Mark Nwagwu

Mark Nwagwu is a Nigerian poet, columnist and professor of cell molecular biology at the University of Ibadan. His work has appeared on Vanguard, The Punch, ThisDay and Premium Times.

Early life and career Nwagwu was born in Oboetiti, Nguru Aboh Mbaise, in Imo State. He attended Christ the King School, Aba, between 1942 and 1949, before proceeding to St. Patrick's College, Calabar, to study between 1950 and 1956.

Nwagwu went to the University of Connecticut in 1966, where he completed spectacular research on myosin messenger RNA and muscle-protein synthesis on his post-doctoral fellowship.

In 1969, he was appointed assistant professor at Brock University, Canada, where he later rose to the rank of associate professor in 1973. Returning to Nigeria, he worked as a senior lecturer at the University of Ibadan until his retirement in 2002.