{"id":10596,"date":"2017-02-15T09:52:35","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T08:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=10596"},"modified":"2017-11-16T10:06:50","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T09:06:50","slug":"okogbue-professor-celestine-obialo","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okogbue-professor-celestine-obialo\/","title":{"rendered":"OKOGBUE, Prof. Celestine Obialo"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D., university teacher, engineering environmental geologist, born April 15, 1947, Umuobiala Isuikwuato, Abia State; married Julie Funmilayo Iwuchukwu, 1977; three sons, one daughter. Education: Holy Ghost College, Owerri, 1960-66; University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1971-75; Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, 1977-81. CAREER: Worked with soils Department, Indiana Highway Commission Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Professor of Geology, Geology Department, University of Nigeria, Nsukka; Head, Department of Geology, since 1993; Associate Dean, Faculty of Physical Sciences, since 1993; Dean, since 1998; served in numerous University Committees as Academic Planning, Postgraduate, Popularisation of Science, Junior Staff, Housing, admissions, President, Nigerian Association of Engineering Geology since 1986; member, Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society, since 1976; member, Nigerian Association of Engineering Geology, since 1982; member, International Association of Engineering Geology, since 1982; member, International Association of \u2022Engineering Geology, since 1982; member, Association of Geoscientists for International Association of Engineering Geology, since 1982; member, Association of Geoscientists for International Development; member, International Union of Geological Sciences working on Landslides; member, International Association of Engineering Geology Commission on Landslides member, Senior Staff Club, University of Nigeria Nsukka. Awards\/Honour: Best Graduating Student in Geology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1975; Elf Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society Prize for best Technical Paper Presentation , 1989;. Hobbies: football, music. Official Address: Department of Geology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State. Telephone: 042-771164. Home Address: 32 Umunkanka Street, University of Nigeria, Nsukka Campus, Enugu State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,1505,178],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-10596","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-educationist","category-professional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10598,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10596\/revisions\/10598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10596"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=10596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}