AKINBILE CHRISTOPHER OLUWAKUNMI

 Professor

 coakinbile[at]futa.edu.ng

 +2348035798635

 NIGERIA

 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE

  (I). UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA (UPM), SELANGOR, MALAYSIA 2015-2015 (II). THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM, REHOVOT, ISRAEL, 2013-2013 (III). UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA (USM), PENANG, MALAYSIA 2010-2011 (IV) UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, IBADAN, NIGERIA 2004 - 2009 (V) UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, IBADAN, NIGERIA 2000- 2001 (VI) FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, NIGERIA 1992 -1999

 PROF. AKINBILE OBTAINED HIS FIRST (B.ENG) DEGREE IN AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING FROM THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE (FUTA) IN 1999. HE LATER OBTAINED HIS MASTERS (M.SC) AND DOCTORAL (PH.D) DEGREES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN IN 2001 AND 2009 RESPECTIVELY WITH OUTSTANDING GRADES. HIS AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION ARE IN SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION ENGINEERING WHICH ALSO INCLUDE ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL. PROF. AKINBILE HAS PUBLISHED OVER 65 ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS (OUT OF WHICH 7 WERE FROM HIS PHD THESIS) AND 15 IN REFERRED PROCEEDINGS. HE HAS ALSO ATTENDED ABOUT 45 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES. PROFESSOR AKINBILE IS A RECIPIENT OF MANY NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS AMONG WHICH WERE: VISITING SCIENTIST FELLOWSHIP 2015, UNIVERSTITI PUTRA MALAYSIA (UPM), MALAYSIA, POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP FUNDED BY TWAS AND TENABLE AT UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA IN 2009, A US$1,000 TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP AWARDED BY TWAS REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EAST AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (TWAS-ROESEAP) TO ATTEND BIOVISIO.NXT 2011 COMMUNITY, LYON FRANCE. SIMILARLY, HE WAS AMONG THE 100 WORLD'S BEST RESEARCHERS ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN A FORUM FUNDED BY VOLKSWAGEN FOUNDATION, GERMANY IN NOVEMBER, 2010. HE WON HIS INSTITUTION'S (FUTA) VICE-CHANCELLOR'S AWARD FOR REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT DUE TO HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY IN NOVEMBER 2012. ADMINISTRATIVELY, HE IS A MEMBER OF UNIVERSITY SENATE, MEMBER APPOINTMENTS & PROMOTIONS COMMITTEE (A&PC), ABIOLA HALL MASTER, UNIVERSITY'S PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE, CHAIRMAN TO MANY COMMITTEES BOTH IN HIS DEPARTMENT AND FACULTY AND WAS THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, CENTRE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND GENDER IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (CEGIST), FUTA FROM AUGUST 2009 TO MARCH 2013, HE WAS ELECTED BY MOSAICQUE EZINE MAGAZINE BASED IN NEW DELHI, INDIA AS ONE OF THE FUTURE WORLD YOUNG LEADERS. HE BELONGS TO MANY PROFESSIONAL BODIES SUCH AS THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERS (ASABE), NIGERIAN SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS (NSE) AND THE COUNCIL FOR REGULATION OF ENGINEERING IN NIGERIA (COREN). PROFESSOR. AKINBILE IS MARRIED AND THE MARRIAGE IS BLESSED WITH CHILDREN.