Oluwole Daniel Makinde is a distinguished Professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics at the Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He is also a visiting Professor to several other Universities, these include: Adama Science and Technology University in Ethiopia, African University of Science and Technology in Nigeria, Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology in Tanzania, Pan African University Institute for Basics Science, Engineering, Technology and Innovation in Kenya and Vellore Institute of Technology in India. Before joining Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch University, Professor Makinde already worked as a Senior Professor and Director of Postgraduate Studies and the founding Director of the Institute for Advanced Research in Mathematical Modelling and Computations at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa (2008–2013) and Full Professor and Head of the Applied Mathematics
Department at the University of Limpopo, South Africa (1998–2008). Professor Makinde is the recipient of the 2014 Nigerian National Honour Award titled the Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR) for his outstanding contribution to mathematical sciences and technology in Africa by His Excellency the President of Nigeria. He is the winner of the prestigious 2011/2012 African Union Kwame Nkrumah Continental Scientific Award from African heads of state for outstanding contributions to basic science, technology and innovation in Africa; the winner of the South African National Science and Technology Forum and the National Research Foundation (NRF) 2009/2010 T.W. Kambule Senior Researcher Award for outstanding contributions to science, engineering, technology and innovation in South Africa; the winner of the Best Senior Research Scientist Award at the University of Limpopo (1999–2007); the winner of the Best Senior Research Scientist Award at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (2008–2012); the winner of the 2014 and 2015 Highly Commendable Published Papers Award from Emerald Group Publishing (UK); the winner of the 2015 most outstanding reviewer award from Emerald Group Publishing (UK); the winner of the Research Scientist Award at the Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch University (2016–2019) and the Stellenbosch University 2019 Chancellor Award winner for outstanding research excellence. He also won several distinctions, scholarships, fellowships, prizes, grants and awards. Professor Makinde received a prestigious Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (FAAS) for outstanding contributions to science, innovation and technology in Africa (2012).
He was also awarded a Fellow of the International Academy of Physical Sciences (FIAPS) for his outstanding contributions to the field of mathematical sciences (2018) and a Fellow of the Papua New Guinea Mathematical Society for outreach contributions (2013) to the development of mathematical sciences research in Papua New Guinea. Professor Makinde is on the editorial board of several reputable academic journals such as the Journal of Applied Mathematics, Afrika Matematika, Journal of Nanofluids, Journal of the Nigerian Mathematical Society, The Open Chemical Engineering Journal, PLOS ONE, etc., and also served as a reviewer for many reputable international academic journals worldwide and for the NRF. He is the lead guest editor of two special issues, titled “New developments in fluid mechanics and its engineering applications” published in the journal Mathematical Problems in Engineering (2013) and “Nonlinear fluid flow and heat transfer” published in the journal Advances in Mathematical Physics (2014). In 2017, Professor Makinde edited two research books titled “Advances in Nonlinear Heat Transfer in Fluids and Solids” (Diffusion foundations Vol. 11) and “New Development for Heat Transfer in Solids and Fluid Flow” (Defect and diffusion forum Vol. 377), published by Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland. In 2018, he also edited research books titled “Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer in AppliedEngineering”(Diffusion foundations Vol. 16) and “Computational Analysis of Heat Transfer in Fluids and solids” (Defect and diffusion forum Vol. 387) published by Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland. Recently in 2020, Prof Makinde edited another research textbooks titled “Engineering Fluid Flows and Heat Transfer Analysis” (Diffusion foundations Vol. 26) and “Computational Analysis of Heat Transfer in Fluids and solids II” (Defect and diffusion forum Vol. 401). In addition, Prof. Makinde authored four University Applied Mathematics textbooks and monographs and published over 500 high impact research papers in several reputable international journals. His scientific metrics according to Google Scholar shows H-Index = 57, Citations Index = 13464, i10- index = 273, (http://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=00NF_EwAAAAJ&hl=en). These bibliometric statistics still continue to increase due to the global impact of his outstanding research work. He organised several conferences, workshops and symposia within and outside the African continent and delivered keynote research papers at several national and international conferences and workshops worldwide. He has an extensive record of research and academic collaboration with several faculties and universities in countries such as Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Namibia, Botswana, India, Algeria, Iran, Pakistan, Germany, the United Kingdom, the USA, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, Papua New Guinea and China. His research covers a broad range of topics, including fluid mechanics, nanofluid dynamics, heat and mass transfer, hydrodynamic stability, dynamical systems, thermal science, combustion theory, bio-mathematics and epidemiological modelling, computational mathematics and improved perturbation techniques. His research in the area of computational mathematics has generated a new approach to tackling nonlinear problems that model real systems. The main objective of his research is to use mathematical theories and methodologies to gain insights into the dynamics of various engineering and biological systems that are of industrial, environmental, medical and social interest.
Professor Makinde’s research has contributed immensely to the upliftment of many African scholars in the field of mathematical science research and postgraduate training. He has taught, supervised and mentored several students at undergraduate, postgraduate and postdoctoral levels. He has graduated over 33 PhD, 72 MSc and 200 BSc (Hons) candidates in the field of Applied Mathematics and Computations across the African continent and served in several high-level academic management and administrative positions. He also served as external examiner for many universities within and outside the African continent.
He is a certified member of the International Association of Engineers (http://www.iaeng.org/membership.html). Professor Makinde served as the secretary general of the African Mathematical Union (2009–2017), the vice-president and general secretary of the Southern African Mathematical Sciences Association (2002–2006), a founding academic advisory board member of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (2003–2005), an associate member of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (2000–2005) and an associate member of the National Institute of Theoretical and Computational Science
(NITheCS) in South Africa.
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