ph.D. (UI)
Specialization/Research Interest:   Plant Pathology/Virology haematology/Allied
Microbiology/Plant bacteriology /Plant Mycology.

10.       Dr. A. T. Awolabi B.Sc. (Unical), M.Phil (Unilag), Ph.D. (Unilag)
Specialization/Research Interest:  Virology/Pathology/Diagnosis of plant viruses

11.       Miss Inemesit Ndarake Bassey B.Sc. (Unical), M.Sc. (Uniport), Ph.D. (Umudike)
in view
Specialization/Research Interest: Plant Pathology/Mycology of common edible
vegetables.

12.       Mr. Felix Okpako Ogbemudia  B.Sc. (Uniben), M.Sc. (Uniben), Ph.D. (Uniuyo)
in view
Specialization/Research Interest:  Plant Ecology/Mangrove Ecology
13.       Mr. Emmanuel Mukoro Denise B.Sc. (Uniben), M.Sc. (Uniben), Ph.D. (Uniben)
in view
Specialization/Research Interest:  Algology/Limnology/Algal Culture.