Aboi Igwaran (Ph.D)

Address: Örebro, Sweden Phone: +467******** Email: ad4gi0@r.postjobfree.com

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: ad4gi0@r.postjobfree.com, Tel: +27(0)40602 2365; +278********

PhD supervisor

Prof. Per-Erik Olsson

School of Science and Technology

Örebro University, Sweden

Email: ad4gi0@r.postjobfree.com, Tel: +46 (0) 19301244

Prof. Christopher Baiyegunhi,

University of Limpopo, South Africa

Email: ad4gi0@r.postjobfree.com, Tel: +277********

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