Aver Maria Hemben is the Founder / Director of Maria Theresa Research Innovation And Development Ltd., a UK-based enterprise that promotes science through collaboration with academia and industry specialists. Aver earned a Doctoral degree in ‘Development of Immunosensors for the Detection of Malaria and a second Doctoral degree under the title of ‘Metallic Nanocarrier Targeting Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer’ both from Cranfield University UK. Both her master’s degree in applied Entomology and Parasitology and her Bachelor of Technology, Zoology degrees are from Modibbo Adama University of Technology Yola Nigeria.