Nigerian don wins Global Scientist Award

A don at University of Port Harcourt, Prof Peter James Kpolovie, has won the Global Scientist of the Year 2021 award.

Kpolovie was among the eight that made the cut in the global competition the International Achievements Research Centre (IARC) located in Montreal, Canada, organizes for scientists, engineers and researchers.

The competition is meant to foster the professional growth of talented scientists, engineers, and researchers as they present their works, innovations, and findings.

Other winners include Georgy Fomenko, Yaroslavl State Technical University, Russian Federation; Manohara Basoor Halasiddappa, Agok Bio, San Francisco, USA; Prof. Inna Shevchenko, Kharkov National Automobile and Highway University, Ukraine and Prof. Laurens  Molenkamp of the University of Wurzburg, Germany; Prof. Vadim Potapov, Geotechnological Center, Russian Federation; Prof. Kossi Bollanigini Amey, FORMATEC Institute, Togo and Prof. Vladimir Grachev AVERS, Russian Federation.

The Director of IARC Competition, Dr Michael Finnen, in a letter, congratulated Kpolovie on the award.

He said the professor’s impressive accomplishments over the years and his commitment to excellence inspired the centre to recognize him as a winner in the Natural Sciences/Computer and Information Sciences category.

“Studying plenty of nominations received from different countries of the world for the ‘Scientist of the Year 2021’ Open International Competition, our international experts and the Judging Committee have thoroughly evaluated the potential and track record of each candidate, as well as the scientific value and impact of his/her works on the modern world and human being,” the letter stated.

“The impressive accomplishments that you have been demonstrating over the years, along with your commitment to excellence inspired us to recognize you as a Winner 2021 in the ‘Natural Sciences/Computer and Information Sciences’ competition category.

“To maximize the visibility of your works and achievements on the international level, your personal ‘Scientist of the Year 2021 Winner’ web page with a unique URL containing your name has been created and published on the official website of the ‘Scientist of the Year’ Open International Competition’.

“Honoring your leadership and outstanding professional achievements, we present you with a Certificate of Recognition. The Certificate contains a QR-code with the link to your personal web page mentioned above.

Grateful, Kpolovie said the recognition was based on his copious research publications and international books on rare scientific works before and during the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic.

He named some of the books written in collaboration with eight top global brands as IBM SPSS Statistics Excellent Guide; Correlation, Multiple Regression and Three-Way ANOVA; Factor Analysis – Excellent Guide with SPSS; Statistical Approaches in Excellent Research Methods; Excellent Research Methods; Handbook of Research on Enhancing Teacher Education with Advanced Instructional Technologies; and Education Management in Developing Economies; among others.

He was a former director of academic planning, research and control at the federal university.