MEET PROFESSOR OKEY NWOFOR, IMSU NEW ICT DIRECTOR.
PROF. OKEY NWOFOR, Professor of Atmospheric Physics and Director Students’ Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) .
He is currently a Professor of Atmospheric Physics in Imo State University, His research interests include atmospheric aerosols; atmospheric remote sensing; characterization of environmental pollutants; and simulation and projections of energy as environmental change driver.
He attended University of Port-Harcourt, University of Jos and Imo State University all in Nigeria, as well as the Joseph Fourier University of Grenoble 1/Centre National De La Recherchép Scientifique (CNRS) France’s European Research Course on Atmospheres (ERCA).
He is a recipient of the Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Trieste, Italy Young Collaborator Research Fellowship for Geophysics-year 2000 and ERCA student study Scholarship- year 2004.
He has been a visiting scientist at the Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe Germany, under the German Academic Exchange Fellowship (DAAD)-year 2005; Visiting professor at Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Science 2016, amongst other awards.
