Biographical Info:

Mohammed Auwal Ibrahim is an Associate Professor of Biochemistry at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. He obtained his PhD from University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at University of Pretoria, South Africa (2 years) and another fellowship of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) conducted at National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan for 1.5 years. His research is mainly focused on the molecular biology, biotherapeutics, drug design and discovery targeting trypanosomiasis, malaria and type 2 diabetes which culminated into >100 scientific articles and >40 presentations at conferences/seminars in different parts of the globe. Dr. Ibrahim has provided leadership by successfully supervising 12 MSc and 3 PhD candidates to completion. In 2018, he was awarded the Young Scientist Program fellowship of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Seoul, South Korea. He also received travel grants of the American Society for Cell Biology in collaboration with Carnegie Corporation of New York as well as travel grants from United States National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, World Conference on Research Integrity among others. He was also a recipient of competitive doctoral grants from University of KwaZulu Natal, Institution-based research grant from TETFUND, Nigeria and National Research Foundation (NRF) grant by TETFUND, Nigeria, as the principal investigator. He is currently the President of the Nigerian Young Academy (2021 – 2023), a fellow of African Science Literacy Network and an editor/reviewer to many international journals. He is greatly involved in science communication and public engagement for scientific awareness using radio programmes, webinars and online magazines/newspapers publications.

Discipline:

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Area Of Specialization:

Drug Design and Discovery targeting Tropical Parasitic Diseases and Type 2 Diabetes

Institution:

Ahmadu Bello University

Research interest:

Drug Design and Discovery; Biotherapeutics; Molecular Biology

Awards:

i. A Competitive Doctoral Research Grant from the Research office, University of Kwazulu Natal (Westville campus), Durban. South Africa in 2011.

ii. A PhD study scholarship by the Education Trust Fund of Nigeria (ABU-Desk office) in 2011.

iii. An International conference travel grant by the Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa in 2011.

iv. A doctoral bursary (research grant and living expenses) by the College of Agriculture, Engineering and Sciences, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa in 2012.

v. An international travel grant award by the American Society for Cell Biology to attend the 2014 ASCB/IFCB meeting in Philadelphia, USA.

vi. A University of Pretoria Postdoctoral fellowship award by the Department of Research and Innovation, University of Pretoria to conduct research at the Biotherapeutics Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, University of Pretoria, Hatfield Campus, South Africa

vii. The Young Scientist Program fellowship to attend the 2018 congress of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology scheduled to hold Seoul, South Korea in June, 2018.

viii. An Institutional Based Research Grant by the Tertiary Education Fund, Nigeria as the principal investigator for research on the “Novel peptide-based Dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitors from some indigenous Nigerian tubers for the management of type 2 diabetes”.

ix. A Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) research fellowship tenable at the National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan.

x. The 2020 TETFUND National Research Fund Grant as the principal investigator for research on the “Development of Recombinant Metarhizium anisopliae chitinase as a mosquitocidal agent for the control of Malaria”.

xi. I was awarded the travel grant by the World Conference on Research Integrity to attend the World Conference on Research Integrity at Cape Town, South Africa (May, 2022)

xii. I was awarded the travel grant of the US National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine to attend and participate at the Triennial Conference of the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) and the Worldwide Meeting of the Young Academies at the BioSphere 2 in Tucson, Arizona, United States of America in November 2022.

Roles/Contributions:

President (2021 - Date)
Assistant Secretary General (2019 - 2021)
Chairman, Webinar Committee (2020 - 2021)
Chairman, Position Paper Committee on Sex for Grade Menace
Chairman, Sub-committee on Infectious and Non-infectious diseases

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