Paul Celestine Mengnjoh was the last child of Pa and Mami Mengnjoh of Mbuhluh extraction.He was born on 24 November 1954 in  Kumbo  Bui Division,where he attended STS Kumbo.He then moved to Saint Augustines College Nso and CCAST Bambili.

In 1977 he proceeded to the United States of America and studied in the  State University of New York Albany, where he bagged an MS in Physical Chemistry  1989.


He had a brilliant career spanning almost four decade as a Polymer scientist and researcher with publications to his credit.