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Prof. Mayowa Fasona
Department of Geography

Prof. Mayowa Fasona

Professor

Specialisation Climate Change, Environment And Natural Resource Managent, Remote Sensing And Gis Applications

Education / Training

Institution and LocationDegreeCompletedField of Study
University of Lagos- Akoka, Lagos NigeriaB.Sc.1997Geography and Planning
University of Lagos- Akoka, Lagos NigeriaM.Sc.1999Geography (Remote Sensing and Hydrology)
University of Lagos- Akoka, Lagos Nigeria University of Cape Town/African Climate Change Fellowship ProgrammePh.D. Postdoctoral Certificate in Climate Change Modelling and Adaptation2007 2010Geography (Environment and Natural Resource Management) Climate Change Modelling and Adaptation

Positions, Scientific Appointments and Honours

  • Vice Chancellor’s Award for the Best Ph.D. Thesis, 2006/2007 convocation, University of Lagos.
  • Faculty Best Researcher Award for the Faculty of Social Sciences, 3rd UNILAG Research Conference and Fair, December 2007.
  • Faculty Best Researcher Award for the Faculty of Social Sciences UNILAG Golden Jubilee Research Conference & Fair, 6-8 November 2012
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Global Change Systems for Analysis, Research and Training (START) and African Climate Change Fellowship Program (ACCFP) , 2009-2010
  • Co-Principal investigator: A Pan-African and Transdisciplinary Lens on the Margins: Tackling the Risks of Extreme Events (PALM-TREEs). CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE (CLARE), International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). 2023-2026
  • Principal Investigator: Landuse Change and Carbon Emissions in Southwest Nigeria. TETFUND NRF Grant Awarded to the University of Lagos. May 2017-December 2020.
  • Principal Investigator: Community-Based Management of Ecosystems and Natural Resources for the Improvement of Rural Livelihoods and Food Security in the Nigerian Savannah. Global Environmental Change Research in Africa (GEC) Award for 2011. Funded by the International START Secretariat, Washington D.C, USA. October 2011-September 2012.
  • Co-Investigator: Environment fingerprinting via DiGital technology - a new paradigm in hazard forecasting and Early-warning systems for health risks in Africa (EDGE-2)- University of Bath (UK), Stellenbosch University (South Africa) and University of Lagos (Nigeria). United Kingdom Research and Innovation Global Challenge Research Fund (UKRI-GCRF), 2020-2021.
  • Co-investigator: Palynological and GIS Modeling of Climate and Land cover changes around the Lagos Coastal Environment. TETFUND NRF Grant Awarded to the University of Lagos. December 2014-November 2016.
  • Co-investigator: The Coastal City at Risk Project (CCaR) – Manila, Vancouver, Bangkok and Lagos Case Studies: Building Adaptive Capacity for Managing Climate Change in Coastal Megacities. Funded as an International Research Initiative on Adaptation to Climate change (IRIACC) through collaboration of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) and the International Development Research Center (IDRC). 2011-2016
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