Temi E. Ologunorisa

Temi E. Ologunorisa is a Nigerian climate scientist. He served as Professor of Meteorology and Climate Science at the Federal University of Technology in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria since 2016. He also teaches geography as an adjunct professor at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, and Kansas City Kansas Community College in Kansas, both in the United States. He formerly served as the executive director of the Center for Black Culture and International Understanding, an organization connected with UNESCO, in Osogbo, Nigeria (2015–2016), where concerns of black empowerment and diaspora studies take center stage. He is also serving as the current Vice Chancellor at Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Nigeria.

Career Ologunorisa earned his BSc (Hons) in geography from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria in 1988, his Msc in Environmental and Resource Planning from the Faculty of Environmental Science at the University of Jos in 1991, and his PhD in climatology from the University of Port Harcourt in Nigeria in 2002. He also holds minor degrees in geology and botany.

In the field of flood hydroclimatology, Ologunorisa is regarded as a global expert. The US government awarded him the "Scholar of Extraordinary Ability Award" in 2018 due to the caliber and scope of his studies in climate science (Flood Hydroclimatology). The prize bestows on its winners the right to live permanently in the United States. He has nearly 100 publications to his name, including 60 articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals, 20 chapters in edited books, two books, three monographs, five edited books, 20 published conference proceedings, and six technical reports, demonstrating his extensive publication. Together with collaborators, he has received about $400,000.00 in grants.

Olgunorisa belongs to the American Geophysical Union, the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, the Royal Meteorological Society, the UK's Tornados and Storm Research Organization, the UK's Association of Nigerian Geographers, and the UK's Annals of the Association of American Geographers.

Personal life He is married to Omolola Victoria Ologunorisa Akinola.