ASU professor attends conference, publishes two papers

ASU professor attends conference, publishes two papers

ASU professor attends conference, publishes two papers

Dr. Alex D.W. Acholonu, professor of biology at Alcorn, recently attended the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene annual meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He presented a paper on HIV\AIDS in Mississippi.

Also recently, Dr. Acholonu published two research articles. “Water quality studies on the Big Sunflower River and Yazoo River in Mississippi” was  published in an international journal Advances in Science and Technology  Journal. The article is about water pollution study conducted by Dr. Acholonu and his field biology and ecology  students.

“We plan to continue this research with my students to safeguard the aquatic environment,” stated Dr. Acholonu.

His second paper “Water Quality studies on the Okitankwo River in Owerri, Nigeria” was published in the Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences. It is a collaborative study between Dr. Acholonu and Dr. Peter U. Okorie, professor at Imo State University in Owerri, Nigeria.