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Citation on Prof A. Idowu
OLA YINKA
 Idowu
Olayinka was born on 16 February 1958 to Mr Gabriel and
Mrs Florence Olayinka (both now deceased). He attended lIesa
Grammar School, lIesa, from 1970 to 1975. He read Geology at
the University of Ibadan between 1977 and 1981, where he
obtained a BSc with Second Class Honours (Upper Division).
He served the country as Hydrogeologist in the Federal
Department of Water Resources, Port Harcourt, between 1981
and 1982, during which time he had the opportunity to
participate in the National Borehole Programme Phase I in
the old Rivers State (now Rivers and Bayelsa States) as
Hydrogeologist. He was employed as Geophysicist with Deptol
Consultants, Ibadan, from July 1982 to August 1983.
He proceeded to the United Kingdom in September 1983 for his
postgraduate studies at the Imperial College of Science,
Technology and Medicine. He obtained MSc (Geophysics) of the
University of London and the Diploma of Membership of
Imperial College, in July 1984. Between 1985 and 1987, he
was at the University of Birmingham, for a doctoral research
in Applied Geophysics. He had post-doctoral training in
Germany, first at the Institute for Geophysics and
Meteorology, Technical University Braunschweig (1996) and
second, at the Department of Applied Geophysics, Technical
University Berlin (1997-1999). He joined
the academic staff of the University of Ibadan in April
1988, as Lecturer Grade 11, and rose through the ranks,
being promoted Lecturer I in 1991, Senior Lecturer in 1994,
and a full Professor of Geophysics on 1 October 1999.
He has supervised two PhD theses and 44 MSc dissertations.
He has authored or co-authored 37 articles in refereed
scholarly journals. He has also written a book and
co-authored eight chapters in books. He has attended
seminars, workshops and other scientific meetings in
Nigeria, Togo, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, the
United States of America, Czech Republic, South Africa and
Finland. He has presented a total of 26 Conference papers.
He is a:
. Fellow, Geological Society of London;
. Member, European Association of Geoscientists and
Engineers; The Netherlands
. Member, Environmental and Engineering Geophysics Society;
USA
. Member, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, USA
. Member of the Nigerian Association of Petroleum
Explorationists (NAPE);
. Member, Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society (NMGS);
. Member, Nigerian Association of Hydrogeologists;
. Member, Science Association of Nigeria (SAN).
He was Chairman, Local Organising Committee of the 40th
Annual Conference of SAN (March 2004). He is on the Awards
Committee of the NMGS, and is also a member of Council of
the NMGS. In 2006, he convened the First International
Conference on Research and Innovation Management in West
Africa, with funding support from the Association of
Commonwealth Universities, London. He
served as Associate Editor of the Journal of Mining and
Geology from
1994-2004. He is currently:
. Associate Editor, Global Journal of Pure and Applied
Sciences;
. Deputy Editor of the Nigerian Journal of Science.
He is a peer reviewer for many learned journals, including
the European Journal of Environmental and Engineering
Geophysics. He has served as Consultant to
many organizations/clients including the Shell Petroleum
Development Company Ltd and the Bitumen Project
Implementation Committee, Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals
Development. He received the Overseas
Research Students' Award from the Committee of
Vice-Chancellors and Principals of United Kingdom
Universities (1985-1987), the Gen;nan Academic Exchange
Service (DAAD) Award for Senior Academics (1996) and the
Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Research Fellowship, 1997 -
1999, and 2003. In 1999, he won an
equipment grant from the AvH Foundation, Bonn, Germany. The
Multi-electrode resistivity array and accessories, was worth
about 27 000 US Dollars. He has won The
Elf Petroleum Nigeria Limited /NMGS Prize twice (1998 and
2000). He also won the Texaco Overseas Petroleum Company
Nigeria Limited/NAPE Prize in 1996. He has received travel
grants from Schlumberger Nigeria Ltd (2001), Elf Petroleum
Nigeria Limited (1998 and 2002), the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health (2002), the
Association of Commonwealth Universities, London (2004), the
University of Witswaterstrand, South Africa (2004) and the
Shell Petroleum Development Company Ltd (2004).
He leads an Applied Geophysics Research Group in the
Department of Geology, University of Ibadan and collaborates
actively with researchers from Obafemi Awolowo University,
lie-I fe, Federal University of Technology, Akure (Nigeria),
Technical University, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, and Technical
University, Berlin (Germany). His current research interests
include computer modelling studies and geoelectrical
imaging, and their hydro-geological and environmental
applications. He served as Guest Lecturer
in the Institute of Geophysics, Technical University,
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany. He has also been Visiting
Lecturer or External Examiner to some Nigerian Universities
notably those at Ado-Ekiti, Akure, lIorin, Ago-Iwoye,
lIe-lfe and Yola. He has been:
. Departmental Postgraduate Coordinator (1989-1997),
. Sub-Dean (Postgraduate), Faculty of Science (1995 - 1997);
. Sub-Dean, Postgraduate School (1999 - 2001);
. Member, Faculty of Science Appointments and Promotions
Panel since 1999.
. Member, University Senate (1994 - 1997; and (2000 till
date);
. Head, Department of Geology (2001 - 2002; 1 August 2006
till date);
. Dean of the Postgraduate School, (1 August 2002 till 31
July 2006). As Dean of the Postgraduate
School, he introduced many innovative ideas, especially in
the areas of capacity building, maintaining an active
academic environment, mentoring of emerging scholars,
scholarly publications, processing of a 5-year backlog of
degree certificates and some 34 636 academic transcripts as
well as an improved revenue drive. He is a member of many
important ad-hoc and standing committees of Senate and
Council. He is happily married to Eyiwumi
and they have two lovely children.
A. Idowu Olayinka
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