With an Bachelor of Science degree (1976) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Ife (Nigeria. Now Obafemi Awolowo University), he also attended Imperial College, University of London. University of California, Santa Barbara.
And State University of New York, Buffalo (for graduate and post-doc studies).
He has had sabbatical teaching and research stints at various times at the University of Washington, (Seattle. Materials Science Department). The University of Maryland (College Park.
Chemical Engineering), and the Ekiti State University (Nigeria.
Mechanical Engineering Department). He started teaching at Howard University in August 1984.
His research interests are mathematical modeling, chemical reaction engineering, electronic materials processing, energy systems, information technology and education pedagogy. He is an activist and frequent commentator on Nigerian and African affairs
He was recently (February 2011) appointed as the Vice-Chancellor (ie, University President) of the Federal University, Otuoke, in Bayelsa State of Nigeria, one of nine new federal universities established by the Federal Government.
He is the uncle of professional football player Sone Aluko who plays for Hull City in the Football League Championship, and Eniola Aluko who plays for Chelsea Ladies of the FA Forest, Snow and Landscape.
He is President/Chief Executive Officer of Alondex Applied Technologies, Limited Liability Company: one-time Lead Consultant and International Coordinator of the LEAD Program at the National Universities Commission (Nuclear) in Nigeria. And Principal Academic Consultant and Member of the Board of AfriHUB (Nig) Limited., a Information and communications technology resource provider for universities in Nigeria.
