Collins Njie Ateba has completed his PhD from the North West University - South Africa. He also received professional training in the Centre for Medical Genetics, Yerevan State University, Yerevan – Armenia in 2006 in the Department of Microbiology- Tartu University Tartu – Estonia in 2007 and the Lethbridge Research Station – Lethbridge Alberta, Canada in 2014. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, Microbiology Division, North West University –Mafikeng Campus and is head of the Water, Food Safety and Phage Therapy/Biocontrol Research Laboratory. He is actively involved in research training and lecturing at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has been serving as a host mentor for the DST/NRF internship program from 2011 till date. He has published more than 30 papers in reputed journals and serving as an Editorial Board Member of repute. He has presented research papers in a number of conferences locally and internationally Collins Njie Ateba has completed his PhD from the North West University - South Africa. He also received professional training in the Centre for Medical Genetics, Yerevan State University, Yerevan – Armenia in 2006 in the Department of Microbiology- Tartu University Tartu – Estonia in 2007 and the Lethbridge Research Station – Lethbridge Alberta, Canada in 2014. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, Microbiology Division, North West University –Mafikeng Campus and is head of the Water, Food Safety and Phage Therapy/Biocontrol Research Laboratory. He is actively involved in research training and lecturing at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has been serving as a host mentor for the DST/NRF internship program from 2011 till date. He has published more than 30 papers in reputed journals and serving as an Editorial Board Member of repute. He has presented research papers in a number of conferences locally and internationally

Bacteriology,virology