Ibrahim Khalil Umar is a Nigerian

scientist A scientist is a person who conducts Scientific method, scientific research to advance knowledge in an Branches of science, area of the natural sciences. In classical antiquity, there was no real ancient analog of a modern scientist. Instead, ...

and university administrator. He was

Vice-Chancellor A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system. In most Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth and former Commonwealth n ...

Bayero University The Bayero University Kano (BUK) is a university situated in Kano, Kano State, Nigeria. It was founded in 1975, when it was renamed from Bayero University College and upgraded from University College to University. It is the first university in ...

Kano Kano may refer to: Places *Kano State, a state in Northern Nigeria * Kano (city), a city in Nigeria, and the capital of Kano State **Kingdom of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between the 10th and 14th centuries **Sultanate of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between ...

, Nigeria from 1979 to 1986. He holds a B.Sc. in

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and

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from

Ahmadu Bello University Ahmadu Bello University Zaria is a federal government research university in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. ABU was founded on 4 October 1962, as the pioneer university in Northern Nigeria. It was founded and named after the Sardauna of Sokoto, Al ...

in Zaria, Nigeria, a M.Sc. in physics from

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, USA and a Ph.D. (1974) in physics at the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...

, United Kingdom.International Atomic Energy Authority
In 1976 he became the first Nigerian academic in physics to teach at Bayero University. In 1978 he served on the national constitutional assembly that drafted the Constitution of the 2nd Republic. Between 1994 and 1997, Umar served as Sole Administrator of the

Federal University of Technology, Minna Federal University of Technology Minna (FUTMINNA) is a Federal Government owned University located in Minna, Nigeria. FUT MINNA specializes in technological education. Offering Bachelor's of Technology, Master's of Technology in various technolog ...

. He represented Nigeria at the Executive Assembly of the

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from 1990. He was a member of the Nigerian delegation to the

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(IAEA) General Conference from 1989 and was appointed Director-General of th
Energy Commission of Nigeria
in 1989. He served as Chairman of the

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of the IAEA for 2000–2001. In 2004 he was the Director of the Centre for Energy Research and Training, where the first Nigerian research nuclear reactor is located. In 2007, he was on the international advisory committee for the international workshop on ''Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development in Africa'', held at the

University of Nigeria The University of Nigeria, commonly referred to as UNN, is a federal university located in Nsukka, Enugu State, Eastern part of Nigeria. Founded by Nnamdi Azikiwe in 1955 and formally opened on 7 October 1960, the University of Nigeria has thr ...

Nsukka Nsukka is a town and a Local Government Area in Enugu State, Nigeria. Nsukka shares a common border as a town with Edem, Opi (archaeological site), Ede-Oballa, and Obimo. The postal code of the area is 410001 and 410002 respectively referr ...

in Nigeria.

Honour

As one of the former Vice chancellor of Bayero University Kano state a lecture Twin theatre was name after him at the university old campus along Biochemistry department Road.

Death

On the 30th of January 2023 his son Faruk Ibrahim Umar announced his death.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Umar, Ibrahim Khalil Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Ahmadu Bello University alumni Northern Illinois University alumni Alumni of the University of East Anglia Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian universities Nigerian scientists People from Kano State International Atomic Energy Agency officials Academic staff of Bayero University Kano Academic staff of the Federal University of Technology, Minna Vice-Chancellors of Federal University of Technology, Minna