Professor Ngozi Phiolmena Okafor was born into the family of Chief and Mrs. John-Josephine Emechebe of blessed memory. She completed her academic studies from Immaculate Heart and St. Michael’s Primary Schools, Fegge, Onitsha, in 1975; Abbot Girls Secondary School Ihiala, in 1980; Bachelor, Master’s and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in chemistry Education from Bendel State University Ekpoma, University of Lagos and University of Ibadan respectively.

She is a Professor of Chemistry Education in the Department of Science Education, University of Lagos. She is currently the Head of the Department of Science Education. She has over 81 scholarly articles in reputable journals and proceedings with good exposures to conferences, researches, seminars, workshop. She has authored several books on chemistry education, primary science and curriculum development. She belongs to many professional bodies within and outside Nigeria such as Science Teachers’ Association of Nigeria (STAN), Abuja; Michigan Science Teachers’ Association (MSTA),USA; National Science Teachers’ Association (NSTA), USA; 2009; World Council for Curriculum and Instruction (WCCI) San Diego, USA and Organization of Women in Science for Developing World (OWSD), Italy. She has made several contributions in academics, church and community organizations in diverse ways as outlined below:

She was the First Female Ph.D student that attended 1995 Beijing Conference in China on agenda for women’s empowerment and gender equality (on equal payment, end to sexual harassment and all forms of violence against women & girls, equal participation in political life and decision making among others.