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'''Chukuka Samuel Enwemeka''' is a seasoned academic,<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last1=John |first1=Emmanuel B. |title=CHUKUKA S. ENWEMEKA, PT, PhD, FACSM Professor & Chairman of KUMC Department of Physical Therapy - A Worthy Ambassador of Nigeria Physiotherapy Training Programs |url=https://www.nigeriaphysio.net/en/enwemeka2001 |website=Nigeria Physiotherapy Network |publisher=Nigeria Physiotherapy Network |access-date=14 August 2022}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web |last1=Baker, MD, MS, FAAEP – President NAALT 2018 |first1=Terrance L. |title=NAALT Honors Professor Chukuka Enwemeka, PhD with the Endre Mester, MD Photobiomodulation Lifetime Achievement Award |url=https://www.naalt.org/news/naalt-honors-professor-chukuka-enwemeka-phd |website=The North American Association for Photobiomodulation Therapy |publisher=NAALT |access-date=14 August 2022}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite web |last1=Otto |first1=Laura |title=Light as medicine? UWM researchers explain how |url=https://uwm.edu/news/light-as-medicine-uwm-researchers-explain-how |website=UWM Report |publisher=Media Services at UW-Milwaukee |access-date=14 August 2022}}</ref> Emeritus Professor, San Diego State University, San Diego, California,<ref name=":4">{{cite web |title=Chukuka S. Enwemeka, PhD, FACSM |url=https://provost.sdsu.edu/_resources/files/enwemekalightresearch/Enwemeka_CV_Full_Version.pdf |website=San Diego State University |publisher=Office of the Provost, SDSU |access-date=14 August 2022}}</ref> Emeritus Distinguished Professor, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee.<ref name=":5">{{cite web |last1=College of Health Sciences |title=Chukuka Enwemeka, Professor and Dean Emeritus |url=https://uwm.edu/search/people/enwemeka |website=Search - UWMilwaukee |publisher=University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |access-date=14 August 2022}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{cite news |last1=John |first1=Emmanuel B. |title=Professor Chukuka Enwemeka Appointed University Distinguished Professor |url=https://www.nigeriaphysio.net/en/About-Us/PhysioNews-and-Other-News/News-Details?newsid=35 |access-date=14 August 2022 |publisher=Nigeria Physiotherapy Network |date=19 March 2012}}</ref> He served as the President/ Vice Chancellor of James Hope University, Lagos, Nigeria.<ref name=":7">{{cite web |last1=JHU Media |title=Prof Chukuka S. Enwemeka |url=https://jhu.edu.ng/prof-chukuka-s-enwemeka-2 |publisher=James Hope University}}</ref>
'''Chukuka Samuel Enwemeka''' is an academic,<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last1=John |first1=Emmanuel B. |title=CHUKUKA S. ENWEMEKA, PT, PhD, FACSM Professor & Chairman of KUMC Department of Physical Therapy - A Worthy Ambassador of Nigeria Physiotherapy Training Programs |url=https://www.nigeriaphysio.net/en/enwemeka2001 |website=Nigeria Physiotherapy Network |access-date=14 August 2022}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web |last1=Baker |first1=Terrance L. |title=NAALT Honors Professor Chukuka Enwemeka, PhD with the Endre Mester, MD Photobiomodulation Lifetime Achievement Award |url=https://www.naalt.org/news/naalt-honors-professor-chukuka-enwemeka-phd |website=The North American Association for Photobiomodulation Therapy |date=30 August 2018 |publisher=NAALT |access-date=14 August 2022}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite web |last1=Otto |first1=Laura |title=Light as medicine? UWM researchers explain how |url=https://uwm.edu/news/light-as-medicine-uwm-researchers-explain-how |website=UWM Report |date=17 October 2013 |publisher=Media Services at UW-Milwaukee |access-date=14 August 2022}}</ref> [[Emeritus|Emeritus Professor]], [[San Diego State University]],<ref name=":4">{{cite web |title=Chukuka S. Enwemeka, PhD, FACSM |url=https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/provost/files/05909-enwemekabio.pdf |website=San Diego State University |publisher=Office of the Provost, SDSU |access-date=14 August 2022}}</ref> Emeritus [[Distinguished professor|Distinguished Professor]], [[University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee|University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee]].<ref name=":5">{{cite web |last1=College of Health Sciences |title=Chukuka Enwemeka, Professor and Dean Emeritus |url=https://uwm.edu/search/people/enwemeka |website=Search - UWMilwaukee |publisher=University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |access-date=14 August 2022}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{cite news |last1=John |first1=Emmanuel B. |title=Professor Chukuka Enwemeka Appointed University Distinguished Professor |url=https://www.nigeriaphysio.net/en/About-Us/PhysioNews-and-Other-News/News-Details?newsid=35 |access-date=14 August 2022 |publisher=Nigeria Physiotherapy Network |date=19 March 2012}}</ref> He served as the president and vice chancellor of [[James Hope University]], Lagos, Nigeria.<ref name=":7">{{cite web |last1=JHU Media |title=Prof Chukuka S. Enwemeka |date=24 September 2021 |url=https://jhu.edu.ng/prof-chukuka-s-enwemeka-2 |publisher=James Hope University}}</ref>


== Early Life and Education ==
== Early life and education ==
Professor Enwemeka was born on March 7, 1953 at [[Agbor]], formerly in Western Region, Nigeria, currently [[Delta State]], [[Nigeria]].<ref name=":1" /> He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from the [[University of Ibadan]], his Master of Science degree from the [[University of Southern California]], Los Angeles, and his Ph.D. from [[New York University]], New York. All his academic degrees are in the field of [[Physical Therapy]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":6" />
Enwemeka was born on March 7, 1953, at [[Agbor]], formerly in Western Region, Nigeria, currently [[Delta State]], [[Nigeria]].<ref name=":1" /> He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from the [[University of Ibadan]], his Master of Science degree from the [[University of Southern California]], Los Angeles, and his Ph.D. from [[New York University]], New York. All his academic degrees are in the field of [[Physical Therapy]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":6" />


== Academic Career ==
== Academic career ==
He began his academic career as a Graduate Assistant at the [[University of Port Harcourt]], Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. Following his Ph.D., he served as a Research Fellow at [[Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine]], New York University Medical Center, New York, before joining the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio as Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy, Cellular and Structural Biology and Physiology in 1986. In 1989 he was appointed Associate Professor of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation at the University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, and in 1993 he became Professor and Chairperson of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science at the [[University of Kansas Medical Center]], Kansas City, Kansas.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=KUMC |first1=PTRS & AT |title=Department History From an early pioneer in physical therapy education to a premier institution with nationally renowned training programs and innovative research |url=https://www.kumc.edu/school-of-health-professions/academics/departments/physical-therapy-rehabilitation-science-and-athletic-training/about/department-history.html |website=KUMC PTRS & AT |publisher=University of Kansas Medical Center |access-date=14 August 2022}}</ref> Enwemeka was appointed Professor and Dean, College of Health Professions, New York Institute of Technology in March 2003.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Wisconsin Academy Of Sciences, Arts & Letters |title=Chukuka Enwemeka |url=https://www.wisconsinacademy.org/contributor/chukuka-enwemeka |access-date=14 August 2022}}</ref> His subsequent executive academic leadership positions include: Dean College of Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee (July 2009 – June 2014),<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":10">{{cite web |last1=John |first1=Emmanuel B. |title=Chukuka S. Enwemeka appointed Professor & Dean, College of Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |url=https://www.nigeriaphysio.net/en/About-Us/PhysioNews-and-Other-News/News-Details?newsid=4 |website=PhysioNews |publisher=Nigeria Physiotherapy Network |access-date=14 August 2022}}</ref> and Provost and Senior Vice President of San Diego State University, San Diego, California from June 2014 to May 2018.<ref>{{cite web |last1=John |first1=Emmanuel B. |title=Chukuka S. Enwemeka appointed Provost and Senior Vice President of San Diego State University |url=https://www.nigeriaphysio.net/en/About-Us/PhysioNews-and-Other-News/News-Details?newsid=55 |website=PhysioNews |publisher=Nigeria Physiotherapy Network |access-date=14 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Block |first1=Greg |title=New Provost Named at San Diego State University Chukuka S. Enwemeka to become the next senior academic administrator at SDSU |url=https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/sdsu_newscenter/news_story.aspx?sid=74892 |access-date=14 August 2022 |work=SDSU NewsCenter |publisher=San Diego State University |date=10 April 2014}}</ref>
He began his academic career as a Graduate Assistant at the [[University of Port Harcourt]], Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. Following his Ph.D., he served as a Research Fellow at [[Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine]], New York University Medical Center, New York, before joining the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio as Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy, Cellular and Structural Biology and Physiology in 1986. In 1989 he was appointed Associate Professor of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation at the University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, and in 1993 he became Professor and Chairperson of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science at the [[University of Kansas Medical Center]], Kansas City, Kansas.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=KUMC |first1=PTRS & AT |title=Department History From an early pioneer in physical therapy education to a premier institution with nationally renowned training programs and innovative research |url=https://www.kumc.edu/school-of-health-professions/academics/departments/physical-therapy-rehabilitation-science-and-athletic-training/about/department-history.html |website=KUMC PTRS & AT |publisher=University of Kansas Medical Center |access-date=14 August 2022}}</ref> Enwemeka was appointed Professor and Dean, College of Health Professions, New York Institute of Technology in March 2003.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Wisconsin Academy Of Sciences, Arts & Letters |title=Chukuka Enwemeka |date=27 January 2014 |url=https://www.wisconsinacademy.org/contributor/chukuka-enwemeka |access-date=14 August 2022}}</ref> His subsequent executive academic leadership positions include: Dean College of Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee (July 2009 – June 2014),<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":10">{{cite web |last1=John |first1=Emmanuel B. |title=Chukuka S. Enwemeka appointed Professor & Dean, College of Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |url=https://www.nigeriaphysio.net/en/About-Us/PhysioNews-and-Other-News/News-Details?newsid=4 |website=PhysioNews |publisher=Nigeria Physiotherapy Network |access-date=14 August 2022}}</ref> and Provost and Senior Vice President of San Diego State University, San Diego, California from June 2014 to May 2018.<ref>{{cite web |last1=John |first1=Emmanuel B. |title=Chukuka S. Enwemeka appointed Provost and Senior Vice President of San Diego State University |url=https://www.nigeriaphysio.net/en/About-Us/PhysioNews-and-Other-News/News-Details?newsid=55 |website=PhysioNews |publisher=Nigeria Physiotherapy Network |access-date=14 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Block |first1=Greg |title=New Provost Named at San Diego State University Chukuka S. Enwemeka to become the next senior academic administrator at SDSU |url=https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/sdsu_newscenter/news_story.aspx?sid=74892 |access-date=14 August 2022 |work=SDSU NewsCenter |publisher=San Diego State University |date=10 April 2014}}</ref>


In 2018, Enwemeka unexpectedly resigned as provost and senior vice president of San Diego State University for unknown reasons. According to ''[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]'', faculty had expressed concerns about an email he wrote to a professor who had requested for an early review of Enwemeka. In the email Enwemeka stated the professor sought to harm him and "So that instead of blessings, you are showered with unending curse and harmed, hurt and visited by evil a million fold in everything you do throughout the rest of your life".<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last1=Robbins |first1=Gary |last2=Light |first2=Jeff |date=May 24, 2018 |title=Mystery surrounds resignation of provost at San Diego State University |publisher=The San Diego Union Tribune |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/sd-me-sdsu-provost-20180523-story.html |access-date=30 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mangan |first=Katherine |date=May 29, 2018 |title=Read the Bizarre Email That May Have Prompted a Provost to Step Down Mysteriously |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/read-the-bizarre-email-that-may-have-prompted-a-provost-to-step-down-mysteriously/ |website=The Chronicle of Higher Education}}</ref> Enwemeka's performance review was overall positive.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nguyen |first1=Alexander |date=June 5, 2018 |title=San Diego State Names Interim Provost After Unexpected Resignation |publisher=Times of San Diego |url=https://timesofsandiego.com/education/2018/06/05/san-diego-state-names-interim-provost-after-unexpected-resignation |access-date=30 July 2023}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
Internationally, Professor Enwemeka held Visiting Professorships at Curtin University, Perth, Australia and at The Research Institute for Health Sciences and Education, Tokyo, Japan, and is currently a Visiting Professor to the University of Johannesburg and the University of Nigeria.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" />


He served as editor, or co-editor-in-chief of several international scientific and professional journals and is emeritus editor-in-chief of [[Laser Therapy Journal]] and emeritus co-editor-in-chief of [[Photomedicine and Laser Surgery]], currently known as Photobiomodulation, Photomedicine, and Laser Surgery.<ref name=":4" />
World-wide, Professor Enwemeka is one of the foremost authorities in the use of lasers, and monochromatic light for the treatment of pain, injuries, and infectious diseases.<ref>{{cite web |last1=NAALT |title=NAALT Honors Professor Chukuka Enwemeka, PhD with the Endre Mester, MD Photobiomodulation Lifetime Achievement Award |url=https://www.naalt.org/news/naalt-honors-professor-chukuka-enwemeka-phd/ |website=NAALT |publisher=North American Association of Photobiomodulation Therapy (NAALT) |access-date=30 July 2023}}</ref> He and his colleagues pioneered the use of antimicrobial Pulsed Blue Light (PBL) to “kill” viruses, bacteria, and other microorganisms, including coronaviruses.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Liebert |first1=Mary Ann |title=Blue Light Destroys Antibiotic-resistant Staph Infection |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090129131839.htm |access-date=30 July 2023 |work=Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News |agency=ScienceDaily |issue=Janaury 31, 2009 |publisher=ScienceDaily}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news |last1=Liebert Inc. |first1=Mary Ann |title=Blue light destroys antibiotic-resistant staph infection Results reported in Photomedicine and Laser Surgery Journal |url=https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/803078 |access-date=30 July 2023 |work=EurekaAlert |agency=EurekaAlert |issue=29th January, 2009 |publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Enwemeka |first1=CS |last2=Williams |first2=D |last3=Hollosi |first3=S |last4=Yens |first4=D |last5=Enwemeka |first5=SK |title=Visible 405 nm SLD light photo-destroys methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in vitro |journal=Lasers Surg Med. |date=December 2008 |volume=40 |issue=10 |pages=734-737 |doi=10.1002/lsm.20724 |pmid=19065556 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lsm.20724 |access-date=30 July 2023}}</ref> As an inventor, he holds four US and international patents on “Photo-eradication of Microorganism With Blue Light”, and has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed research papers, books and book chapters.<ref>{{cite web |last1=PubMed |first1=NIH |title=Enwemeka, CS |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Enwemeka+CS |website=PubMed-NLM |publisher=National Library of Medicine |access-date=25 July 2023}}</ref> He served as Editor, or Co-Editor-in-Chief of several international scientific and professional journals and is Emeritus Editor-In-Chief of Laser Therapy Journal and Emeritus Co-Editor-in-Chief of Photomedicine and Laser Surgery, currently known as Photobiomodulation, Photomedicine, and Laser Surgery.


== Research and Scholarly Publications ==
== Research and scholarly publications ==
Professor Enwemeka is a vastly published author with hundreds of peer-reviewed publications, books, monographs, national and international presentations, invited guest lectures, and many more. Some of his vast published works are available via PubMed.<ref>{{cite web |last1=PubMed |first1=NIH |title=Enwemeka, CS |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Enwemeka+CS |website=PubMed-NLM |publisher=National Library of Medicine |access-date=25 July 2023}}</ref> According to ResearchGate, Professor Enwemeka's scholarly work has been cited over 6,197 times; his Research index Score is 3,273, and H-index of 40.<ref>{{cite web |last1=ResearchGate |title=Chukuka S Enwemeka PhD, FACSM - Professor at San Diego State University United States |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chukuka-Enwemeka |publisher=ResearchGate GmbH |access-date=25 July 2023}}</ref> Google Scholar reported that Professor Enwemeka's works have been cited 8,100 times, h-index of 43, he has an i10-index of 75.<ref>{{cite web |title=C. Enwemeka - San Diego State University |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=0VgvP1EAAAAJ |publisher=Google Scholar |access-date=25 July 2023}}</ref>
Enwemeka is an author of peer-reviewed publications, books and monographs.<ref>{{cite web |last1=PubMed |first1=NIH |title=Enwemeka, CS |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Enwemeka+CS |website=PubMed-NLM |publisher=National Library of Medicine |access-date=25 July 2023}}</ref> According to ResearchGate, Enwemeka's scholarly work has been cited over 6,197 times; his Research index Score is 3,273, and H-index of 40.<ref>{{cite web |last1=ResearchGate |title=Chukuka S Enwemeka PhD, FACSM - Professor at San Diego State University United States |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chukuka-Enwemeka |access-date=25 July 2023}}</ref> Google Scholar reported that Enwemeka's works have been cited 8,100 times, h-index of 43, he has an i10-index of 75.<ref>{{cite web |title=C. Enwemeka - San Diego State University |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=0VgvP1EAAAAJ |publisher=Google Scholar |access-date=25 July 2023}}</ref>


== Board Appointments And Other Positions Held ==
== Board and trustee appointments ==
Professor Enwemeka served as a Non-Executive Director of Zenith Bank from July 2010 to June 2022,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anyalewechi |first1=Chidinma |title=Zenith Bank Plc announces retirement of Non-Executive Directors |url=https://nairametrics.com/2022/07/01/zenith-bank-plc-announces-retirement-of-non-executive-directors |access-date=30 July 2023 |publisher=Nairametrics |date=July 1, 2022}}</ref> and as a Board Member of several organizations, including, Curative Healthcare Network in Wisconsin, Milwaukee Academy of Science and San Diego Symphony. He was a member of the National Advisory Board on Medical Rehabilitation Research, US National Institutes of Health for four years, and he chaired the Board for one year.<ref>{{cite web |last1=NIH |first1=NABMRR |title=Summary Minutes - May 2-3, 2002 |url=https://www.nichd.nih.gov/about/advisory/nabmrr/minutes/2002may |website=Advisory Groups |publisher=National Institutes of Health - National Advisory Board on Medical Rehabilitation Research |access-date=30 July 2023}}</ref> Enwemeka served as a Trustee of California Western School of Law, San Diego, California and is currently a Trustee of James Hope College, Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria,<ref>{{cite web |last1=James Hope University |title=Board Of Trustees |url=https://www.jameshopecollege.edu.ng/management |access-date=30 July 2023}}</ref> and James Hope University, Lagos, Nigeria.<ref name=":7">{{cite web |last1=JHU Media |title=Prof Chukuka S. Enwemeka |url=https://jhu.edu.ng/prof-chukuka-s-enwemeka-2 |publisher=James Hope University}}</ref>
Enwemeka served as a Non-Executive Director of [[Zenith Bank]] from July 2010 to June 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last1=City |first1=People |title=Meet The Big Boys & Babes Who Run Zenith Bank |url=https://www.citypeopleonline.com/meet-big-boys-babes-run-zenith-bank |access-date=30 July 2023 |publisher=CityPeople |date=May 14, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Anyalewechi |first1=Chidinma |title=Zenith Bank Plc announces retirement of Non-Executive Directors |url=https://nairametrics.com/2022/07/01/zenith-bank-plc-announces-retirement-of-non-executive-directors |access-date=30 July 2023 |publisher=Nairametrics |date=July 1, 2022}}</ref> He was a member of the [[National Institutes of Health|United States National Institutes of Health's]] National Advisory Board on Medical Rehabilitation Research.<ref>{{cite web |last1=NIH |first1=NABMRR |title=Summary Minutes - May 2-3, 2002 |url=https://www.nichd.nih.gov/about/advisory/nabmrr/minutes/2002may |website=Advisory Groups |date=30 December 2017 |publisher=National Institutes of Health - National Advisory Board on Medical Rehabilitation Research |access-date=30 July 2023}}</ref> Enwemeka served as a Trustee of [[California Western School of Law]], San Diego, California and is a Trustee of James Hope College, Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria,<ref>{{cite web |last1=James Hope University |title=Board Of Trustees |url=https://www.jameshopecollege.edu.ng/management |access-date=30 July 2023}}</ref> and James Hope University, Lagos, Nigeria.<ref name=":7"/>

== Media Coverage of Notable Achievements ==
Selected media coverage of Professor Enwemeka’s academic works includes reports by Reuters, CBS News, United Press International (UPI), Entrepreneur, Photonics, Forbes, Fox Business News, Science Daily News, WebMD, The Nigerian Guardian, Gulf News, Daily India, and interviews by CNBC, PBS, NABNTV, and Peer Interviews, Nice France. For instance, media coverages of Professor Enwemeka that are still publicly available include:
* As a distinguished guest speaker at University Place-Academic Evenings, on March 25, 2014. University Place is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin. Professor Enwemeka presented on a topic titled, ''Full Spectrum: The Promise of Light as Medicine''. In the talk, Professor Enwemeka, Dean, College of Health Sciences, UW-Milwaukee, shares the latest medical applications for phototherapy in the treatment of a wide variety of ailments. Near-infrared and blue light can be used to destroy dangerous pathogens.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wisconsin |first1=PBS |title=Full Spectrum: The Promise of Light as Medicine |url=https://www.pbs.org/video/university-place-full-spectrum-promise-light-medicine/ |website=University Place - Academic Evenings |publisher=PBS Wisconsin |access-date=30 July 2023}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |last1=NABN |first1=TV |title=Amazing Nigerians 4... Why Dr Chukuka Enwemeka Took Over |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bPQCINJdr4 |website=Amazing Nigerians |publisher=NABN Television}}</ref>
* On November 2, 2021, Professor Enwemeka was distinguished guest speaker for the University of Johannesburg on a talk titled, ''Microbial Disinfection With Pulsed Blue Light'', aired on Facebook Live. In the talk, Professor Enwemeka discussed how to use pulsed blue light as for microbial disinfection, including that for the COVID-19 virus.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Johannesburg |first1=University of |title=Public lecture: Microbial Disinfection With Pulsed Blue Light |url=https://www.facebook.com/UJLibrary/videos/public-lecture-microbial-disinfection-with-pulsed-blue-light-by-prof-chukuka-enw/417218970105612/ |website=Public Lecture |publisher=University of Johannesburg Library |access-date=30 July 2023}}</ref>
* In January 2009, reputable Peer-Review Manuscripts Publisher, Mary Ann Liebert, released the news that Professor Enwemeka's research team, then at the New York Institute of Technology, has discovered that Blue Light can destroy antibiotic resistant bacterial that causes staph infections.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Liebert |first1=Mary Ann |title=Blue Light Destroys Antibiotic-resistant Staph Infection |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090129131839.htm |access-date=30 July 2023 |work=Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News |agency=ScienceDaily |issue=Janaury 31, 2009 |publisher=ScienceDaily}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news |last1=Liebert Inc. |first1=Mary Ann |title=Blue light destroys antibiotic-resistant staph infection Results reported in Photomedicine and Laser Surgery Journal |url=https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/803078 |access-date=30 July 2023 |work=EurekaAlert |agency=EurekaAlert |issue=29th January, 2009 |publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}}</ref>, and published in the the Journal, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Enwemeka |first1=CS |last2=Williams |first2=D |last3=Hollosi |first3=S |last4=Yens |first4=D |last5=Enwemeka |first5=SK |title=Visible 405 nm SLD light photo-destroys methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in vitro |journal=Lasers Surg Med. |date=December 2008 |volume=40 |issue=10 |pages=734-737 |doi=10.1002/lsm.20724 |pmid=19065556 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lsm.20724 |access-date=30 July 2023}}</ref>

== Resignation as Provost, San Diego State University==
In 2018 when Professor Enwemeka resigned as Provost and Senior Vice President of San Diego State University. However, in controversial reports, a few speculative media associated his resignation with an email he wrote to a faculty colleague.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mangan |first1=Katherine |title=Read the Bizarre Email That May Have Prompted a Provost to Step Down Mysteriously |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/read-the-bizarre-email-that-may-have-prompted-a-provost-to-step-down-mysteriously |website=Chronicle of Higher Education |access-date=25 July 2023}}</ref> Unbeknownst to the reporters, Enwemeka had, one year earlier, notified some of his friends and colleagues, and the leadership of the university of his intention to leave his leadership position and return to the faculty to pursue his research work.<ref>{{cite web |last1=John |first1=Emmanuel B. |title=Why I Stepped Out as the Provost & Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs, San Diego State University |url=https://www.nigeriaphysio.net/enwemeka-why-i-stepped-down |website=PhysioNews |publisher=Nigeria Physiotherapy Network |access-date=25 July 2023}}</ref>

== Personal Life ==
Professor Chukuka S. Enwemeka is married with five children.


== References ==
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== '''External links''' ==
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3. https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/sdsu_newscenter/news_story.aspx?sid=74892

4. http://ikaworld.com/lifetime-achievement-award-the-north-american-association-of-photobiomodulation-therapy-naalt-honors-professor-chukuka-enwemeka-for-enduring-service-and-innovation-in-cutting-edge-medical-the/

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Chukuka Samuel Enwemeka
Chukuka S. Enwemeka
BornMarch 7, 1953
Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian-American
CitizenshipAmerican Citizen
Alma materUniversity of Ibadan, University of Southern California, New York University
Occupation(s)Physical Therapist, Educator, University Administrator, Researcher
Years active1978 – Present
Known forPhysical Therapy, Photobiology, Photomodulation, Phototherapy, Photochemistry, Tissue engineering, Allied Health, Public Health
SpouseRoselyn Enwemeka (m: 2007- )

Chukuka Samuel Enwemeka is an academic,[1][2][3] Emeritus Professor, San Diego State University,[4] Emeritus Distinguished Professor, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee.[5][6] He served as the president and vice chancellor of James Hope University, Lagos, Nigeria.[7]

Early life and education

Enwemeka was born on March 7, 1953, at Agbor, formerly in Western Region, Nigeria, currently Delta State, Nigeria.[1] He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Ibadan, his Master of Science degree from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and his Ph.D. from New York University, New York. All his academic degrees are in the field of Physical Therapy.[1][4][6]

Academic career

He began his academic career as a Graduate Assistant at the University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. Following his Ph.D., he served as a Research Fellow at Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York, before joining the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio as Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy, Cellular and Structural Biology and Physiology in 1986. In 1989 he was appointed Associate Professor of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation at the University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, and in 1993 he became Professor and Chairperson of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.[1][8] Enwemeka was appointed Professor and Dean, College of Health Professions, New York Institute of Technology in March 2003.[1][9] His subsequent executive academic leadership positions include: Dean College of Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee (July 2009 – June 2014),[5][10] and Provost and Senior Vice President of San Diego State University, San Diego, California from June 2014 to May 2018.[11][12]

In 2018, Enwemeka unexpectedly resigned as provost and senior vice president of San Diego State University for unknown reasons. According to The San Diego Union-Tribune, faculty had expressed concerns about an email he wrote to a professor who had requested for an early review of Enwemeka. In the email Enwemeka stated the professor sought to harm him and "So that instead of blessings, you are showered with unending curse and harmed, hurt and visited by evil a million fold in everything you do throughout the rest of your life".[13][14] Enwemeka's performance review was overall positive.[15][13]

He served as editor, or co-editor-in-chief of several international scientific and professional journals and is emeritus editor-in-chief of Laser Therapy Journal and emeritus co-editor-in-chief of Photomedicine and Laser Surgery, currently known as Photobiomodulation, Photomedicine, and Laser Surgery.[4]

Research and scholarly publications

Enwemeka is an author of peer-reviewed publications, books and monographs.[16] According to ResearchGate, Enwemeka's scholarly work has been cited over 6,197 times; his Research index Score is 3,273, and H-index of 40.[17] Google Scholar reported that Enwemeka's works have been cited 8,100 times, h-index of 43, he has an i10-index of 75.[18]

Board and trustee appointments

Enwemeka served as a Non-Executive Director of Zenith Bank from July 2010 to June 2022.[19][20] He was a member of the United States National Institutes of Health's National Advisory Board on Medical Rehabilitation Research.[21] Enwemeka served as a Trustee of California Western School of Law, San Diego, California and is a Trustee of James Hope College, Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria,[22] and James Hope University, Lagos, Nigeria.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e John, Emmanuel B. "CHUKUKA S. ENWEMEKA, PT, PhD, FACSM Professor & Chairman of KUMC Department of Physical Therapy - A Worthy Ambassador of Nigeria Physiotherapy Training Programs". Nigeria Physiotherapy Network. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  2. ^ Baker, Terrance L. (30 August 2018). "NAALT Honors Professor Chukuka Enwemeka, PhD with the Endre Mester, MD Photobiomodulation Lifetime Achievement Award". The North American Association for Photobiomodulation Therapy. NAALT. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  3. ^ Otto, Laura (17 October 2013). "Light as medicine? UWM researchers explain how". UWM Report. Media Services at UW-Milwaukee. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "Chukuka S. Enwemeka, PhD, FACSM" (PDF). San Diego State University. Office of the Provost, SDSU. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  5. ^ a b College of Health Sciences. "Chukuka Enwemeka, Professor and Dean Emeritus". Search - UWMilwaukee. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  6. ^ a b John, Emmanuel B. (19 March 2012). "Professor Chukuka Enwemeka Appointed University Distinguished Professor". Nigeria Physiotherapy Network. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  7. ^ a b JHU Media (24 September 2021). "Prof Chukuka S. Enwemeka". James Hope University.
  8. ^ KUMC, PTRS & AT. "Department History From an early pioneer in physical therapy education to a premier institution with nationally renowned training programs and innovative research". KUMC PTRS & AT. University of Kansas Medical Center. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  9. ^ Wisconsin Academy Of Sciences, Arts & Letters (27 January 2014). "Chukuka Enwemeka". Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  10. ^ John, Emmanuel B. "Chukuka S. Enwemeka appointed Professor & Dean, College of Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee". PhysioNews. Nigeria Physiotherapy Network. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  11. ^ John, Emmanuel B. "Chukuka S. Enwemeka appointed Provost and Senior Vice President of San Diego State University". PhysioNews. Nigeria Physiotherapy Network. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  12. ^ Block, Greg (10 April 2014). "New Provost Named at San Diego State University Chukuka S. Enwemeka to become the next senior academic administrator at SDSU". SDSU NewsCenter. San Diego State University. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  13. ^ a b Robbins, Gary; Light, Jeff (May 24, 2018). "Mystery surrounds resignation of provost at San Diego State University". The San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  14. ^ Mangan, Katherine (May 29, 2018). "Read the Bizarre Email That May Have Prompted a Provost to Step Down Mysteriously". The Chronicle of Higher Education.
  15. ^ Nguyen, Alexander (June 5, 2018). "San Diego State Names Interim Provost After Unexpected Resignation". Times of San Diego. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  16. ^ PubMed, NIH. "Enwemeka, CS". PubMed-NLM. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  17. ^ ResearchGate. "Chukuka S Enwemeka PhD, FACSM - Professor at San Diego State University United States". Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  18. ^ "C. Enwemeka - San Diego State University". Google Scholar. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  19. ^ City, People (May 14, 2017). "Meet The Big Boys & Babes Who Run Zenith Bank". CityPeople. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  20. ^ Anyalewechi, Chidinma (July 1, 2022). "Zenith Bank Plc announces retirement of Non-Executive Directors". Nairametrics. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  21. ^ NIH, NABMRR (30 December 2017). "Summary Minutes - May 2-3, 2002". Advisory Groups. National Institutes of Health - National Advisory Board on Medical Rehabilitation Research. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  22. ^ James Hope University. "Board Of Trustees". Retrieved 30 July 2023.
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