Dr. Adeoye Taiye Olushola

Senior Lecturer

Geophysics

Department: Geophysics
Email: adeoye.to@unilorin.edu.ng
Office: Room 15, First Floor, Block 1, Geophysics Department, University of Ilorin, Ilorin.
Research/Teaching: Reservoir Geophysics, Seismic Data Interpretation/Imaging and Environmental Studies.

Adeoye Taiye Olushola is an Exploration Geophysicist in the Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. Dr. Adeoye had his first degree in Geology and an M.Tech and a PhD degree in Geophysics, respectively. He has an academic career spanning more than 12 years of university teaching, research, and administrative experience.

Currently, he is a Senior Lecturer in the Department, where he has taught and continues to teach a diverse range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses. He has supervised numerous research projects, including several B.Sc. projects, three MSc students, and has co-supervised a PhD student. He has been actively involved in departmental, faculty, and university-led initiatives. His specializations include petroleum exploration, seismic imaging, seismic data processing, energy resource mapping and environmental geophysics. He is also actively engaged in different ongoing research focused on applying machine learning techniques to reservoir geophysics, environmental geophysics, and the unconventional analysis of Earth structures.

Dr. Adeoye has published extensively in reputable national and international journals and has presented at major scientific conferences. He is a co-author of a book on ‘Sequence Stratigraphy’. He has led student teams to several prestigious accolades as a committed mentor and advisor, including multiple awards in the Basin Evaluation Competition (BEC) and the Imperial Barrel Award (IBA).

He holds membership of professional bodies such as the Nigeria Mining and Geoscience Society (NMGS), Nigeria Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE), and Society of Geophysicists and Computational Geoscientists (SGCG). He is actively engaged in curriculum development, quality assurance, and community service.

Qualifications

BSc Geology
MTech Applied Geophysics
PhD Geophysics

Professional Affiliations

Nigeria Mining and Geoscience Society (NMGS)
Nigeria Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE)
Society of Geophysicists and Computational Geoscientists (SGCG)

Undergraduate Teaching

GPH 242: Mineral Exploration and Environmental Studies
GPH 222: Introductory Geomathematics
GPH 347: Seismic Methods
GPH 359: Electromagnetic Methods and Ground Penetrating Radar
GPH 384: Geophysical Field Methods, Instrumentation, Safety and First aid
GPH 386: Geophysical Fieldwork
GPH 411: Seminar
GPH 412: Borehole Geophysics
GPH 447: Remote Sensing and GIS
GPH 448: Seismic Exploration
GPH 457: Petroleum Geoscience
GPH 461: Independent Research
GPH 424: Special topics and Case Histories, Radiometric, Geothermal energy and others
GPH 208: Introduction to Field Geology
GEM 315: Introduction to Geophysics

Postgraduate Teaching

GPH 803: Borehole Geophysics
GPH 807: Seismic Methods
GPH 814: Modelling in Geophysical Prospecting
GPH 811: Instrumentation
GPH 804: Research Seminar in Geophysics

Research Interests

Energy Resources, Petroleum Exploration, Seismic data processing, and Environmental Geophysics

Research Affiliations

Geosoftware – Harvex University Assistance Programme (GHUAP) initiative.
Shearwater -Harvex University Assistance Programme (SHUAP).

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Email

adeoye.to@unilorin.edu.ng

Office Address

Room 15, First Floor, Block 1, Geophysics Department, University of Ilorin, Ilorin.

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