I am Joseph Nkwoji is an Associate Professor of Biomonitoring at the Department of Marine Sciences, University of Lagos, Nigeria. I have more than fifteen years teaching and research experience in marine and maritime pollution management, marine ecosystem health risk assessment and green shipping. Before joining the University of Lagos as a lecturer in 2014, I had worked as a Principal Research Officer, and Protem Head, marine productivity at the Nigerian Institute for Oceanographu and Marine Researc, (NIOMR), Lagos, Nigeria. I have also served as a visiting scientist on environment related areas to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rabat, Morocco; Centre National de la Researché Scientifique (CNRS), Roscoff, France; Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Selangor, Malaysia; Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer (ifremer), Nantes, France; and Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Italy. I am a Fellow of the Nigeria Environmental Society (FNES); Member (PoC), Partnership for the Observation of Global Ocean (POGO); Associate member, Marine Mammals Observation Association (MMOA), Affiliate member, Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST), and Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) certified for MMO/MFO/PAM, a professional member, Association of Environmental Impact Association of Nigeria (AEIAN). Currently, I am serving as a Visiting Scholar at the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) under the Federal Ministry of Environment, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, where I am saddled with the responsibility of mangrove restoration at the Niger Delta, Nigeria. I have published two textbooks on marine ecology and biomonitoring, and over thirty-five peer reviewed journals in related fields.