Dr. Rose Suniso Maxwell Gidado earned a BSc in Food Science & Technology from the University of Maiduguri in 1990, a MSc in Industrial Microbiology (Bioenergy) from the University of Abuja in 2005, and a Ph.D. in Microbiology (Industrial) Bioenergy from the University of Abuja in 2009.<\/p>\n
Dr. Gidado is Deputy Director of the Agricultural Biotech Dept at the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA); Nigeria Country Coordinator for the Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) in Africa.<\/p>\n
She holds outreach programmes to increase public understanding of biotechnology and biosafety locally and internationally.<\/p>\n
She has published many scientific articles in national and international journals and has authored and edited various policy briefs and book chapters.<\/p>\n
She has received many awards, including the African Women in Agricultural Research and Development Award as a mentor to young scientists.<\/p>\n
She is highly skilled in fermentation technology.<\/p>\n
She is an Advisory Board Member-Alliance for Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Area [July 2017 to present]; and an Advisory Board Member-Africa BioSciences, Nigeria [February 2016 to present].<\/p>\n
She was the Chief Scientific Officer and Coordinator, OFAB Nigeria Chapter, NABDA, Abuja, [January 2011 – December 2013]; Research Assistant at the Sheda Science & Technology Complex, Abuja [January 2001-April 2002].<\/p>\n
Dr. Gidado has also worked with the Abuja Business Network, Nigeria\/West Africa; Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato Crop (OFSP); African Research Network on Medicinal Plants and Natural Products Research by GA and ISE, and ASM Ambassador Network, etc.<\/p>\n
Best way to utilise skills: She is an expert in agricultural biotechnology for crop production, fermentation technology, and food security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1256,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"rwsectors":[355],"class_list":["post-1255","rwexperts","type-rwexperts","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rwsectors-agriculture"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reportwomen.org\/experts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rwexperts\/1255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reportwomen.org\/experts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rwexperts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reportwomen.org\/experts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rwexperts"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/reportwomen.org\/experts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rwexperts\/1255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3417,"href":"https:\/\/reportwomen.org\/experts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rwexperts\/1255\/revisions\/3417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reportwomen.org\/experts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reportwomen.org\/experts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rwsectors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reportwomen.org\/experts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rwsectors?post=1255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}