Oluwole Daniel Makinde
Oluwole Daniel Makinde is a renowned Nigerian professor of Theoretical and Applied Physics. He serves as the Secretary General of the African Mathematical Union (AMU), Vice President and General Secretary of the Southern Africa Mathematical Science Association (SAMSA), and the Director of the Institute for Advanced Research in Mathematical Modeling and Computations (IARMMC) at Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa.
Education
- B.Sc. Mathematics – Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria (1987)
- M.Sc. Applied and Computational Mathematics – Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (1990)
- Ph.D. – University of Bristol, United Kingdom (1996)
Memberships and Fellowships
- Advisory Board Member, Pan African Centre of Mathematics (PACM), Tanzania (2003–2005)
- Board Member, Centre for Applied Research in Mathematical Sciences (CARMS), Inmore University, Kenya
- Associate Member, National Institute of Theoretical Physics (NITheP), South Africa
- Fellow, African Academy of Sciences (AAS) (2012)
- Fellow, Papua New Guinea Mathematical Society (2013), for contributions to outreach activities in mathematics
Awards and Honours
- 2003 – Young African Medal Award, African Mathematical Union (AMU) & International Conference of Mathematical Sciences (ICMS)
- 2011 – Kwame Nkrumah Award for Scientific Excellence (Continental Level), African Union
- 2012 – Fellowship Award, African Academy of Sciences (AAS)
- 2014 – Member of the Federal Republic (MFR), National Honour of Nigeria
- 2021 – Obada Prize (International) – Distinguished Researcher Award
See Also
- African Mathematical Union
- Southern Africa Mathematical Science Association
- African Academy of Sciences