Curriculum vitae

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Appointments

Aug 2025 to Present

Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow

Secure Sensing and Learning Research Lab and Center for Rural Community Resilience and Innovation
University of Wyoming

Jan to Feb 2024

Visiting Research Scholar

Climate Smart Decision Support Systems Laboratory
Michigan State University

Aug 2022 to Jul 2024

Research Specialist and Supervisor

Climate Smart Decision Support Systems Laboratory (CLIMDES), AI-enabled sensing, digital agriculture, explainable machine learning, and international workforce development
Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea and Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

Sep 2022 to Aug 2025

Graduate Research Assistant

Networked Systems Laboratory
Kumoh National Institute of Technology

Jan to Aug 2022

Post-Masters Researcher

ICT Convergence Research Center
Kumoh National Institute of Technology

Sep 2019 to Aug 2021

Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant

Future Communications Systems Laboratory
Kumoh National Institute of Technology

Apr 2017 to Jul 2019

Customer Experience Management Personnel and IT Buddy

Customer experience, branch technology support, and ATM operations
Sterling Bank PLC, Lagos, Nigeria

Nov 2015 to Oct 2016

National Youth Service Corps Intern

Energy-sector administration and public service
Ministry of Energy, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria

Education

August 22, 2025

PhD, IT Convergence Engineering

Kumoh National Institute of Technology

August 20, 2021

MSc, Electronics Engineering

Kumoh National Institute of Technology

Dec 12, 2014

BEng, Petroleum Engineering

Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Teaching and mentorship

2026 to Present

Research mentor

Mentoring six interdisciplinary teams across graduate, undergraduate, and high-school levels at the University of Wyoming.

Mar to May 2026

Project research mentor, Machine Learning (COSC 4555/5555)

Guided student projects in model implementation, evaluation, and interpretation at the University of Wyoming.

2019 to 2025

Teaching and course materials

Supported Introduction to Probability and Real-Time Systems instruction; developed hardware-in-the-loop simulation materials with MATLAB and graduate research-writing guidance.

Teaching areas

Systems engineering and AI

Prepared to teach data analytics, simulation, cyber-physical systems, digital twins, and explainable AI for safety-critical systems.

2022 to 2024

International internship supervisor

Recruited and supervised two research cohorts of more than 15 students through projects, feedback, and publication development with Kyungpook National University and Michigan State University.

Selected research leadership

2023 to 2024

Automotive retail predictive analytics

Research team lead on a $100,000 industry-supported project with Metamonkey AI and Kumoh National Institute of Technology.

2022 to 2024

Battery digital twins

Research team lead on a $50,000 institutional ICT project integrating battery management with digital-twin research.

Technical program committees

2024

TPC Member, Track 4: Emerging Technologies
IEEE WCNC 2025, Milan, Italy

2023

TPC Member, Track 4: Emerging Technologies
IEEE WCNC 2024, Dubai, UAE

Conference peer review

  • IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)
  • IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV)
  • International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)
  • Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)
  • AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
  • International Conference on Computer Vision and Image Processing (CVIP)
  • IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)

Journal peer review

  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • IEEE Access
  • IEEE Communications Letters
  • IET Communications
  • Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
  • Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services
  • Electronics (MDPI)
  • Sensors (MDPI)
  • Algorithms (MDPI)
  • Cogent Arts & Humanities

Memberships and community leadership

2019 to Present

IEEE Member

May 2020

Joined WomenTech Network

Jun 2020 to Present

WomenTech Network Global Ambassador

Sep 2024 to Present

Women in Machine Learning
Member since September 10; mentorship-program mentor since October 1, 2024

Jul 2020 to Present

Toastmasters International
Level 4 in communication and leadership

May 2026 to Present

Global Mentorship Initiative
Mentor since May 28, 2026

Jun 2026 to Present

Femme Alliance Network
Mentor since June 8, 2026

Mar 20, 2026 to Present

National Postdoctoral Association (NPA)
Member

Volunteer

NPA Content Developer