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๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š: ๐ƒ๐‘. ๐ˆ๐’๐Œ๐€๐ˆ๐‹ ๐Œ๐€๐†๐€๐‰๐ˆ
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๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š: ๐ƒ๐‘. ๐ˆ๐’๐Œ๐€๐ˆ๐‹ ๐Œ๐€๐†๐€๐‰๐ˆ

October 16, 2026 • Goodness Nkankeya

The Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences is pleased to celebrate ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ ๐š๐ฃ๐ข as our Spotlight Member of the Week.

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๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š: ๐ƒ๐‘. ๐€๐Œ๐”๐’๐€๐“ ๐‘๐€๐Œ๐Ž๐๐ˆ ๐Ž๐‹๐€๐–๐€๐‹๐„
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๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š: ๐ƒ๐‘. ๐€๐Œ๐”๐’๐€๐“ ๐‘๐€๐Œ๐Ž๐๐ˆ ๐Ž๐‹๐€๐–๐€๐‹๐„

October 9, 2026 • Goodness Nkankeya

ย The Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences is pleased to celebrate ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐€๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐š๐ญ ๐‘๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ข ๐Ž๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ž as our Spotlight Member of the Week. How solar-energy systems can be made more efficient when sunlight, temperature, shading, and environmental conditions are constantly changing and how physics, mathematical modelling, and computational methods can be transformed into practical solutions for the energy challenges faced by developing countries, are important questions that lie at the centre of Dr. Amusatโ€™s scientific journey.

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๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š: ๐ƒ๐‘. ๐’๐€๐ˆ๐ƒ๐” ๐€๐๐ƒ๐”๐‹๐‹๐€๐‡๐ˆ
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๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š: ๐ƒ๐‘. ๐’๐€๐ˆ๐ƒ๐” ๐€๐๐ƒ๐”๐‹๐‹๐€๐‡๐ˆ

October 2, 2026 • Goodness Nkankeya

The Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences is pleased to celebrate ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐’๐š๐ข๐๐ฎ ๐€๐›๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ก๐ข as our Spotlight Member of the Week. What happens when a building begins to fail even though it appears properly constructed? How do scientists determine whether groundwater beneath a community is safe and sustainable? And how can the geology of an area influence construction, mining, water supply and environmental protection? These are the kinds of real-world questions that define the work of Dr. Saidu Abdullahi.

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๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š: ๐ƒ๐‘. ๐‰๐”๐ƒ๐„ ๐Ž๐๐€๐‘๐€
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๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š: ๐ƒ๐‘. ๐‰๐”๐ƒ๐„ ๐Ž๐๐€๐‘๐€

September 25, 2026 • Goodness Nkankeya

The Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences is pleased to celebrate ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‰๐ฎ๐๐ž ๐Ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐š as our Spotlight Member of the Week. When you hear the word Statistics, do you think of averages, percentages, graphs and tables of numbers? What if those same numbers could be used to compare competing models, optimize transportation systems, analyze disease outcomes, forecast economic behaviour and improve healthcare decisions?

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๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š: ๐ƒ๐‘. ๐Ž๐‹๐”๐–๐€๐’๐„๐”๐ ๐€๐ƒ๐„๐˜๐„๐˜๐„
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๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š: ๐ƒ๐‘. ๐Ž๐‹๐”๐–๐€๐’๐„๐”๐ ๐€๐ƒ๐„๐˜๐„๐˜๐„

September 18, 2026 • Goodness Nkankeya

The Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences is pleased to celebrate ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐Ž๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ง ๐€๐๐ž๐ฒ๐ž๐ฒ๐ž as our Spotlight Member of the Week. What happens when an equation describing a real system cannot be solved exactly? For mathematicians like Dr. Adeyeye, that is not where the problem ends. It is where another kind of mathematics begins.

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๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š: ๐ƒ๐‘. ๐“๐„๐‘๐“๐’๐„๐€ ๐ˆ๐†๐๐€๐–๐”๐€
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๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š: ๐ƒ๐‘. ๐“๐„๐‘๐“๐’๐„๐€ ๐ˆ๐†๐๐€๐–๐”๐€

September 11, 2026 • Goodness Nkankeya

The Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences is pleased to celebrate ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ž๐š ๐ˆ๐ ๐›๐š๐ฐ๐ฎ๐š as our Spotlight Member of the Week. Dr. Igbawua is an Associate Professor of Environmental Physics at Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi, whose work brings together physics, environmental science, remote sensing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), cartography, climate research, big-data analytics, and machine learning.

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๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š: ๐ƒ๐‘. ๐…๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Œ๐€๐‡ ๐Ž๐๐„๐˜๐„๐Œ๐ˆ ๐‘๐Ž๐‡๐„๐„๐Œ
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๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š: ๐ƒ๐‘. ๐…๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Œ๐€๐‡ ๐Ž๐๐„๐˜๐„๐Œ๐ˆ ๐‘๐Ž๐‡๐„๐„๐Œ

September 4, 2026 • Goodness Nkankeya

The Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences is pleased to celebrate ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐…๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ก ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ฒ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข ๐‘๐จ๐ก๐ž๐ž๐ฆ as our Spotlight Member of the Week. Dr. Roheemโ€™s journey in chemistry is one shaped by curiosity, persistence, and a strong interest in discovering useful compounds from natural sources. Her academic path began at the Federal University of Technology, Minna, where she obtained her B.Tech and M.Tech degrees, before proceeding to the International Islamic University Malaysia, where she earned her Ph.D. in 2018.

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๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š: ๐ƒ๐‘. ๐„๐”๐†๐„๐๐„ ๐Ž๐†๐‡๐„๐๐€๐Š๐๐Ž๐๐Ž๐‘ ๐Ž๐๐Ž๐‘๐ˆ
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๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š: ๐ƒ๐‘. ๐„๐”๐†๐„๐๐„ ๐Ž๐†๐‡๐„๐๐€๐Š๐๐Ž๐๐Ž๐‘ ๐Ž๐๐Ž๐‘๐ˆ

August 28, 2026 • Goodness Nkankeya

The Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences is pleased to celebrate ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐„๐ฎ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž ๐Ž๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐š๐ค๐ฉ๐จ๐›๐จ๐ซ ๐Ž๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ข as our Spotlight Member of the Week. High above the Earth, a constantly changing region of charged particles quietly influences the radio signals, satellite communications, and navigation systems we depend on every day. Understanding what happens in this region, particularly over the equator, is at the heart of Dr. Onoriโ€™s scientific journey.

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๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š: ๐ƒ๐‘. ๐“๐Ž๐’๐ˆ๐ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐…๐Ž๐‘๐“ ๐Ž๐‹๐€๐˜๐ˆ๐๐Š๐€
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๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š: ๐ƒ๐‘. ๐“๐Ž๐’๐ˆ๐ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐…๐Ž๐‘๐“ ๐Ž๐‹๐€๐˜๐ˆ๐๐Š๐€

August 21, 2026 • Goodness Nkankeya

The Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences is pleased to celebrate ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐“๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ค๐š as our Spotlight Member of the Week. What happens when artificial intelligence moves beyond the computer screen and begins helping farmers predict crop yields, supporting doctors with better health decisions, strengthening education, and improving the way communities respond to everyday challenges? This is the kind of question that sits at the heart of Dr. Olayinkaโ€™s scientific journey.

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๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š: ๐ƒ๐‘. ๐Œ๐”๐‡๐€๐Œ๐Œ๐€๐ƒ ๐‡๐€๐Œ๐™๐€ ๐€๐๐ƒ๐”๐‹๐Š๐€๐‘๐ˆ๐Œ
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๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š: ๐ƒ๐‘. ๐Œ๐”๐‡๐€๐Œ๐Œ๐€๐ƒ ๐‡๐€๐Œ๐™๐€ ๐€๐๐ƒ๐”๐‹๐Š๐€๐‘๐ˆ๐Œ

August 14, 2026 • Goodness Nkankeya

The Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences is pleased to celebrate ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐‡๐š๐ฆ๐ณ๐š ๐€๐›๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ค๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ as our Spotlight Member of the Week.

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๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š: ๐ƒ๐‘. ๐๐„๐‹๐‹๐Ž ๐€๐‹๐‡๐€๐‰๐ˆ ๐๐”๐‡๐€๐‘๐ˆ
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๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š: ๐ƒ๐‘. ๐๐„๐‹๐‹๐Ž ๐€๐‹๐‡๐€๐‰๐ˆ ๐๐”๐‡๐€๐‘๐ˆ

August 7, 2026 • Goodness Nkankeya

The Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences is pleased to celebrate ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ ๐€๐ฅ๐ก๐š๐ฃ๐ข ๐๐ฎ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ข as our Spotlight Member of the Week. How online accounts, personal information, and digital services can be protected from increasingly sophisticated cyber threats while remaining accessible and easy to use is one important question that lies at the centre of Dr. Buhariโ€™s scientific journey.

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๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š: ๐ƒ๐‘. ๐”๐’๐Œ๐€๐ ๐‘๐ˆ๐‹๐–๐€๐
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๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š: ๐ƒ๐‘. ๐”๐’๐Œ๐€๐ ๐‘๐ˆ๐‹๐–๐€๐

July 31, 2026 • Goodness Nkankeya

The Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences is pleased to celebrate ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐”๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐‘๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ง as our Spotlight Member of the Week.

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๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š: ๐ƒ๐‘. ๐‰๐Ž๐‡๐ ๐Š๐€๐‡๐”๐†๐” ๐’๐ˆ๐Œ๐Ž๐
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๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š: ๐ƒ๐‘. ๐‰๐Ž๐‡๐ ๐Š๐€๐‡๐”๐†๐” ๐’๐ˆ๐Œ๐Ž๐

July 17, 2026 • Goodness Nkankeya

How can nuclear science be used to improve lives while protecting people and the environment? This important question lies at the heart of the work of ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐Š๐š๐ก๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐’๐ข๐ฆ๐จ๐ง, our Spotlight Member of the Week.

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๐ŸŒŸ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š: ๐ƒ๐‘. ๐Ž๐˜๐„๐’๐Ž๐‹๐€๐๐„ ๐๐€๐’๐ˆ๐‘๐€๐“ ๐€๐Š๐ˆ๐๐’๐ˆ๐๐Ž
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๐ŸŒŸ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š: ๐ƒ๐‘. ๐Ž๐˜๐„๐’๐Ž๐‹๐€๐๐„ ๐๐€๐’๐ˆ๐‘๐€๐“ ๐€๐Š๐ˆ๐๐’๐ˆ๐๐Ž

July 10, 2026 • Goodness Nkankeya

The Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences is pleased to celebrate ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐Ž๐ฒ๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ฉ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ซ๐š๐ญ ๐€๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฉ๐จ as our Spotlight Member of the Week.

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๐ŸŒŸ๊œฑแด˜แดแด›สŸษชษขสœแด› แดแด‡แดส™แด‡ส€ แด๊œฐ แด›สœแด‡ แดกแด‡แด‡แด‹: แด…ส€. แด‡แด›ษชแด…แด แด˜. ษชษดสแด€ษดษข
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๐ŸŒŸ๊œฑแด˜แดแด›สŸษชษขสœแด› แดแด‡แดส™แด‡ส€ แด๊œฐ แด›สœแด‡ แดกแด‡แด‡แด‹: แด…ส€. แด‡แด›ษชแด…แด แด˜. ษชษดสแด€ษดษข

July 3, 2026 • Goodness Nkankeya

The Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences is pleased to celebrate ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐„๐ญ๐ข๐๐จ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฒ๐š๐ง๐  as our Spotlight Member of the Week.

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๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค: ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐’๐š๐ก๐ž๐ž๐ ๐€๐๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ฅ๐š ๐€๐๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ค๐š๐ง
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๐ŸŒŸ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค: ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐’๐š๐ก๐ž๐ž๐ ๐€๐๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ฅ๐š ๐€๐๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ค๐š๐ง

June 26, 2026 • Goodness Nkankeya

Dr. Adesokan is an analytical and environmental chemist whose work speaks directly to one of humanityโ€™s most urgent needs: a cleaner, safer, and more sustainable environment. His scientific journey has been shaped by a deep commitment to using chemistry as a tool for solving real-world problems, especially in water and wastewater treatment, pollution control, and environmental protection.

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๐ŸŒŸ Member Spotlight: Dr. Collins O. Edet
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๐ŸŒŸ Member Spotlight: Dr. Collins O. Edet

June 18, 2026 • NSPS Secretariat

Dr. Edetโ€™s academic journey is a remarkable story of focus, perseverance, and commitment to scientific excellence. From earning a Second Class Upper degree in Physics from the Cross River University of Technology in 2017 to pursuing a PhD in Theoretical Physics at Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia, his path reflects a deep passion for discovery and a steady dedication to advancing knowledge in the physical sciences.

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