Posted on June 24th, 2024 in Research Profile
Growing up as a young girl in Lagos, Nigeria, Nkem Torimiro had a dream of becoming a doctor to save lives. But she hit a bump in the road after high school, when the University of Port-Harcourt offered her admission to study botany instead of medicine. She accepted the offer, but with her heart still set on a career in human health.
“It was during my final year while working on a project on isolating bacteria from a diseased plant that I got fascinated by the world of microorganisms,” says Torimiro. “Subsequently, I furthered my graduate studies in microbiology, and it has been a worthwhile experience ever since.”