Prof. (Mrs.) Atinuke Olusola Adebanji

Professor


Dept: Statistics and Actuarial Science
SF3, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science
Faculty of Physical and Computational Sciences
College of Science
KNUST

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Research Areas/Interests

Multivariate Data Analysis MultiBlock Data Analysis Population and Development Statistics Reproductive and Public Health Epidemiology and Biosta...~more

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Positions Held & Hold

MEMBERSHIP OF STATUTORY COMMITTEES IN KNUST

April 2021 - Date

Chairperson, KNUST Public Lectures Committee.

Jan 2021 - Date

Member, College of Science Appointments and Promotion Committee.

Sept 2020- Date

Cognate member, College of Science Representative on College of Engineering Board

Aug 2019 – Oct 2023

Chairperson – Departmental Board, Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science, KNUST

Aug 2018 – 2019

Chairperson – Departmental Board, Mathematics Department, KNUST.

Aug 2018 – Date

Member, College of Science Board, KNUST.

Aug 2018 – Date

Member, Appointments and Promotions Sub-Committee, College of Science.

2018 to Date

Member, KNUST Management Committee for students‘scholarship schemes. 

2018 to Date

Member, College of Science sub-committee on Appointments and promotions.

2016 to Date

Member of Faculty Board, Faculty of Physical and Computational Sciences, KNUST.

2015 to Date

College of Science Representative on Students’ Financial Services Management Board, KNUST.

MEMBERSHIP OF STATUTORY COMMITTEES PRIOR TO KNUST

2008 to 2009

Chairperson, Newly created Department of Statistics Board, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria.

2008 to 2009

Member, College Board of Studies, College of Natural Sciences, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria.

2008 to 2009

Member, University Postgraduate Board, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria.

2008 to 2009

Member, Expanded Operations Management Advisory Team, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria.

2006 to 2009

Member, College of Natural Sciences Postgraduate Board, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria.

2006 to 2009

Postgraduate Coordinator, Department of Statistics, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria.

2003 to 2009

Member, College Board, College of Natural Sciences, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria.

OTHER PROFESSIONALLY RELATED EXPERIENCE

Nov 2020 - Date

Lead Policy Champion, KNUST Policy awareness and implementation committee

Jan 2020 - Date

Chairperson, College of Science Career Guidance and Counselling Committee, KNUST

2018 to Date

Coordinator and protagonist, KNUST Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Statistical Analysis (KNUST-LISA) in collaboration with the LISA 2020 project of the University of Colorado Boulder.

2018 to Date

Member, KNUST Management Committee for students‘scholarship schemes.  

2018

College of Science Representative, University outreach to Nigeria.

Mar 2018

Chairperson, Jubilee Durbar and Awards night committee, Africa Hall.

2018

Chairperson, Department of Mathematics Committee for the modalities of creating a new Department.

2018

Chairperson, Department of mathematics’ BSc Statistics project defence panel.

2018

Chairperson, Committee for PhD Mathematical Statistics Accreditation.

2018

Member, Committee on Research Design and Implementation in College of Science.

2018

Resource person, Biostatistics, School of Public Health, KNUST.

2018

Member, Committee to develop curriculum for field Epidemiology and Applied Biostatistics, School of Public Health, KNUST.

2017

Developer, BSc Statistics with Economics curriculum.

2017 to Date

Chairman, Department of Mathematics’ Grants and proposals committee.

2017 to Date

Chairman, proposal review committee, KESSBEN COLLEGE, Kumasi.

2017 to Date

Africa Hall Fellow.

2016 to Date

Member of Faculty Board, Faculty of Physical and Computational Sciences, KNUST.

2016 to Date

Member, Outreach Committee, Department of Mathematics.

2016 to 2017

IDL Coordinator for Department of Mathematics. 

2016

Resource person for a meeting of female students with female senior members.

2016

Chairperson, Department of mathematics’ BSc Statistics project defence panel.

2016

Chairperson, Committee to develop PhD Comprehensive Examinations guidelines for the Department of Mathematics.

2016

Chairperson, Committee to interview MPhil Mathematical Statistics applicants.

2016

Member, PhD Applicants interview panel, Department of Mathematics.

2016

External Examiner, WASCAL West African Service Centres for Advanced Statistics and Geostatistics.

2016

Member, College Committee to investigate alleged irregularities in CHEM 169 marks for Petrochemical Engineering I, in the Department of Chemical Engineering.

2016 to Date

Member, KNUST mentoring programme for new recruitments (Drs Sampson Ankrah and Gaston Awashie).

2015

Chairman, Committee on Best performing students of Mathematics Department.

2015 to Date

College of Science Representative on Students’ Financial Services Management Board, KNUST.

2015

Member, college of Science panel for KNUST Excellence awards.

2015

Resource person for a College of Science meeting with international students.

2014 to Date

Chairman, Committee for College of Science Students’ Achievement Programme (CoSSAP).

2014 to Date

External Examiner, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana.

2014 to Date

Resource person and internal examiner, WASCAL Climate Change and Land Use, Department of Civil Engineering, KNUST.

2014

Chairperson, Committee to review MPhil Mathematical Statistics syllabus.

2013 to 2014

Director Academic programmes, National Institute of Mathematical Sciences.

2012

External Examiner, MPhil Statistics, University of Cape Coast.

2011 – 2017

External Examiner, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Methodist University College, Ghana.

2011 to 2013

University Council Member, Wisconsin University College, Ghana.

2011

Panel Member, National Accreditation Board for reaccreditation of HND Statistics Koforidua and Tamale Polytechnics, Ghana.

2012

Panel member, National Accreditation Board for accreditation of BSc Statistics, Garden City University, Ghana.

2009 to Date

Students’ adviser, Department of Mathematics, KNUST.

2009

Association of African Universities staff exchange fellowship; 2009 Utilized at the Department of Applied Mathematics, UDS

2008 to 2009

Visiting lecturer/postdoctoral fellow, School of Mathematics,  University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya; 2007-2008.

OTHER UNIVERSITY RELATED EXPERIENCE

2020

Guest Speaker, 2020 Ghana Science Olympiad, Ghana Education Service.

2019

Guest Speaker, Campus Business Front Seminar with theme ‘Youths do Business’.

2018

Resource person, Branding, Empowerment, Entrepreneurship and Relationship (BEER) Ladies’ Summit, organized by the female wing of Mathematics and Statistics Students’ Association, KNUST.

2017

Special Guest, “Beauty of Mathematics – Challenges and Opportunities”, organized by Mathematics and Statistics Students’ Association, KNUST.

2017

Special Guest, “Complete Woman”, Annual Women’s Summit, organized by Actuarial Science Students Association, KNUST.

2017

Guest, Freshers’ orientation programme, organized by Actuarial Science Students Association (SCISA), KNUST.

2017

Speaker at Mathematics and Statistics Students’ Association programme, “Career opportunities, Entrepreneurship and Scholarship – Mathematics and Statistics”.

2016

Guest Speaker, “Demystifying the courses – final year students’ perspective”, organized by Mathematics and Statistics Students’ Association, KNUST.

2016

Guest Speaker, “The Lady in a Man’s World”, organized by Mathematics and Statistics Students’ Association, KNUST.

2016

Speaker on preparedness for a successful final year thesis organized by the National Union of Presbyterian Students, KNUST.

2016

Chairperson, “Complete Woman”, Annual Women’s Summit, organized by Actuarial Science Students Association, KNUST.

2016 to Date

Friend of SOS Children’s Village, Kumasi.

2015 to 2016

Member, Board of Advisors, AIESEC KNUST.

2015

Letter of Appreciation from the Nigeria High Commission in Ghana.

2015

Special Guest, “My skill, my business training”, organized by the Science students’ association, KNUST.

2015

Special Guest, “The catalyst for change”, organized by the Science students’ association (SCISA) KNUST.

2015

Guest, Freshers’ orientation programme, organized by Actuarial Science Students Association, KNUST.

2015

Guest, Freshers’ orientation programme, organized by Association of Mathematics and Statistics Students, KNUST.

2014

Guest of Honour, Professional Woman Summit, organized by Science Students Association (SCISA), KNUST.

2014

Guest, Freshers’ orientation programme, organized by Actuarial    Science Students Association, KNUST.

APPOINTMENTS AND ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY

2020

Guest Speaker, 2020 Ghana Science Olympiad, Nov 2020

2019

Member, Appointment Interview panel, CSIR-Crop Research Institute, Kumasi.

2018

External Assessor for promotion of academic staff, Methodist University College, Ghana.

2017

Thesis supervisor, PhD Mathematics, The Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Kenya.

2015 to Date

External Examiner, postgraduate statistics, University of Ghana, Legon.

2015 to 2016

Member, Municipal Health Management Team, Asokore Mampong,

2015

Panel member, National Accreditation team to assess MPhiL/PhD statistics programmes.

2015

Asawasi Sub-Municipality District Supervisor, Sub-National Immunization Campaign against Polio.

2014 to Date

External Examiner, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana.

2014

Reviewer of research papers for 7th Annual International Applied Research Conference, Koforidua Polytechnic.

2013

LOC Chair for Biennial Conference of Sub-Sahara Network of International Biometric Society (SUSAN 2013), held at West End University College, Accra, 3rd to 5th August, 2013.

2012

External Examiner, MPhil Statistics, University of Cape Coast.

2011 – 2017

External Examiner, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Methodist University College, Ghana.

2011 – Date

PhD Applied Statistics thesis supervisor, University for development Studies, Navrongo.

2011 to 2013

University Council Member, Wisconsin University College, Ghana.

2011

Panel Member, National Accreditation Board for reaccreditation of HND Statistics Koforidua and Tamale Polytechnics, Ghana.

2012

Panel member, National Accreditation Board for accreditation of BSc Statistics, Garden City University, Ghana.

2009

Association of African Universities staff exchange fellowship;

2009

Utilized at the Department of Applied Mathematics, UDS

2008 to 2009

Visiting lecturer/postdoctoral fellow, School of Mathematics, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya; 2007-2008

2022 Head, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, KNUST


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