Dr. Ugochukwu Nnamdi NKWOPARA


Dr. Ugochukwu Nnamdi NKWOPARA

Senior Lecturer

B. Agric. Tech., MSc., PhD

Email: ugochukwu.nkwopara@futo.edu.ng

Biography

Dr. U.N Nkwopara is a native of Umuorii, Uratta in Owerri –north Local government area, Imo state Nigeria. He was born on the 19th of October 1972 to the family of Mr and Mrs John Nkwopara.  He is married with two children. Dr. Nkwopara attended the following schools; community school Alum /Orii 1977-1983 (FSLC), Emmanuel college Owerri 1983-1988 (WAEC), University of Agriculture Makurdi 1992-1997 (B. AGRIC), Federal University of Technology, 2000-2007 (M.Sc) and Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan China 2008-20012 (Ph.D). His hobbies are playing football, reading, singing and walking.

Academic Qualification

  • Community School Alum/Orii [FSLC]         –     1982
  • Emmanuel College Owerri [WAEC]      –         1988
  • University Of Agriculture, Makurdi (B.Agric) –    1998
  • Federal University Of Technology, Owerri [M.Sc] –   2007             
  • Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan [Ph.D] –   2012

Honours/Awards

 

 

Affiliations

  • Member, Soil Science Society of Nigeria (SSSN)
  • Member, International Union of Soil Science (IUSS)

Courses Assigned to Teach

 

Experience

Federal University of Technology, Owerri   –                2001-2016

Research Interest

Soil pollution and remediation; Chemistry of wetland soils and its relationship with global warming

Publications

  1. U ONWEREMADU. C.C. OPARA, U. NKWOPARA, C.I. DURUIGBO AND I.I. IBEAWUCHI (2006). Yield response of a cowpea variety on ground seashells on Isohyperthermic Arenic Kandiudult of Owerri, Southeastern Nigera. International Journal of Soil Science 1(3): 251-257.
  2. U. ONWEREMADU, U. NKWOPARA, C. OPARA, G. IHEJIRIKA, V.ONYIA AND M. OFOH (2006).Vertical distribution of heavy metals in two soils in Isikwuato, Abia state, Southeastern Nigeria.. Journal of sustainable Tropical Agricultural Research vol. 18, 17-21
  3. N. NKWOPARA, E.T. ESHETT, E.U. ONWEREMADU, C.C. OPARA AND J.O. OMEKE (2007).Physico-chemical properties of selected soils overlying three parent materials in the humid tropics. International Journal of Agriculture and Food Systems 1(2): 159-164
  4. I. DURUIGBO, M.O. OFOR, U. NKWOPARA AND B.N. NDUKWU (2008). Efficacy of siamweed mulch on soil nutrient status and maize yield in a degraded Isohyperthermic Arenic sandiudult International Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, 11(1): 11-15.
  5. N. NKWOPARA, E.U. ONWEREMADU, H. HU ( 2012). Retention of Lead in acid soils of Southern China: Impact of inorganic and organic anions. International journal of environmental science and Engineering Research vol. 3(1) 1-9.
  6. N. NKWOPARA, I. ALI, Q. FU, J. ZHU, G. JIANG AND H. HU (2012). Sorption of lead on variable-charge soils in China as affected by initial metal concentration, pH, and soil properties Journal of Food, Agriculture and environment. Vol. 10(3&4): 1014-1019.
  7. N. NKWOPARA, J.O.OMEKE, AND S.N. OBASI (2012). Assessment of Pb concentration of arable soils around oil exploration sites in Niger Delta, Nigeria. Int’l journal of agriculture and Rural Development. Vol. 15(3): 1247- 1252,
  8. N. NKWOPARA, J.O. OMEKE, E.T. ESHETT, E. IHEM, B.N. NDUKWU AND S.N. OBASI (2012). Some physic-chemical characteristics of arable soils around selected oil exploration sites in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria Int’l Journal of Agric. And Rural dev.  Vol. 15(3): 1298-1309.
  9. N. NKWOPARA, I. MOHAMMED, M. ALI, J.IGBAL, Q. FU, J. ZHU, G. JIANG, H.HU(2013). Impact of inorganic ions and temperature on Lead adsorption onto variable charge soils. Catena,Vol 109:103-109.
  10. NKWOPARA, U.N. IHEM, E. AGIM, L, UZOHO, B, ONWEREMWDU,E.,AHUKAEMERE, C, HU, H.( 2013) Effect of temperature and mechanism of Pb sorption on selected acid soils of Southern China. Acta Agronomica Nigeriana. Vol. 13(1&2): 43-56.
  11. N. NKWOPARA AND H. HU (2014). Organic acids influence on Lead adsorption onto variable charge soils in China Int’l Journal of Development and sustainability. Vol. 2(3): 2110-2123.
  12. E. IHEM, G.E. OSUJI, E.U. ONWEREMADU, S.U.ONWUDIKE. U.N. NKWOPARA. B.N. NDUKWU AND B.U. UZOHO (2014). Variability in properties of soils under three land use types in a humid tropical environment. Int’l Journal of Development and sustainability. Vol. 3(4):923-930,
  13. U. UZOHO.E. IHEM, S. ONWUDIKE, L. AGIM, U. NKWOPARA, I.U. OPARA, M.OKON, S.NTI AND J.C. ORJI (2014). Phosphorus sorption capacity of soils in relation to landuse types in Mbaise, Southeastern Nigeria. Journal of Chemical, Biological and physical science. Vol. 4(2): 1710-1720.
  14. U. UZOHO, U.N.NKWOPARA, E. IHEM, C. EKE, J.C. ODUM AND S. ONWUDIKE. (2014).Chemical speciation and mobility of cadmium and lead in waste dumpsite in Owerri, Southeastern Nigeria. Journal of chemical, biological and physical science. Vol. 4(2): 1721-1734.
  15. OMEKE, J.O., NKWOPARA, U.N., IHEM, E.E., AHUKAEMERE, C., UZOHO,B.U.,OPARA.I.U.AND HU, H (2014).Adsorption of Lead on some variable charge soils in China: Effect of initial metal concentration. Int’l Journal of Agric and Rural Dev. Vol. 17(3): 1926-1933.
  16. O. OMEKE, U.N. NKWOPARA, E.T. ESHETT, S.U. ONWUDIKE, B.U. UZOHO, E.E. IHEM, I.U.OPARA AND B.N. NDUKWU ( 2014). Properties of soils of dissimilar lithology supporting yam-based cropping system in Southeastern Nigeria.  Int’l Journal of Agric and Rural Dev. Vol. 17(3): 1914-1925.
  17. E. IHEM, C.M. AHUKAEMERE, U.N. NKWOPARA, C. CHRIS-EMENYONU, N.H. OKOLI, A. OSISI (2014). Differences in particle size distribution of soils of Northern Niger Delta of Nigeria as affected by crude oil pollution. Int’l Journal of Research in Agriculture and Forestry, vol.1(1): 16-20.
  18. AHUKAEMERE,C.M., NKWOPARA, U.N. AND EKPENYONG, O.S. ( 2014). Profile distribution of selected essential micronutrient in paddy soils of Abia State, Southeastern Nigeria. Nigeria Journal of Soil Science 24(1):158-165
  19. NKWOPARA, U.N., CHRIS-EMENYONU, C.M., IHEM, E.E.,NDUKWU, B.N., ONWEREMADU, E.U., AHUKAEMERE, C.M, EGBUCHE, C.T., HU, H. (2015). Batch studies for the investigation of the mechanism of Pb sorption in selected acid soils of China. Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Vol. 4(3-1): 11-20.
  20. IHEM, E.E., OSUJI, G.E.,ONWEREMADU, E.U.,UZOHO, B.U., NKWOPARA, U.N.,AHUKAEMERE, C.M.,ONWUDIKE, S.U., NDUKWU, B.N., OSISI, A.S.,OKOLI, N.H. (2015) .Variability in selected properties of crude oil-polluted soils of izombe, Northern Niger Delta Nigeria. Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Vol. 4(3-1): 29-33.
  21. NDUKWU, B.N, ONWEREMADU, E.U, AHUKAEMERE, C.M, IHEM, E.E.NKWOPARA,
  22. N, OSUJIEKE, D.N (2015). Distribution and concentration of cadmium in automobile polluted soils in Owerri South-eastern Nigeria. Nigeria Journal of Soil Science 25:135-145.
  23. N. NKWOPARA, E.T. ESHETT, E.U ONWEREMADU, E.E. IHEM. B.N. NDUKWU (2016). Clay mineralogy of selected soils formed under different lithologies in South-eastern Nigeria. FUTO Journal series, 2(1)
  24. ONWUDIKE, S.U, UZOHO, B.U, IHEM, E.E. AHUKAEMERE, C.M., NKWOPARA, U., IROKWE, I.F.,ECHEANYANWU, G.I.( 2016). Evaluation of the fertility status of selected soils in Mbaise, Imo state Sotheastern Nigeria using nutrient index method. Agrosearch 16 NO 1. 75-86.
  25. AHUKAEMERE, C.M., ONWEREMADU, E.U. NDUKWU, B.N and NKWOPARA, U.N (2016). Properties of Soils of Contrasting Lithosequences in South-Eastern Nigeria. FUTO Journal series. Vol 2(1) :48-56,
  26. NDUKWU, B.N, ONWEREMADU, E.U, NKWOPARA, U.N, AHUKAEMERE, C.M, IHEM, E.E. AND AGIM L.C. (2016). Variability of selected soil properties of a river slope in Amaigbo, Southeastern Nigeria. FUTO Journal series. Vol 1(2) :8-16.
  27. NKWOPARA, U.N, OKOLI, N.H, OSISI, A, IHEM, E.E. EKPE, I.I., OKON, M.A,. AND HU, H.(2016). Effect of some operating variables on adsorption of lead on variable charge soils of southern China. Research journal of Agriculture and environmental management, vol. 5(6): 177-186.
  28. OKOLI,N.H., B.U. UZOHO, E,U. ONWEREMADU, N. NKWOPARA, AND I.F. IROKWE (2016). Zinc fractionation of soils of different parent materials and their relationships with some soil properties. Malaysian Journal of Soil Science, vol. 20: 49 -60
  29. IHEM, E.E., NKWOPARA, U.N., NDUKWU, B.N., ONWUDIKE, S.U. (2017) Macro-Aggregate Stability of Soils under Selected Parent Materials in Imo State, Nigeria. International Journal of Research in Agriculture and Forestry. Vol. 4 (12): 24-32,
  30. NKWOPARA, U.N., IWUCHUKWU, E.E, OKOLI, N.H. , OSISI, A. , IHEM, E.E., ONWUDIKE, S.U (2017) VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF CADMIUM IN SELECTED SOILS OF VARYING LITHOSEQUENCES IN A HUMID TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT INT’L JOURNAL OF AGRIC. AND RURAL DEV. Volume 20(2): 3159-3164,
  31. NKWOPARA, U.N (2018) VARIABILITY IN SELECTED SOIL PROPERTIES OF SOILS OF DISSIMILAR PARENT MATERIALS IN THE HUMID TROPICS INT’L JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT, AGRICULTURE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY. VOLUME 3(4)
  32. NKWOPARA, U.N., ASIEGBU, S.N. ONWEREMADU, E.U., IHEM, E.E., OKOLI, N.H., ONWUDIKE, S.U. (2018) BATCH STUDIES FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF THE ADSORPTION OF LEAD ONTO BENTO NITE AND SOIL OF OWERRI, NIGERIA. British journal of environmental science. vol 6(2),

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