Wubah started his academic career as a faculty member in the Department of Biological Sciences at
Towson University in Maryland and served as the department head from 1997 to 2000. He was Associate Dean in the College of Science and Mathematics at
James Madison University (JMU) for three years before being appointed the Special Assistant to the President. Among his accomplishments was the establishment of the Centennial Scholars Program and other programs In 2019, he moved to
Virginia Tech as the Vice President and Dean for Undergraduate Education in 2009. He was promoted to the Deputy Provost in 2010 and 2013, he was appointed the Provost at
Washington and Lee University. He served on the task force that developed a Strategic Transition Plan for the W&L Law School to ensure financial sustainability. As a microbiologist, he studied the characterization of
obligately anaerobic zoosporic fungi, bench scale bioremediation of toxic
polychlorinated biphenyls, and characterization of microflora in the digestive tract of neotropical wood-eating catfish
Panaque. His research has been supported with grants from The
National Science Foundation,
National Institutes of Health and
US Department of Agriculture. He was a member of a
National Academy of Sciences panel that studied the scientific basis for estimating air emissions from animal feeding operations. He has supervised or co-supervised research projects and served on thesis/dissertation committees for ninety-six undergraduate and ten graduate students. He led the development of the College of Business at Millersville University (MU) during his first year as president. Recently,
Millersville University signed an MOU with his alma mater,
University of Cape Coast, to enhance student and faculty exchange. Under his leadership, MU has established articulation agreements with
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology and
Harrisburg Area Community College. He was an Associate Editor for
Mycologia, and a member of the editorial board of Frontiers: the interdisciplinary journal on study abroad. He has extensive service-related activity including membership on the Advisory Committees for the NSF Directorate of Biology, Office of International Science and Engineering as well as Environmental Research and Education. He served as a member and chaired the National Institute of Minority Health Disparities Study Session (2005-2014). He was a trustee of the
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) for two three-year terms. At Virginia Tech, Wubah developed a unique undergraduate research program called Scieneering that was funded by the
Howard Hughes Medical Institute He has taught undergraduate and graduate level courses including general microbiology, medical microbiology, microbial ecology and mycology. His scholarly work has resulted in more than 60 peer-reviewed journal publications, book chapters, and technical reports. At Washington and Lee University, he was involved in handling demands made by law students to move
Confederate flags from the Lee Chapel. == Honors ==