Prof. Lukumon Adeoti

Prof. Adeoti is a Professor of Applied Geophysics with bias in Petroleum, Groundwater, Environmental, Forensic, Agricultural and Engineering Geophysics. He has been the Head, Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Physical and Earth Science since August 2024. He is the Principal Investigator, Earth Signature Research Group, Department of Geosciences. He has more than twenty years working experience in both public and private sectors. He has published more than 90 research papers in both national and international journals. He has successfully supervised several BSc., MSc. and Ph.D. students who are now captains of the industries and renowned academicians in national and foreign Universities. He is a member of various academic and professional organizations including American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), Society of Exploration Geophysicist (SEG), Nigeria Mining and Geosciences Society (NMGS), National Association Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE), Council Nigerian Mining Engineers and Geoscientists (COMEG). He is a fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Oil and Gas Research (FIOGR) and Nigerian Association for Engineering Geology and Environment (FNAEGE). He has presented his technical and research findings at various conferences mostly in the US, South Africa, Spain, Dubai, Nigeria, Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia.

Professor Obashoro-John is a prolific scholar and public intellectual whose works include the books Caring for Older Persons (2007), Successful Retirement (2016), and her University of Lagos Inaugural Lecture, Programme Evaluation: Back to the Future (2013). Her international scholarship includes a co-authored chapter with Professor Brian Findsen of the University of Waikato, New Zealand, addressing lifelong learning for older adults, published in Adult Education and Social Justice: International Perspectives (Firenze University Press, 2023). She has also co-authored peer-reviewed articles in public health and community education. A sought-after speaker and facilitator, she has consistently championed the view that retirement represents an opportunity for renewal and purposeful living, describing it as “freedom into freedom.”