Prof. Orish Ebere Orisakwe is a well-grounded scientist, who has integrated complementary scientific domains to create the field of Environmental Pharmacotoxicology, EPT. With over 300 scholarly publications, he has collaborated with and influenced the work of over 1000 scientists in many countries. He mounted the first stand-alone graduate program in Toxicology in Africa, which was instrumental in the establishment of the African Centre of Excellence for Public Health and Toxicological Research (ACE-PUTOR) at the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. He has supervised over 20 PhD students some of whom are professors outside Nigeria. Prof. Orisakwe was a founding member and pioneer President of the West African Society of Toxicology (WASOT). Professor Orisakwe has garnered several accolades for his work: Fellow of European Registered Toxicologist; Fellow of Academy Toxicological Sciences, USA (First African); Winner, 2012 Society of Toxicology (USA) Global Senior Scholar Exchange program. He has served on several prestigious national and international committees and think tanks.