Dr. Petra Nnamani, 2017 fellow of Nigeria, was recently awarded a Georg Foster Research Award to travel to Germany and continue her scientific research. The award is administered by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, which brings scholars and researchers from abroad to work with a host and collaborative partner in Germany. Nominees for the award must be recognized academics and researchers living in a developing country, and the award encourages the nomination of female researchers.
Petra, a lecturer in the Department of Pharmaceutics at the University of Nigeria, will be traveling to Germany to continue her research investigating the anti-ulcer property of a tropical plant that has shown to cure ulcers in over 500 people in Nigeria.