Affiliateship: 2021-2025
Cohort 6
Country (Nationality)
Nigeria
Discipline
Chemical Sciences
Bio
Cynthia N. Ibeto is an Associate Professor at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN). In 2010, she obtained her PhD (Analytical Chemistry) from UNN. She was an Academic Research Fellow of the National Centre for Energy Research and Development, UNN (2008 - 2016) and worked extensively on optimization of production processes and analysis of biofuels. She is an Environmental/Analytical Chemist, has assessed a variety of persistent organic pollutants and is working on adding value to waste materials via bioremediation. She is a member of the UKRI Peer Review College and has received a number of scholarships/awards notably; Analytical Chemistry Trust Fund, Developing World Scholarship 2014; Schlumberger Faculty for the Future Fellowship award 2016/2017 and Royal Society of Chemistry Research Mobility Grant 2020. She is the Periodic Table of Younger Chemists Awardee representing Argon for the celebration of IUPAC 100 and International Year of the Periodic Table (2019). She received a Gold Award of Excellence (2019) and Fellowship Award (2020) for significant contributions to Chemical Society of Nigeria and the Chemistry profession. She has served in different capacities as Vice Chairman, Enugu State Chapter - Chemical Society of Nigeria (CSN) (2014-2018) and Technical Secretary (Editor-in-Chief/Technical Editor) Solar Energy Society of Nigeria (2013-2017). She is the Coordinator, Women in Chemistry (Nigeria); Vice-Chairman, Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World, UNN and Faculty Advisor, American Chemical Society, UNN Chapter. She has served as Chair of various Scientific Committees, attended many International Conferences, supervised several postgraduate students and co-authored over fifty publications.