Adekunle Adeyeye

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Adekunle Olusola Adeyeye (born May 1, 1968)[1] is a Nigerian academic and university administrator,[2] announced in July 2019 as Principal of Trevelyan College, Durham.[3]

Biography[]

Originally from Nigeria, Adeyeye received his first degree from the University of Ilorin, in Kwara State, Nigeria, before moving to the UK to study for a master's degree in microelectronics engineering at the University of Cambridge, followed by a PhD in physics at the university's Cavendish Laboratory in 1996.[4][5]

In 1996, he was the first Nigerian elected as a research fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge, but left in 1997 to take up a 9-month post as a senior research engineer at the Data Storage Institute, a research and development organisation established by the National University of Singapore, before returning to Trinity College[citation needed]. In 2000, he was a founding researcher at the Information Storage Materials Laboratory at the National University of Singapore, becoming a full professor in 2012.[2] In 2014, he became the first head of Ridge View Residential College, the University of Singapore's first residential college outside University Town.[6]

In 2002 he was cited by Technology Review as one of their 100 innovators under 35 "whose work and ideas will change the world".[4] He is a fellow of the Institute of Physics and the Institute of Nanotechnology, and was an IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecturer in 2013.[5] In 2018, Adeyeye was elected to fellowship of the American Physical Society "[f]or contributions to synthesis and characterization of magnetic nanostructures and their applications in low power magnonic information processing."[7]

Since January 2020 he has been Principal of Trevelyan College, Durham, and Professor of Physics at Durham University.[3][8] He was accused of bullying, misogyny and reducing his staff to tears in August 2021.[9]

He is married to Adefolake and has a daughter and two sons.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Nigerian physicists famous people". Famous Scientists. 2020-03-31. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "From Nigeria to Cambridge to Singapore". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Durham University [@durham_uni] (5 July 2019). "We are delighted to announce the appointment of five new Heads of College who will join us in 2019/20" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Innovators under 35: Adekunle Adeyeye". Technology Review. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1 June 2002. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Adeyeye Research Group - People". National University of Singapore. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  6. ^ "NUS to set up first residential college outside of UTown". The Straits Times. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  7. ^ "APS Fellow Archive". American Physical Society.
  8. ^ "Professor Adekunle Adeyeye - Principal of Trevelyan College and Professor of Physics". Durham University. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  9. ^ Halliday, Josh (1 August 2021). "Durham University keeps college head in post despite alleged intimidating conduct". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

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