Prof. Ndidi Ngwuluka is the dean of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Jos (UNIJOS). A professor of Naturapolyceutics/Pharmaceutical Quality, she is a health systems strengthening and quality assurance expert, who employs research to advance access to safe, effective, and quality-assured medical products.
A pharmaceutical scientist by training and an educator by profession, Ngwuluka has 19 years of experience in ensuring quality in pharmacy practice, as well as pharmaceutical research and development. After her primary and secondary education, she studied Pharmacy at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, from 1991 to 1996, obtaining a Bachelor of Pharmacy. She completed her internship at the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development in Abuja in 1997 and completed her National Youth Service at General Hospital, Azare, Bauchi, in 1998. In 2001, she earned a master’s degree in Pharmaceutics from the University of Ibadan.
Prof. Ngwuluka furthered her studies in South Africa, obtaining a PhD from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in 2012. Additionally, she undertook courses at the West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists, Lagos, in 2003 and became a Fellow of the college in 2006. In 2019, she became a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC) Nigeria, earning the title of certified management consultant.
Before entering academia, she worked as superintendent pharmacist at BestBuy Pharmacy, Lagos, from November 2000 to February 2002, and as a market development executive at May & Baker Plc, from March 2002 to September 2004. She began her academic career in October 2004, joining the Department of Pharmaceutics at the University of Jos, where she has risen to the rank of professor.
Prior to her appointment as dean in 2023, Ngwuluka had served in various roles within the department, faculty, and university. These include departmental registration officer (2006), faculty registration officer (2007), course coordinator (2012 to 2014), faculty examination officer (2013 to 2014), and departmental postgraduate coordinator (2013 to 2015).
She was also the deputy dean of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences (2015-2018), head of the Department of Pharmaceutics (2018 to 2023), and head of the Production Unit, Pharmaceutics (2020 to 2023). She has equally been a member of the Faculty Administrative Committee since 2015, the Faculty Board of Examiners since 2004, and the University Senate Council, since 2015.
Prof. Ngwuluka is the recipient of numerous awards, grants, scholarships, and fellowships. She has been a principal investigator for the TetFund National Research Fund (NRF) since 2020 and the TetFund Institutional Based Research (IBR) since 2018. She has also received grants from the Support of Training and Mentoring in Nigeria for Academics (STAMINA) – United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research (MistraPharma), in collaboration with Umeå University, Sweden.
Her accolades include an Award of Outstanding Performance, presented by the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Jos, at the 42nd Pharmacy Induction Ceremony in 2018, and the Most Motherly Lecturer Award, presented by the Pharmacy Graduating Class of 2016/2017. She also received the Award of Excellence as the Erudite Scholar of the Year from the Pharmaceutical Association of Nigeria Students (PANS), Jos Chapter, in 2018, among others.
A dedicated scholar, Ngwuluka has over 60 publications in peer-reviewed journals and books. She has supervised numerous undergraduate and postgraduate students and continues to do so. She has also attended numerous national and international conferences and seminars.
Prof. Ngwuluka is a member of several professional bodies, including the Nigerian Association of Pharmacists in Academia (NAPA), the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), the American Chemical Society (ACS), the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), and the Organisation for Women in Science for the Developing World (formerly the Third World Organisation for Women in Science), among others. She enjoys writing, reading, teaching, and travelling.
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