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Biographical: ABRIDGED CV OF PROF. ENO E. EBENSO Prof. ENO E. EBENSO (Pr.Sci.Nat.) (Professor of Physical Chemistry) Discipline Chair/Head of Department Department of Chemistry Faculty of Agriculture, Science & Technology North West University (Mafikeng Campus), Private Bag X2046, Mmabatho 2735, South Africa Tel:(+27) 18 389-2113 Fax:(+27) 18 389-2052 Cell:082 538 7286 Email: Eno.Ebenso@nwu.ac.za A. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: (a) B.Sc. (Hons) Chem. Second Class Upper Division-University of Calabar, P.M.B 1115, Calabar- Nigeria. (b) M.Sc. (Physical Chemistry) -University of Ibadan, Nigeria. (c) Ph.D. (Physical Chemistry) – University of Calabar, P.M. B. 1115, Calabar, Nigeria. B. AREAS OF INTEREST Physical Chemistry: (i) Electrochemistry, kinetics, adsorption, thermodynamics of corrosion–extensive researches on corrosion inhibition in different media using weight loss, hydrogen evolution and thermometric methods. Synergistic and antagonistic studies. Plant extracts, polymers and synthetic organic and inorganic compounds are used as inhibitors. Colloids and Surface Chemistry (Naturally occurring colloids-exudates gums). (ii) Quantum chemical / molecular modeling and theoretical studies of compounds used for corrosion inhibition studies using density functional theory (DFT) and other semi-empirical methods (iii) Chemistry and Physics of Materials. Novel Aspects of solid state Chemistry and material science majoring in thin film deposition using nebulized spray pyrolysis and characterization using XRD, EDAX, SEM, resistivity, magnetization and magneto resistance studies of manganates, cobaltates and double perovskites. Crystallization kinetics of the thin films. (iv) Thermodynamics and excess molar volumes studies of solutions – developing new area of research. C. GRADUATE THESIS SUPERVISION / COLLABORATION. Successfully supervised three (3) PhD (S.A.Umoren, O. Abakedi and N.O. Eddy) and two (2) MSc (S.Adediran and E. Ating) students thesis. Currently 2 PhD and one MSc student are still doing experimental work and a number of B.Sc (Hons) research projects. Am also involved in collaborative research with some professors and research groups in the following universities and institutes (see evidence in my list of publications) viz. • University of Uyo , Nigeria, • University of Port-Harcourt ,Nigeria, • Federal University of Technology(FUTO), Owerri ,Nigeria, • Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research(JNCASR), Bangalore 560064, India (Chemistry and Physics of Materials Research Group), • Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Universitat des Saarlandes, D-66041, Saarbrucken, Germany, • Institute of Materials Research, Darmstadt University of Technology, D-64287, Darmstadt, Germany (Research on Giant Magneto resistance and Spintronic materials). • Department of Chemistry, Kocaeli University, 41380, Izmit, Turkey • Department of Chemistry, Osmangazi University, 41380, Eskişekir, Turkey Department of Science and Technology Education, Faculty of Education, Cukurova University, 01338 Adana, Turkey • Department of Physics, Cukurova University, 01338 Adana, Turkey D. CONFERENCES ATTENDED (a) 16th Annual National Conference of the Chemical Society of Nigeria, Sept. 22nd –26th, 1991, Owerri. (b) 21st Anniversary/17th Annual Conference of the Chemical Society of Nigeria, Sept. 21st – 23rd, 1992, Lagos. (c) 30th Annual Conference of Nigerian Mining & Geosciences Society (NMGS), 6th –10th March, 1994, Jos. (d) 31st Annual Conference of Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society (NMGS) in Calabar-12th –16th March, 1995. Inhibition of Corrosion of mild steel and aluminium in acidic medium by amides and derivatives of TSC: Effect of molecular structural changes. (e) 21st Annual International Conference of the Chemical Society of Nigeria, September 20th –24th (1998) Ibadan-Nigeria. Papers Presented were - (i) Inhibition of Corrosion of aluminium in HCl by semicarbazide in methanol/ethanol mixture. (ii) Corrosion Behaviour of aluminium in HCl and its inhibition by some amino acids (f) National Corrosion Conference of the Nigerian Corrosion Association (NICA); Corrosion, Port Harcourt 98, 25th-27th November, 1998, Port Harcourt-Nigeria. (i) Inhibition of Corrosion of mild steel in hydrochloric acid by some azo dyes Part 1. (g) 25th Annual/International Conference of the Chemical Society of Nigeria (Canaan, 2002) September 23 -27th 2002 – Calabar – Nigeria. (i) Effect of halide ions on the corrosion inhibition in H2SO4 using methyl red. (h) 26th Annual/International Conference of the Chemical Society of Nigeria (Benue 2003) September 22nd- - 25th, 2003, Markurdi, Benue State – Nigeria. (i) Thin films of ordered double perovskite, Sr2FeMoO6 by nebulized spray pyrolysis. (i) National Conference 2004 and Annual General Meeting Nigerian Corrosion Association March 24th-27th, 2004, Port Harcourt – Nigeria. Papers Presented were - (i) Effect of halide ions on the corrosion inhibition of aluminium and mild steel in acidic medium by gum arabic. (ii) Fifteen years of corrosion and corrosion inhibition studies in UNICAL. (j) ERTEP 2007 - First International Conference on Environmental Research, Technology and Policy. July 17th – 19th 2007, Accra – Ghana. Papers Presented were - (i) Blends of polyvinyl pyrrolidone and polyacrylamide as corrosion inhibitors for aluminum in acidic medium. (ii) Studies of anti-corrosive effect of Raphia Hookeri Exudates gum-halide mixtures for aluminium corrosion in acidic medium. (k) 24th Annual Conference/ Congress of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia (CSE).February 22th – 24th 2008, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Papers Presented were - (i) Phylanthus Amarus extracts as eco-friendly corrosion inhibitor for mild steel in acidic media (ii) Quantum chemical studies on the inhibition efficiencies of some sulphonamides for the corrosion of mild steel in acidic medium (iii) Inhibition Of Mild Steel Corrosion In Acidic Medium Using Synthetic and Naturally Occurring Polymers and Synergistic Halide Additives (iv) Synergistic Inhibition between Naturally Occurring Exudate Gum and Halide Ions on the Corrosion of Mild Steel in Acidic Medium E. SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS IN PEER - REVIEWED JOURNALS 1993 1. Eno E. Ebenso, (1993). Degree of association of organic acids in benzene solution. Tropical Journal of Applied Science. 3; 36 - 44. 1994 2. U. J. Ekpe, E. E. Ebenso and U. J. Ibok (1994). Inhibitory Action of Azadirachta indica Leaves extract on the corrosion of mild steel in H2SO4.. Journal of West African Science Association. 37; 13 - 30. 1995 3. U. J. Ekpe, U. J. Ibok, B. I. Ita, O. E. Offiong and E. E. Ebenso, (1995). Inhibitory action of methyl and phenyl thiosemicarbazone derivatives on the corrosion of mild steel in HCl. Material Chemistry and Physics (ELSEVIER SCIENCE, HOLLAND). 40; 87 - 93. 1996 4. U. J. Ekpe, E. E. Ebenso and B. S. Antia (1996). Physicochemical studies of some naturally occurring exudates gums from South Eastern Nigeria. Part 1. West African Journal of Biological and Applied Chemistry. 41; 16 - 20. 5. E. E. Ebenso and U. J. Ekpe (1996). Kinetic study of corrosion and corrosion inhibition of mild steel in H2SO4 using Carica papaya leaves extract. West African Journal of Biological and Applied Chemistry. 41; 21 - 27. 1998 6. E. E. Ebenso, U. J. Ekpe and U. J. Ibok (1998). Studies on the inhibition of mild steel corrosion by some plant extracts in acidic medium. Discovery & Innovation (AFRICAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES). 10; 52 - 59. 7. E. E. Ebenso, (1998). Inhibition of aluminium (AA3105) Corrosion in HCl by acetamide and thiourea. Nigerian Corrosion Journal. 1(1); 29 - 44. 1999 8. E. E. Ebenso, (1999). Kinetics of oxidation of N, N Diphenyl-p-phenylene diamine by Ce (IV) in aqueous perchloric acid. Global Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences. 5(1); 79 - 84. 9. E. E. Ebenso, U. J. Ekpe, B. I. Ita, O.E.Offiong and U. J. Ibok, (1999). Effects of molecular structure on the efficiency of amides and TSC used for corrosion inhibition of mild steel in HCl. Materials Chemistry and Physics (ELSEVIER SCIENCE, HOLLAND). 60; 79 - 90. 10. E. E. Ebenso, U. J. Ekpe, O. D. Ekpa, U. J. Ibok, B. S. Antia and J. E. Asuquo (1999). Physico-chemical studies of some naturally occurring exudates gums from South Eastern Nigeria. Part 2. International Journal of Science and Engineering. 2(1); 7 - 13. 2000 11. S. Parashar, E. E. Ebenso, A. R. Raju and C. N. R. Rao (2000) Insulator-metal transitions induced by electric and magnetic fields in thin films of charge-ordered Pr1-xCaxMnO3. Solid State Communications (ELSEVIER SCIENCE, HOLLAND). 114; 295 - 299. 12. E. E. Ebenso, Kripasindhu Sardar, M. Chandrasekhar, A.R. Raju and C.N.R. Rao (2000). Thin films of Ln1-xSrxCoO3 (Ln = La, Nd and Gd) and SrRuO3 by nebulized spray pyrolysis. Solid State Sciences (ELSEVIER SCIENCE, HOLLAND). 2; 833 - 839. 2001 13. E. E. Ebenso, (2001). Inhibition of corrosion of mild steel in HCl by some Azo dyes. Nigerian Journal of Chemical Research. 6; 8 - 12 14. U. J. Ekpe, P. C. Okafor, E. E. Ebenso, O. E. Offiong and B. I. Ita (2001). Mutual effects of TSC derivatives on the acidic corrosion of aluminium. Bulletin of Electrochemistry (CECRI, INDIA). 17(3); 131 - 135. 15. E. E. Ebenso, P. C. Okafor, O. E. Offiong, B. I. Ita, U. J. Ibok and U. J. Ekpe (2001). Comparative investigation into the kinetics of corrosion inhibition of aluminium alloy (AA 1060) in acidic medium. Bulletin of Electrochemistry (CECRI, INDIA). 17(10); 459 - 464. 2003 16. E. E. Ebenso, P. C. Okafor and U. J. Ekpe (2003) Studies on the inhibition of aluminium corrosion by 2-acetylphenothiazine in chloroacetic acids Anti-Corrosion Methods & Materials (EMERALDINSIGHT, UK). 50(6); 414 - 421. 17. E. E. Ebenso, (2003). Effect of halide ions on the corrosion inhibition of mild steel in H2SO4 using methyl red. Part 1. Bulletin of Electrochemistry (CECRI, INDIA). 19(5); 209 - 216. 18. E. E. Ebenso, (2003). Synergistic effect of halide ions on the corrosion inhibition of aluminium in H2SO4 using 2-acetylphenothiazine. Materials Chemistry and Physics (ELSEVIER SCIENCE, HOLLAND). 79(1); 58 - 70 19. P. C. Okafor, E. E. Ebenso, U. J. Ibok, U. J. Ekpe and M. I. Ikpi (2003) Inhibition of 4-acetamidoaniline on corrosion of mild steel in HCl solution. Transactions of SAEST (CECRI, INDIA). 38 (3); 91 – 96 2004 20. E. E. Ebenso, P. C. Okafor, U. J. Ekpe, U. J. Ibok and A. I. Onuchukwu (2004). The joint effects of halide ions and methylene blue on the corrosion inhibition of aluminium and mild steel in acid corrodent Journal of Chemical Society of Nigeria. 29(1); 15 - 25 21. E. E. Oguzie, B.N. Okolue, E. E. Ebenso, G. N. Onuoha and A. I. Onuchukwu (2004) Evaluation of the inhibitory effect of methylene blue dye on the corrosion of aluminium in HCl solutions. Materials Chemistry and Physics (ELSEVIER SCIENCE, HOLLAND). 87(2-3); 394 - 401 22. P. C. Okafor, E. E. Ebenso and U. J. Ekpe (2004). Inhibition of aluminium corrosion by some derivatives of thiosemicarbazone. Bulletin of Chemical Society of Ethiopia. 18(2): 181- 192 23. E. E. Ebenso, (2004). Effect of methyl red and halide ions on the corrosion of aluminium in H2SO4 . Part 2 Bulletin of Electrochemistry. 20(12); 551 - 559. 24. E. E. Ebenso, U.J.Ibok, U.J. Ekpe, S. Umoren, Ekerete Jackson, O.K. Abiola, N. C. Oforka and S. Martinez (2004) Corrosion inhibition studies of some plant extracts on aluminium in acidic medium. Transactions of SAEST (CECRI, INDIA). 39(4); 117 – 123 25. Olusegun K. Abiola, N. C. Oforka and E. E. Ebenso (2004) A Potential Corrosion inhibitor for acid corrosion of mild steel. Bulletin of Electrochemistry (CECRI, INDIA). 20(9); 409 – 413 26. Olusegun K. Abiola, N.C. Oforka and E. E. Ebenso (2004) Inhibition of mild steel corrosion in an acidic medium by fruit juice of Citrus Paradisi Journal of Corrosion Science & Engineering. 1(1); 75 – 78. 2005 27. B. I. Ita and E. E. Ebenso, (2005). Novel sol-gel synthesis of nanopolycrystalline LaCrO3. International Journal of Science and Technology. 4(1); 1 - 3. 28. E. E. Ebenso and E. E. Oguzie (2005) Corrosion inhibition of mild steel in acidic medium by some organic dyes. Material Letters (ELSEVIER SCIENCE, HOLLAND). 59 (17): 2163 - 2165 29. P. C. Okafor, U. J. Ekpe, E. E. Ebenso, E. M. Umoren and K. E. Leizou (2005) Inhibition of mild steel corrosion in acidic medium using Allium Sativum extracts. Bulletin of Electrochemistry (CECRI, INDIA). 21(8): 347 – 352 2006 30. E. E. Oguzie and E. E. Ebenso (2006) Studies on the corrosion inhibitive effect of Congo red dye – halides mixture. Pigment and Resin Technology (EMERALDINSIGHT, UK). 35(1): 30 - 35 31. E. E. Ebenso, U.J. Ekpe, S. Umoren, Ekerete Jackson, O.K. Abiola and N. C. Oforka (2006) Synergistic effect of halide ions on the corrosion inhibition of aluminium in acidic medium by some polymers. Journal of Applied Polymer Science (WILEY-INTERSCIENCE,USA). 100(4): 2889 – 2894 32. E. E. Oguzie, A.I. Onuchukwu, P.C.Okafor and E.E.Ebenso (2006) Corrosion inhibition and adsorption behaviour of Ocinum basilicum extract on aluminium. Pigment and Resin Technology (EMERALDINSIGHT, UK). 35(2): 63 - 70 33. S.A. Umoren, O.Ogbobe, E.E.Ebenso and U.J.Ekpe (2006) Effect of halide ions on the corrosion inhibition of mild steel in acidic medium using polyvinyl alcohol. Pigment and Resin Technology (EMERALDINSIGHT, UK). 35 (5): 284 - 292 34. S.A. Umoren, E.E.Ebenso, P.C.Okafor and O.Ogbobe (2006) Water soluble polymers as corrosion inhibitors of mild steel in acidic medium. Pigment and Resin Technology (EMERALDINSIGHT,UK). 35 (6): 346 - 352. 35. P. C. Okafor, U. J. Ekpe, E. E. Ebenso, N. S. Umo and A. R. Etor (2006) Extracts of Allium Cepa and Allium sativum as corrosion inhibitor of mild steel in HCl solution. Transactions of SAEST (CECRI, INDIA). 41(2): 82 – 87 36. S.A. Umoren, O.Ogbobe and E.E.Ebenso (2006) Synergistic Inhibition of aluminium corrosion in acidic medium by Gum Arabic and halide ions. Transactions of SAEST (CECRI, INDIA). 41(2): 74 - 81 37. S.A. Umoren, I. B. Obot, E.E.Ebenso, P. C. Okafor, O.Ogbobe and E. E. Oguzie (2006) Gum Arabic as potential corrosion inhibitor for aluminium in alkaline medium and its adsorption characteristics. Anti- Corrosion Methods & Materials (EMERALDINSIGHT,UK). 53 (5): 277 - 282 38. S.A. Umoren, O.Ogbobe and E.E.Ebenso (2006) The adsorption characteristics and synergistic inhibition between polyethylene glycol and halide ions on the corrosion of mild steel in acidic medium. Bulletin of Electrochemistry (CECRI, INDIA). 22 (4): 155 – 167 2007 39. S.A. Umoren, E.E.Ebenso, P.C.Okafor, U.J.Ekpe and O.Ogbobe (2007) Effect of halide ions on the corrosion inhibition of aluminium in alkaline medium using polyvinyl alcohol. Journal of Applied Polymer Science (WILEY-INTERSCIENCE,USA) 103(5): 2810-2816 40. P. C. Okafor and E. E. Ebenso (2007) Inhibitive action of Carica papaya extracts on the corrosion of mild steel in acidic media and their adsorption characteristics. Pigment and Resin Technology (EMERALDINSIGHT, UK). 36(3): 134 - 140 41. P. C. Okafor, V.I. Osabor and E. E. Ebenso (2007) Eco friendly corrosion inhibitors: Inhibitive action of ethanol extracts of Garcinia Kola for the corrosion of aluminium in acidic medium. Pigment and Resin Technology (EMERALDINSIGHT, UK). 36(5): 299 - 305. 42. S. A. Umoren, O.Ogbobe, P.C. Okafor and E. E.Ebenso (2007) Polyethylene glycol and polyvinyl alcohol as corrosion inhibitors of aluminium in acidic medium. Journal of Applied Polymer Science(WILEY-INTERSCIENCE, USA) 105(6): 3363 - 3370. 43. Olusegun K. Abiola, N. C. Oforka, E. E. Ebenso and N. M. Nwinuka (2007) Eco friendly corrosion inhibitors: Inhibitive action of Delonix regia extract for the corrosion of aluminium in acidic medium. Anti-Corrosion Methods &Materials (EMERALDINSIGHT, UK). 54(4): 219 - 224. 44. S.A. Umoren and E.E.Ebenso (2007) The synergistic effect of polyacrylamide and iodide ions on the corrosion inhibition of mild steel in H2SO4. Materials Chemistry and Physics (ELSEVIER SCIENCE, HOLLAND). 106: 387 - 393 2008 45. S.A. Umoren, I.B. Obot, E.E. Ebenso and N. Obi-Egbedi (2008) Studies on the corrosion inhibition of Dacroydes edulis exudates gum for aluminium in acidic medium. Portugaliae Electrochimica Acta. 26(2): 199 – 209. 46. S.A. Umoren, I.B. Obot, E.E. Ebenso and P.C. Okafor (2008) Eco-friendly Inhibitors from Naturally Occurring Exudates Gums for Aluminium Corrosion Inhibition in Acidic Medium. Portugaliae Electrochimica Acta. 26(3): 267 – 282. 47. S.A. Umoren, I.B. Obot and E.E. Ebenso (2008) Corrosion inhibition of aluminium using exudate gum from Pachylobus edulis in the presence of halide ions in HCl E-Journal of Chemistry. 5 (2): 355 - 364 48. S.A. Umoren and E.E.Ebenso (2008) Studies of anti-corrosive effect of Raphia hookeri exudates gum – halide mixtures for aluminium corrosion in acidic medium Pigment and Resin Technology (EMERALDINSIGHT, UK). 37 (3):173 - 182 49. N.O. Eddy and E.E. Ebenso (2008) Adsorption and inhibitive properties of ethanol extracts of Musa sapientum peels as a green corrosion inhibitor for mild steel in H2SO4. African Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry 2 (6): 046 – 054. 50. S.A. Umoren, O.Ogbobe , I.O. Igwe and E.E.Ebenso (2008) Inhibition of mild steel corrosion in acidic medium using synthetic and naturally occurring polymers and synergistic halide additives. Corrosion Science (ELSEVIER SCIENCE) 50(7) : 1998 - 2006. 51. S. A. Umoren and E. E. Ebenso (2008) Blends of polyvinyl pyrrolidone and polyacrylamide as corrosion inhibitors for aluminium in acidic medium Indian Journal of Chemical Technology 15(4): 355 – 363. 52. P. C. Okafor,, M. E. Ikpi , I. E. Uwah, E. E. Ebenso , U. J. Ekpe and S. A. Umoren (2008) Inhibitory action of Phyllanthus amarus extracts on the corrosion of mild steel in acidic media Corrosion Science (ELSEVIER SCIENCE) 50(8) : 2310 – 2317. 53. S.A. Umoren, I.B. Obot, E.E. Ebenso and N. Obi-Egbedi (2008) Synergistic Inhibition between Naturally Occurring exudates gum and halide ions on the corrosion of mild steel in acidic medium International Journal of Electrochemical Science 3 : 1029 – 1043. 54. E.E.Ebenso, Hailemicheal Alemu, S.A.Umoren and I.B.Obot (2008) Inhibition of mild steel corrosion in sulphuric acid using Alizarin Yellow GG dye and synergistic iodide additive. International Journal of Electrochemical Science 3: 1325 – 1339. 55. E. E. Ebenso, N.O.Eddy and A.O. Odiongenyi (2008) Corrosion inhibitive properties and adsorption behavior of ethanol extract of Piper guinensis as a green corrosion inhibitor for mild steel in H2SO4 . African Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry 2 (11): 107 – 115. 2009 56. Taner Arslan, Fatma Kandemirli , Eno E. Ebenso, Ian Love and Hailemichael Alemu (2009) Quantum chemical studies on the corrosion inhibition of some sulphonamides on mild steel in acidic medium . CORROSION SCIENCE (ELSEVIER SCIENCE) 51 (1): 35 – 47 57. N.O. Eddy, P. A. Ekwumemgbo and E.E. Ebenso (2009) Corrosion inhibition and adsorption characteristics of tarivid on mild steel in H2SO4. E-JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY (ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION/ IN PRESS). 58. S.A. Umoren, E.E.Ebenso and O.Ogbobe (2009) Synergistic effect of halide ions and polyethylene glycol on the corrosion inhibition of aluminium in alkaline medium JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE (WILEY-INTERSCIENCE,USA) 113: 3533 -3543 59. S.A. Umoren, I.B. Obot, E.E. Ebenso and N. Obi-Egbedi (2009) The inhibition of aluminium corrosion in HCl solution by exudates gum from Raphia hookeri. DESALINATION (ELSEVIER SCIENCE, HOLLAND) 247 : 561 – 572 60. E. E. Ebenso, N.O. Eddy and A.O. Odiongenyi (2009) Corrosion inhibition and adsorption properties of methocarbamol on mild steel in acidic medium . PORTUGALIAE ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA. 27(1): 13 – 22. 61. P.C. Okafor, U.J.Ekpe, U.J.Ibok, B.O.Ekpo, E.E. Ebenso, C.O. Obadimu (2009) Atmospheric corrosion of mild steel in the Niger Delta region. Part 1: Characterization of the Calabar, Cross River State environment. GLOBAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 8 (1): 9 - 17 62. Nnabuk O. Eddy, Udo J. Ibok, Eno E. Ebenso, Ahmed El Nemr and ElSayed H.El Ashry (2009) Quantum chemical study of the inhibition of the corrosion of mild steel in H2SO4 by some antibiotics. JOUR. OF MOLECULAR MODELLING (SPRINGER PUBLISHERS) 15: 1085 – 1092 63. N.O.Eddy and E.E. Ebenso (2009) Corrosion inhibition and adsorption properties of ethanol extract of Gongronema latifolium on mild steel in H2SO4 . PIGMENT AND RESIN TECHNOLOGY (EMERALDINSIGHT, UK). (ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION /IN PRESS). 64. Eno E. Ebenso, Taner Arslan, Fatma Kandemirli , Necmettin Caner, Ian Love (2009) Quantum chemical studies of some rhodanine azosulpha drugs as corrosion inhibitors for mild steel in acidic medium INT. JOUR. OF QUANTUM CHEMISTRY (WILEY-INTERSCIENCE, USA). (ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION/ IN PRESS) 65. Eno E. Ebenso, Taner Arslan, Fatma Kandemirli, Ian Love, Cemil Ogretir, Murat Saracoglu and Saviour A. Umoren (2009) Theoretical studies on some sulphonamides as on corrosion inhibitors for mild steel in acidic medium. INT. JOUR. OF QUANTUM CHEMISTRY (WILEY-INTERSCIENCE, USA). (ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION /IN PRESS) 66. Fatma Kandemirli, Taner Arslan, Nevzat Karadayi, Eno E. Ebenso and Baybars Koksoy (2009) Synthesis and theoretical study of 5- methoxyisatin-3-(N- cyclohexyl)thiosemicarbazone and its Ni(II) and Zn (II) complexes. JOUR. OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE (ELSEVIER SCIENCE, HOLLAND) 938: 89 - 96 67. Nnabuk O. Eddy, Eno E. Ebenso and Udo J. Ibok (2009) Adsorption and Quantum chemical studies on ampicillin and halides for the corrosion of mild steel in H2SO4 JOUR. OF APPLIED ELECTROCHEMISTRY (SPRINGER PUBLISHERS) (ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION /IN PRESS) 68. E. I. Ating, S. A. Umoren, I.I. Udousoro, E. E. Ebenso and A.P. Udoh (2009) Leaves extract of Ananas Sativum as green corrosion inhibitor for aluminium in HCl. GREEN CHEMISTRY LETTERS AND REVIEWS (TAYLOR &FRANCIS PUBLISHERS) (ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION /IN PRESS) 69. Nnabuk O. Eddy and Eno E. Ebenso (2009) Quantum chemical studies on the inhibition potentials of some penicillin compounds for the corrosion of mild steel in 0.1M HCl. JOUR. OF MOLECULAR MODELLING (SPRINGER PUBLISHERS) (ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION /IN PRESS) G. PAPERS UNDER REVIEW/SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION 1. Nnabuk O. Eddy, Eno E. Ebenso and Udo J. Ibok (2009) Adsorption and Quantum chemical studies on cloxacillin and halides for the corrosion of mild steel in acidic medium (Submitted for publication in Materials Chemistry & Physics) 2. Nnabuk O. Eddy, Eno E. Ebenso and Udo J. Ibok (2009) Adsorption and Quantum chemical studies of the inhibitive properties of tetracycline for the corrosion of mild steel in 0.1M H2SO4 (Submitted for publication in Corrosion Science) 3. Nnabuk O. Eddy,Stanislova R. Stoyanov and Eno E. Ebenso (2009) Quantum chemical and adsorption studies of the inhibitive properties of some fluoroquinolones for the corrosion of mild steel in acidic medium (Submitted for publication in Corrosion Science) 4. I.B. Obot, N.O. Obi-Egbedi, S.A. Umoren and E. E. Ebenso (2009) Synergistic effectof anions and Ipomoea Invulcrata as green corrosion inhibitor for aluminium dissolution in acidic medium (Submitted for publication in Int. Jour. Electrochemical Science) F. RESPONSIBILITIES/COMMUNITY SERVICES 1. Reviewer, Global Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences (NIGERIA). 2. Reviewer, Journal of Applied Polymer Sciences (WILEY-INTERSCIENCE, USA). 3. Reviewer, Materials Chemistry and Physics (ELSEVIER, Holland etc). 4. Reviewer, Journal of Chemical Society of NIGERIA. 5. Reviewer, Pigment and Resin Technology (EMERALDINSIGHT, UK). 6. Reviewer, International Journal of Applied Chemistry (RPI, India). 7. Reviewer, Chemical Engineering Communications, UK 8. Reviewer, Bulletin of Chemical Society of Ethiopia 9. Reviewer, African Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry 10. Reviewer, Portugaliae Electrochimica Acta 11. Reviewer, Corrosion Science (ELSEVIER, Holland etc). 12. Reviewer, Journal of Applied Electrochemistry (WILEY-INTERSCIENCE, USA). 13. Reviewer, African Journal of Agricultural Research 14. Reviewer, Scientific Research and Essays 15. Reviewer, International Journal of Electrochemical Science 16. Reviewer, Journal of Molecular Modeling 17. Reviewer, Molecular Simulation-Journal of Experimental Nanoscience. 18. Member, Editorial board, ‘Recent Patents on Corrosion Science’ 19. Member, Editorial board, ‘Der Pharma Chemica’ – Online Journal of Medicinal, Pharmaceutical and Computational chemistry 20. External Examiner of MSc and PhD Thesis in numerous universities eg Indian School of Mines University, Dhanbad-826 004, India and some Nigerian Universities. 21. Discipline Chair/ Head of Department, Department of Chemistry, North West University (Mafikeng Campus), Mmabatho 2735, South Africa (2009 - ). G. SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS RECEIVED 1. Federal Govt. of Nigeria Postgraduate Studies Scholarship Award (1990). M.Sc. in Chemistry – University of Ibadan – Nigeria. 2. Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) South-South Fellowship Award (Jan. 1999 – August 1999) at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore 560064, INDIA. -Sponsored by the THIRD WORLD ACADEMY OF SCIENCES C/o The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Enrico Fermi Building – via Beirut 6-34100 Trieste – ITALY. 3. Deutscher Akademischer Austauchdienst (DAAD) [German Academic Exchange Service] – Short Term Research Fellowship (Oct. 1999 – March 2000) – at Universitat des Saarlandes, D-66041 Saarbruecken, GERMANY. 4. Deutscher Akademischer Austauchdienst (DAAD) [German Academic Exchange Service] – Short Term Research Fellowship (Aug. 2006 – Oct. 2006) – at Technical Universitat des Darmstadt, D-64287 Darmstadt, GERMANY. 5. AWARDED and CITED in (a) Marquis WHO’S WHO in American Education (2003/2004, 2006/2007) (b) Marquis WHO’S WHO in Science and Engineering (2006) (c) Marquis WHO’S WHO IN THE WORLD (2006) Nominated (a) 21st Century Award for Achievement in Chemistry- International Biographical Centre, Cambridge. (2003) (b) 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st century- International Biographical Centre, Cambridge etc. 6. Best All-round student of the Year Prize (1980/81) – H.W.T.I, Calabar-NIGERIA 7. Best Mathematics students Prize (1980/81) – H.W.T.I, Calabar-NIGERIA. 8. Visiting Scientist Fellowship ( 2008 till date) - Scientific Research Programme Fellowship of Turkey (TUBITAK) tenable at the Department of Chemistry, Kocaeli University, 41380, Izmit, Turkey. H. MEMBERSHIP OF LEARNED/PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES 1. Member, Chemical Society of Nigeria (MCSN). 2. Member, American Chemical Society (MACS). 3. Member, New York Academy of Sciences. 4. Member, National Geographical Society. 5. Member, NACE, International Corrosion Society. 6. Member, Nigerian Corrosion Society. 7. Member, Soc. for the Adv. of Electrochemical Science & Technology (SAEST) 8. Member, Chemical Society of Ethiopia 9. Member, South African Chemical Institute (M.S.A. Chem. I.) 10. Member, South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP).
Favourite Publications: 1. NATURE 2. NATURE - CHEMISTRY 3. SCIENCE 4. CORROSION SCIENCE 5. PIGMENT AND RESIN TECHNOLOGY 6. MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
Work: CHEMISTRY / CORROSION RESEARCH
Biographical: ABRIDGED CV OF PROF. ENO E. EBENSO Prof. ENO E. EBENSO (Pr.Sci.Nat.) (Professor of Physical Chemistry) Discipline Chair/Head of Department Department of Chemistry Faculty of Agriculture, Science & Technology North West University (Mafikeng Campus), Private Bag X2046, Mmabatho 2735, South Africa Tel:(+27) 18 389-2113 Fax:(+27) 18 389-2052 Cell:082 538 7286 Email: Eno.Ebenso@nwu.ac.za A. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: (a) B.Sc. (Hons) Chem. Second Class Upper Division-University of Calabar, P.M.B 1115, Calabar- Nigeria. (b) M.Sc. (Physical Chemistry) -University of Ibadan, Nigeria. (c) Ph.D. (Physical Chemistry) – University of Calabar, P.M. B. 1115, Calabar, Nigeria. B. AREAS OF INTEREST Physical Chemistry: (i) Electrochemistry, kinetics, adsorption, thermodynamics of corrosion–extensive researches on corrosion inhibition in different media using weight loss, hydrogen evolution and thermometric methods. Synergistic and antagonistic studies. Plant extracts, polymers and synthetic organic and inorganic compounds are used as inhibitors. Colloids and Surface Chemistry (Naturally occurring colloids-exudates gums). (ii) Quantum chemical / molecular modeling and theoretical studies of compounds used for corrosion inhibition studies using density functional theory (DFT) and other semi-empirical methods (iii) Chemistry and Physics of Materials. Novel Aspects of solid state Chemistry and material science majoring in thin film deposition using nebulized spray pyrolysis and characterization using XRD, EDAX, SEM, resistivity, magnetization and magneto resistance studies of manganates, cobaltates and double perovskites. Crystallization kinetics of the thin films. (iv) Thermodynamics and excess molar volumes studies of solutions – developing new area of research. C. GRADUATE THESIS SUPERVISION / COLLABORATION. Successfully supervised three (3) PhD (S.A.Umoren, O. Abakedi and N.O. Eddy) and two (2) MSc (S.Adediran and E. Ating) students thesis. Currently 2 PhD and one MSc student are still doing experimental work and a number of B.Sc (Hons) research projects. Am also involved in collaborative research with some professors and research groups in the following universities and institutes (see evidence in my list of publications) viz. • University of Uyo , Nigeria, • University of Port-Harcourt ,Nigeria, • Federal University of Technology(FUTO), Owerri ,Nigeria, • Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research(JNCASR), Bangalore 560064, India (Chemistry and Physics of Materials Research Group), • Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Universitat des Saarlandes, D-66041, Saarbrucken, Germany, • Institute of Materials Research, Darmstadt University of Technology, D-64287, Darmstadt, Germany (Research on Giant Magneto resistance and Spintronic materials). • Department of Chemistry, Kocaeli University, 41380, Izmit, Turkey • Department of Chemistry, Osmangazi University, 41380, Eskişekir, Turkey Department of Science and Technology Education, Faculty of Education, Cukurova University, 01338 Adana, Turkey • Department of Physics, Cukurova University, 01338 Adana, Turkey D. CONFERENCES ATTENDED (a) 16th Annual National Conference of the Chemical Society of Nigeria, Sept. 22nd –26th, 1991, Owerri. (b) 21st Anniversary/17th Annual Conference of the Chemical Society of Nigeria, Sept. 21st – 23rd, 1992, Lagos. (c) 30th Annual Conference of Nigerian Mining & Geosciences Society (NMGS), 6th –10th March, 1994, Jos. (d) 31st Annual Conference of Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society (NMGS) in Calabar-12th –16th March, 1995. Inhibition of Corrosion of mild steel and aluminium in acidic medium by amides and derivatives of TSC: Effect of molecular structural changes. (e) 21st Annual International Conference of the Chemical Society of Nigeria, September 20th –24th (1998) Ibadan-Nigeria. Papers Presented were - (i) Inhibition of Corrosion of aluminium in HCl by semicarbazide in methanol/ethanol mixture. (ii) Corrosion Behaviour of aluminium in HCl and its inhibition by some amino acids (f) National Corrosion Conference of the Nigerian Corrosion Association (NICA); Corrosion, Port Harcourt 98, 25th-27th November, 1998, Port Harcourt-Nigeria. (i) Inhibition of Corrosion of mild steel in hydrochloric acid by some azo dyes Part 1. (g) 25th Annual/International Conference of the Chemical Society of Nigeria (Canaan, 2002) September 23 -27th 2002 – Calabar – Nigeria. (i) Effect of halide ions on the corrosion inhibition in H2SO4 using methyl red. (h) 26th Annual/International Conference of the Chemical Society of Nigeria (Benue 2003) September 22nd- - 25th, 2003, Markurdi, Benue State – Nigeria. (i) Thin films of ordered double perovskite, Sr2FeMoO6 by nebulized spray pyrolysis. (i) National Conference 2004 and Annual General Meeting Nigerian Corrosion Association March 24th-27th, 2004, Port Harcourt – Nigeria. Papers Presented were - (i) Effect of halide ions on the corrosion inhibition of aluminium and mild steel in acidic medium by gum arabic. (ii) Fifteen years of corrosion and corrosion inhibition studies in UNICAL. (j) ERTEP 2007 - First International Conference on Environmental Research, Technology and Policy. July 17th – 19th 2007, Accra – Ghana. Papers Presented were - (i) Blends of polyvinyl pyrrolidone and polyacrylamide as corrosion inhibitors for aluminum in acidic medium. (ii) Studies of anti-corrosive effect of Raphia Hookeri Exudates gum-halide mixtures for aluminium corrosion in acidic medium. (k) 24th Annual Conference/ Congress of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia (CSE).February 22th – 24th 2008, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Papers Presented were - (i) Phylanthus Amarus extracts as eco-friendly corrosion inhibitor for mild steel in acidic media (ii) Quantum chemical studies on the inhibition efficiencies of some sulphonamides for the corrosion of mild steel in acidic medium (iii) Inhibition Of Mild Steel Corrosion In Acidic Medium Using Synthetic and Naturally Occurring Polymers and Synergistic Halide Additives (iv) Synergistic Inhibition between Naturally Occurring Exudate Gum and Halide Ions on the Corrosion of Mild Steel in Acidic Medium E. SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS IN PEER - REVIEWED JOURNALS 1993 1. Eno E. Ebenso, (1993). Degree of association of organic acids in benzene solution. Tropical Journal of Applied Science. 3; 36 - 44. 1994 2. U. J. Ekpe, E. E. Ebenso and U. J. Ibok (1994). Inhibitory Action of Azadirachta indica Leaves extract on the corrosion of mild steel in H2SO4.. Journal of West African Science Association. 37; 13 - 30. 1995 3. U. J. Ekpe, U. J. Ibok, B. I. Ita, O. E. Offiong and E. E. Ebenso, (1995). Inhibitory action of methyl and phenyl thiosemicarbazone derivatives on the corrosion of mild steel in HCl. Material Chemistry and Physics (ELSEVIER SCIENCE, HOLLAND). 40; 87 - 93. 1996 4. U. J. Ekpe, E. E. Ebenso and B. S. Antia (1996). Physicochemical studies of some naturally occurring exudates gums from South Eastern Nigeria. Part 1. West African Journal of Biological and Applied Chemistry. 41; 16 - 20. 5. E. E. Ebenso and U. J. Ekpe (1996). Kinetic study of corrosion and corrosion inhibition of mild steel in H2SO4 using Carica papaya leaves extract. West African Journal of Biological and Applied Chemistry. 41; 21 - 27. 1998 6. E. E. Ebenso, U. J. Ekpe and U. J. Ibok (1998). Studies on the inhibition of mild steel corrosion by some plant extracts in acidic medium. Discovery & Innovation (AFRICAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES). 10; 52 - 59. 7. E. E. Ebenso, (1998). Inhibition of aluminium (AA3105) Corrosion in HCl by acetamide and thiourea. Nigerian Corrosion Journal. 1(1); 29 - 44. 1999 8. E. E. Ebenso, (1999). Kinetics of oxidation of N, N Diphenyl-p-phenylene diamine by Ce (IV) in aqueous perchloric acid. Global Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences. 5(1); 79 - 84. 9. E. E. Ebenso, U. J. Ekpe, B. I. Ita, O.E.Offiong and U. J. Ibok, (1999). Effects of molecular structure on the efficiency of amides and TSC used for corrosion inhibition of mild steel in HCl. Materials Chemistry and Physics (ELSEVIER SCIENCE, HOLLAND). 60; 79 - 90. 10. E. E. Ebenso, U. J. Ekpe, O. D. Ekpa, U. J. Ibok, B. S. Antia and J. E. Asuquo (1999). Physico-chemical studies of some naturally occurring exudates gums from South Eastern Nigeria. Part 2. International Journal of Science and Engineering. 2(1); 7 - 13. 2000 11. S. Parashar, E. E. Ebenso, A. R. Raju and C. N. R. Rao (2000) Insulator-metal transitions induced by electric and magnetic fields in thin films of charge-ordered Pr1-xCaxMnO3. Solid State Communications (ELSEVIER SCIENCE, HOLLAND). 114; 295 - 299. 12. E. E. Ebenso, Kripasindhu Sardar, M. Chandrasekhar, A.R. Raju and C.N.R. Rao (2000). Thin films of Ln1-xSrxCoO3 (Ln = La, Nd and Gd) and SrRuO3 by nebulized spray pyrolysis. Solid State Sciences (ELSEVIER SCIENCE, HOLLAND). 2; 833 - 839. 2001 13. E. E. Ebenso, (2001). Inhibition of corrosion of mild steel in HCl by some Azo dyes. Nigerian Journal of Chemical Research. 6; 8 - 12 14. U. J. Ekpe, P. C. Okafor, E. E. Ebenso, O. E. Offiong and B. I. Ita (2001). Mutual effects of TSC derivatives on the acidic corrosion of aluminium. Bulletin of Electrochemistry (CECRI, INDIA). 17(3); 131 - 135. 15. E. E. Ebenso, P. C. Okafor, O. E. Offiong, B. I. Ita, U. J. Ibok and U. J. Ekpe (2001). Comparative investigation into the kinetics of corrosion inhibition of aluminium alloy (AA 1060) in acidic medium. Bulletin of Electrochemistry (CECRI, INDIA). 17(10); 459 - 464. 2003 16. E. E. Ebenso, P. C. Okafor and U. J. Ekpe (2003) Studies on the inhibition of aluminium corrosion by 2-acetylphenothiazine in chloroacetic acids Anti-Corrosion Methods & Materials (EMERALDINSIGHT, UK). 50(6); 414 - 421. 17. E. E. Ebenso, (2003). Effect of halide ions on the corrosion inhibition of mild steel in H2SO4 using methyl red. Part 1. Bulletin of Electrochemistry (CECRI, INDIA). 19(5); 209 - 216. 18. E. E. Ebenso, (2003). Synergistic effect of halide ions on the corrosion inhibition of aluminium in H2SO4 using 2-acetylphenothiazine. Materials Chemistry and Physics (ELSEVIER SCIENCE, HOLLAND). 79(1); 58 - 70 19. P. C. Okafor, E. E. Ebenso, U. J. Ibok, U. J. Ekpe and M. I. Ikpi (2003) Inhibition of 4-acetamidoaniline on corrosion of mild steel in HCl solution. Transactions of SAEST (CECRI, INDIA). 38 (3); 91 – 96 2004 20. E. E. Ebenso, P. C. Okafor, U. J. Ekpe, U. J. Ibok and A. I. Onuchukwu (2004). The joint effects of halide ions and methylene blue on the corrosion inhibition of aluminium and mild steel in acid corrodent Journal of Chemical Society of Nigeria. 29(1); 15 - 25 21. E. E. Oguzie, B.N. Okolue, E. E. Ebenso, G. N. Onuoha and A. I. Onuchukwu (2004) Evaluation of the inhibitory effect of methylene blue dye on the corrosion of aluminium in HCl solutions. Materials Chemistry and Physics (ELSEVIER SCIENCE, HOLLAND). 87(2-3); 394 - 401 22. P. C. Okafor, E. E. Ebenso and U. J. Ekpe (2004). Inhibition of aluminium corrosion by some derivatives of thiosemicarbazone. Bulletin of Chemical Society of Ethiopia. 18(2): 181- 192 23. E. E. Ebenso, (2004). Effect of methyl red and halide ions on the corrosion of aluminium in H2SO4 . Part 2 Bulletin of Electrochemistry. 20(12); 551 - 559. 24. E. E. Ebenso, U.J.Ibok, U.J. Ekpe, S. Umoren, Ekerete Jackson, O.K. Abiola, N. C. Oforka and S. Martinez (2004) Corrosion inhibition studies of some plant extracts on aluminium in acidic medium. Transactions of SAEST (CECRI, INDIA). 39(4); 117 – 123 25. Olusegun K. Abiola, N. C. Oforka and E. E. Ebenso (2004) A Potential Corrosion inhibitor for acid corrosion of mild steel. Bulletin of Electrochemistry (CECRI, INDIA). 20(9); 409 – 413 26. Olusegun K. Abiola, N.C. Oforka and E. E. Ebenso (2004) Inhibition of mild steel corrosion in an acidic medium by fruit juice of Citrus Paradisi Journal of Corrosion Science & Engineering. 1(1); 75 – 78. 2005 27. B. I. Ita and E. E. Ebenso, (2005). Novel sol-gel synthesis of nanopolycrystalline LaCrO3. International Journal of Science and Technology. 4(1); 1 - 3. 28. E. E. Ebenso and E. E. Oguzie (2005) Corrosion inhibition of mild steel in acidic medium by some organic dyes. Material Letters (ELSEVIER SCIENCE, HOLLAND). 59 (17): 2163 - 2165 29. P. C. Okafor, U. J. Ekpe, E. E. Ebenso, E. M. Umoren and K. E. Leizou (2005) Inhibition of mild steel corrosion in acidic medium using Allium Sativum extracts. Bulletin of Electrochemistry (CECRI, INDIA). 21(8): 347 – 352 2006 30. E. E. Oguzie and E. E. Ebenso (2006) Studies on the corrosion inhibitive effect of Congo red dye – halides mixture. Pigment and Resin Technology (EMERALDINSIGHT, UK). 35(1): 30 - 35 31. E. E. Ebenso, U.J. Ekpe, S. Umoren, Ekerete Jackson, O.K. Abiola and N. C. Oforka (2006) Synergistic effect of halide ions on the corrosion inhibition of aluminium in acidic medium by some polymers. Journal of Applied Polymer Science (WILEY-INTERSCIENCE,USA). 100(4): 2889 – 2894 32. E. E. Oguzie, A.I. Onuchukwu, P.C.Okafor and E.E.Ebenso (2006) Corrosion inhibition and adsorption behaviour of Ocinum basilicum extract on aluminium. Pigment and Resin Technology (EMERALDINSIGHT, UK). 35(2): 63 - 70 33. S.A. Umoren, O.Ogbobe, E.E.Ebenso and U.J.Ekpe (2006) Effect of halide ions on the corrosion inhibition of mild steel in acidic medium using polyvinyl alcohol. Pigment and Resin Technology (EMERALDINSIGHT, UK). 35 (5): 284 - 292 34. S.A. Umoren, E.E.Ebenso, P.C.Okafor and O.Ogbobe (2006) Water soluble polymers as corrosion inhibitors of mild steel in acidic medium. Pigment and Resin Technology (EMERALDINSIGHT,UK). 35 (6): 346 - 352. 35. P. C. Okafor, U. J. Ekpe, E. E. Ebenso, N. S. Umo and A. R. Etor (2006) Extracts of Allium Cepa and Allium sativum as corrosion inhibitor of mild steel in HCl solution. Transactions of SAEST (CECRI, INDIA). 41(2): 82 – 87 36. S.A. Umoren, O.Ogbobe and E.E.Ebenso (2006) Synergistic Inhibition of aluminium corrosion in acidic medium by Gum Arabic and halide ions. Transactions of SAEST (CECRI, INDIA). 41(2): 74 - 81 37. S.A. Umoren, I. B. Obot, E.E.Ebenso, P. C. Okafor, O.Ogbobe and E. E. Oguzie (2006) Gum Arabic as potential corrosion inhibitor for aluminium in alkaline medium and its adsorption characteristics. Anti- Corrosion Methods & Materials (EMERALDINSIGHT,UK). 53 (5): 277 - 282 38. S.A. Umoren, O.Ogbobe and E.E.Ebenso (2006) The adsorption characteristics and synergistic inhibition between polyethylene glycol and halide ions on the corrosion of mild steel in acidic medium. Bulletin of Electrochemistry (CECRI, INDIA). 22 (4): 155 – 167 2007 39. S.A. Umoren, E.E.Ebenso, P.C.Okafor, U.J.Ekpe and O.Ogbobe (2007) Effect of halide ions on the corrosion inhibition of aluminium in alkaline medium using polyvinyl alcohol. Journal of Applied Polymer Science (WILEY-INTERSCIENCE,USA) 103(5): 2810-2816 40. P. C. Okafor and E. E. Ebenso (2007) Inhibitive action of Carica papaya extracts on the corrosion of mild steel in acidic media and their adsorption characteristics. Pigment and Resin Technology (EMERALDINSIGHT, UK). 36(3): 134 - 140 41. P. C. Okafor, V.I. Osabor and E. E. Ebenso (2007) Eco friendly corrosion inhibitors: Inhibitive action of ethanol extracts of Garcinia Kola for the corrosion of aluminium in acidic medium. Pigment and Resin Technology (EMERALDINSIGHT, UK). 36(5): 299 - 305. 42. S. A. Umoren, O.Ogbobe, P.C. Okafor and E. E.Ebenso (2007) Polyethylene glycol and polyvinyl alcohol as corrosion inhibitors of aluminium in acidic medium. Journal of Applied Polymer Science(WILEY-INTERSCIENCE, USA) 105(6): 3363 - 3370. 43. Olusegun K. Abiola, N. C. Oforka, E. E. Ebenso and N. M. Nwinuka (2007) Eco friendly corrosion inhibitors: Inhibitive action of Delonix regia extract for the corrosion of aluminium in acidic medium. Anti-Corrosion Methods &Materials (EMERALDINSIGHT, UK). 54(4): 219 - 224. 44. S.A. Umoren and E.E.Ebenso (2007) The synergistic effect of polyacrylamide and iodide ions on the corrosion inhibition of mild steel in H2SO4. Materials Chemistry and Physics (ELSEVIER SCIENCE, HOLLAND). 106: 387 - 393 2008 45. S.A. Umoren, I.B. Obot, E.E. Ebenso and N. Obi-Egbedi (2008) Studies on the corrosion inhibition of Dacroydes edulis exudates gum for aluminium in acidic medium. Portugaliae Electrochimica Acta. 26(2): 199 – 209. 46. S.A. Umoren, I.B. Obot, E.E. Ebenso and P.C. Okafor (2008) Eco-friendly Inhibitors from Naturally Occurring Exudates Gums for Aluminium Corrosion Inhibition in Acidic Medium. Portugaliae Electrochimica Acta. 26(3): 267 – 282. 47. S.A. Umoren, I.B. Obot and E.E. Ebenso (2008) Corrosion inhibition of aluminium using exudate gum from Pachylobus edulis in the presence of halide ions in HCl E-Journal of Chemistry. 5 (2): 355 - 364 48. S.A. Umoren and E.E.Ebenso (2008) Studies of anti-corrosive effect of Raphia hookeri exudates gum – halide mixtures for aluminium corrosion in acidic medium Pigment and Resin Technology (EMERALDINSIGHT, UK). 37 (3):173 - 182 49. N.O. Eddy and E.E. Ebenso (2008) Adsorption and inhibitive properties of ethanol extracts of Musa sapientum peels as a green corrosion inhibitor for mild steel in H2SO4. African Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry 2 (6): 046 – 054. 50. S.A. Umoren, O.Ogbobe , I.O. Igwe and E.E.Ebenso (2008) Inhibition of mild steel corrosion in acidic medium using synthetic and naturally occurring polymers and synergistic halide additives. Corrosion Science (ELSEVIER SCIENCE) 50(7) : 1998 - 2006. 51. S. A. Umoren and E. E. Ebenso (2008) Blends of polyvinyl pyrrolidone and polyacrylamide as corrosion inhibitors for aluminium in acidic medium Indian Journal of Chemical Technology 15(4): 355 – 363. 52. P. C. Okafor,, M. E. Ikpi , I. E. Uwah, E. E. Ebenso , U. J. Ekpe and S. A. Umoren (2008) Inhibitory action of Phyllanthus amarus extracts on the corrosion of mild steel in acidic media Corrosion Science (ELSEVIER SCIENCE) 50(8) : 2310 – 2317. 53. S.A. Umoren, I.B. Obot, E.E. Ebenso and N. Obi-Egbedi (2008) Synergistic Inhibition between Naturally Occurring exudates gum and halide ions on the corrosion of mild steel in acidic medium International Journal of Electrochemical Science 3 : 1029 – 1043. 54. E.E.Ebenso, Hailemicheal Alemu, S.A.Umoren and I.B.Obot (2008) Inhibition of mild steel corrosion in sulphuric acid using Alizarin Yellow GG dye and synergistic iodide additive. International Journal of Electrochemical Science 3: 1325 – 1339. 55. E. E. Ebenso, N.O.Eddy and A.O. Odiongenyi (2008) Corrosion inhibitive properties and adsorption behavior of ethanol extract of Piper guinensis as a green corrosion inhibitor for mild steel in H2SO4 . African Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry 2 (11): 107 – 115. 2009 56. Taner Arslan, Fatma Kandemirli , Eno E. Ebenso, Ian Love and Hailemichael Alemu (2009) Quantum chemical studies on the corrosion inhibition of some sulphonamides on mild steel in acidic medium . CORROSION SCIENCE (ELSEVIER SCIENCE) 51 (1): 35 – 47 57. N.O. Eddy, P. A. Ekwumemgbo and E.E. Ebenso (2009) Corrosion inhibition and adsorption characteristics of tarivid on mild steel in H2SO4. E-JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY (ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION/ IN PRESS). 58. S.A. Umoren, E.E.Ebenso and O.Ogbobe (2009) Synergistic effect of halide ions and polyethylene glycol on the corrosion inhibition of aluminium in alkaline medium JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE (WILEY-INTERSCIENCE,USA) 113: 3533 -3543 59. S.A. Umoren, I.B. Obot, E.E. Ebenso and N. Obi-Egbedi (2009) The inhibition of aluminium corrosion in HCl solution by exudates gum from Raphia hookeri. DESALINATION (ELSEVIER SCIENCE, HOLLAND) 247 : 561 – 572 60. E. E. Ebenso, N.O. Eddy and A.O. Odiongenyi (2009) Corrosion inhibition and adsorption properties of methocarbamol on mild steel in acidic medium . PORTUGALIAE ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA. 27(1): 13 – 22. 61. P.C. Okafor, U.J.Ekpe, U.J.Ibok, B.O.Ekpo, E.E. Ebenso, C.O. Obadimu (2009) Atmospheric corrosion of mild steel in the Niger Delta region. Part 1: Characterization of the Calabar, Cross River State environment. GLOBAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 8 (1): 9 - 17 62. Nnabuk O. Eddy, Udo J. Ibok, Eno E. Ebenso, Ahmed El Nemr and ElSayed H.El Ashry (2009) Quantum chemical study of the inhibition of the corrosion of mild steel in H2SO4 by some antibiotics. JOUR. OF MOLECULAR MODELLING (SPRINGER PUBLISHERS) 15: 1085 – 1092 63. N.O.Eddy and E.E. Ebenso (2009) Corrosion inhibition and adsorption properties of ethanol extract of Gongronema latifolium on mild steel in H2SO4 . PIGMENT AND RESIN TECHNOLOGY (EMERALDINSIGHT, UK). (ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION /IN PRESS). 64. Eno E. Ebenso, Taner Arslan, Fatma Kandemirli , Necmettin Caner, Ian Love (2009) Quantum chemical studies of some rhodanine azosulpha drugs as corrosion inhibitors for mild steel in acidic medium INT. JOUR. OF QUANTUM CHEMISTRY (WILEY-INTERSCIENCE, USA). (ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION/ IN PRESS) 65. Eno E. Ebenso, Taner Arslan, Fatma Kandemirli, Ian Love, Cemil Ogretir, Murat Saracoglu and Saviour A. Umoren (2009) Theoretical studies on some sulphonamides as on corrosion inhibitors for mild steel in acidic medium. INT. JOUR. OF QUANTUM CHEMISTRY (WILEY-INTERSCIENCE, USA). (ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION /IN PRESS) 66. Fatma Kandemirli, Taner Arslan, Nevzat Karadayi, Eno E. Ebenso and Baybars Koksoy (2009) Synthesis and theoretical study of 5- methoxyisatin-3-(N- cyclohexyl)thiosemicarbazone and its Ni(II) and Zn (II) complexes. JOUR. OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE (ELSEVIER SCIENCE, HOLLAND) 938: 89 - 96 67. Nnabuk O. Eddy, Eno E. Ebenso and Udo J. Ibok (2009) Adsorption and Quantum chemical studies on ampicillin and halides for the corrosion of mild steel in H2SO4 JOUR. OF APPLIED ELECTROCHEMISTRY (SPRINGER PUBLISHERS) (ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION /IN PRESS) 68. E. I. Ating, S. A. Umoren, I.I. Udousoro, E. E. Ebenso and A.P. Udoh (2009) Leaves extract of Ananas Sativum as green corrosion inhibitor for aluminium in HCl. GREEN CHEMISTRY LETTERS AND REVIEWS (TAYLOR &FRANCIS PUBLISHERS) (ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION /IN PRESS) 69. Nnabuk O. Eddy and Eno E. Ebenso (2009) Quantum chemical studies on the inhibition potentials of some penicillin compounds for the corrosion of mild steel in 0.1M HCl. JOUR. OF MOLECULAR MODELLING (SPRINGER PUBLISHERS) (ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION /IN PRESS) G. PAPERS UNDER REVIEW/SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION 1. Nnabuk O. Eddy, Eno E. Ebenso and Udo J. Ibok (2009) Adsorption and Quantum chemical studies on cloxacillin and halides for the corrosion of mild steel in acidic medium (Submitted for publication in Materials Chemistry & Physics) 2. Nnabuk O. Eddy, Eno E. Ebenso and Udo J. Ibok (2009) Adsorption and Quantum chemical studies of the inhibitive properties of tetracycline for the corrosion of mild steel in 0.1M H2SO4 (Submitted for publication in Corrosion Science) 3. Nnabuk O. Eddy,Stanislova R. Stoyanov and Eno E. Ebenso (2009) Quantum chemical and adsorption studies of the inhibitive properties of some fluoroquinolones for the corrosion of mild steel in acidic medium (Submitted for publication in Corrosion Science) 4. I.B. Obot, N.O. Obi-Egbedi, S.A. Umoren and E. E. Ebenso (2009) Synergistic effectof anions and Ipomoea Invulcrata as green corrosion inhibitor for aluminium dissolution in acidic medium (Submitted for publication in Int. Jour. Electrochemical Science) F. RESPONSIBILITIES/COMMUNITY SERVICES 1. Reviewer, Global Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences (NIGERIA). 2. Reviewer, Journal of Applied Polymer Sciences (WILEY-INTERSCIENCE, USA). 3. Reviewer, Materials Chemistry and Physics (ELSEVIER, Holland etc). 4. Reviewer, Journal of Chemical Society of NIGERIA. 5. Reviewer, Pigment and Resin Technology (EMERALDINSIGHT, UK). 6. Reviewer, International Journal of Applied Chemistry (RPI, India). 7. Reviewer, Chemical Engineering Communications, UK 8. Reviewer, Bulletin of Chemical Society of Ethiopia 9. Reviewer, African Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry 10. Reviewer, Portugaliae Electrochimica Acta 11. Reviewer, Corrosion Science (ELSEVIER, Holland etc). 12. Reviewer, Journal of Applied Electrochemistry (WILEY-INTERSCIENCE, USA). 13. Reviewer, African Journal of Agricultural Research 14. Reviewer, Scientific Research and Essays 15. Reviewer, International Journal of Electrochemical Science 16. Reviewer, Journal of Molecular Modeling 17. Reviewer, Molecular Simulation-Journal of Experimental Nanoscience. 18. Member, Editorial board, ‘Recent Patents on Corrosion Science’ 19. Member, Editorial board, ‘Der Pharma Chemica’ – Online Journal of Medicinal, Pharmaceutical and Computational chemistry 20. External Examiner of MSc and PhD Thesis in numerous universities eg Indian School of Mines University, Dhanbad-826 004, India and some Nigerian Universities. 21. Discipline Chair/ Head of Department, Department of Chemistry, North West University (Mafikeng Campus), Mmabatho 2735, South Africa (2009 - ). G. SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS RECEIVED 1. Federal Govt. of Nigeria Postgraduate Studies Scholarship Award (1990). M.Sc. in Chemistry – University of Ibadan – Nigeria. 2. Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) South-South Fellowship Award (Jan. 1999 – August 1999) at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore 560064, INDIA. -Sponsored by the THIRD WORLD ACADEMY OF SCIENCES C/o The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Enrico Fermi Building – via Beirut 6-34100 Trieste – ITALY. 3. Deutscher Akademischer Austauchdienst (DAAD) [German Academic Exchange Service] – Short Term Research Fellowship (Oct. 1999 – March 2000) – at Universitat des Saarlandes, D-66041 Saarbruecken, GERMANY. 4. Deutscher Akademischer Austauchdienst (DAAD) [German Academic Exchange Service] – Short Term Research Fellowship (Aug. 2006 – Oct. 2006) – at Technical Universitat des Darmstadt, D-64287 Darmstadt, GERMANY. 5. AWARDED and CITED in (a) Marquis WHO’S WHO in American Education (2003/2004, 2006/2007) (b) Marquis WHO’S WHO in Science and Engineering (2006) (c) Marquis WHO’S WHO IN THE WORLD (2006) Nominated (a) 21st Century Award for Achievement in Chemistry- International Biographical Centre, Cambridge. (2003) (b) 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st century- International Biographical Centre, Cambridge etc. 6. Best All-round student of the Year Prize (1980/81) – H.W.T.I, Calabar-NIGERIA 7. Best Mathematics students Prize (1980/81) – H.W.T.I, Calabar-NIGERIA. 8. Visiting Scientist Fellowship ( 2008 till date) - Scientific Research Programme Fellowship of Turkey (TUBITAK) tenable at the Department of Chemistry, Kocaeli University, 41380, Izmit, Turkey. H. MEMBERSHIP OF LEARNED/PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES 1. Member, Chemical Society of Nigeria (MCSN). 2. Member, American Chemical Society (MACS). 3. Member, New York Academy of Sciences. 4. Member, National Geographical Society. 5. Member, NACE, International Corrosion Society. 6. Member, Nigerian Corrosion Society. 7. Member, Soc. for the Adv. of Electrochemical Science & Technology (SAEST) 8. Member, Chemical Society of Ethiopia 9. Member, South African Chemical Institute (M.S.A. Chem. I.) 10. Member, South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP).
Favourite Publications: 1. NATURE 2. NATURE - CHEMISTRY 3. SCIENCE 4. CORROSION SCIENCE 5. PIGMENT AND RESIN TECHNOLOGY 6. MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
