Uchenna Iloghalu (Ph.D.) is a visiting Assistant Professor of Biology. She has thought a diverse body of students both at North Carolina A &T and presently at Guilford College microbiology and biology related courses. Both biology and non-biology majors have benefitted from her expertise. In her current position, she exposes the students to a systemic step of basic techniques in Microbiology which includes culturing, isolating, microscopy and identifying bacteria from the environment. She also teaches, Exploratory biology, Genetics, Cell and Molecules and Molecular biology. Exploratory biology is a platform that gives non-biology majors a soft landing and also creates a wholistic student at the end of four years in Guilford College.
She has served as a mentor and advisor to over 100 undergraduate and graduate students. Her research interest includes investigation of natural plant extracts on both viral and bacterial infections.  Her recent work on “Role of Selected Group of Phytochemicals in Modulating Norovirus Infection” has yielded four peer reviewed papers. She has currently published a paper on, “The Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health of the Western Populace: A Model for the Examination of the Virus’s Global Impacts on Mental Health”. 
https://www.mentalhealthjournal.org/public/articles/the-impact-of-covid-19-on-the-mental-health-of-the-western-populace-a-model-for-the-examination-of-the-viruss-global-impacts-on-mental-health.pdf

Dr. Iloghalu has served as both as a participant and faculty facilitator in the training conducted by the Center for the Advancement of Liberal Arts and STEM (CALAS) at Fayetteville State University. This training aimed to develop creative and innovative pedagogical approaches to integrate liberal/soft skills into a STEM course(s). This enhances the knowledge base for generating best practices for the intersection of soft and technical skill development for students.

She is a certified effective college educator as recognized by, ‘The Association of College and University Educators and the American Council on Education’ (ACUE & ACE). Some of the Effective Practice Frameworks of her training include designing learner-centered and equitable courses, establishing a productive learning environment, using active learning strategies, promoting higher order thinking, and assessing in ways that inform and promote deeper levels of learning.
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Dr. Iloghalu has acquired several instructional technology training and developments to meet the students’ needs. She is also a ‘Trained Mentor’ for biomedical researchers, certified from the UNC Office of Graduate Educators (OGE).
https://ogefacultymentoring.web.unc.edu/about/past-participants/

She has also received NSF’s Research Coordination Network training in Undergraduate Biology Education (RCN-UBE), organized by Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) and directed by Drs. Sophie George and Mary Crowe.
Dr. Iloghalu had won an NSF award through Integrative Bioinformatics for Investigating and Engineering Microbes (IBIEM). This body was interested in bridging the gap and fostering communication between disciplines as well as promoting team science.

Education
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, Greensboro NC 27411
              Applied Science and Technology (Bioscience)
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria
             Medical Microbiology
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi, Nigeria                                                                                                                                             
             Parasitology
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria
             Applied Microbiology

Selected Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Articles
Watson Kemper, Katie Ben-Judah, Akamu J. Ewunkem and Uchenna B. Iloghalu (2023). The Impact of COVID-19 on the Mental Health of the Western Populace: A Model for the Examination of the Virus's Global Impacts on Mental Health. Journal of Mental Health and Clinical Psychology 7(1):19-27.

Uchenna B. Iloghalu, Sara E. Miller, Akamu J.Ewunkem, Janak R. Khatiwada, Shurrita Davis, and Leonard L.Williams (2023). Electron Micrographic Representations of Mechanisms of Action of Murine Norovirus on ATCC TIB-71 cells and Level of Gene Expression. Advances in Microbiology, Vol 13:32-47 DOI: 10.4236/aim.2023.131003

Akamu J.Ewunkem, A’lyiha F Beard ; Brittany L. Justice  ; Sabrina L. Peoples  ; Jeffery A. Meixner,  Watson Kemper  Uchenna B. Iloghalu (2023). Honeybee Wings holds Antibiofouling and Antimicrobial clues for Improved Applications in Health Care and Industries AIMS Microbiology 9(2): 332-345 doi:10.3934/microbiol.2023018

Akamu Ewunkem, Uchenna Iloghalu, Tiffany Muse (2022). An Overview of COVID-19 Pandemic: Emphasis on vaccine and unvaccinated. Preprint: DOI: 10.14293/S2199-1006.1.SOR-.PPJGRIE.v1

Uchenna Iloghalu, Akamu Ewunkem, Sarah Miller, Janak Khartiwada, and Leonard Williams (2022). Treatment Effect of Various Concentration of Plant Extracts on Murine Norovirus. Advances in Microbiology, 12:242-253

Chloe Emehel, Akamu Ewunkem and Uchenna Iloghalu (2021). Norovirus: Vaccine Challenges and Development. ScienceOpen Preprints. DOI: 10.14293/S2199-1006.1.SOR-.PPYGOKU.v1

Iloghalu, Uchenna, Holmes Bryce, Khatiwada, Janak, and Williams, Leonard (2019). Selected Plant Extracts Show Antiviral Effects Against Murine Norovirus Surrogate. Advances in Microbiology. 09. 372-384. 10.4236/aim.2019.94022.                   

Sally L. Bornbusch, Lydia K. Greene, Erin McKenny, Savannah J Vlikolff, Firas Midani, Gail Joseph, Uchenna Iloghalu, Joshua Granek, Claudia Gunsch (2019). A comparative study of gut microbiomes in captive nocturnal strepsirrhines. Am J Primatol. 2019;81(10-11): e22986. doi:10.1002/ajp.22986

Iloghalu U, Khatiwada P, Khatiwada, J, Williams, LL (2015). Phytochemicals: natural remedies for emerging viral infection. Med Aromat Plants 4:213. doi:10.4172/2167-0412.1000213

Orji, MU, Ojukwu, VE, Iloghalu, BU, Anyaegbunam BC (2010). Preliminary screening of the antimicrobial potentials of root extracts of Belladona tinctora. W. Jour. Biotech. 11 (1): 1714-1718.

Orji MU, Ojukwu, VC, Archibong, JC, Iloghalu, BU (2010). Determination of microbial properties of root extracts of Cinchoma officinalis. J. Appl.Sci. 13 (3): 9258-9267.

Orji MU, Ojukuwu, VC, Nwagu, TNT, Iloghalu, BU (2010). Assessment of antimicrobial potential of root extract of Anthocleista djenolensis. Afr. J Appl. Sci. 11 (1): 2583-2591.