[2] In his private life, Wubah is a tribal king, Nana Ofosu Peko III, Safohene[3] of Breman Traditional Area in Ghana.

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.

[9] He served on the task force that developed a Strategic Transition Plan for the W&L Law School to ensure financial sustainability.

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 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.

At Virginia Tech, Wubah developed a unique undergraduate research program called Scieneering that was funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute[14] He has taught undergraduate and graduate level courses including general microbiology, medical microbiology, microbial ecology and mycology.