Nnamdi Ekesi

Bio

Dr. Nnamdi Simon Ekesi is an Assistant Professor in the Gregg Wadley College of Science & Health Professions at Northeastern State University. He received a Bachelors of Science in Biology at Ashford University and a doctorate degree in Cellular Molecular Biology from the University of Arkansas. His doctorate research focused on characterizing the disease mechanisms of Bacterial Chondronecrosis with Osteomyelitis (BCO) that causes lameness in broilers.

After graduate school, Dr. Ekesi worked as a postdoc under the mentorship of Dr. Mark E. Hart in the Microbiology department of the Food and Drug Administration at the National Center for Toxicology Research in Jefferson, Arkansas. He worked on (i) the interaction of vaginal microbiome and toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 producing Staphylococcus aureus in the incidence of toxic shock in women of childbearing age, and (ii) S. aureus induced superinfections post-influenza infection.

Dr. Ekesi continues to research on various aspects of host-pathogen Interactions, specifically how microbes acquire virulence, host responses, and potential therapeutic interventions.

Dr. Ekesi is also very passionate about science education. He teaches a list of Biology courses ranging from Freshman Biology to Developmental Biology.