Notes on Contributors
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Institution for Science, among others. His broad research interests
involve environmental geochemistry, energy and waste, mineralogy and
petrology, and health impacts of atmospheric pollution. Reto is a
member of the University of Pennsylvania’s Centre for Excellence in
Environmental Toxicology (CEET). Additionally, Reto is an Editor of
the Journal of Petrology and the Chief Editor of the European Journal
of Mineralogy. He has supervised theses of 21 Ph.D. and 36 Masters
students.
Macdonald Irowarisima, Ph.D. is a Nigerian, born in Rivers State of
Nigeria in the early 1980s. Began his academic career in Nigeria. He
obtained his first school leaving certificate from Federal Government
College Kwali Abuja Nigeria. He later did a short certificate programme
at the College of Arts and Science, Aguda-Ama Epie, in Bayelsa StateNigeria. In 2015, he began his legal career studies at the Prestigious
Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria where he graduated in 2008.
As part of the continued legal education, he enrolled at the Nigerian Law
School, Enugu State Chapter in Nigeria between 2008 and 2009. He did
his National Youth Service Corps programme in 2010 at the Petroleum
Technology Development Fund (PTDF) at the legal department of the
Fund. Afterwards, he decided to pursue an LL.M. master’s programme in
Energy Law and Policy between 2011 and 2012 at the Centre for Energy,
Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee, United Kingdom. The
author further proceeded and concluded a Doctorate degree in Energy
Law and Environmental Sustainability at the same University. The author
has a had few years of experience in legal practice in Nigeria and teaching
experiences. He was the Head of legal research team while undergoing
his legal practice at the Bola Aidi & Co Solicitors in Nigeria. Since
then, the author has been active in both collaborative research projects
like the United Nations project in conjunction with the Centre for
Energy Mineral Law and Law Policy at the University of Dundee on
how to assist nations transit from fossil fuel to renewable sources of
energy as a means of achieving energy security and efficiency. Macdonald
Irowarisima has co-authored an article titled ‘Identifying Policy and Legal
Issues for Shale Gas development in Algeria: A SWOT Analysis’. He is
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Institution for Science, among others. His broad research interests
involve environmental geochemistry, energy and waste, mineralogy and
petrology, and health impacts of atmospheric pollution. Reto is a
member of the University of Pennsylvania’s Centre for Excellence in
Environmental Toxicology (CEET). Additionally, Reto is an Editor of
the Journal of Petrology and the Chief Editor of the European Journal
of Mineralogy. He has supervised theses of 21 Ph.D. and 36 Masters
students.
Macdonald Irowarisima, Ph.D. is a Nigerian, born in Rivers State of
Nigeria in the early 1980s. Began his academic career in Nigeria. He
obtained his first school leaving certificate from Federal Government
College Kwali Abuja Nigeria. He later did a short certificate programme
at the College of Arts and Science, Aguda-Ama Epie, in Bayelsa StateNigeria. In 2015, he began his legal career studies at the Prestigious
Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria where he graduated in 2008.
As part of the continued legal education, he enrolled at the Nigerian Law
School, Enugu State Chapter in Nigeria between 2008 and 2009. He did
his National Youth Service Corps programme in 2010 at the Petroleum
Technology Development Fund (PTDF) at the legal department of the
Fund. Afterwards, he decided to pursue an LL.M. master’s programme in
Energy Law and Policy between 2011 and 2012 at the Centre for Energy,
Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee, United Kingdom. The
author further proceeded and concluded a Doctorate degree in Energy
Law and Environmental Sustainability at the same University. The author
has a had few years of experience in legal practice in Nigeria and teaching
experiences. He was the Head of legal research team while undergoing
his legal practice at the Bola Aidi & Co Solicitors in Nigeria. Since
then, the author has been active in both collaborative research projects
like the United Nations project in conjunction with the Centre for
Energy Mineral Law and Law Policy at the University of Dundee on
how to assist nations transit from fossil fuel to renewable sources of
energy as a means of achieving energy security and efficiency. Macdonald
Irowarisima has co-authored an article titled ‘Identifying Policy and Legal
Issues for Shale Gas development in Algeria: A SWOT Analysis’. He is