Obianuju Eze
Address:
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig
Germany
Building: 7.3
Room: 2.038
Phone: +49 341 6025 2008
Research Interests
- Ecotoxicology of Aquatic Invertebrates: Investigating the Impacts of Environmental Pollutants on Aquatic Invertebrates.
- Bioaccumulation and Trophic Transfer of Environmental Pollutants in Aquatic Ecosystems: Understanding how environmental pollutants accumulate in aquatic organisms and transfer through different levels of the food chain.
- Toxicity of Environmental Chemicals in Human Cell Lines: Exploring the toxicity profile of some relevant environmental chemicals using human cell lines.
Obianuju Eze's first project was exploring the toxicity profile of some relevant environmental chemicals, such as flame retardants, using adipocyte (SGBS cell).
Currently, my research focuses on understanding the impact of environmental chemicals, such as flame retardants and plastic additives, on ecosystems using Lymnaea stagnalis as a model organism. I also investigate the bioaccumulation of these chemicals in snail tissues, their persistence after exposure ends, and potential transgenerational effects.
Curriculum Vitae
Since 10/2024
PhD Student, Department Ecotoxicology, M-Stress Group, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.
10/2023 – 09/2024
PhD Researcher, Department Molecular System Biology, Helmholtz-Centre for
Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany.
Project: Exploring the toxicity profiles of some environmentally relevant novel flame retardants (NFRs) using Adipocyte (SGBS cell) and Hepatoma cells (HepG2 cell).
01/2020 – 10/2021
Biology Teacher, Bliss International School, Nigeria.
04/2019 – 01/2020
Project: Investigating the impact of E-waste from West Africa on Human cell lines, including Hep G2, HeLa, and MCF-7 cell lines.
01/2018 – 12/2019
University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.
Master thesis: Examining the effects of wastewater from a paint industry in Enugu, Nigeria, on Daphnia and algae.
04/2017
01/2011 – 2015
Bachelor’s Degree
Bachelor Thesis: Use of palm bark (Elaeis guineensis ) to inhibit fermentation in palm wine.
Honours/Awards
2022 - 2026
2019
DAAD Doctoral Research Fellowship (PhD).
Coimbra Research Fellowship (Researcher).
Publications
2025 (1)
- Eze, O.O., Ogbuene, E.B., Ibraheem, O., Küster, E., Eze, T.C. (2025):
Novel flame retardants (NFRs) in e-waste: Environmental burdens, health implications, and recommendations for safety assessment and sustainable management
Toxicology 511 , art. 154037 10.1016/j.tox.2024.154037
2023
- Eze O.O., Okpashi V.E., Eze C.T., Onwurah I.N.E and Ubani C.S (2023). Using the Algaltoxkit and Daphtoxkit microbiotests as biological sensors to assess the quality and toxicity profile of effluent from a major paint industry in Enugu, Nigeria, All Life (Under Review).
- Eze C.T., Otitoloju A.A., Eze O.O., Ugochukwu T.E., Onodugo C., Ali A.M., Lyche J.L., Karlsen O.A., Goksøyr A. (2023) West African e-waste-soil assessed with a battery of cell-based bioassays. Science of the Total Environment 856: 159068 (D1 journal; impact factor2021: 10.753).
2022
- Eze C.T., Eze O.O., Ugochukwu T.E., Amaeze N.H., Ogbuene E.B., Otitoloju A.A. (2022) In vitro cytotoxic assessment of e-waste related chemical pollution in impacted soil matrix. Environmental Monitoring & Assessment 194: 209 (Q2 journal; impact factor2021: 3.307).
2021
- Eze C.T., Michelangeli F., Otitoloju A.A., Eze O.O., Omodele I., Ogbuene E.B., Ogunwole G.A. (2021) Occurrence of chemical pollutants in major E-waste sites in West Africa and usefulness of cytotoxicity and induction of ethoxyresorufin-O- deethylase (EROD) in determining the effects of some detected brominated flame retardants, and e-waste soil-derived extracts. Environmental Science & Pollution Research 28: 10832 (Q1 journal; impact factor2021: 5.190).
- Eze C.T., Uzendu C.J., Eze O.O., Onodugo C.A., Ibraheem O. (2021). Trend measurement of pathogenic organisms in soil at the vicinity of ugwuaji municipal landfill site, Enugu, Nigeria. Indian Journal of Environmental Protection 41: 1096 (Q3 journal; impact factor2021: 0.245).