Dr Chinwe Chukwudi holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (distinctions) , and a PhD in Molecular Biology and Microbial Genetics from the Royal Veterinary College, University of London.Her outstanding performance at the University of Nigeria earned her immediate appointment upon graduation as a lecturer in the department of Vet. Pathology and Microbiology, where she has demonstrated her excellence in research and worked up through the academic career ladder. She has received various national and international awards and grants in recognition of her outstanding academic performance and research, including a Commonwealth Academic staff Scholarship for PhD studies, the Nigerian Young Academy’s National Young Scientist Award 2017, Erasmus Mundus DREAM ACP scholarship 2016 (Universidad De Leon, Spain), Commonwealth Academic Fellowship, 2017/2018 (Royal Veterinary College, London), and the African Postdoctoral Training Initiative (APTI) fellowship from the National Institutes of Health, USA and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Her research work is focused on strategies to improve the therapeutic efficacy of antimicrobials via improved understanding of molecular mechanisms of action, targeted cell delivery, biomolecular interactions, molecular pathogenesis and diagnostics; as well as finding new uses for old drugs and new drugs for old diseases. She is self-motivated, result-oriented, and strategically focused. She believes that it is time for Africans to rise up and solve African problems by ourselves, as well as contribute our quota to global issues.