Moses Okpeku holds a PhD in genetics. He has, over the years, built international research experience and collaboration across Asia, North America (USA) and Africa. His research has been funded by grants and fellowships from international and local funding institutions Including IFS, USAID, UNCTAD), INSA- JRD-TATA, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the NRF. His research interests include the genetics of infectious diseases, human, plant, animal and aquaculture genetics, forensic genetics, genomics and bioinformatics.