Professor Onyewuchi Akaranta is the ACE Project Coordinator for the two ACE Centers of the University of Port Harcourt. He was Deputy Center Leader, ACE-CEFOR and also Director, Centre for Research Management (CEREM), and Director, Exchange and Linkage Programmes Unit (2006- 2010) at the University of Port Harcourt. Professor Akaranta is a fellow of the Polymer Institute of Nigeria, a member of the Chemical Society of Nigeria and Oil and Colour Chemists Association (OCCA) of United Kingdom. He is a member of West African Research and Innovation Management Association (WARIMA). He obtained a BSc (2nd Class Honours) degree in Chemistry in 1978 from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. MSc in Polymer Science and Technology in 1982 from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and a PhD degree in Industrial Chemistry from the University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt. Professor Akaranta has extensive experience in Agro-Wastes Utilization. His research interest is in the area of Oilfield Chemistry and research management