Staff

Prof. Kayode John Oyewumi

Prof. Kayode John Oyewumi

Post
Professor
Department
Physics
Email
kjoyewumi66@unilorin.edu.ng
Office Address
Room 5F15, First Floor, Block 5, Department of Physics, University of Ilorin, Ilorin
Teaching and Research Area
Physics: Theoretical Physics and Environmental Physics

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. Physics (2006), University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.
  • Doctoral Research Training, Theoretical Nuclear Physics (2002-2003), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • M.Sc. Mathematical Physics (1998), University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
  • B.Sc. (Hons.) Physics (1992), University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.

Professional Affiliations

  • Member, Nigerian Association of Mathematical Physics
  • Member, Nigerian Institute of Physics
  • Member, African Physical Society
  • Member, Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences
  • Fellow, Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences

Research Affiliations

  • Research Fellow of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics-Training in Italian Laboratory (ICTP-TRIL): Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Perugia, Italy
  • TWAS-UNESCO Associateship Award: Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, India.
  • KTH-Mechanics, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Department of Theoretical Nuclear and Particle Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • ICMPA-ICTP-UNESCO Postdoctoral Fellow: Universite d’Abomey- Calavi, Cotonuo, Benin Republic.

Undergraduate Teaching

  • PHY 125: Heat, Light, Sound & Waves
  • PHY 152: Electricity & Magnetism
  • PHY 115: Mechanics &Properties of matters I
  • PHY 142: Atomic and Nuclear Physics
  • PHY 365: Mathematical Methods of Physics
  • PHY 356: Electromagnetic Theory
  • PHY 331:Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics
  • PHY 214: Mechanics and Properties of Matter II
  • PHY 191: Practical Physics I
  • PHY 192: Practical Physics II
  • PHY 491: Advanced Practical Physics
  • PHY 342: Quantum Physics
  • PHY 446: Nuclear & Particle Physics
  • PHY 461: Quantum Mechanics I
  • PHY 462: Quantum Mechanics II
  • PHY 416: Computational Physics
  • PHY 432: Statistical Mechanics
  • PHY 314: Classical Mechanics & Special Relativity
  • PHY 405: Seminar
  • PHY 499: Project

Postgraduate Teaching

  • Statistical Mechanics
  • Research Methods
  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Special Relativity
  • Nuclear Physics and Particle
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics
  • Advanced Quantum Mechanics
  • General Relativity
  • Advanced Nuclear Mathematical Modelling in natural science and engineering
  • Electromagnetic Theory
  • Quantum Field Theory
  • Seminar
  • Project

Research Interest

  • Collective Models: Bohr Hamiltonian theory and Bohr-Mottelson Theory
  • Generalised Uncertainty Principle (MUL)
  • General Relativity
  • Hypernuclear Physics,
  • SUSY Quantum Mechanics
  • Symmetries of physical systems in spaces of constant curvature
  • Information Theory
  • Statistical Properties of physical Models
  • Methods of Mathematical Physics (perturbative and non-perturbative techniques)