Help us welcome our newest Contributor, from Paducah: Dr. Felix Akojie.

Here's some information on our newest Contributor, Dr. Felix Akojie, who is expected to concentrate on educational (education is VERY IMPORTANT in Kentucky) and other issues, including (political and other) happenings in Paducah:

Dr. Akojie has been a faculty member of the Biology Department at West Kentucky Community & Technical College since 1991. He earned his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Ife in Nigeria, in 1985. Dr. Akojie then did his postdoctoral studies in Chemistry at Loyola University in Chicago, and Immunology at the University of Vienna in Austria. Prior to this, he taught Biochemistry at the medical schools of the University of Ife and later at the University of Benin.

Dr. Akojie's general area of research interest is Cell and Molecular Biology, and he has published many scientific papers in this area. Scientific projects include investigations of the mechanisms of antisickling agents in abnormal red blood cells. He belongs to various scientific organizations and is currently on the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society's Journal Editorial Board. He also serves as a faculty consultant to the Educational Testing Service.

Dr. Akojie was elected to serve on the Paducah Independent Schools board of education in 2003 and has served as vice chair since 2005. He also serves as the regional chairperson for the Kentucky School Boards Association (KSBA), where he represents Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton, Fulton (Ind.), Graves, Hickman, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, Mayfield, McCracken, Murray, Paducah, and Trigg school districts. He lives in Paducah with his wife (who is also an educator) and four children.