Eni Njoku

[1]Eni Njoku (6 November 1917 – 22 December 1974) was a Nigerian botanist and educator. He was vice-chancellor of the University of Lagos (1962–65) and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (1966-1970).[2]

Dr. Eni Njoku

Biography

Eni Njoku is of Igbo origin,[3] He was born on November 6, 1917 in Ebem, Ohafia, Abia State. He was educated at Ebem Primary School and attended the Hope Waddell Training Institute, Calabar from 1933 to 1936. He attended the Yaba Higher School (now Yaba College of Technology) Lagos from 1937 to 1939 to acclaim a tertiary education certificate.[4]

Eni Njoku studied botany at the University of Manchester in England. He graduated with a first-class honors degree in 1947 and obtained his M.A. degree the following year. In 1954, he obtained his doctorate from the University of London.[5][6][7]

When he returned to Nigeria, Eni Njoku took up a teaching appointment at the University of Ibadan[8]n as a lecturer. Later he became a senior lecturer and then professor. He was head of the department of botany, and Dean of the faculty of science. He was chairman of the Electricity Corporation of Nigeria in 1956. In 1962, he became the first vice-chancellor of the University of Lagos. Following a major crisis in 1965 over his re-appointment, he resigned and became a visiting professor at Michigan State University, United States.[3] In 1966, Njoku was appointed vice-chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka where he remained until the outbreak of the civil war in 1967[9].[10]

Njoku served on the boards of the Commonwealth Scientific Committee, the United Nations Advisory Committee on the Application of Science and Technology as well as the UNESCO Advisory Committee in Natural Sciences. He also served on the councils of the Universities of Zambia and Zaire (Democratic Republic of Congo). He wrote several books and articles in international journals. He received the honorary D.Sc. degree from the University of Nigeria in 1964, and in 1966 Michigan State University conferred on him an honorary doctor of laws degree and in 1973 Unilag awarded its first vice-chancellor an honorary D.Sc. degree.[11]

Selected works
  • Entekhabi, D., Njoku, E. G., O'Neill, P. E., Kellogg, K. H., Crow, W. T., Edelstein, W. N. & Kimball, J. (2010). The soil moisture active passive (SMAP) mission. [12]
  • Njoku, E. G., Jackson, T. J., Lakshmi, V., Chan, T. K., & Nghiem, S. V. (2003). Soil moisture retrieval from AMSR-E. [13]
  • Njoku, E. G., & Entekhabi, D. (1996). Passive microwave remote sensing of soil moisture. [14]
  • Njoku, E. G., & Li, L. (1999). Retrieval of land surface parameters using passive microwave measurements at 6-18 GHz. [15]
  • Entekhabi, D., Nakamura, H., & Njoku, E. G. (1994). Solving the inverse problem for soil moisture and temperature profiles by sequential assimilation of multifrequency remotely sensed observations. [16]
  • Njoku, E. G., & Kong, J. A. (1977). Theory for passive microwave remote sensing of near‐surface soil moisture. [17]
  • Njoku, Eni G., et al. "Global survey and statistics of radio-frequency interference in AMSR-E land observations. [18]
  • Reichle, R. H., Koster, R. D., Liu, P., Mahanama, S. P., Njoku, E. G., & Owe, M. (2007). Comparison and assimilation of global soil moisture retrievals from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for the Earth Observing System (AMSR‐E) and the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR). [19]
  • Njoku, E. G., & Chan, S. K. (2006). Vegetation and surface roughness effects on AMSR-E land observations. [20]
  • Entekhabi, D., Njoku, E. G., Houser, P., Spencer, M., Doiron, T., Kim, Y. & Jackson, T. J. (2004). The hydrosphere state (Hydros) satellite mission: An earth system pathfinder for global mapping of soil moisture and land freeze/thaw. [21]
  • Entekhabi, D., Njoku, E. G., Houser, P., Spencer, M., Doiron, T., Kim, Y. & Jackson, T. J. (2004). The hydrosphere state (Hydros) satellite mission: An earth system pathfinder for global mapping of soil moisture and land freeze/thaw. [22]
  • Ochsner, T. E., Cosh, M. H., Cuenca, R. H., Dorigo, W. A., Draper, C. S., Hagimoto, Y. & Zreda, M. (2013). State of the art in large‐scale soil moisture monitoring. [23]
  • Njoku, E. G., Wilson, W. J., Yueh, S. H., Dinardo, S. J., Li, F. K., Jackson, T. J. & Bolten, J. (2002). Observations of soil moisture using a passive and active low-frequency microwave airborne sensor during SGP99. [24]

See also

List of vice-chancellors of Nigerian universities

Late Professor Eni Njoku 3rd Biennial Lecture

References
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  2. Diamond, Larry Jay (1988). Class, Ethnicity, and Democracy in Nigeria: The Failure of the First Republic. Syracuse University Press. p. 249. ISBN 9780815624226. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  3. Levi Akalazu Nwachuku; G. N. Uzoigwe (2004). Troubled Journey: Nigeria Since the Civil War (Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series). University press of America. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-761-8271-22.
  4. http://unnnewswithjusticekalu.blogspot.com/2017/06/meet-prof-eni-njoku-unn-vc-during-civil.html
  5. Cryan, Bob (July 2011). "Robert Edwards receiving his Honorary Doctorate from the University of Huddersfield". Reproductive BioMedicine Online. 23: 86–87. doi:10.1016/s1472-6483(11)60195-8. ISSN 1472-6483.
  6. International Science Notes. Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs. 1964.
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  8. "Encyclopedia of Remote Sensing". www.sensorsportal.com. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  9. "Saburi Biobaku: Unilag's VC who was stabbed by a student who disagreed with his choice as VC". Businessday NG. 2018-02-04. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  10. "Saburi Biobaku: Unilag's VC who was stabbed by a student who disagreed with his choice as VC". Businessday NG. 2018-02-04. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  11. School of Law, Pace University (2003). "Honorary Degree Citation, Sonia Sotomayor, Doctor of Laws, May 18, 2003". SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.1410729. ISSN 1556-5068.
  12. O'Neill, Peggy; Entekhabi, Dara; Njoku, Eni; Kellogg, Kent (2010). "The NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission: Overview". 2010 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. IEEE. doi:10.1109/igarss.2010.5652291. hdl:1721.1/67028. ISBN 978-1-4244-9565-8.
  13. Njoku, E.G.; Jackson, T.J.; Lakshmi, V.; Chan, T.K.; Nghiem, S.V. (2003). "Soil moisture retrieval from AMSR-E". IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 41 (2): 215–229. doi:10.1109/tgrs.2002.808243. ISSN 0196-2892.
  14. Njoku, Eni G.; Entekhabi, Dara (1996). "Passive microwave remote sensing of soil moisture". Journal of Hydrology. 184 (1–2): 101–129. doi:10.1016/0022-1694(95)02970-2. ISSN 0022-1694.
  15. Njoku, E.G.; Li Li (1999). "Retrieval of land surface parameters using passive microwave measurements at 6-18 GHz". IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 37 (1): 79–93. doi:10.1109/36.739125. ISSN 0196-2892.
  16. Entekhabi, D.; Nakamura, H.; Njoku, E.G. (1994). "Solving the inverse problem for soil moisture and temperature profiles by sequential assimilation of multifrequency remotely sensed observations". IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 32 (2): 438–448. doi:10.1109/36.295058. ISSN 0196-2892.
  17. NJOKU, Eni G.; Kong, Jin-Au (1977-07-10). "Theory for passive microwave remote sensing of near-surface soil moisture". Journal of Geophysical Research. 82 (20): 3108–3118. doi:10.1029/jb082i020p03108. ISSN 0148-0227.
  18. Njoku, E.G.; Ashcroft, P.; Chan, T.K.; Li Li (2005). "Global survey and statistics of radio-frequency interference in AMSR-E land observations". IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 43 (5): 938–947. doi:10.1109/tgrs.2004.837507. ISSN 0196-2892.
  19. Reichle, Rolf H.; Koster, Randal D.; Liu, Ping; Mahanama, Sarith P. P.; Njoku, Eni G.; Owe, Manfred (2007-05-08). "Comparison and assimilation of global soil moisture retrievals from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for the Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) and the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR)". Journal of Geophysical Research. 112 (D9). doi:10.1029/2006jd008033. ISSN 0148-0227.
  20. NJOKU, E; CHAN, S (2006-01-30). "Vegetation and surface roughness effects on AMSR-E land observations". Remote Sensing of Environment. 100 (2): 190–199. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2005.10.017. ISSN 0034-4257.
  21. Entekhabi, D.; Njoku, E.G.; Houser, P.; Spencer, M.; Doiron, T.; Yunjin Kim; Smith, J.; Girard, R.; Belair, S.; Crow, W.; Jackson, T.J. (2004). "The hydrosphere State (hydros) Satellite mission: an Earth system pathfinder for global mapping of soil moisture and land freeze/thaw". IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 42 (10): 2184–2195. doi:10.1109/tgrs.2004.834631. ISSN 0196-2892.
  22. Entekhabi, D.; Njoku, E.G.; Houser, P.; Spencer, M.; Doiron, T.; Yunjin Kim; Smith, J.; Girard, R.; Belair, S.; Crow, W.; Jackson, T.J. (2004). "The hydrosphere State (hydros) Satellite mission: an Earth system pathfinder for global mapping of soil moisture and land freeze/thaw". IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 42 (10): 2184–2195. doi:10.1109/tgrs.2004.834631. ISSN 0196-2892.
  23. Ochsner, Tyson E.; Cosh, Michael H.; Cuenca, Richard H.; Dorigo, Wouter A.; Draper, Clara S.; Hagimoto, Yutaka; Kerr, Yann H.; Larson, Kristine M.; Njoku, Eni G.; Small, Eric E.; Zreda, Marek (2013). "State of the Art in Large-Scale Soil Moisture Monitoring". Soil Science Society of America Journal. 77 (6): 1888–1919. doi:10.2136/sssaj2013.03.0093. ISSN 0361-5995 – via Wiley Online Library.
  24. Njoku, E.G.; Wilson, W.J.; Yueh, S.H.; Dinardo, S.J.; Li, F.K.; Jackson, T.J.; Lakshmi, V.; Bolten, J. (2002). "Observations of soil moisture using a passive and active low-frequency microwave airborne sensor during SGP99". IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 40 (12): 2659–2673. doi:10.1109/tgrs.2002.807008. ISSN 0196-2892 – via IEEE.
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