Fellow collaborates on green tech research and patent
Fellow Ijeoma Vincent-Akpu, PhD (Nigeria, 2017) has collaborated with other researchers to secure two patents for innovations that convert waste plastic into high-grade hydrocarbon products. Supported by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), BOSKEL Nigeria Ltd., and University of Port Harcourt, where she works as a professor of Ecotoxicology and Hydrobiology, the groundbreaking research addresses global plastic waste challenges by integrating academic expertise with industrial collaboration.
“This is a great collaboration between ‘gown (government-owned institutions) and industry,’” Ijeoma remarked in a recent post. “Join us as we get rid of waste plastics from planet earth.”
Ijeoma recently concluded a two-year tenure as President of the Association for Environmental Impact Assessment of Nigeria, an affiliate of the International Association for Impact Assessment.
