Mr. Emmanuel Offiong Effanga is a lecturer in the Department of Zoology and Environmental Biology, University of Calabar. He holds a Bachelors degree in Zoology and a Masters's degree in Parasitology from the University of Calabar. As an undergraduate student, he won the University of Calabar annual undergraduate scholarship in the 2001/2002 session and became the best graduating student of the Department of Zoology in 2004. He has served as an IT tour guide at CERCOPAN, Calabar (2002 – 2003) and a teacher at the Salama High School, Jos (2005 – 2006) before joining the University of Calabar as a Graduate Assistant in 2006. His main areas of research interest are parasites of medical and veterinary importance, prevalence studies, epidemiology, control strategies, and mapping. Mr Effanga has been teaching, mentoring, and researching in the University. He is a member of the Parasitology and Public Health Society of Nigeria (PPSN) and the Nigerian Red Cross Society. He has nine publications in international peer-reviewed journals. He has attended several capacity-building trainings/workshops within and outside the University. He currently teaches courses in Parasitology, Protozoology, Invertebrate Zoology, and Animal Physiology in the Department of Zoology and Environmental Biology, University of Calabar. He also doubles as the Examinations Officer/Academic Adviser for Marine Biology Students.