Benjamin Aribisala

Benjamin Aribisala (born 15 August 1972) is a Nigerian academic. He is a professor of Computer Science and the current Vice-Chancellor of Oduduwa University since January 2021.[1][2][3]

Benjamin Aribisala
4th Vice-Chancellor of Oduduwa University
Assumed office
1 January 2021
Appointed byRahmon Adedoyin
Preceded byChibuzo Nwoke
Personal details
Born
Benjamin Segun Aribisala

(1972-08-15) 15 August 1972
Ekiti, Nigeria

Biography

He was born in Ikoyi, Ikole local government area, on 15 August 1972.[1] He had his primary and secondary school education in Ikole Ekiti.[1] For University education, he attended Ekiti State University[1] where he obtained a bachelor's degree in Mathematics in 1994.[1] He obtained a master's degree in Computer Science from Federal University of Technology, Akure in 1999.[1] He obtained a PhD degree in Computer Science from the University of Birmingham, UK in 2006.[1][4]

Awards and recognitions
  • He is a Fulbright Scholar in the University of Chicago.[2]
  • He won the Young Investigators award, by the Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics, Los Angeles, USA in 2015[5][6]
  • He won the IBM faculty award in 2014.[7][8] and the British Council Researchers Link award in 2014[9][10][11]

References
  1. "Aribisala is Oduduwa varsity VC". The Sun. 13 January 2021.
  2. Duru, Victor (17 November 2021). "Young Nigerian vice-chancellor defeats UK, Canada, others to win US scholarship". Legit.ng.
  3. "Benjamin Segun Aribisala". Oduduwa University.
  4. Odeyemi, Joshua (9 January 2021). "Professor Aribisala appointed VC of Oduduwa University". Daily Trust.
  5. "Young Investigator Award - SBMT Annual Awards Gala". SBMT.
  6. "The Young Investigators Award (YIA)". The University of Edinburgh.
  7. "Benjamin Aribisala | e-AGE 18". asrenorg.net.
  8. "Program Committee".
  9. "LASU don gets £4000 British Council grant the Nation Newspaper". 20 March 2014.
  10. "Six university lecturers get N8m from British Council". Vanguard News. April 23, 2014.
  11. "LASU gets N1m British Council research grant". 19 March 2014.


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