Name Dr. IRUNKWOR THOMPSON CHINEDUM
Post/Status LECTURER II
Email thompson.irunkwor@unidel.edu.ng
Telephone 8033666453
Nationalty NIGERIA
Background Dr. Thompson. C. Irunkwor is a geoscientist and an Environmentalist. He was in the service of Delta State Unified Local Government Service as a Chief Administrative officer deployed to Ethiope West Local Government, Oghara where he served for 19 years. Within the 19 years period, the Delta State Unified Local Government Service commission granted him study Leave to study Masters in Environmental Management and Applied Geophysics as well as Ph.D in Environmental Management and Control respectively from Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port-Harcourt and University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He has also worked with Tegmic Nigeria Ltd, Lagos, Darltec Georesources and GeoHazards Nigeria Limited and TEKS GEOTECHNICAL CONSULTANCY NIG LTD. Port-Harcourt where he acquired over thirteen years industrial experience in the solid mineral exploration, water resources, Environmental studies, and oil and gas industries. He has also taught undergraduate students various aspect of environmental resource management and applied geophysics courses at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port-Harcourt for over eleven years. He is currently a Lecturer in the department of Environmental Management and Toxicology at the University of Delta, Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria. He has demonstrated profound interest in Applied and Environmental geophysics, Environmental Geotechnics, Hydrogeology, Medical Geology, Radiation and Environmental protection, Toxicology, Monitoring and remediation of polluted sites, Environmental Resource Management, Environmental Impact Assessment, Climate Change, and Mineral Exploration. Dr. Irunkwor belongs to various professional bodies amongst them are: Nigerian Mining Geosciences Society (NMGS), Council of Mining Engineers and Geoscientists (COMEG), Nigerian Environmental Society (NES), Nigerian Association for Engineering Geologists and the Environment (NAEGE), Nigerian Association of Exploration Geophysicists for Geoscientists and Engineers (NAEG), Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE), Nigeria Association of Hydrogeologists (NAH), Nigerian Environmental Society (NES), American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), AAPG (Division of Environmental Geosciences), Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG). He is an accomplished COMEG certified Geoscientist, Environmental and Safety Consultant. He is happily married with 2 Children
Education Dr. Thompson Chinedum Irunkwor is a Geoscientist and Environmentalist. He holds a B.Sc degree in Geology/Physics from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (1998), M.Phil degree in Environmental Management (2009) and M.Sc in Applied Geophysics (2021) respectively from Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port-Harcourt and Ph.D in Environmental Management and Control (2018) from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.