Prof. Saminu Olatunji

Professor

Geophysics

Department: Geophysics
Email: olatunji.s@unilorin.edu.ng
Office: Room 18, First Floor, Block 1, Geophysics Department, University of Ilorin, Ilorin
Research/Teaching: Applied Geophysics

Saminu OLATUNJI is a Professor of Applied Geophysics in the Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Ilorin, with 17 years of university teaching, research, and administrative experience.

He has served as Sub-Dean of Faculty, Postgraduate coordinator, Examination officer, Student year-level adviser, and Head of Department. His areas of research interest span Groundwater and Environmental studies, Mineral exploration, Energy resources, software development, and the fabrication of instruments in Applied Geophysics.

He has to his credit over seventy (70) publications in reputable outlets covering journals, edited conference proceedings, and chapters in books. He has successfully supervised over 15 M.Sc. dissertations and 12 Ph.D. theses. To his distinction, he has invented and patented Geophysical equipment. He also invented software to automate data processing and interpretation of the Geoelectrical radial sounding technique. He won software grants worth USD 2.631 million for the University.

Professor Olatunji is a registered member of the Council of Nigerian Mining Engineers and Geoscientists (COMEG) and many other professional bodies within and outside Nigeria.

Qualifications

Ph.D. Applied Geophysics
Certificate in Computer Education (CCE)
M.Sc. Applied Geophysics
B.Sc. (Ed.) Physics
N.C.E. (Mathematics & Physics)
General Certificate of Education (GCE)
Primary Leaving Certificate

Professional Affiliations

Council of Nigerian Mining Engineers and Geoscientists (COMEG) (GEM0002375)
Society of Geophysicists and Computational Geoscientists (SGCG/EP/2025/012)
Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society (NMGS) (CO-02-2229)
Nigerian society of Economic Geologists (NSEG) (NSEG-C-19-085)
International Research and Development Institute (IRDI) (13-01-07-03)
Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) (KD/T/00383)
Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), (USA) (169372)
Nigerian Institute of Physics (NIP)
Science Teachers Association of Nigeria (STAN)

Undergraduate Teaching

GPH222: Introductory Geomathematics
GPH208: Introduction to Field Geology
GPH323: Gravity and Magnetic Methods
GPH384: Geophysical Field Methods, Instrumentation, Safety and First Aid
GPH386: Geophysical Fieldwork
GPH388: Industrial Experience (Report and Presentation)
GPH398: Industrial Experience (Supervised)
GPH411: Seminar
GPH424: Geoscience fieldwork and case histories
GPH450: Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics
GPH461: B.Sc. Independent Research
PHY243:Heat, Atomic and Nuclear Physics
PHY291, PHY 296, and PHY98: Practical Physics
PHY353: Electromagnetic Theory
PHY471: Physics of Solid Earth
PHY474: Geomagnetism
PHY115: Mechanics and properties of matter
PHY152: Electricity and Magnetism

Postgraduate Teaching

GPH911: Advanced Research Methodology
GPH912: Geophysical Instrumentation
GPH999: Dissertation
GPH801: Physics of the Earth’s Interior
GPH809: Geophysical Field Work
GPH805: M. Sc. Dissertation
GPH806: Gravity and Magnetic Methods
GPH818: Groundwater and Environmental Geophysics
GPH810: Radiometric Methods
GPH823: Electromagnetic Theory
GPH816: Mathematics for Geophysics
GPH804: Research Seminar in Geophysics
GEM803: M.Sc. Research Project
GEM805: Photogeology and Remote Sensing
GEM807: Global Tectonics
GEM863: Surface and Ground Water Hydrology
GEM806: Exploration Geophysics
GEM901: Ph.D. Project Dissertation
GEM902: Independent Study
PHY666: Physics of the Solid Earth
PHY667: Seismic Methods
PHY678: Potential Theory: Gravity and Magnetic Methods
PHY699: MSc Research Project

Research Interests

Groundwater and Environmental studies
Mineral exploration
Energy resources and Petroleum Exploration

Research Affiliations

Aspen-Tech Inc. USA: Geological and Geophysical software grant
Harvex Geosolutions Limited programme called 'Shearwater Harvex-Geosolution University Assisted Programme' (SHUAP), based in the USA
Harvex Geosolutions Limited programme called 'Geosoftware Harvex-Geosolution University Assisted Programme' (GHUAP), based in the Netherlands
Agip, TotalEnergies and Seplat Petroleum and Development Company Plc, through Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NURPC)
National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN): Study/Course Material Development for Geophysics
Department of Geology and Mineral Science, Kwara State Uiversity
Department of Geology, Federal University of Technology, Mina
Department of Applied Pure and Applied Physics, Ladoke Akintola University
Department of Chemical & Geological Sciences, Al-Hikmah University
Department of Physics, Gombe State Unversity
Department of Physics, Ahmadu Bello University
Department of Physics, Kebbi State University
Department of Applied Geophysics, Federal University Birnin Kebbi
Department of Physics, Federal University, Oye‑Ekiti,
Department of Physics, Abdullahi Fodio University of Science and Technology
Department of Physics, University of Ilorin

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Room 18, First Floor, Block 1, Geophysics Department, University of Ilorin, Ilorin

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