Professor Uwemedimo Friday Ekpo

Professor Uwemedimo Friday Ekpo holds a PhD in Parasitology. He joined the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria as a lecturer II in 1999, where he teaches Zoology, Parasitology and Epidemiology. He was Head of the Departments of Biological Sciences (2013-2014) and Pure & Applied Zoology (2014-2017). His main research focuses on parasite epidemiology and control particularly schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis.