Iruka Okeke
Associate Professor of Biology
Biography
Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology, Haverford College (2008-Date; Assistant Professor 2002-2007) * Fellow, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Institute for Advanced Studies Berlin, 2010/11) * Branco Weiss Fellow of the Society-in-Science, ETHZ, Zuerich, Switzerland (2004-2009) * Career Development Lecturer, University of Bradford, UK (2000-2002) * Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Univ. of Maryland Med. Sch. (1998-2000) * Fellow, International Program in the Chemical Sciences, Uppsala Universitet, Sweden (1998) * Fulbright Fellow, Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland (1996-1997) *
Education: B.Pharm., M.Sc., and Ph.D., Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
Research
The Okeke lab studies interactions between Escherichia coli and other bacteria and their eukaryotic hosts with support from the National Science Foundation. We are also interested in the genetic basis for antimicrobial resistance, which we study in collaboration with investigators at the University of Ghana Medical School and Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria.
My Top Link: Biology at Haverford
My Links
Courses: Fall 2012, Haverford
Courses: Spring 2013, Haverford
African and Africana Studies
Biology
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