PERSONAL VITA

                         Office Address:

                    Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering
                    Missouri Univ. of Science &Technology
                    129 McNutt Hall
                    Rolla, MO 65409-0410
                    Phone: (573) 341-6946
                    Fax: (573) 341-6935
                    E-mail: ikuenobe@mst.edu

 

Academic Experience

Degree

Institution

Year Awarded

Ph.D. Geology

University of Cambridge, England

1991

M.Sc. Applied Geology

University of Ife, Nigeria

1987

B.Sc. Geology

University of Ife, Nigeria

1983

 


The University of Cambridge, England

Ph.D. in Geology    ………………………………………………………….........1987-1990
    Dissertation: Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction of the E2.0 Reservoir in the Kolo Creek
    Field, Niger Delta (Nigeria), 237 p.
    Advisor: Dr. Jenny L. Chapman

The University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Nigeria

M.Sc. in Applied Geology     ………………………………………………....….1984-1986
    Minor: Petroleum Geology
    Thesis: Biostratigraphy and Paleoenvironmental Analysis of Strata Penetrated by Igbomotoru-1
    Well, Niger Delta, 106 p.
    Advisor: Dr. M. Babajide Salami

B.Sc. in Geology, First Class Honors    …………………….………………..….1979-1983
    Thesis: Preliminary Palynology of the Nkporo Shale and Mamu Formation in the Anambra
    Basin, South-eastern Nigeria, 54 p.
    Advisor: Dr. M. Babajide Salami


Work Experience

Program Head
               Geology and Geophysics
               July 2006 to Present

Professor of Geology
              Missouri University of Science and Technology
              Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering
              September 2005-Present
              (Joint appointment with Dept. of Biological Sciences since March 2004;

     Investigator, Energy Research Center)

Associate Chair
               Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering
               July 2005-June 2006


Associate Professor of Geology
              Missouri University of Science and Technology
              Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering
              September 1997 to August 2005
              (Joint appointment with Dept. of Biological Sciences since March 2004)

Assistant Professor of Geology
              Missouri University of Science and Technology
              Department of Geology and Geophysics
              January 1991 to August 1997          

Demonstrator/Supervisor
              University of Cambridge
              Department of Earth Sciences and Murray Edwards (formerly New Hall) College
              October 1988 to June 1990 

Assistant Lecturer
              Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
              Department of Geology
              January to September 1987

Graduate Assistant
               Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
              Department of Geology
              April 1985 to January 1987

Palynologist
               Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, Warri
              Exploration Department
              November to December 1984
Production Geologist
              Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, Lagos
              Petroleum Engineering Department
              October 1983 to October 1984

Registered Geologist, State of Missouri (since 1995)


Other Professional Experience                                         

Visiting Professor
              University of the Witwatersrand, Republic of South Africa
              Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Studies
              May to June 1999    

Shipboard Sedimentologist
              Ocean Drilling Program Leg 159
              Eastern Equatorial Atlantic Transform Margin
              January to February 1995        
Visiting Professor
              University of the Western Cape, Republic of South Africa
              Department of Earth Sciences
              April to May 1993        

Part-time Geologist/Palynologist
              GEOTREX Systems Limited, Lagos
              (an Oil and Gas Service Company)
              March to September 1987

 

AWARDS AND HONORS
 

Best Paper/Poster Awards (*Co-authored with students)

 Best Student Poster Award* — AASP – The Palynological Society 42nd Annual Meeting, Kingsport, Tennessee, September 27-30, 2009: Zobaa, M.K., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., and Rogers, J.D., “Possible palynologic evidence of hurricanes in the New Orleans area during the past 4,500 years.”

 

SEPM Best Journal Paper Award, Journal of Sedimentary Research 2007* — Benison, K.C., Bowen, B.B., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Jagniecki, E., LaClair, D.A., Story, S.L., Mormile, M.R., and Hong, B., The sedimentology of acid saline lakes in southern Western Australia: Newly described processes and products of an extreme environment. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 77, p. 366-388

 

Best Graduate Student Paper Award, 2nd Place* — American Society of Microbiologists Regional Meeting, Kansas City, MO, April 2006: Story, S.L., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Benison,  K.C., Mormile, M.R., Bowen, B.B., Hong, B., and Jagniecki, E., “Using palynology to interpret lake sediments in Western Australia.”

 

Clayton Johnson Best Graduate Student Paper Award, 2nd Place* — Missouri Academy of Sciences (Geology and Geophysics Section), Kirksville, April 14-15, 2006: Story, S.L., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Benison, K.C., Mormile, M.R., Bowen, B.B., Hong, B., and Jagniecki, E., “Palynomorph and organic matter preservation in extreme lake environments, Western Australia.”

 

L.R. Wilson Best Student Paper Award*  — AASP – The Palynological Society 38th Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, September 18-21, 2005: Antolinez, H., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., “Refinement of Early Paleogene biostratigraphy in West Africa using dinoflagellate cysts from Nigeria and ODP Hole 959D (Leg 159).“

 

Best Paper, 2nd Place* — Missouri Academy of Sciences (Collegiate Division), April 1999, Cape Girardeau: Morris, E.J., and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., “Sedimentology, palynology, and  sea level changes recorded by two Pennsylvanian cores from Northwestern Missouri.”

 

Best Poster Award — AASP – The Palynological Society 27th Annual Meeting, College Station, Texas, November 2-4, 1994: “Correlating palynofacies assemblages with sequence stratigraphy in late Campanian sediments of the Book Cliffs, east-central Utah.”

 

University and Other Awards

•  Outstanding Student Advocate, Missouri University of Science & Technology (MS&T) Corporate Development Council & Student Council, 2011

•  Faculty Excellence Award, Missouri University of Science & Technology (MS&T), 2008

•  Science and Technology Award, Nigerian People’s Forum— USA, 2008

•  Sustained Excellence in Teaching Award, School of  Materials, Energy and Earth Resources, MS&T, 2005

•  Woman of the Year Award, Missouri University of Science & Technology, 2004

•  Faculty Excellence Award, Missouri University of Science & Technology, 2003

•  Honorable Mention, Recognition of Teaching Excellence, Missouri S&T, 2003

•  Sustained Excellence in Teaching Award, School of Mines and Metallurgy, MS&T,  2003

•  Faculty Excellence Award, MS&T, 1995

•  Alumni Prize for the Most Outstanding Student in the Sciences, University of Ife, 1983

•  West African Portland Cement Company Prize for the Best Graduating Geology  Student, University of Ife, 1983

•  Ian Wilson Memorial Prize for Sedimentology, University of Ife, 1983

•  Elf (Nigeria) Ltd. Prize for Petroleum Geology and Related Courses, University of  Ife, 1983

 

Scholarships 

•  Commonwealth Scholarship Commission Award to New Hall College (now Murray Edwards), University of Cambridge, 1987-1990

•  Cambridge Philosophical Society Postgraduate Student Research Grant, 1989

•  Federal Government of Nigeria Scholarship - National Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Students, 1981-1982

 

Honors 

•  Fulbright Specialist Roster Candidate,  2010-2015

•  Biographee, Cambridge’s Who’s Who IPI & Elite American Educators, 2010-Present

•  NSF Committee of Visitors, 2008

•  Biographee, Who’s Who in the World, 1998-Present

•  Biographee, American Men and Women of Science, 1994-Present

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

Membership:
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Association of
Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), AASP—The Palynological Society, Association of Missouri Geologists, Association for Women Geoscientists, Cambridge Philosophical Society (Life member), Geological Society of America, Missouri Academy of Science, Paleontological  Society, Sigma Xi, Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)

 

Offices Held:

•  President Elect, AASP—The Palynological Society, 2010-2011

•  Member-at-Large, GSA Research Grant Committee, 2010-2013

•  Director, Association for Women Geoscientists Foundation, 2005-2008
•  Councillor, International Federation of Palynological Societies  (representing
   the AASP), 1996 to 2004 
•  Chairperson, Nominating Committee of the AASP, 1995 to 1996, 2000 to 2001
•  Editorial Board Member of Palynology (Journal of the AASP), 1995 to 2009
• Chairperson, O. R. Grawe Award for outstanding undergraduates, Association of Missouri
   Geologists, 1994 to Present
• Chairperson, Geology and Geophysics Section, Missouri Academy of Science,1994 to 1998

 

Other Professional Activities:

•  Lead Convener, Theme Session T52: “Phanerozoic Palynology: Applications to Stratigraphic,

   Paleoenvironmental and Paleoclimatic Research,” 123rd Annual Meeting, Geological Society of

  America, Minneapolis, Minnesota,  with Lanny Fisk and Debra Willard, October 2011

•  Panelist, American Association for the Advancement of Science National Parks - Canon Scholars
   Program, 2007, 2006
•  Co-Convener of Symposium No. 938: “With More Than a Grain of Salt: Extremophilic Geomicrobial
   Interactions,” 2006 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting,
   St. Louis, Missouri, February 2006
•  Lead Convener, 38th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists,
   St. Louis, Missouri, September 2005
•  Co-Chair, Mesozoic Paleopalynology Session, XI International Palynological Congress, Granada,
   Spain, July 2004 
•  Co-Chair, paleontology technical program at the North-Central Section of the Geological
   Society of America, 38th Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, April 2004
•  Panelist, National Science Foundation, Directorate of Earth Sciences, Geology and Paleontology
   Program, September 1999
•  Co-Convener of thetheme section: "History of the Equatorial Atlantic," 108th Annual Meeting  of
   the Geological Society of America, Denver, Colorado, with Mary Anne Holmes, October 1996
•  Co-Convener of the symposium: "Palynology and Sequence Stratigraphy," Ninth International
   Palynological Congress, Houston, Texas, with Martin B. Farley and David K. Goodman,
   June 1996 
•  Co-Chair, paleontology technical program at the North-Central Section of the Geological
   Society of America, 27th Annual Meeting, Rolla, Missouri, March 1993

•  Peer reviewer for professional journals and for research agencies, 1991-Present

•  Panelist, National Science Foundation, since 1999

 

LEADERSHIP TRAINING

•  University of Missouri System Academic Leadership Institute, 2006-2007