CV

Professional Experience

  • 04/2025 – To Date: Postdoctoral Researcher – CO2 Storage, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, LFCR / DMEX, Pau, France
  • 01/2022 – 01/2025: PhD Research, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, E2S UPPA, CNRS, LFCR, Anglet, France
  • 03/2020 – 12/2021: Business Development Associate, Gradely Technologies Nigeria Ltd, Lagos, Nigeria
  • 08/2017 – 01/2020: University Research Assistant, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
  • 07/2015 – 08/2017: Petrophysicist, Oildata Wireline Services Nigeria Limited, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria
  • 06/2014 – 08/2015: Wireline Field Engineer, Oildata Wireline Services Nigeria Limited, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria
  • 09/2013 – 05/2014: Field Engineer, Relentech Specialist Nigeria Limited, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria

Education and Training

  • PhD Petroleum Engineering – Process Engineering, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour (UPPA) / Laboratory of Complex Fluids and their Reservoirs (LFCR), Anglet, France – Jan. 2022 to Jan. 2025
    Thesis Title: Convective Dissolution of CO2 in Saturated Transparent Porous Media
    Supervisor: Prof. Fabrizio Croccolo
  • Master of Business Administration, Quantic School of Business and Technology, Washington DC, United States, GPA: 91.05% / 100% – Dec. 2020 to Nov. 2021
  • Master of Petroleum Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, GPA: 3.96 / 4.00 – Aug. 2017 to Jan. 2019
  • Bachelor of Engineering – Petroleum Engineering, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria, GPA: 4.55 / 5.00 – Sept. 2006 to Jul. 2011

Service and Engagement

  • Committee Membership: Young professional committee member for European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE), 2022 – To date [Link]
  • Non-Executive Committee, Student Chapters Liaison Deputy, Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) France Section, 2025 – To date [Link]
  • Membership in Professional Organisations: European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE), Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), French Society of Process Engineering (SFGP)
  • Outreach and public engagement: European researchers’ nights 2023 and 2024, aiming to create awareness about climate change, carbon capture and storage (CCS), and the research conducted by the CO2ES team at the Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour.