PROF BABATUNDE RABIU

PROFESSOR BABATUNDE RABIU is a Professor of Physics and at the moment, he is the Director, Africa Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education – English (ARCSSTEE), Ile -Ife, Osun State. He was the pioneer Director and Chief Executive of the Centre for Atmospheric Research (CAR) of the National Space Research and Development Agency, Nigeria. He started his career as an Assistant lecturer at the University of Nigeria in 1993 and bagged his PhD in Physics in the year 2000 from the same University. He was appointed a Senior lecturer by the Federal University of Technology, Akure, in 2001 and attained the status of full Professorship on 1st October, 2010 at the same University. He was a Deputy Director in the Nigerian Space Agency between 2010 and December, 2012. He was

named ‘The Young Scientist of the Year 2000 in Nigeria’ by the Third World Academy of Science, Trieste, Italy, in collaboration with the Nigerian Academy of Science. He has since received a lot of awards at national and international levels.

He is the foremost African space weather scientist. He attended a leadership training course at the prestigious National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Jos in 2013. He is a member of many professional bodies including American Geophysical Union; African Geophysical Society; Japan Geoscience Union; Nigerian Institute of Physics; International Academy of Astronautics; International Academy of Astronautics; International Astronomical Union; American Geophysical Union; International Geophysical Research Group /Europe Africa (IGRGEA); Nigerian Institute of Physics; and US Institute of Navigation. Between 2008 and 2015, he served as Scientific Discipline Representative (SDR) in Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP) of the International Council for Science (ICSU). Since 2010 also, he has been a member of Committee for International Participation of the American Geophysical Union. He is equally a member of the United Nations New Expert Group on Space Weather.

Prof. Babatunde Rabiu served as the pioneer President of the African Geophysical Society between November, 2012 and November, 2016. He is a fellow of a number of academic societies including the Royal Astronomical Society UK; Nigerian Geophysical Society; Society for Environmental Toxicology and Pollution Mitigation, and Astronomical Society of Nigeria. He serves on the advisory board of a number of International Research Networks such as the Atmospheric and Space Environment Research Network (ASPERN) and South African based Aerospace Leadership Academy (AERlA). At the moment, he is the African coordinator of the International Space Weather Initiative and serves on the international steering committee of the UN/NASA-endorsed global cooperation. He equally serves as the Administrator of the Magnetic Data Acquisition System (MAGDAS) in Africa among other international projects. He has delivered more than 100 papers in many academic conferences/workshops globally. He is a Distinguished Fellow and Chairman, Board of Council, Institute of Organisational & Administrative Risk Management of Nigeria (IOARM).