Dr ONWUKA C. N
(SENIOR LECTURER)
Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture

1. FULL NAME: ONWUKA, CHRISTOPHER NNAMDI 2. PRESENT OFFICE ADDRESS: DENNIS OSADEBAY UNIVERSITY, ANWAI ASABA, DELTA STATE. DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE, FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE E-mail: onwuka.c@dou.edu.ng phone No.: 08031317343, 08055145548 3. PRESENT POSITION: SENIIOR LECTURER (FISHERIES BIOLOGY: FISHERY MANAGEMENT, STOCK ASSESSMENT/CONSERVATION). 4. PERSONAL DATA Date of Birth - December 17, 1963 Place of Birth & State of Origin - Asaba, Delta State Nationality - Nigerian 5. PERMANENT HOME ADDRESS No 31 Isieke Street, Asaba, Delta State 6. MARITAL STATUS: Married to Mrs. F.N. Onwuka CHILDREN: (i) Ifeyinwa W. Onwuka (ii) Malobi V. Onwuka (iii) Emmanuel K. Onwuka (iv) Christopher N. Onwu 7. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDS INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED QUALIFICATION YEAR i. University of Port Harcourt Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) 2012-2017 Port Harcourt (Hydrobiology & Fisheries) ii. Lagos State University, Master of Business Administration 1995-1997 Lagos (MBA-Financial Management) iii. University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Master of Science (M.Sc) 1987-1988 (Hydrobiology & Fisheries) iv. University of Ibadan,Ibaban Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) 1982-1986 Zoology-Fisheries v. Federal School of Art Higher School Certificate 1980-1982 and Science, Ondo. vi St. Anthony’s College, West African School Certificate 1972-1976 Ubulu-Uku vii. Tinu School, Lagos. First School Leaving Certificate 1966-1972 8. PRESENT POSITION AND RESPONSIBILITIES Ag. Head since June, 2017, University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Department of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences. Duty: As Head of Department: • I coordinate the activities of the department, inter-alia delegate responsibilities to all academics and non-academics staff. Specifically, the academics consisting of the teaching staff and the technologists, their responsibilities are appropriately tailored to revolve within the departmental curriculum, while the technologists also extend their work to the farm project. The non-academic staff man the secretariat and admin office under my guide. • I report directly to the Dean of Agriculture and indirectly to the Head of Institution i.e. The Vice Chancellor for both internal and external communication and assignment. • Together with a Farm Manager, I supervise a well stabilized integrated fish farm system made of brooder’s ponds, hatchery pond, fingerling pond, circulatory tanks. • Actively carry out teaching and research at lower and higher National Diploma Levels. Teach functional courses including Hydrobiology, Oceanography, Limnology, Marine Technology, Fisheries Biology, Environmental Pollution, Fisheries Technology. • Carry out “out of classroom” assignment as determined by the Rector and / or Dean of Faculty of Agriculture. • Supervision of students’ projects and research work both at ND and HND levels. • I have supervise Twenty-five (25) students’ projects and extraordinary researches. • Currently, my research work with my students and associates includes: i. Manuscript in Preparation: Onwuka, C. N.; Faith P; Chineyare, C. J.; (2021): The Cichlid fishes of Otamiri River: The Morpho – Ecological Adaptations to Aquatic life. 9. EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITES & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (A) MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES • 2000 Fisheries Society of Nigeria (Full Member, No-PM-295) • 2003 Nigerian Institute of Management (Full Member, No-63292) • 2006 Rehovot, Israel: Member in the Weitz Centre Friends’ Network and Promoter of “The Rehovot Approach” of Integrated Development