Elected: 2015
Country (Nationality)
Nigeria
Discipline
Chemical Sciences
Bio
Prof Ozoemena was educated at the Abia State University (Nigeria) where he obtained his BSc (Hons) in 1992, and the University of Lagos (Nigeria) where he obtained double MSc degrees in 1997 and 1998. He left for South Africa in 2000 and obtained PhD in 2003 at Rhodes University.
He worked as Andrew W Mellon Lecturer at Rhodes University, Senior Lecturer as well as Extra-ordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria, Extraordinary Professor at the University of the Western Cape, Visiting Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, Principal Researcher, and Chief Research Scientist at the South Africa’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
Presently he is Professor of Materials for Energy & Electrochemistry at the University of the Witwatersrand. His research interests are on the development of advanced materials for the next-generation clean energy systems (including lithium-ion batteries, sodium-ion batteries, electrochemical capacitors, and fuel cells) and Smart Electrochemical Sensors (e.g., for diseases of poverty and drugs of abuse). He is a Certified Renewable Energy Professional (CREP) of the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE, USA).
He is member of several professional societies and Scientific Institutions and has received different recognitions. Professor Ozoemena has published over 160 peer-reviewed scientific articles, registered patents (including a USA patent), authored and edited several books and book chapters. Currently, he is a member of the Advisory Board of several scientific journals including Scientific Reports (Nature), Electrochemistry Communications (Elsevier) and Current Opinion in Electrochemistry (Elsevier).