Technology Management and the Challenges of Sustainable Development: A Festschrift for Professor Matthew Ilori

BIO DATA – PROFESSOR MATTHEW OLUGBENGA ILORI

Professor Matthew Olugbenga Ilori was born on the 9th of September, 1952 in the city of Gbongan, Osun State, Nigeria, to the family of Chief and Mrs Adegboye Ilori. He attended E.D.C primary school Oke Ofa between 1959 and 1964. He then proceeded to E.D.C. Modern School, Gbaje, Gbongan from 1965-1967. Between 1967 and 1971, Ilori attended Baptist College, Iwo and thereafter taught briefly at Baptist Primary School Obajoda in Ile-Ife. In 1972, he gained admission to Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo and was awarded NCE (Mathematics/Chemistry) in 1975. In 1975 to 1976, he taught Mathematics and Chemistry at Egba High School, Abeoukta. He then proceeded to the then University of Ife, in 1976 where he was offered admission to study Chemistry. Matthew Ilori graduated with honors in 1979. After a brief stint as a teacher at Moremi High School, Ile-Ife, he obtained a spot in the Master of Food Science and Technology program of the University of Ife in 1980. With the Master’s degree obtained in 1983, Ilori proceeded to the PhD program in Food Technology at the University of Ibadan in 1985. In 1990, Matthew Ilori obtained a Doctorate in Food Technology.

In 1982, Matthew Ilori secured an appointment as a Research Assistant at the Technology Planning and Development Unit (TPDU), Faculty of Technology, University of Ife. He rose through the ranks and became Junior Research Fellow in 1983, Research Fellow II in 1986, Research Fellow I in 1989 and was promoted to the rank of Senior Research Fellow in 1991. In 1996, Matthew Ilori was promoted to professorial grade as Principal Research Fellow and in 1999 he became a Professor of Technology Management. At different times, he served as Associate Lecturer at the Department of Management Science, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso in 2004. Professor Ilori was a visiting Professor at Yaba College of Technology from 2007 to 2008 where he was one of the pioneering staff of the Applied Research and Technology Innovation Unit at the College. He was also visiting Professor at the Department of Project Technology Management, Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) in the 2008/2009 session and later the head of Department of Entrepreneurship in the 2013/2014 session at FUTA. He also served as a Principal Research Fellow at the National Center for Technology Management (NACETEM), Ile-Ife from 1997 to 1998 and visiting Professor, Centre for Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India in 2012.

Edited by:
O. O. Adejuwon
A. A. Egbetokun

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