BASORUN JOSEPH OMONIYI

 Professor

 nbason2003[at]yahoo.com

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 NIGERIA

 (I) MEMBER, NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF TOWN PLANNERS (MNITP/1620), 26TH MARCH, 2003. (II) REGISTERED TOWN PLANNER (RTP/1307), TOWN PLANNERS REGISTRATION COUNCIL OF NIGERIA, 5THMARCH, 2004. (III) MEMBER, NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (MNIM/168194), 29TH SEPTEMBER, 2011. (IV) FELLOW, STRATEGIC INSTITUTE FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (FHRD/0008215), 6TH JUNE 2013. (V) FELLOW, INSTITUTE OF POLICY MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT (FIPMD/749491), 20TH NOVEMBER, 2014.

 PROFESSOR JOSEPH OMONIYI BASORUN HOLDS A FIRST CLASS B.SC. (HONS) DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, AND MASTERS AND PH.D. DEGREES IN URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING.

 JOSEPH OMONIYI BASORUN PROFESSOR OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING PROFESSOR JOSEPH OMONIYI BASORUN HOLDS A FIRST CLASS B.SC. (HONS) DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, AND MASTERS AND PH.D. DEGREES IN URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING. HE IS A REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT EXPERT. BASHORUN JOINED THE SERVICES OF THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE AS AN ASSISTANT LECTURER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING (URP), SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY (SET) IN OCTOBER, 2000 AND ROSE THROUGH THE RANKS TO THE POSITION OF PROFESSOR IN 2016. HE HAS SERVED IN VARIOUS UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES, RANGING FROM SCHOOL’S BOARD, CURRICULUM AND STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE, THE UNIVERSITY ADMISSION COMMITTEE, SENATE, SUB-DEAN, SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY (SET) AND CURRENTLY THE ACTING DIRECTOR, CENTRE FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION (CCE). HE IS A MEMBER OF A NUMBER OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES INCLUDING THE NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF TOWN PLANNERS; A REGISTERED TOWN PLANNER WITH THE TOWN PLANNERS REGISTRATION COUNCIL OF NIGERIA; MEMBER, NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT; MEMBER, NIGERIAN ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIETY, MEMBER, INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY, JAPAN; AND IS ALSO A FELLOW, STRATEGIC INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND FELLOW, INSTITUTE OF POLICY MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT. PROFESSOR BASORUN HAS ATTENDED INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND HAS TO HIS CREDIT FIFTY (50) PUBLICATIONS IN LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS AND PROCEEDINGS IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES. HE HAS EQUALLY AUTHORED AND CO-AUTHORED BOOKS AS WELL AS MASTER PLAN REPORTS OF INSTITUTIONS. HE HAS SUPERVISED A NUMBER OF UNDERGRADUATES, MASTERS AND PH.D. DISSERTATIONS. HE HAS SERVED AS EXTERNAL EXAMINER FOR THE ENUGU STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE RUFUS GIWA POLYTECHNIC, OWO. BASHORUN WON THE MOST DISCIPLINED LECTURER (MALE) IN FUTA FROM THE BREEDERS, A FUTA-BASED ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION IN 2013. HE HAS ALSO WON THE TETFUND UNIVERSITY RESEARCH GRANT ON E-LAND PRICING IN RESIDENTIAL HOUSING DENSITY MIX IN AKURE, NIGERIA. OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY, PROFESSOR BASORUN HAS SERVED NIGERIA MERITORIOUSLY IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES SOME OF WHICH ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE CONDUCT OF BASELINE SURVEY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN THE OIL PRODUCING COMMUNITIES OF ONDO STATE – A UNDP/ONDO STATE GOVERNMENT PROJECT IN 2006 AND AS COLLATION OFFICER FOR EKITI WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, DURING THE EKITI CENTRAL FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY BYE-ELECTION IN EKITI STATE AMONG OTHERS. A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN AND AN ELDER IN THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD, PROFESSOR BASORUN IS MARRIED WITH CHILDREN.