₦airaland Forum

Eastlink:
Get out from my head. How did you pick my words?

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

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/

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.

Mogidi:
I've got a job for him in Lagos, the spiritual home of Potholes.