Teaching Assistant Risk Assessment
Resume:
Aboi Igwaran (Ph.D)
Address: Örebro, Sweden Phone: +467******** Email: ****.*******@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Dedicated microbiologist with over 6 years of experience in research, analysis, and laboratory
management. Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, coupled with excellent
communication skills and a collaborative approach to scientific inquiry. Committed to maintaining
the highest standards of quality, accuracy, and safety in all laboratory procedures. Seeking to
contribute expertise and enthusiasm to support research and development efforts in microbiology
and related fields.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Postdoctoral Research Fellow 01/2022 - 01/2024
Örebro University, Sweden
Activities
• Experiments on the use of C. elegans and D. magna for risk assessment
• Method development for sulfide soil detoxification for re-use purpose
• Manuscript write-up/publication
• Weekly presentation of research findings in group meetings
Laboratory/Teaching Assistant 1/2015 – 12/2020
University of Fort Hare, South Africa
Activities
• Teach undergraduates molecular biology practical (media preparation, PCR, qPCR, etc)
• Check assignment, proctored tests and provide grades according to the University standard.
• Worked with lecturers in evaluating students’ progress, needs and gains.
Graduate Teaching Assistant 05/2010 -06/2011
National Youth Service Corps- Bauchi State, Nigeria
Activities
• Taught small groups of students focused on specific parts of biology course work.
• Check assignment, proctored tests and provide grades according to the School standard.
• Worked with teachers in evaluating students, progress, needs and gains.
EDUCATION
Degrees
• Ph.D. (Microbiology), 17 December 2020, Fort Hare University, South Africa.
(Thesis: Distribution and antibiogram fingerprints of Campylobacter species recovered
from animal and environmental sources in rural and urban communities of the Eastern Cape
Province, South Africa).
• M.Sc. (Microbiology), 15 September 2017, Fort Hare University, South Africa.
(Dissertation: Antioxidant and antibacterial activities of Urtical urens and Tegates minuta
used in Cala Community in the treatment of bacterial infection in diabetic patients).
• B.Sc. (Hon in Microbiology), 11 May 2016, Fort Hare University, South Africa.
(Project: Evaluation of the distribution of pathogenic Vibro species in Kat River, Eastern
Cape, South Africa).
• B.Sc. (Hon in Botany), 17 December 2009, Delta State University Abraka, Nigeria.
(Project: The effects of some petroleum hydrocarbons (Kerosene, Diesel, Petrol and Spent
lubricating oil) on the growth rate of Vigna unguiculata (Black-eye Pea))
SKILLS
• PCR • Acute/Chronic toxicity assay
• qPCR • DNA/RNA extraction
• Maldi-Tof • Lifespan assay
• ddPCR • Use of animal model (C. elegans
• Toxicology & D. magna)
• Gene expression • Use of computer fundamentals
• Molecular biology • Wastewater monitoring
• Antimicrobial susceptibility • Laboratory skills
• Statistical method • Risk assessment.
• Biotechnology • Confocal microscope
PUBLISHED ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
1. Igwaran, A., Kayode, A.J., Moloantoa, K.M., Khetsha, Z.P., Unuofin, J.O. (2024).
Cyanobacteria harmful algae blooms: causes, impacts and risk management. Water, Air
& Soil Pollution, 235 (71): 1-26.
2. Berkay Paylar, Yared Bezabhe, Jagadish Chandra Kumar Mangu, Viresh Thamke, Aboi
Igwaran, Carina Modig, Jana Jass and Per-Erik Olsson (2023). Assessing organism
differences in mixed metal sensitivity. Science of the Total Environment, 905: 1-11.
3. John Onolame Unuofin and Aboi Igwaran (2023). Microplastics in seafood:
Implications for food security, safety, and human health. J. of Sea Research, 194:1-11.
4. Aboi Igwaran and Chiedu Epiphany Edoamodu (2021). Bibliometric analysis on
tuberculosis and tuberculosis-related research trends in Africa: A decade-long study.
Antibiotics, 10 (423): 1-20.
5. Benson Chuks Iweriebor, O.S. Egbule, Aboi Igwaran and L.C. Obi (2021). Serogroups
and antibiogram of Salmonella isolates from dairy cattle in Nkonkobe District, South
Africa. Malaysian Journal of Microbiology, 17(4): 52-458.
6. Lucy Semerjian, Kunle Okaiyeto, Mike O. Ojemaye, Temitope Cyrus Ekundayo, Aboi
Igwaran and Anthony Ifeanyi Okoh (2021). Global systematic mapping of road dust
research from 1906 to 2020: research gaps and future direction. Sustainability, 13, 1-21.
7. Aboi Igwaran and Anthony Ifeanyi Okoh (2020). Campylobacteriosis agents in meat
carcasses Collectedfrom two district Municipalities in the Eastern Cape Province, South
Africa. Foods, 9(2), p.203.
8. Aboi Igwaran and Anthony Ifeanyi Okoh (2020). Occurrence, virulence, and
antimicrobial resistance- associated markers in Campylobacter species isolated from
retail fresh milk and water samples in two District Municipalities in the Eastern Cape
Province, South Africa. Antibiotics, 9(7), p.426.
9. Aboi Igwaran and Anthony Ifeanyi Okoh (2020). Molecular determination of genetic
diversity among Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolated from milk, water
and meat samples using enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus PCR (ERIC-
PCR). Infection Ecology & Epidemiology, 10(1): 1-9.
10. Ekundayo, Temitope C., Aboi Igwaran, Yinka D. Oluwafemi, and Anthony I. Okoh,
(2020). Global bibliometric meta-analytic assessment of research trends on microbial
chlorine resistance in drinking water/water treatment systems. Journal of Environmental
Management, 278, p.111641.
11. Aboi Igwaran and Anthony Ifeanyi Okoh (2019). Human campylobacteriosis: A
public health concernof global importance. Heliyon, 3: 1-14.
12. Aboi Igwaran, Iweriebor, Benson Chuks and Anthony Ifeanyi Okoh (2018). Molecular
characterization and antimicrobial resistance pattern of Escherichia coli recovered from
Wastewater Treatment Plants in Eastern Cape South Africa. International Journal of
Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(6): 1-10.
13. Aboi Igwaran, Benson Chucks Iweriebor, Sunday Ofuzim Okoh, Uchechukwu
Uchechukwu Nwodo, Larry Chikwelu Obi, and Anthony Ifeanyi Okoh (2017). Chemical
constituents, antibacterial and antioxidant properties of the essential oil flower of Tagetes
minuta grown in Cala community Eastern Cape, South Africa. BMC Complementary and
Alternative Medicine, 17(1): 1-10.
14. Iweriebor, Benson Chuks, Mmbaga, Elia J., Adegborioye Abiodun, Igwaran Aboi, Obi
Larry C. and Okoh Anthony Ifeanyi (2017). Genetic profiling for Anaplasma and
Ehrlichia species in ticks collected inthe Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. BMC
Microbiology, 17(1): 1-8.
15. Iweriebor, Benson Chuks, Igwaran Aboi, Abiodun Atinuke Adegborioye, Elia John
Mmbaga, Anthony Ifeanyi Okoh, and Larry Chikwelu Obi, (2017). Molecular screening
of ticks for the presence of Rickettsiaspecies: A public health concern. Asian Pacific
Journal of Tropical Disease, 7(4):199-204.
Book Chapter
1. Adeoye John Kayode, Folasade Banji-Onisile, Bartholomew Saanu Adeleke, Ayodeji
Charles Osunla, and Aboi Igwaran, 2024. “Chapter 4 Zoonoses: implications for food
safety”. Food Safety and Toxicology: Present and Future Perspectives. Berlin, Boston:
De Gruyter, pp 67-104. DOI: 10.1515/9783110748345-004
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
1. Aboi Igwaran, Iweriebor, Benso Chuks and Okoh Anthony Ifeanyi. Molecular
Characterization and Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern of Escherichia coli recovered
from Wastewater Treatment Plants in Eastern Cape South Africa. America Society for
Microbiology, ASM Microbe San Francisco CA, USA, 20th-24th June, 2019.
2. Aboi Igwaran, Iweriebor Benson Chuks and Okoh Anthony Ifeanyi. Essential oil
composition, antibacterial and antioxidant activities of Tagetes minuta flower grown in
Cala community Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. 31ST Annual International
Conference of the Biotechnology Society of Nigeria, Covenant University - BSN-
Ota ’1st August- 5thAugust, 2018.
REFEREES
Prof. Anthony I. Okoh
University of Fort Hare, South Africa
Email: *****@***.**.**, Tel: +27(0)40602 2365; +278********
PhD supervisor
Prof. Per-Erik Olsson
School of Science and Technology
Örebro University, Sweden
Email: ***-***.******@***.**, Tel: +46 (0) 19301244
Prof. Christopher Baiyegunhi,
University of Limpopo, South Africa
Email: ***********.**********@**.**.**, Tel: +277********
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