ABRIDGED PROFILE : Dr Usoro Monday Etesin
Job Title and Responsibilities :
➢ Director, Centre for General Studies ( 2019 TO Date )
➢ Senior Lecturer , Department of Chemistry, AKSU
➢ Postgraduate Coordinator, Faculty of Physical Sciences
➢ Chairman, Faculty of Physical Sciences Examination Misconduct Committee
• Coordination of registration, teaching and administration of examinations for all General Studies courses in the University.
• Teaching and conduct of practical classes for undergraduate courses in the Department of Chemistry, with specialization in Analytical and Environmental Chemistry
• Supervision of undergraduate projects and seminars.
• Teaching and conduct of seminars for postgraduate courses, and supervision of thesis
• Participation and presentation of Faculty of Physical Sciences Seminars on regular basis.

About Me
Dr Usoro M. Etesin is an Analytical / Environmental Scientist with special interest in heavy metal and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon geochemistry, with several years of working experience in various sector, like industry and academic. Participated in various consultancy activities such as the Environmental Impact Assessments of developmental projects .

Qualifications
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) . Analytical / Environmental Chemistry(2003) University of Calabar
• Master of Science ( MSc.) . Analytical Chemistry (1992) . University of Port Harcourt
• Bachelor of .Science Technology (BSc.Tcch) ,Industrial Chemistry (First Class Honours), 1988, Federal University of Technology, Owerri.
• General Certificate of Education (GCE), Ordinary Level . (1981 ), Methodist Secondary School , Ete, Ikot Abasi LGA
• First School Leaving Certificate ( FSLC), 1974, Salvation Army Primary School , Ikot Obong , Ibekwe, Ikot Abasi LGA.

Professional Membership
• CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF NIGERIA (CSN ) ( 2011)
• INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED CHEMIST OF NIGERIA (ICCON) ( 2011)

Expertise
• Environmental Chemistry
• Bioremediation and biodegradation
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Methods of Chemical Analysis
• Analytical Instrumentation such as Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometer, Atomic Absorption Spectrometer, Ultraviolet/ Visible Spectrophotometer, Infra red Spectrometer , LECO Elemental Analyser, Transport X .
Research Interest
• Ecological risk assessment of Heavy /trace metals in marine ecosystems
• Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon assessment in airborne particulates , surface water and sediments

Selected Publications :
1. Uzoukwu,Bieluonwu Augustus;;Etesin,Usoro Monday(1995) Indian Journal of Chemistry.34A,243-245.Extraction of V(V) and Fe(III) from aqueous medium containing various concentrations of mineral acids and salts into 1-phenyl- 3-methyl-4-butyrylpyrazolone in mixed organic phase.
2. Benson, NU; Etesin, MU; Essien, JP; Umoren, IU; Umoh, MA (2006) Tissue elemental levels in fin-fishes from Imo River system, Nigeria: Assessment of liver/muscle concentrations ratio. Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.
3. Etesin, Usoro M. and Benson, N. U. (2007) Cadmium, Copper, Lead and Zinc Tissue Levels in Bonga Shad (Ethmalosafimbriata) and Tilapia (Tilapia guineensis) Caught from Imo River, Nigeria. American Jomnal of Food Technology, 2 (1). pp. 48-54. ISSN 1557-4571
4. Benson, N.U., Etesin, U.M. (2008). Metal contamination of surface water, sediment and Tympanotonus fuscatus var. radula of Iko River and environmental impact due to Utapete gas flare station, Nigeria. The Environmentalist 28,        (3), 195–202. Springer, Netherlands https://doi.org/10.1007/s10669-007-9127-3
5. E. J. Ukpong , E. J. Effiong , U. M. Etesin and J. Prasad .(2012) Metal Complexes of Diamines, (Part 1), Electrochemical Studies of Copper (II) Complexes of Ethylenediamine at Various pH Values . International Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences and Technology ISSN 2229 - 6107 Available online at www.ijopaasat. Int. J. Pure Appl. Sci. Technol., India. 8(1) . 26 – 37.
6. Benson, N. U. and Anake, W. U. and Etesin, Usoro M. (2014) Trace Metals Levels in Inorganic Fertilizers Commercially Available in Nigeria. Journal of Scientific Research & Reports, 3 (4). pp. 610-620.
7. Joseph Essien, Finian Udoukpo, Usoro Etesin, Helen Etuk (2013). Activities of hydrocarbon-utilizing and diazotrophic bacteria in crude oil impacted mangrove sediments of the Qua Iboe Estuary, Nigeria. Geosystem Engineering. 16,2 : 165- 174
8. A .E Ite, U.U Ubong, U. M Etesin, E. W Nsi, E. J Ukpong (2016).
Heavy metals in epiphytic lichens and Mosses of Oil-Producing Commities of Eket and Ibeno, Akwa Ibom State-Nigeria. American Journal of Environmental Protection, 4,2; 38 – 47. Science and Education Publishing.
9. Usoro M Etesin, Aniefiok E Ite, Thomas A Harry, Clement E Bassey, Edet W Nsi.(2015). Assessment of cadmium and lead distribution in the outcrop Rocks of Abakaliki Anticlinorium in the southern Benue Trough, Nigeria. Journal of Environmental pollution and Human Health, 2015. 3,3 ; 62 – 69. Science and Education Publishing.
10.  Benson, N. U. and Asuquo, Francis E. and Osibanjo , Oladele O. and Etesin, Usoro M. and Adedapo, Adebusayo E. (2015) Surface Mixed Layer Profile of Physical and Biogeochemical Variables in the Subpolar North-West and -East Atlantic Ocean: A Data-Model Comparison Study. Open Journal of Marine Science, 5. pp. 33-44