{"id":256,"date":"2021-06-18T10:06:02","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T10:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aksu.edu.ng\/newsite\/?page_id=256"},"modified":"2025-05-01T11:59:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T11:59:24","slug":"faculty-of-biological-sciences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aksu.edu.ng\/newsite\/faculty-of-biological-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty of Biological Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\r\n<p>.<\/p>\r\n\n\n\n\r\n<h2>About the Dean<\/h2>\r\n\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; color: #999999; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8em; font-family: verdana;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:12.0pt;line-height:\n107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\nmso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:\nEN-GB;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA\">Prof. Sunday Michael Sam is an accomplished\nacademic and researcher in botany, plant physiology, and phytochemistry with\nover two decades of experience. Currently a Professor in the Department of\nBotany at Akwa Ibom State University\u2014and recently appointed Dean of the Faculty\nof Biological Sciences\u2014he has steadily progressed from Lecturer to Professor, assuming key leadership and administrative roles along the way. Educated\nat the University of Uyo, where he earned his B.Sc., M.Sc. (Plant Physiology),\nand Ph.D. (Plant Physiology and Phytochemistry), Prof. Sam has demonstrated\nexcellence in both teaching and research. His extensive academic service\nincludes roles as departmental academic adviser, coordinator for seminar and\nSIWES programs, and active participation in faculty and senate committees. A\nnotable aspect of his career is his robust editorial and publication record.\nProf. Sam has authored and edited eight textbooks and manuals\u2014spanning topics\nsuch as plant growth and developmental physiology and applied industrial plant\nproducts\u2014which underscore his expertise in curating high-quality academic\ncontent. In addition, his prolific scholarly output includes over 50\npeer-reviewed journal articles and numerous conference papers. These\ncontributions not only reflect his research excellence but also his commitment\nto shaping and disseminating knowledge in his field. Moreover, his active\nmembership in professional bodies such as the Botanical Society of Nigeria, the\nAmerican Society of Plant Biology, and the Nigerian Environmental Society reinforces\nhis standing as a key opinion leader. His dedication to mentoring is evident\nfrom his supervision of numerous undergraduate, postgraduate, and PhD students,\nensuring the development of future scientists. Prof Sunday M. Sam is current\nDean of Faculty of Biological Sciences, Akwa Ibom State University, Ikot\nAkpaden.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\r\n<h2>List of Programmes<\/h2>\r\n\n\n\r\n<p>Botany<\/p>\r\n\n\r\n<p>Microbiology<\/p>\r\n\n\r\n<p>Genetics and Biotechnology<\/p>\r\n\n\r\n<p>Zoology<\/p>\r\n\n\r\n<p>Marine Biology<\/p>\r\n\nBiochemistry\n\n\n\n\r\n<h2>Admission Requirements<\/h2>\r\n\n\n\n\n\n\r\n<p>At least five (5) credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology<\/p>\r\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14.4px; background-color: #efefef;\">At least five (5) credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology<\/span><\/p>\r\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\r\n<p>At least five (5) credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology<\/p>\r\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\r\n<p>At least five (5) credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology<\/p>\r\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\r\n<p>At least five (5) credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology<\/p>\r\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>At least five (5) credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-256","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aksu.edu.ng\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aksu.edu.ng\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aksu.edu.ng\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aksu.edu.ng\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aksu.edu.ng\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/aksu.edu.ng\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2121,"href":"https:\/\/aksu.edu.ng\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/256\/revisions\/2121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aksu.edu.ng\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}