Touchdown in Lagos, Nigeria

Our group has touched down in Nigeria. It is a city that has to be seen to be believed. There are many challenges and opportunities here for an environmental scientist.

We are here on a campagne to recruit students to come and study at Avans University of Applied Science. We don't want to change Nigeria. We want to change a few Nigerians that will come back and change Nigeria. I hope that we will be successful.

We've rented a reception room at a local Hotel called The Federal Palace. We will be giving presentations on Saturday the 10th and Wednesday the 14th. Presentations will be given at 10.00 and 13.00 on both days. If you are in the area, come and join!

We've made a radio jingle and put it on a popular radio station called Cool FM. If you'ld like to hear it, download it here.

In the picture on the right is the African voice of Avans Univerity of Applied Sciences. She's the one everyone is pointing too.

Environmental Microbiology: Lesson Two

Here is the second lesson of the course Environmental Microbiology offered in the Environmental Science program at Avans University of Applied Science.

Click on this link to download the second lesson. The topic is metabolism and growth. As part of this lesson the following sub-topics are discussed:

• Respiration
• Fermentation
• Microbial growth
• Effects of environmental variables on micro-organisms

Again, except for the first sheet, the presentation is in English. The textbook used to prepare this presentation was Brock: Biology of Microorganisms (Twelfth Ed.).

Environmental Microbiology: Lesson One

As part of the curriculum of Environmental Science, I give lectures in Environmental Microbiology.

Click on this link to download the first lesson. The topic is a background and introduction to Microbiolgy. Several topics are covered including:

• A short history


• Morphology


• Taxonomy


• Motility

Except for the first sheet, the presentation is completely in English. The textbook used as a basis to this presentation (and a book that I highly recommend) is Brock: Biology of Microorganisms.