About

I am a physicist, data scientist and software developer. My research asks how the Sun disturbs the ionosphere, and how those disturbances degrade the GNSS signals that aviation, surveying, agriculture and power grids depend on.

My work combines observation, machine learning and engineering: from HF radar on the Antarctic ice at SANAE IV, to neutron monitor and satellite records, to forecasting models for ionospheric scintillation over equatorial Africa. Alongside research, I design and deploy data systems for universities, and I direct a national Centre of Excellence on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Cyber Sciences.

10+years in space physics and data science
32journal articles, 21 in Scopus or Web of Science
NGN 3bnnational AI centre I lead
4software products built and shipped

Research interests and expertise

GNSS, space weather and machine learning

Ionospheric scintillation and GNSS integrity, solar energetic particles and cosmic ray ground level enhancements, mesosphere and thermosphere dynamics, and machine learning forecasts for noisy geophysical time series.

Software development and Linux

Python, Django, React and SQL applications deployed on Linux servers and cloud platforms, with automated pipelines, scheduled jobs, payment integration and document generation.

Data modelling and finance

Relational data models, payment reconciliation and fee analytics for universities, budgeting for funded programmes, and quantitative modelling of financial time series with tested algorithmic strategies.

Data storytelling and communication

Dashboards that turn records into decisions, strategy papers for national agencies, journal editing and production, and teaching physics to large undergraduate classes.

Experience

  1. 2026 to present

    Director, Centre of Excellence on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Cyber Sciences

    Federal University Lokoja, Nigeria

    Lead a nationally funded AI centre with approved funding of NGN 3 billion; prepared the readiness case that scored 191 of 205 in the national assessment.

  2. 2025 to present

    Software Developer and Founder

    Data systems for universities

    Design, build and deploy payment reconciliation, academic planning, education resource and document automation software; manage Linux deployment, data models and integrations.

  3. 2025 to present

    Managing Editor

    Journal of Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Research

    Launched the journal; built its Python typesetting pipeline; 83 articles published with Crossref DOIs.

  4. 2025 to 2026

    Deputy Provost (Administration)

    College of Postgraduate Studies, Federal University Lokoja
  5. 2023 to present

    Associate Professor of Physics

    Federal University Lokoja; on the faculty since 2015

    Machine learning for space weather and GNSS scintillation; graduate supervision; promoted through four ranks.

  6. 2023 to 2024

    Visiting Reader

    University of Calgary, Canada
  7. 2016 to 2017

    Research Fellow

    University of KwaZulu-Natal and North-West University, South Africa

    Modelled cosmic ray ground level enhancements from global neutron monitor data.

  8. 2015

    PhD in Physics

    University of KwaZulu-Natal; fieldwork at SANAE IV, Antarctica

Software

Fee payment monitor

Deployed and in use. React, Vite, Vercel.

Reconciles bank statements against student records using QR generated payment references, giving a university directorate a live view of who has paid.

ExamVault

Live at examvault.com.ng. Django, Python.

An education resource platform offering curriculum aligned past questions and worked solutions with token based access; I led and supervised the development team.

Promotion dossier engine

Engine complete. Python, pikepdf, ReportLab, Paystack.

Builds a complete academic promotion dossier with contents page and continuous numbering; assembled 1,525 pages from 161 files in under ten seconds.

Campus planning suite

In development. Python, React.

Staff and student data, academic calendar automation and curriculum alignment for a university planning office.

Selected publications

  • On the pulse shape of ground level enhancementsStrauss, R. D., Ogunjobi, O., Moraal, H., McCracken, K. G. and Caballero-Lopez, R. A. Solar Physics 292, 51 (2017). DOI
  • Evidence of polar mesosphere summer echoes observed by SuperDARN SANAE HF radar in AntarcticaOgunjobi, O., Sivakumar, V. and Stephenson, J. Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences 26, 431 to 440 (2015).
  • A superposed epoch study of upper mesospheric and lower thermospheric temperature effects in response to solar wind stream interfacesOgunjobi, O., Sivakumar, V. and Sivla, W. T. Advances in Space Research 54, 1732 to 1742 (2014). DOI
  • Energy deposition and absorption by magnetic cloud electrons and protons over high latitude stationsOgunjobi, O., Sivakumar, V. and Mbatha, N. Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences 25, 219 to 232 (2014).

Complete list of 32 journal articles on Google Scholar and ORCID.

Contact

I welcome conversations about research collaboration, data science and software roles in navigation, Earth observation and geospatial technology, and academic appointments in space physics and applied machine learning.

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LocationJohannesburg, South Africa