Samuel Segun Okoya

Samuel Segun Okoya, (Ph.D) was born in Zaria, Kaduna State on 20 October 1958 to Jackson Olatunji Okoya and Aina Okoya. He is a Nigerian Academic in Applied Mathematics at Obafemi Awolowo University. He is the Editor-in-Chief, Journal & Notices of the Nigerian Mathematical Society and the First Occupier of Pastor E.A Adeboye Outstanding Professor of Mathematics (Endowed Professorial Chair) University of Lagos. He is the firstfullybredalumnustoattain thepositionofProfessorandHeadof Mathematics Department at Obafemi Awolowo University.

Samuel Okoya had his entire tertiary education at Obafemi Awolowo University. He graduated with his bachelor's degree(First Class) in 1983, bagged his master's degree in 1986 and got his Ph.D. in 1989. His PhD Dissertation, supervised by Reuben O. Ayeni,was titled "A Mathematical Model for Explosions with Chain Branching and Chain Breaking Kinetics". He is a Fellow of the Mathematical Association of Nigeria and Nigerian Mathematical Society. He regularly visits the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, TWAS and International Mathematical Union.