Dr. Adamu Girei Salihu

American University of Nigeria

Fall 2020

Dr. Salihu Adamu Girei is currently serving as the Chair of the Chemical Engineering Department at the American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola. He holds a Ph.D. in Process Systems and Energy Engineering from Cranfield University in the United Kingdom, an MSc in Chemical Engineering with a concentration in Nanotechnology from the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Chemical Engineering from the Federal University of Technology, Yola, Nigeria (Now Modibbo Adama University Yola). Before joining the AUN, Dr. Girei worked as a senior lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. He is a distinguished academic, having earned a Teaching Fellowship from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, and a Kaufman Teaching Certificate Program (KTCP) certification. He is a registered engineer with COREN and the Nigeria Society of Chemical Engineers (NSChE), and holds memberships in the Energy Institute (EI), the IET, and EUSPEN.