Professor
Adesoji Adediran Adesina, NNOM, born on April 2nd, 1959, graduated from the
University of Lagos with a 1st class honours degree in Chemical
Engineering in 1980. In September 1982, he proceeded to the University of Waterloo,
Canada for graduate studies which culminated in the receipt of his PhD in 1986
under the auspices of the Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship & Fellowship
Program.
In 1991,
Prof. Adesina joined the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia
as a lecturer and rose to full professorship in 2004. At UNSW, he initiated and
developed an internationally renowned group in Reactor Engineering &
Technology, attracting nearly 20 million dollars in competitive peer-reviewed
research grants.
Prof.
Adesina has published over 450 refereed papers and has a patent to his credit.
He produced 50 PhD students and 64 Masters project students during his career.
He
has won many awards such as Best Professor for Teaching, Research Innovation
Award both given by UNSW, and recently the Nigerian
National Order of Merit– highest national honors for outstanding scholarly achievements
given by the Federal Government of Nigeria in 2017.
He has made various contributions to the engineering profession
including Acting Head, School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW and member of
Editorial/Advisory Board of several reputable international journals in
chemical engineering and catalysis.
He is a fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute and the
Institution of Chemical Engineering, UK; a member of many professional bodies
such as Engineers Australia, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and
Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers.