The guy is so cute even as he ages (looks like a half-caste

Dr. Eni Njoku
Group Supervisor
Senior Research Scientist
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, California


Dr. Eni Njoku is a senior research scientist and supervisor of the Water and Carbon Cycles group. His research interests focus on applications of spaceborne microwave sensing to studies of land surface hydrology and the global water cycle. He served as project scientist of the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission and is a member of the EOS/Aqua Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR) science team, investigating surface soil moisture and its role in hydrologic and ecologic modeling, weather and climate prediction, and monitoring of floods and droughts.

Dr. Njoku's other activities have included development of microwave remote sensing retrieval algorithms for land, ocean, atmosphere, and cryospheric investigations; technology studies utilizing large deployable antennas for spaceborne microwave sensing; and field campaigns using airborne microwave radiometers and radar systems.


Education

•Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (1976)
•M.S., Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (1974)
•B.A., Natural Sciences/Electrical Sciences, Cambridge University (1972)

Research Interests


Water cycle science and applications using microwave remote sensing.


Projects

SMAP - Soil Moisture Active & Passive Icon SMAP - Soil Moisture Active & Passive
SMAP will provide global measurements of soil moisture and its freeze/thaw state.



Professional Experience

•Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1977-Present) ◦ Project Scientist, SMAP Mission (2008-2013)
◦Senior Research Scientist (2006-present)
◦Project Scientist, Hydros Mission (2001-2006)
◦Principal Scientist (2001-2006)
◦Research Scientist (1977-2001)
◦ Aqua/AMSR-E science team member for soil moisture (1996-present)
◦ Section Manager, Geology and Planetology Section (1993-1994)
◦National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associate, (1976-1977)

•Visiting Professor, Dept. of Civil & Environ. Engineering, MIT. (2001-2002)
•Program Scientist, Ocean Processes Branch and Earth Science Data and Information Systems, NASA Headquarters (1986-1990)
•Associate Professor, Dept. of Engineering, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA (1984-1986)
•Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Institute of Management & Technology, Enugu, Nigeria (1980-1981)


Selected Awards

•English-Speaking Union, King George VI Memorial Scholarship (1972)
•National Acad. of Sciences/NRC, Resident Research Assoc. (1976)
•NASA Group Achievement Awards (1980, 1982, 1985, 2013)
•NASA Exceptional Service Medal (1985)
•Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (1995)
•Visiting Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2001-02)

More here https://science.jpl.nasa.gov/people/Njoku/

His father, Prof Eni Njoku, was the first Nigerian VC of Unilag

Nothing moves me as personalities like this...I wish!

tinkinjow:
Nothing moves me as personalities like this...I wish!

Sure! The continued mismanagement of Nigeria means people like this will hardly ever think of coming back home. But with a Biafra country such people will be the managers of the much-needed development.

Francis5:
The guy is so cute even as he ages (looks like a half-caste

Dr. Eni Njoku
Group Supervisor
Senior Research Scientist
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, California


Dr. Eni Njoku is a senior research scientist and supervisor of the Water and Carbon Cycles group. His research interests focus on applications of spaceborne microwave sensing to studies of land surface hydrology and the global water cycle. He served as project scientist of the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission and is a member of the EOS/Aqua Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR) science team, investigating surface soil moisture and its role in hydrologic and ecologic modeling, weather and climate prediction, and monitoring of floods and droughts.

Dr. Njoku's other activities have included development of microwave remote sensing retrieval algorithms for land, ocean, atmosphere, and cryospheric investigations; technology studies utilizing large deployable antennas for spaceborne microwave sensing; and field campaigns using airborne microwave radiometers and radar systems.


Education

•Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (1976)
•M.S., Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (1974)
•B.A., Natural Sciences/Electrical Sciences, Cambridge University (1972)

Research Interests


Water cycle science and applications using microwave remote sensing.


Projects

SMAP - Soil Moisture Active & Passive Icon SMAP - Soil Moisture Active & Passive
SMAP will provide global measurements of soil moisture and its freeze/thaw state.



Professional Experience

•Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1977-Present) ◦ Project Scientist, SMAP Mission (2008-2013)
◦Senior Research Scientist (2006-present)
◦Project Scientist, Hydros Mission (2001-2006)
◦Principal Scientist (2001-2006)
◦Research Scientist (1977-2001)
◦ Aqua/AMSR-E science team member for soil moisture (1996-present)
◦ Section Manager, Geology and Planetology Section (1993-1994)
◦National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associate, (1976-1977)

•Visiting Professor, Dept. of Civil & Environ. Engineering, MIT. (2001-2002)
•Program Scientist, Ocean Processes Branch and Earth Science Data and Information Systems, NASA Headquarters (1986-1990)
•Associate Professor, Dept. of Engineering, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA (1984-1986)
•Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Institute of Management & Technology, Enugu, Nigeria (1980-1981)


Selected Awards

•English-Speaking Union, King George VI Memorial Scholarship (1972)
•National Acad. of Sciences/NRC, Resident Research Assoc. (1976)
•NASA Group Achievement Awards (1980, 1982, 1985, 2013)
•NASA Exceptional Service Medal (1985)
•Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (1995)
•Visiting Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2001-02)

More here https://science.jpl.nasa.gov/people/Njoku/

Igbo nwere madu

FKO81:

Igbo nwere madu

Yes oh! And there are thousands more that are not even in the limelight. We keep discovering them everyday.

Igbo kwenu ...yahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
NASA Kwenu...yahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Njoku Kwenu...yahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Things changing since PMB's inuaguration

He must be a genius to work for nasa

natas22:
He must be a genius to work for nasa

There are also two (IF NOT MORE) other Igbos working for NASA. I am trying to remember their names

Prof. Augustine O. Esogbue, also of NASA

His resume is intimidating, imagine if he based in Nigeria do you think he would have achieved all those things

natas22:
His resume is intimidating, imagine if he based in Nigeria do you think he would have achieved all those things

Nigeria stiffles the growth of its best brain. That is why we will keep having brain drain in this country.

Yea...i'm proud...he is from Ebem Ohafia.

Proud of my town..

Too many 1sts!!!

Igbo will rise again...

coolzeal:
Igbo will rise again...

We really have not been the underdog. Before Biafra war we were leading and now we are leading again

Nawao! Cambridge and MIT, wicked combination.
Is he biracial?

Nawao! Cambridge and MIT, wicked combination.
Is he biracial?

Nawao! Cambridge and MIT, wicked combination.
Is he biracial?

pazienza:
Nawao! Cambridge and MIT, wicked combination.

Is he biracial?

He does look biracial. His father- PIC BELOW- must have ''hammered'' (no disrespect intended) an English babe back in the pre-independence day. Hhahahaha

pazienza:
Nawao! Cambridge and MIT, wicked combination.

Is he biracial?

Ngozi Iweala also has a wicked combination: Harvard and MIT

Nice Profile, I like people that keep quiet while their success make noise for them.

Nice meeting you Dr Njoku

Only in Biafra.
Pharaoh,let my ppl go.

Francis5:


He does look biracial. His father- PIC BELOW- must have ''hammered'' (no disrespect intended) an English babe back in the pre-independence day. Hhahahaha

Yea, probably.

Bravo to him..

Impressive

This should have been our own 'Barrack Obama'

pazienza:
Nawao! Cambridge and MIT, wicked combination.

Is he biracial?

Yea, he is biracial. They usually come to Nigeria during Eni Njoku's Memorial lecture @UNN

See Bio... MIT double honors.

natas22:
His resume is intimidating, imagine if he based in Nigeria do you think he would have achieved all those things

What a silly comment. Is Nigeria not a developing nation? The US annual GDP is $17 TRILLION, while Nigeria's is $520 billion. It's a no brainer as to which country will be better able to sustain this gentleman's career. So curb the ridiculous comparisons.

Where are the haters

ROSSIKE:


What an silly comment. Is Nigeria not a developing nation? The US annual GDP is $17 TRILLION, while Nigeria's is $520 billion. So curb the ridiculous comparisons.

Go to school you said no

How the hell did you answer what I said

Try to answer the question I asked and I never asked for the gross domestic product of the two nations

Francis5:


Sure! The continued mismanagement of Nigeria means people like this will hardly ever think of coming back home. But with a Biafra country such people will be the managers of the much-needed development.

Much reason i suscribed to Biafra/Lower Niger independence.Nigeria is a dream killer.