Ekanem Braide

Professor Ekanem Braide is a Nigerian parasitologist and the president of the Nigerian Academy of Science. She was vice-chancellor at the Cross River University of Technology, Calabar, and the first vice-chancellor of Federal University of Technology, Lafia, both in Nigeria. Braide is the pro-chancellor of Arthur Jarvis University, Akpabuyo, Nigeria. She is also the first woman president of the Nigerian Academy of Science.