Professor Wasiu Olarewaju Raji
Professor
Geophysics
Wasiu Olanrewaju RAJI is a Professor of Geoscience in the Department of Geophysics of the University of Ilorin, He has about 20 years university teaching and research experience across the United Kingdom, United State of America, Nigeria, and Canada. His research covers the intersection of Earth’s geophysical signal and the and the subsurface process and properties responsible for them with applications to Energy Resource Exploration, Groundwater development, Mineral Exploration and Evaluation, Environmental Pollution, Engineering Geoscience, and Artificial inteligence (Machine Learning). He has about 100 peer-reviewed publications and multiple patents. He has supervised undergraduate projects. M.Sc. Dissertations, and Ph.D theses in different universities and continents including Carleton University Canada, Stanford University, Calfornia USA, University of Liverpool, UK and the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. I’m primarily affilaited with University of Ilorin and have visiting appointments with Stanford University, Carleton University, and Conestoga College.
Prof Raji has served as Deputy Director, Centre for Laboratory to product – LAPTOP(2014-2017) , Centre for international education – CIE (2017- 2018), Director of Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme, SIWES (2018 – 2020), Head, Department of Geophysics (Dec 2020 – Jan 2022), and Postgraduate Coordinator (2024 till date).
Professor Raji is a recipient of NAPE’s best paper award in 2013, Society of Exploration Geophysicsis award 2014, Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists Award 2014, Stanford University Postdoctoral Scholarship 2014, Exxon Mobil US Postdoctoral Chair award 2015, Stanford-USTC-MIT award 2015, TETFund research grant 2021, and NSERC (Canada) award 2023. Raji was awarded the best research innovation prize in 2023 by the University of Ilorin. He was the awardee of the Nigerian Academy of Science Best Paper Runner-up Award in 2025. Prof Raji is a member of the Nigerian Mining and Geoscience Society NMGS, Nigerian Association of Petroleum explorationists NAPE, American Association of Petroleum Geologists AAPG, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers EAGE, and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists SEG.
Qualifications
- Ph.D FL, Stanford University, California, USA
- Ph.D. University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
- M.Sc. University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
- B.Sc. University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
Professional Affiliations
- Nigerian Mining and Geoscience Society
- Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists
- Society of Exploration Geophysicists
- European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers
- American Association Petroleum Geologists
- Society of Geophysicists and Computational Geoscientists
Undergraduate Teaching
- GPH 208: introduction to fieldgeology
- GPH 424 Geoscience Fieldwork and Case Histories
- GPH 448 Seismic Exploration
- GPH 398 Industrial Experience (Supervised)
- GPH 388 Industrial Experience (Report and Presentation)
- GPH 386 Geophysical Fieldwork
- GPH 384 Geophysical Field Methods, Instrumentation, Safety and First Aid
- GPH 457 Petroleum Geophysics
- GPH 461 Independent Research
- GPH 411 Seminar
- GPH 347 Seismic Methods
- GPH 359: Electromagnetics and GPR
- GPH 347: Seismic prospecting
- GPH 212: Introduction to Earth Physics;
Postgraduate Teaching
- GPH 911: Advanced Research Methods
- GPH 809:Geoscience Field Mapping,
- GPH 807:Sisimic Method &Exploration Geophysics,
- GPH 807: Borehole Geophysics;
- GPH 805: Petroleum Geoscience,
- GPH 999: Disertation/ Thesis supervision
- GPH 811: Instrumentation and field survey
Research Interests
- Engineering Geoscience -subsurface condition for dams, bridges, roads, etc
- Environmental Pollution and Remediation
- Machine learning and Big Data Analytics
- Groundwater Exploration and Development
- Geophysical Modelling - Seismic & Electrical tomograph
- Seismic Data processing and Imaging and Migration
Research Affiliations
- Departments of Geophysics, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
- Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, California USA
- Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
- College of Applied Science, Conestoga College Institute, Ontarion Canada
- Department of Geology, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
Links to Publications
Get in Touch
For enquiries or collaborations, please use the contact details below.
Office Address
Room 04, First Floor, Block 1, Department of Geophysics, University of Ilorin, Ilorin.
Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
08055650053
hodgeophysics@unilorin.edu.ng