Dr. Onema Adojoh

Assistant Professor

Education

• PhD – Environmental Science -University of Liverpool, UK 
• P.GD / Certificate – Higher Education Teaching and Learning – Plymouth University, UK 
• MSc – Petroleum Geology – University of Benin, Nigeria 
• B. Tech – Applied Geology - Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria

Courses Taught

• Earth System History  
• Water and Coastal Sciences 
• Meteorology and Climate Change 
• Physical Oceanography 
• Environmental Science 
• Soil, Air, and Water Conservation 
• Soil Science Lab 
• Hydrogeology
• Geocehmistry & Petrology
• Micropalenontology
• Evolution of the Earth
• Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems
• Sedimentolog & Stratigraphy

Academic Interests

• Professional Practice - Paleoclimate, Paleobiology, Paleovegetation Dynamics, Coastal evolution (ocean-marine/lake), Bioaccumulation / Ecotoxicology, Phytoremediation, Water Quality, Water and Climate Sustainability, Biosequence Stratigraphy, Petroleum Geology and Sedimentary System 
• Application tools - Eocene to Recent microfossils (pollen, foraminifera, ostracod, nannofossil, and diatom), elemental geochemistry, sedimentary cores, community surface dynamics modelling system (CSDMS), applied GIS tools, and empirical data of shallow ocean-marine and lake conditions  
• Regional case study focus - Lake Erie (Ohio), Bolivia (South America), Panama (Central America – Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean: ICP13 -Sydney, 2019.pdf), Gastropod / Prado Lakes (Australia), and West Equatorial Africa (Tropical Eastern Atlantic Ocean: doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-301958 (Confex.Com)).

Other Professional Experiences

Academic – between 2010 and 2023 

• Visiting Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 

• Visiting Professor (summer), Xiamen University & Global Education and Technology Ltd, China 
• Adjunct Teaching Professor and Research Associate, Lincoln University, Jefferson, MO  
• Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Missouri University of Science and Technology, MO 
• Visiting Research Scientist, Center for Marine and Environmental Sciences, Bremen University, Germany 
• Lecturer, Salem University, Lokoja, Nigeria 

Industry 

• 2015: Research Geologist/Stratigrapher, CCG Robertson Research Company, North Wales, U.K. 
• 2009 – 2010: Geologist/Micropaleontologist, Shell Petroleum Development Company, Nigeria 
• 2008 – 2009: Pollution and Wastewater Control Officer, Rued Environmental Systems, Nigeria 

 Other 

• The Micropaleontological Society (TMS)   
• British Sedimentological Research Group (BRSG)  
• International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS) 

• National Association of Black Geologists (NABG)   
• AASP –The Palynological Society (AASP – TPS) 
• Geological Society of America (GSA)  
• Council of Mining Engineers and Geoscientists Nigeria (COMEG)