On Friday, 23rd November, 2018, Olabisi Onabanjo
University Don, Professor Victor Uzodinma Chukwuma, was
conferred with the prestigious award of the Fellow of the
Astronomical Society of Nigeria
for his immense contribution to the development of
Astronomy and Space Science in Nigeria. The award was
bestowed on Professor Chukwuma of the Department of
Physics, Faculty of Science, during the 8th National
Conference of the Society that held between 21st -24th
November, 2018 at Afe Babalola University (ABUAD), Ado
Ekiti, Ekiti State with the theme – “Five Decades
of Astronomy and Space Science in Nigeria: Success,
Challenges and Prospects”. Similar Fellowship award of the
Nigerian Institute of Physics was conferred on this
erudite scholar in 2014, for extending the frontier of
Space Physics Research. A graduate of the Department of
Physics, University of Lagos, Professor Chukwuma began his
academic career in November, 1985 as an Assistant Lecturer
in the Department of Physics, Ogun State University (now
Olabisi Onabanjo University), Ago-Iwoye and rose through
the ranks to become the first Professor of Physics in the
Department in 2007. Since then, he had served the
University meritoriously at various times and in different
capacities as the Head of Department of Physics and the
Founding Director, Center of Entrepreneurial Studies of
the University, amongst others. His wealth of experience,
which cuts across different sectors of the Nigerian
economy, had made him featured in Infrastructure and
Entrepreneurship Consulting and Science Policy Think
Thanks where he served as Policy Commission Facilitator
for Science and Technology for the highly influential
Nigerian Economic Summit Group as well as a member of a
Group of Experts that developed the Bachelor of
Engineering (B.Eng.) and Master of Engineering (M.Eng.)
programme curricula in Power Engineering for the
National Universities Commission (NUC)
and the
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission
(NERC), amongst others.
OOU Bulletin wish the erudite scholar more feathers to his
cap.
