RSC Advances is delighted to welcome Cynthia Ibeto, University of Nigeria as an Associate Editor.
Research Areas: Environmental chemistry including:
- Chemistry of soils/sediments
- Environmental chemical analysis
- Environmental remediation
- Purification of gaseous and liquid effluents
- Radioactivity
- Toxicity
Cynthia Nkolika Ibeto is a Professor at the Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN). In 2010, she obtained her PhD (Analytical Chemistry) from UNN. She was an Academic Research Fellow of the National Centre for Energy Research and Development, UNN (2008 – 2016) and worked extensively on optimization of the production processes of biofuels (biomass, biogas, biodiesel and bioethanol), and biofertilizer as environmentally friendly materials.
Prof. Ibeto has made extensive contributions to identifying novel materials for various applications targeted at attaining environmental sustainability. She has promoted circular economy principles by advancing research in bioenergy and waste valorization.
She is currently working on the bioremediation of emerging pollutants in the environment, which are of global interest. She has contributed to the advancement of chemistry in society through her membership of the Executive Council of the Chemical Society of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. Prof. Ibeto was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) in 2024. She is also a member of the UK Research and Innovation Talent Peer Review College.
Discover some of Cynthia’s recent publications:
Utilization of Waste Synthetic Hairs and Modified Forms as Novel Sorbents for Oil Clean-Up
Samson David Mbanefo, Cynthia Nkolika Ibeto and Pius Onyeoziri Ukoha
Water Air Soil Pollut., 2026, 237, 73
Physicochemical and combustion characteristics of pyrolyzed coal and biocoal briquettes via thermogravimetric analysis
Kenechukwu E. Ugwu, Chidimma G. Ezema, Cynthia N. Ibeto and Ikechukwu A. Okorie
Int. J. Coal Prep. Util., 2025, 45 (7), 1599
Impact of industrial effluent on the self-purification characteristics and oxygen sag level of Ajali River, South east Nigeria
Judith Ogechukwu Nwerem, Nwachukwu Romanus Ekere, Cynthia Nkolika Ibeto, Eberechukwu Monica Ejikeme, Janefrances Ngozi Ihedioha and Hillary Onyeka Abugu
PLoS Water, 2025, 4 (4), e0000320
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