{"id":3256,"date":"2025-05-22T14:09:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T14:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/?page_id=3256"},"modified":"2025-05-22T14:18:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T14:18:47","slug":"akala","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/?page_id=3256","title":{"rendered":"AKALA"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3256\" class=\"elementor elementor-3256\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9562591 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9562591\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-703c850\" data-id=\"703c850\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9e1e66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a9e1e66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.11.5 - 14-03-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<div><p>TITLE: PROFESSOR<\/p><p>NAME: ANDREW OKE-OVIE AKALA<\/p><p>POSITION: PROFESSOR<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>SPECIALISATION<strong>: <\/strong>SPACE SCIENCE<\/p><p>EDUCATION\/TRAINING<\/p><table width=\"722\"><thead><tr><td width=\"336\"><p>INSTITUTION AND LOCATION<\/p><\/td><td width=\"114\"><p>DEGREE<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><td width=\"126\"><p>Completion Date<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><td width=\"146\"><p>FIELD OF STUDY<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td width=\"336\"><p>Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria<\/p><\/td><td width=\"114\"><p>B.Tech.<\/p><\/td><td width=\"126\"><p>01\/2001<\/p><\/td><td width=\"146\"><p>Physics Electronics<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"336\"><p>University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos Nigeria<\/p><\/td><td width=\"114\"><p>M.Sc.<\/p><\/td><td width=\"126\"><p>11\/2004<\/p><\/td><td width=\"146\"><p>Physics<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"336\"><p>University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos Nigeria<\/p><\/td><td width=\"114\"><p>Ph.D.<\/p><\/td><td width=\"126\"><p>12\/2009<\/p><\/td><td width=\"146\"><p>Physics<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"336\"><p>Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts, USA<\/p><\/td><td width=\"114\"><p>Post-Doc<\/p><\/td><td width=\"126\"><p>08\/2011<\/p><\/td><td width=\"146\"><p>Space Science<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"336\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><td width=\"114\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><td width=\"126\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><td width=\"146\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>A. Personal Statement<\/div><div>I am Professor Andrew Oke-Ovie Akala of the Department of Physics, University of Lagos. My research area is space physics. I am a Fulbright scholar and an internationally recognized scientist. I was a visiting scholar to the Institute for Scientific Research, Boston College, USA (2010\u20132011), International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy (2015, 2019), Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Japan (2022). I have successfully supervised many master degree dissertations, and seven Ph.D. theses. I am currently guiding eight Ph.D. candidates. I am a member of many professional bodies and a reviewer for thirty journals. I am a member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Global Engagement Committee. I was the winner of 2019 Africa Award for Research Excellence in Space Science by AGU. I have over 100 peer reviewed articles and published conference proceedings to my credit. I served as the Guest Editor for Advances in Space Research, (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.asr.2023.05.013) (Elsevier) in 2023, and I am currently an Associate Editor for Space Weather (AGU Journal). I am a member of the University of Lagos Research and Ethics Committee.\u00a0<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>B. Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours<\/div><div>\u25cf Associate Editor, Space Weather (American Geophysical Union Journal) (2023-2027).\u00a0<\/div><div>\u25cf Guest Editor, Advances in Space Research by Elsevier (2023)<\/div><div>\u25cf General Secretary, African Geophysical Society (AGS) (2016-Date)<\/div><div>\u25cf Member of the American Geophysical Union\u2019s Global Engagement Committee (2022-Date).<\/div><div>\u25cf Member of the University of Lagos Research and Ethics Committee (2024-Date).\u00a0<\/div><div>\u25cf Member American Geophysical Union\u2019s Falkenberg Award Selection Committee (2021-Date)<\/div><div>\u25cf Chair\/Member, Organizing Committee, African Geophysical Society Annual Conference, 2021; 2023.<\/div><div>\u25cf Africa Award for Research Excellence in Space Science by the American Geophysical Union (2019)<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>C. Selected Most Recent Publications\/Contributions to Knowledge<\/div><div>1. Amaechi, P.O., Messanga, H., Grodji, F.O., Akala, A., Despirak, I., Ngwira, C.M., Oyeyemi, E. and Amory\u2010Mazaudier C. (2025). Risk assessment of the ground magnetic response of the March and April 2023 geomagnetic storms using geomagnetically induced currents indices. Space Weather, 23, e2024SW004324. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2024SW004324.<\/div><div>2. Akala, A.O., E.O. Oyeyemi, O.J. Oyedokun, J.B. Amao, O.O. Odeyemi, B. Olugbon, N. Patel (2024), Assessment of the accuracy of IRI-2016 model at the equatorial-, low-, mid-, and high-latitudes ionosphere along 30\u201345oE meridian lines during minimum (2009) and maximum (2013) phases of solar cycle 24, Advances in Space Research, 73(9), 4439-4452, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.asr.2024.01.046.<\/div><div>3. Anoke-Uzosike, R., A.O. Akala, E.O. Oyeyemi (2024), Sub-daily solar wind-magnetosphere energy transfer during major geomagnetic storms of solar cycle 23, Advances in Space Research, 73(8), 4314-4328, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.asr.2024.01.007<\/div><div>4. Oyeyemi, E.O., .O. Akala, D. Okoh, O.O. Odeyemi, B. Olugbon, P.O. Amaechi, O.J. Oyedokun, O.R. Idolor (2024), Responses of the Nigerian low-latitude ionosphere to geomagnetic storms of the ascending and maximum phases of solar cycle 24, Advances in Space Research, 73(8), 4296-4313, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.asr.2023.12.051.<\/div><div>5. Akala, A. O., R. O. Afolabi Y. Otsuka (2022), Responses of the African-European equatorial-, low-, mid-, and high-latitude ionosphere to geomagnetic storms of 2013, 2015 St Patrick\u2019s Days, 1 June 2013, and 7 October 2015, Advances in Space Research, 775-789, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.asr.2022.10.029.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>D. Collaborators\/ Networks (International inclusive<\/div><div>i. Dr. Keith Groves, Institute for Scientific Research, Boston College, USA.<\/div><div>ii. Professor Gopi Seemala, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Mumbai, India.<\/div><div>iii. Professor Yuchi Otsuka, Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Japan.<\/div><div>iv. Professor Sandro Radicella, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy.<\/div><div>v. Dr. Chigomezyo Ngwira, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TITLE: PROFESSOR NAME: ANDREW OKE-OVIE AKALA POSITION: PROFESSOR\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SPECIALISATION: SPACE SCIENCE EDUCATION\/TRAINING INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE \u00a0 Completion Date \u00a0 FIELD OF STUDY \u00a0 Federal University<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3256"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3256"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3287,"href":"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3256\/revisions\/3287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}