Godfrey Uzochukwu

Dr. Godfrey A. Uzochukwu - Professor and licensed soil specialist, is the founding director of the University’s Interdisciplinary Waste Management Institute (WMI) . He completed his B.S. degree in General Agriculture and M.S. degree in Agronomy – Soils and Landuse at Oklahoma State University and his PhD degree in Soil Genesis and Mineralogy at the University of Nebraska. He was a Post-Doctoral Soil Manganese Minerals Scholar at Texas A&M University before joining the faculty of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. He took the lead in developing an Interdisciplinary PhD program in Energy and Environmental Studies (Renamed Applied Science and Technology). Under Dr. Uzochukwu's leadership, NC A&T has hosted six successful National Conferences. He served as the site coordinator and campus project director for the Inter-institutional NSF STC $18 million Center. He teaches and advises undergraduate and graduate students.