Curriculum vitae

A full record of appointments, qualifications, professional service and recognition. Use your browser's print dialogue to save a PDF.

Appointments

• Federal University of Health Sciences, Azare

  Bauchi State, Nigeria
  Associate Professor of Genetics and Genomics

  2025 – present

• Sa'adu Zungur University

  Bauchi, Nigeria
  Director, Directorate of Linkages and International Partnerships

  2024 – 2026

  Strengthening international collaboration and research networks for the university.

  Head, Department of Anatomy (three terms)
  Unit Head, Human Genetics Informatics (HGI)

• Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention

  Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  Lead, Genomics Data Platform (AGARI)

  2026 – present

  Africa CDC's continental platform for secure pathogen genomic data sharing and public health intelligence.

  Senior Technical Officer, Pathogen Genomics

  2022 – present

  Supporting and coordinating genomic surveillance programmes at national public health institutes and regional sequencing hubs across West Africa; informing policy on molecular diagnostics and sequencing.

• Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University

  Bauchi, Nigeria
  Visiting Bioinformatics Scientist, Molecular Genetics & Infectious Disease (MOGID) Research Laboratory

  2021 – 2024

  Analysis of large-scale sequencing datasets; training scientists in bioinformatics and genomic data analysis.

• Biomedical Research and Training Centre (BioRTC), Yobe State University

  Damaturu, Nigeria
  Principal Investigator

• Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)

  CEPI Global South Fellow

  July 2025 – August 2026

• USAID HC3 Nigeria Malaria Project

  Bauchi, Nigeria
  Consultant, HC3 Data Collection

  2017

• Universiti Putra Malaysia

  Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
  Teaching Assistant, PreMEDIC Mesir (Anatomy)

  2013 – 2016

• Targeted States High Impact Project (TSHIP) / USAID

  Bauchi, Nigeria
  Project Supervisor

  2012 – 2014

Education

• Master of Public Health (MPH) — Public Health

  University of Liverpool
  2024 – present

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) — Genetics and Genomics

  Universiti Putra Malaysia
  2016 – 2020

  Genetics & Regenerative Medicine Research Centre (GRMRC) and the Malaysia Genome Institute (MGI).

  Thesis: Identification of molecular pathways associated with Newcastle disease virus (AF2240) persistent infection in bladder cancer cells.

  Supervisor: Professor Abhi Veerakumarasivam

• Certificate in Bioinformatics

  Perdana University Centre for Bioinformatics (PUCBi)
  2017 – 2018

• Master of Science (MSc), with distinction — Anatomy & Cancer Biology

  Universiti Putra Malaysia
  2013 – 2015

  Genetics & Regenerative Medicine Research Centre (GRMRC).

• Bachelor of Science (BSc) — Anatomy & Cell Biology

  Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
  2005 – 2010

  Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine.

Service and leadership

Editorial roles

• present
  PLOS ONE

  Academic Editor
• present
  Applied Research (Wiley)

  Academic Editor

Memberships

• 2020
  American Society of Human Genetics

  Early Career Professional
• 2019
  Nigerian Society of Human Genetics (NSHG)

  Associate member
• 2019
  Nigerian Bioinformatics and Genomics Network

  Lifetime member
• 2021
  Royal Statistical Society

  Member
• 2020
  Bioinformatics Organization Inc.

  Member

Awards and fellowships

• 2025
  Global South Fellowship

  Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) — July 2025 – August 2026
• 2022
  Carpentries Instructor Training

  Bioconductor
• 2022
  Recognition for supporting the establishment of BioRTC

  Yobe State Government
• 2021
  ASAPbio Fellowship (Preprints)

  ASAPbio
• 2020
  Certified Tidyverse Instructor Award

  RStudio (Posit)
• 2020
  Galaxy Community Fund Fellowship Award

  Galaxy
• 2020
  Travel Award

  Bioconductor
• 2019
  ISCB Travel Award

  International Society for Computational Biology — Basel, Switzerland
• 2019
  Young Researcher Award

  ASEAN Young Scientist Network
• 2017
  International Graduate Research Fellowship (IGRF)

  Universiti Putra Malaysia
• 2016
  APSN Neuroscience School Travel Award

  Asian Pacific Society of Neurochemistry
• 2014
  International Symposium Travel Award

  Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University

Last reviewed 24 October 2026.