Alexander O. Enukora ANIMALU

Biographical record

Title

Prof.

Surname

ANIMALU

First Name

Alexander

Other Names

O. Enukora

Gender

Male

Source of Publication

NIBC Who's Who (3rd Edition)

Date of Birth

August 28, 1938

Status

Alive

State of Origin

Anambra

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Married

Name of Spouse

Jemai A. Onwuamaegbu 1965

Number of Children (Male)

2

Number of Children ( Female)

1

Profession

Physicist
University Lecturer

Working Experience

Research Associate, Division of Applied Physics, WW. Hansen Laboratory of Physics, Standford University, California, 1966- 67; Research Associate, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA, 1968; asst prof. University of Missouri, Rolla, USA, 1968-70; a prof. Physics, Drexel University.Philadelphia, USA. 1970-72; Physicist, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology, Lexington, USA, 1972-76; prof. Physics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1976; Head, Department of Physics, 1981-82; Dean, Faculty of Physical Sciences, 1987-89; Co-ordinator, Energy and Material Science Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1977; Co-ordinator National Solar Energy Research Project, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1981-82; Consultant, ECOWAS Energy Policy Seminar, Lome-Togo, 1983; ch: Senate Committee on Examinations, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1986; ch: vice chancellors Committee on Making University of Nigeria, Nsukka, a Centre for Excellence in Electronics, 1977; Organiser, Workshop for Secondary School Teachers, Nigerian Institute of Physics, 1977; Organiser, Indigenous Inventors, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Sponsored by The National Science and Technology Development Agency, 1978; University of Nigeria, Nsukka representative, at the National Universities Commission, on the Nigeria/USA sponsored Workshop on Technological Development in Nigeria, 1979; mm: Federal Ministry of Science and Technology Adhoc Committee on Energy, 1980-81; Represented University of Nigeria, Nsukka at the National Assembly Senate Hearing on Energy, March 10, 1981; Originator of Proposal for the establishment ofa Centre for Solar Energy Research and Development at University of Nigeria, Nsukka; Editor, Nigerian Institute of Physics, since 1979;

Education Level

Tertiary

Schools Attended with Dates

Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha, 1952-58; University College, Ibadan, 1959-60, 1961-62; University of Cambridge, UK, 1962-65.

Educational Qualification

MON, B.Sc, MA, Ph.D

Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

Nigerian Academy of Science, 1979; first presd. Solar Energy Society of Nigeria, 1980-82;

presd. Nigerian Academy of Sciences, since 2001;

mm: American Physical Society; Advisory Editorial Board Physica B (Europhysics Journal), Netherlands;

Editor, Nigerian Journal of Physics; Founding Editor, Nigerian Journal of Solar Energy, 1980-82;

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

No

Awards and Honours

Recipient, Shell-BP Undergraduate Scholarship, University of Ibadan, 1959-62;

Recipient, Crowe's Prize on Abstract Algebra and Theory of Numbers, Ibadan, 1962;

College Scholar, (Postgraduate) Unibadan, 1963-65.

National Order of Merit 2000

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

Intermediate Quantum Theory of Crystalline Solids (New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, 1977), contributed chapters in: Man and His Environment, edited by O.C. Nwankiti (Longman, 1981),

Dennis Memorial Grammar School Golden Jubilee Album, 1925-75, and over 50 scholarly papers on Solid state and nuclear physics in national and international journals,

Hobbies

writing, carpentry, gardening, photography, filming;