Prof Uchechukwu Vincent is a Professor of Theoretical Physics at Redeemer’s University, Ede, Nigeria. He is the current Director and Pioneered the establishment of the Directorate of Educational Services and Training (DEST) in 2015, and is now one of Redeemer's University's viable sources of IGR, having Chaired and Served in numerous Top University Management Committees.
Prof Vincent obtained his BSc (Physics) degree in 1997 from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria; his MSc (Radiation and Health Physics) in 2000 from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and his PhD in Theoretical Physics from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria, in 2005, specializing in the Nonlinear dynamics of complex systems.
In 2018, Prof Vincent won the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers. He was one of the first three African Recipients of the prestigious Newton International Fellowship in 2009, which enabled him to spend two years as a Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Physics, Lancaster University, UK, under the aegis of the Royal Society of London. In addition, he was Awarded the African Mathematician Union–Young African Mathematician Medal for his original contributions in Nonlinear Dynamics.
In 2013, Prof Vincent was one of the seven researchers selected from Nigerian universities to Participate in the DIES International Deans’ Course Africa, held between 2013 and 2014 in Berlin, Ghana and Addis-Ababa.
He has been a Team-Member of both local and international accreditation exercises and External Examiner/Assessor at all levels in African Universities.
Prof Vincent provides academic Mentorship to a consortium of African researchers in the field of dynamical systems and chaos. He has Supervised and Graduated numerous students (including 6 MSc and 7 PhDs); all of which are significantly progressing in their academic careers.
He has traveled widely to Participate in conferences at local and internal levels and visited several Research Institutes to carry out his work. Professor Vincent is currently a Distinguished Visiting Research Fellow at Lancaster University, UK, – a position he has been holding since 2011.
He is on the Editorial Boards of some renowned Journals indexed in Web-of-Science, including being the only African on the Editorial Board of Fluctuation and Noise Letters. Prof Vincent is also a Member of several reputable academic societies both locally and internationally, as well as a Member of the International Advisory Board of the Cameroon Physical Society.
He has made outstanding Contributions to scholarship and scientific advancement in Science in the area of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos for which he has been listed in Who-is-Who in the World. He is a Professor of Physics with an international outlook and has Published over 86 journal articles with 51 (~60%) appearing in ISI -Web of Science (H-index is 20), ranking the number 32 among the top 100 Nigerian scientists published by Google Scholar in 2015.
