Staff

Prof. Saminu Olatunji

Prof. Saminu Olatunji

Post
Professor
Department
Geophysics
Email
olatunji.s@unilorin.edu.ng
Office Address
Room 18, First Floor, Block 1, Geophysics Department, University of Ilorin, Ilorin
Teaching and Research Area
Applied Geophysics

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)

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

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 Interest

  • Groundwater and Environmental studies
  • Mineral exploration
  • Energy resources and Petroleum Exploration