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finally you found one....maybe his mother is Yoruba

superlightning:
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/

CityNGR:
finally you found one....maybe his mother is Yoruba

this man is old enough to be hakeem's father, He is ENI NJOKU JNR. the son of the first VC of UNILAG AND UNN, Professor Eni Njoku. He should be in his 60s now.

NessaBoo:
Yeah...he's actually really a big deal, he's fondly called the "Guardian of the galaxy" ,

Blacks are always so underrepresented, from George Washington Carver to the black women who worked as mathematicians at NASA in the early 20th century, to James West, who co-invented the microphone and those whose impressive scientific records have nearly languished in obscurity.

Hakeem is as big as they come!!

No one will promote you, but yourself...

Black folks need to promote each other and our achievements, the white folks aint gonna do that for us...

we bred him in the SW

superlightning:
this man is old enough to be hakeem's father, He is ENI NJOKU JNR. the son of the first VC of UNILAG AND UNN, Professor Eni Njoku. He should be in his 60s now.

superlightning:
that's the problem with ngbatis. when we sincerely try to celebrate you guys, you begin to claim superiority.

Have you heard of Eni Njoku jnr.? the first NASA scientist from Nigeria? infact he rose so high that he won various group NASA award and was inducted as a visiting fellow of MIT's Faculty, something very rare with blacks.

https://mlkscholars.mit.edu/enjoku/


follow this link and know more about him

https://www.nairaland.com/2535707/meet-dr-eni-njoku-jnr

What makes different from him

CityNGR:
we bred him in the SW

mehn....I envy the weed you smoked.

virago:
What makes different from him

you are barking at the wrong tree.

superlightning:
you are barking at the wrong tree.

It's a simple question , what makes you different from him ?

virago:
It's a simple question , what makes you different from him ?

I celebrate success regardless of tribe.... but he is clannish and downplays others. follow his post and stop being sentimental.

superlightning:
I celebrate success regardless of tribe.... but he is clannish and downplays others. follow his post and stop being sentimental.

I'm not being sentimental , when I read comments on Nairaland , or anywhere else , disregarding any tribe I try very much not to comment so that I don't come off looking like them. From where I'm seated I don't really see a difference in both your actions

virago:
I'm not being sentimental , when I read comments on Nairaland , or anywhere else , disregarding any tribe I try very much not to comment so that I don't come off looking like them. From where I'm seated I don't really see a difference in both your actions

I'm done with your self-righteous stance. I'm now evil because I returned the favor to a knucklehead? thank you.

saajus:
Check his Florida Tech email. I won't display it here. Just google his name and FIT.. Email him and express your ambition. Tell him you will like to do your Masters and PhD research under his tutelage. Apply for Masters at FIT. Don't tell him you only want to have Masters. Tell him you want to get your PhD. Find his past research works online and say something that will interest him. You can reach out to him before or after you apply to FIT. Baba, if I were you, I will start my application to his school first before I reach out to him. This will show I'm serious. This has worked for many Nigerians..Also, research Florida Tech. I'm very sure one Nigerian will be doing PhD there..If you see any on there website, write the person and keep in touch. He will guide you better..Also,visit Nairaland USA student page. That will extremely help you...Start now. Start studying for Toefl and GRE. They are not difficult.

Thank you boss for helping a brother God bless you plenty. I will do just that. cheers Boss

Hakeem Muata Oluseyi is not a Nigerian or of Nigerian ancestry. He was born James Edward Plummer, Jr. He is an African-American who changed his name during his graduate study at Stanford.

Read his TED Fellows interview (https://blog.ted.com/rise-of-a-gangsta-nerd-fellows-friday-with-hakeem-oluseyi/).

"...But in the end, Art’s support changed it for me. It was like two different lives. I ended up changing my name from James Edward Plummer to reflect how my life had changed so drastically. I wanted my middle name to reflect how I am. So my middle name is Muata and it means “He seeks the truth.” I wanted my first name to reflect what I want to become. My first name Hakeem means “wisdom.” And my last name is from the West African Yoruba people, and it means “God has done this.” "

It is common in the United States for African-Americans to change their names from their "slave names" to names of African origin.

Agbaletu:
You are very correct. People like him don't even share anything with Nigeria apart from their names.

CityNGR:
My Igbo blodas now

ChiefAzubuike:
Because he bears a Nigerian name doesn't mean he's Nigerian. He might only have naija ancestors.

If you watch discovery channel 136 on DSTV well,.then you should be familiar with this boy.

superlightning:
that's the problem with ngbatis. when we sincerely try to celebrate you guys, you begin to claim superiority.

Have you heard of Eni Njoku jnr.? the first NASA scientist from Nigeria? infact he rose so high that he won various group NASA award and was inducted as a visiting fellow of MIT's Faculty, something very rare with blacks.

https://mlkscholars.mit.edu/enjoku/


follow this link and know more about him

https://www.nairaland.com/2535707/meet-dr-eni-njoku-jnr

Hakeem oluseyi is not a Nigerian he was never Nigerian. Have no link to Nigeria

He was born James Edward Plummer, Jr. In 1996 he changed his name to hakeem muata oluseyi