About the Editors
Alafara Abdullahi Baba is a Professor of Analytical/Industrial and Materials Chemistry in the Faculty
of Physical Sciences, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. He
holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of
Ilorin in 2008. His dissertation “Recovery of Zinc and
Lead from Sphalerite, Galena and Waste Materials by
Hydrometallurgical Treatments” was judged the best
in the area of Physical Sciences at the University of
Ilorin in 2010. Until his current appointment as Head
of the Department of Industrial Chemistry in 2017, he
was a Deputy Director––Central Research Laboratories, University of Ilorin (2014–2017). He is a fellow
of the Chemical Society of Nigeria (CSN) and the
Materials Science & Technology Society of Nigeria
(MSN); is currently the Secretary of the Hydrometallurgy and Electrometallurgy Committee of the Extraction and Processing Division (EPD) of The Minerals,
Metals & Materials Society (TMS); is a co-organizer
of the Rare Metal Extraction & Processing Symposium
and Energy Technologies & Carbon Dioxide Management Symposium at the TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition; and is on the TMS Materials Characterization,
Education, and EPD Awards committees.
Prof. Baba has a keen interest in teaching, community services, and research covering solid minerals and
materials processing through hydrometallurgical routes;
reactions in solution and dissolution kinetic studies;
and preparation of phyllosilicates, porous, and bioceramic materials for industrial value additions. He has
more than 120 publications in nationally and internationally acclaimed journals of high impact, and has
attended many national and international workshops,
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Alafara Abdullahi Baba is a Professor of Analytical/Industrial and Materials Chemistry in the Faculty
of Physical Sciences, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. He
holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of
Ilorin in 2008. His dissertation “Recovery of Zinc and
Lead from Sphalerite, Galena and Waste Materials by
Hydrometallurgical Treatments” was judged the best
in the area of Physical Sciences at the University of
Ilorin in 2010. Until his current appointment as Head
of the Department of Industrial Chemistry in 2017, he
was a Deputy Director––Central Research Laboratories, University of Ilorin (2014–2017). He is a fellow
of the Chemical Society of Nigeria (CSN) and the
Materials Science & Technology Society of Nigeria
(MSN); is currently the Secretary of the Hydrometallurgy and Electrometallurgy Committee of the Extraction and Processing Division (EPD) of The Minerals,
Metals & Materials Society (TMS); is a co-organizer
of the Rare Metal Extraction & Processing Symposium
and Energy Technologies & Carbon Dioxide Management Symposium at the TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition; and is on the TMS Materials Characterization,
Education, and EPD Awards committees.
Prof. Baba has a keen interest in teaching, community services, and research covering solid minerals and
materials processing through hydrometallurgical routes;
reactions in solution and dissolution kinetic studies;
and preparation of phyllosilicates, porous, and bioceramic materials for industrial value additions. He has
more than 120 publications in nationally and internationally acclaimed journals of high impact, and has
attended many national and international workshops,
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