Chinaza Nnam

Chinaza Nnam

Graduate Student
BSc, parasitology, University of Lagos, Nigeria, 2019

Chinaza is from Lagos, Nigeria, one of the largest cities in Africa. She considers her family as her biggest cheerleaders and supporters. Chinaza earned her bachelor’s degree in parasitology from the University of Lagos in 2019 and then worked as a research assistant studying malaria genomics at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research. Chinaza moved to the Upper Valley in August 2021 and joined the Jakubzick Lab in Spring 2022. Chinaza is interested in immunotherapeutics, neuroinflammation, and myeloid and B cell biology. Outside of the lab, Chinaza is a skilled modiste, and she enjoys sewing, needlepoint, fashion, and designing and making her own clothes. She also enjoys reading modern novels and baking.