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Pius Nwankwo Okeke was born on 30 October, 1941 in Oraukwu, Negeria, is an educator. Discover Pius Nwankwo Okeke's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 82 years old?
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83 years old |
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Scorpio |
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30 October 1941 |
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30 October |
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Oraukwu, Negeria |
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Niger |
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Pius Nwankwo Okeke Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Pius Nwankwo Okeke's Wife?
His wife is Francisca Nneka Okeke
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Pius Nwankwo Okeke Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Pius Nwankwo Okeke worth at the age of 83 years old? Pius Nwankwo Okeke’s income source is mostly from being a successful educator. He is from Niger. We have estimated
Pius Nwankwo Okeke's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Okeke is married to Francisca Okeke, a professor of physics, and has six children. Francisca Okeke is an established physicist who had won the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards in 2013.
Okeke is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (FRAS), a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science (1998), a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (2017), and the United Nations Consultant for Space Science in Africa. In 2007, Okeke was the African recipient of the UN/NASA award for his work in advancing Astronomy in Africa.
Okeke was a visiting scientist at the University of Tuebingen (1995) and Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (1997), a senior research fellow at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (1993), a visiting professor at the South African Astronomical Observatory (1996), and an external Board Member of the National Research Foundation (South Africa) from 1994 until 2000.
In 1979, Okeke moved as a Postdoctoral researcher to the University of Cambridge to work under the supervision of professor Martin Rees. Upon his return to Nigeria and by 1989, he became a professor and the leader of the Space Research Centre at the University of Nigeria. At the University of Nigeria, he was the head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and then the Dean of the Faculty of Physical Sciences from 1999 to 2002. As of November 2022, Okeke is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Nigeria.
Pius Nwankwo Okeke (born 30 October 1941) is a Nigerian astronomer and educator who contributed immensely to African space research. He is known as the Father of Astronomy in Nigeria.
Pius Nwankwo Okeke was born on 30 October 1941 in Oraukwu. Okeke attended primary school in Oraukwu, where he excelled in Math and then attended secondary school at Washington memorial Grammar school from 1957 until 1962. Okeke attended Emergency science school in Lagos, where he did his A level. In 1965, he was admitted to the University of Lagos to study physics. However, due to the civil war, he was transferred to the University of Nigeria, where he completed a bachelor's degree in Physics in 1971. He continued as a junior research fellow at the university before finishing his PhD in 1975, becoming the first person to do so.
