CURRICULUM VITAE JACOBS PRIZE CHIMEMA A PERSONAL DATA SURNAME: JACOBS OTHER NAMES: PRIZE, CHIMEMA DATE OF BIRTH: 22.10.1978 PLACE OF BIRTH: MUYOKA, CAMEROUN STATE ABIA NATIONALITY: NIGERIA MARITAL STATUS: MARRIED RELIGION: CHRISTIANITY PERMANENT ADDRESS: 7 KAYODE ODUBA STREET, THOMAS ESTATE AJAH , LEKKI , LAGOS CONTACT ADDRESS: P.O.BOX 1374, UMUAHIA, ABIA STATE, NIGERIA. Tel: 00234-7036622706 E-MAIL: prizejacobs@yahoo.com B INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED DATES OLD UMUAHIA PRIMARY SCHOOL I 1981-1987 SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL, AFARAUKWU 1987-1993 MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE UMUDIKE 1998-2003 TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT DRESDEN, GERMANY 2005-2007 C ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS M.SC TROPICAL FORESTRY AND MANAGEMENT SPECIALIZATION: AGRO-FORESTRY. OVERALL GRADE OF 1.7, THESIS WORK - 1.4 2008 BACHELOR OF FORESTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (B.FOREM) SPECIALIZATION: AGROFORESTRY. SECOND CLASS UPPER DIVISION 2003 THE WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL SENIOR SCHOOL CERTIFICATE 1993 FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE 1987 D PUBLICATIONS ROOT AND SHOOT DEVELOPMENT OF STEM CUTTINGS OF GNETUM SPECIES IN DIFFERENT STONE, SAND AND TOP SOIL MEDIA. 2003 EXPLORATION OF THE INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND USE OF PLANT SPECIES IN THE TREATMENT OF MALARIA IN SOUTH – EAST NIGERIA. 2005 PATICIPATORY TREE DOMESTICATION, A LIVELIHOOD OPTION FOR POOR FARMERS IN AFRICA (A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE) 2007 E AWARDS RECEIVED PROFICIENCY CERTIFICATE FOR ATTAINING THE HIGHEST STANDARD IN BEST BEHAVIOUR BY SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL, AFARAUKWU 1992/3 CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION IN UNDERGRADUATES POETRY COMPETITION (2ND POSITION) BY ABIA STATE OF NIGERIA, MINISTRY OF WOMEN AFFAIRS AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT 2002 GERMAN ACADEMIC EXCHANGE (DAAD) MASTERS STUDY SCHOLARSHIP 2005-2007 F INDUSTRIAL TRAINING /INTERNSHIPS CROSS RIVER STATE FORESTRY COMMISSION (CARTOGRAPHY/ REMOTE SENSING, GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS LANDSCAPING AND SURVEYING DEPARTMENTS). JAN.- JUNE 2002 PROGRAMME DE DEVELOPMENT RURAL ADER DOUTCHI MAGGIA (PDR-ADM) KEITA, REPUBLIC OF NIGER ( REFORESTATION/REVEGETATION , PLANTATION ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS MANAGEMENT) JULY –DEC 2002 G WORKING EXPERIENCE EMPLOYER POSITION DATE COMMUNITY SECONDARY SCHOOL NSIRIMO, UMUAHIA (AGRIC SCIENCE TEACHER) 2003-2005 TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT DRESDEN, GERMANY (RESEARCH/TEACHING ASSISTANT 2006 –2007 ABIA STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONSERVATION OFFICER) 2008 To Date H OTHER TRAINING PEER EDUCATION TRAINING COURSE UNDER THE NYSC REPRODUCTIVE HEATH AND HIV/AIDS PREVENTION PROJECT (SUPPORTED BY UNICEF) AUG. – SEPT, 2004 DIPLOMA CERTIFICATE IN COMPUTER APPLICATIONS (MS. WORD, POWER POINT, EXCEL, COREL DRAW E.T.C MAY – JULY, 2005 INTERNATIONAL SHORT CERTIFICATE COURSE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT MAY- JUNE, 2006 I MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL FORESTERS (ISTF) GLOBAL ASSOCIATION OF ON-LINE FORESTERS (GAOF) INTERNATIONAL FEDERATIONOF UNIVERSITY WOMEN (IFUW) J LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY Native English speaker, speak and write good German and Spanish K HOBBIES: Gardening REFEREES 1. Dr. APOLLOS. O. MEREGINI Head of Department of Forestry and Environmental Management Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, P. M. B 7267 Umudike, Umuahia, Abia State Nigeria. E-mail : meregini_apollos@yahoo.com Tel : +234- 8063456740 2. PROF ROY O. MBAKWE Dean of Department of Forestry and Environmental Management Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, P.M.B 7267 Umudike, Umuahia, Abia State Nigeria. E-mail: royem6@yahoo.com Tel: +234-8025492933 2 Dr. Rer. Silv. HUBERTUS POHRIS Institut für Internationale Forst- und Holzwirtschaft PF 1117 , 01735 Tharandt Pienner Str. 7 , 01737 Tharandt Germany E – mail : hpohris@forst.tu-dresden.de Tel : +49-352033831822 Fax: +49352033831820/ 3 PROF. Dr. JUERGEN PRETZSCH Institut für Internationale Forst- und Holzwirtschaft PF 1117 , 01735 Tharandt Pienner Str. 7 , 01737 Tharandt Germany E – mail : juergen.pretzsch@forst.tu-dresden.de Tel : +49-352033831822 Fax: +49352033831820