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Dr. ADIMAH Nicholas Irabor

Postdoctoral Fellow
 
Education:
  • Ph.D., Geophysics (Seismology), Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), 2020.
  • Msc., Physics (Solid Earth Physics), University of Ibadan, 2014.
  • Bsc., Physics, Ambrose Alli University, 2010.
 
Academic Employments:
  • 2022 – Present: Postdoctoral Fellow, Earth System Science Programme, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
  • 2022 – 2022: Research Assistant, Earth System Science Programme, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
  • 2015 – 2022: Lecturer, The Certified Institute of Shipping of Nigeria.
  • 2012 – 2014: Tutorial Assistant, University of Ibadan
 
Research Fields and Current Research Interests:
  • Ocean bottom seismology
  • Ambient seismic noise
  • Seismic tomography and anisotropy
  • Crustal and upper mantle structure and dynamics
  • Machine learning in seismology
 
Representative Publications:
  1. Adimah, N. I. and Padhy, S (2020), Depth dependent azimuthal anisotropy in Madagascar island from ambient noise tomography, Tectonophysics, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2020.228513.
  2. Adimah, N. I. and Padhy, S. (2019), Ambient noise Rayleigh wave tomography across the Madagascar island, Geophysical Journal International, 220(3):1657–1676.
 
Honours and Awards:
  • 2022: The University of Tokyo, Earthquake Research Institute, Visiting researcher award.
  • 2019: CSIR – NGRI grant for CSIR-800 Project (Earthquake Awareness Program in Uttar Pradesh, India).
  • 2016: CSIR – TWAS Postgraduate Fellowship.
  • 2014: Best graduating Masters’ student, Department of Physics, University of Ibadan.
  • 2010: Academic Excellence Award as best graduating undergraduate
 
Teaching:
Past
  • PHY114 Basic Principles of Physics I - Mechanics and Properties of Matter.
  • PHY115 Basic Principles of Physics II - Heat and Thermodynamics
  • PHY113 Basic Principles of Physics IV - Waves, Optics and Modern Physics.
  • PHY118 Experimental Physics I.
 
Selected Recent Publications:
  1. Adimah, N. I. and Padhy, S (2020), Depth dependent azimuthal anisotropy in Madagascar island from ambient noise tomography, Tectonophysics, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2020.228513.
  2. Adimah, N. I. and Padhy, S. (2019), Ambient noise Rayleigh wave tomography across the Madagascar island, Geophysical Journal International, 220(3):1657–1676.