slydog:
Thank you. I recently applied for such position in a South African university, though the responses I've received are: my field is not their area of expertise, write to the HOD to appoint a mentor.
I don't know if I'm doing anything wrong, cos it requires one lecturer to mentor, I wrote to all the lecturers.

Follow the advise given up there � and also check other links to search for the advertised postdoc positions.

For a mentor to accept you in his/her lab/center, lots of the mentor will want postdoc that is working or have similar research interest, while some are flexible.

Here is a New question posted on researchgate regarding postdoc

slydog:
Wip7, thumbs up for what you've been doing here. I recently completed my doctorate in Economics here in Nigeria. I want to find out from you; what's the main aim of a Postdoctoral Fellowship? You can also do well in directing us on how to apply for such opportunities. Thank u!

Congratulations on your recent doctorate degree. Best wishes!

slydog:
I want to find out from you; what's the main aim of a Postdoctoral Fellowship?

The postdoctoral fellowship has two-way aim/goal; one directed towards the Postdoc or fellow and the second is towards the benefit of the host. What this position means varies depending on countries and institutions.

For the Postdoc:
The Fellowship is crafted for the postdoc to strengthen, refine and expand the postdoc skills in specific areas of research techniques, enhancing specific analytical skills or acquiring novel skills. The overall or ultimate goal is for the fellows to develop the skill set required to pinpoint novel high impact areas of investigation and then obtain resources to pursue answers to these questions.

So what are the common reasons that scientists or recent PhD graduate seek for Postdocs?
There are many reasons but I will just point to few I can personally relate to.

1. For many PhD graduates, they couldn't find a satisfactory job that meets their education level. For some, they know that a postdoc (or even multiple postdocs) are necessary to eventually run their own lab.

2. For some, they lack competitive research experience during their PhDs, hence want to advance or could not publish top-quality academic papers or do not have increasingly demanding skills in the job markets. Hence, tend to enhance themselves.

3. For some, it is the formative experiences that plant the seeds for a lifetime of discovery and adding it to their CV makes them more competitive.

4. For some, to make money and to acquire new skills or to change the field of their research.

For the Host:
Postdoc research is usually considered important while advancing the scholarly mission of the host institution; it is expected to produce relevant publications in peer-reviewed academic journals or patents. In some countries/universities, postdoc research may lead to further formal qualifications or certification, while in other countries it does not. Particularly, in the western countries like the USA, a postdoc fellow engage in mentored research or scholarly training for the purpose of acquiring the professional skills needed to pursue a career path of his or her choosing. This position may lead to tenure for the fellow in the host institution. In most cases, the postdoc positions are paid either by the funding from the principal investigators or the host universities/labs/industries.

slydog:
You can also do well in directing us on how to apply for such opportunities. Thank u!

The postdoc positions are usually advertised by the university, the website of the principal investigator, in academic media like Mendeley.com, Researchgate, Nature jobs, Jobs in UK, Harvard Postdoc Jobs etc, Some like Turkish Government offers the position yearly funded by the government to support local and international applicants, some like Canadian Universities or Czech Repub universities search for postdoc yearly as part of scholarly missions.

To apply for Postdoc these days is very competitive. The applicants must possess some of these:

1. Have relevant skills that are directly close to the advertised postdoc positions.

2. Have high-level competitive skills majorly based on internationally acceptable published papers of good quality (SCI/SSCI/AHI) and suitable impact factors.

3. Demonstrate the ability to undertake the advertised project backed with verifiable previous experiences in the field of research

4. Sound statement of research that aligns with the goals and mission of the host or principal investigator.

5. You have novel and sustainable modern ideas that will warrant you to be funded


So you can visit some of the above-mentioned links to search.

I benefitted from the Turkish Government funded Postdoc and my research was funded for almost 15 million naira at that time and I was receiving around 500k naira monthly inclusive of publication cash award. The major issue is finding host university and having novel ideas that will warrant the host to accept you.

Orofun1:
Hey bro, please I need some info... A boy of mine is going to Northern Cyprus by September but to apply for his visa can he use his employer's bank statement plus a covering note that the company is sponsoring him for the study. Meanwhile he has paid his tuition fees..

Yes if actually the company is sponsoring him for the studies.

coinz:
hello sir wip, I gained admission for summer semester but i couldn't meet up so i informed my agent to change it to fall semester october 2018,my question is should i be expecting a new admission letter from my school GAU for the fall semester for my visa application submission .

Possibly yes

Cyprus Science University

Admission is ongoing and the first batch of names will be at the Embassy by July. The CSU representative will be at the embassy to assist students with the visa.


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tami5:


please can one apply for masters with HND (distinction)

Yes

antonreal:


Hello wip7, I wanna ask about relocation to north Cyprus. Though turkey is my main aim but since Turkey visa fee is on the high side and also the possibility of rejection is also high compare to north Cyprus, is there any way I can enter turkey through Cyprus?.. Ur candid advise will be appreciated bro. Thanks

Hello sir/ma,

To enter Turkey from North Cyprus the applicants either apply for entry visa, student visa or transit visas. The easiest is transit visa which last 1-7 days at most and usually 3days. After the visa limits applicants are expected to leave Turkey
legally or apply for extension or residence permit if they meet the requirements.

Entry visa: appears to require more documents and verifiable reasons of entry and documents. Could be issued 30 days to 1yr with certain period. Allowed to stay.

Last is student visa: which follows same procedure as what you see on Turkish embassy in Nigeria.

In summary, it may be easier to travel to Turkey from north Cyprus than from Nigeria. But the most important is staying and living legally will be more reasonable than other case.

kaze4blues:
I just got admission from csu.

Please what's the next thing to do? I was asked to pay tuition part payment

For undergraduate at CSU: Full year tuition is 2600USD and you need to pay 1500USD. For a graduate program, you need to pay 1175USD for the first instalment.

What you need to do is stated in the admission letter. Pay the first instalment, send the payment receipt to the agent or university directly. Then, after confirmation of your payment, your names and details will be sent to Turkish embassy for Visa purpose by the university and You shall receive the final confirmation of acceptance from the University.

CSU will send the first list of names to ABUJA by the second week of July, the representative of CSU will also be at Turkish embassy Abuja during the 3rd week to smooth the visa process due to the arrangement with the embassy.

Best wishes!

WhyNa:
wip7 can you help throw more light/advice on studying in Cyprus University of Technology?

The university is located in south Cyprus and all information regarding the university can be found on their website. You can also email the university for specific info.

Chynwe:
Prof. Wip7,thanks for the great job you have been doing on this forum. Please could you help me with a good research area in Applied mathematics where I can get research funding. I am a PhD student in applied Mathematics in Nigeria,though still seeking for admission abroad. Looking forward to your response Sir.

Good day,

In the majority of mathematics area of research, the researchers don’t need to buy any equipment or gadget or laboratory accessories to get a research done.


So what will you need the research funding for during your Phd? How will the output be justified regarding the funding. These are some of the questions you should have answers to or planning to answer when you are researching for funding.

Based on my experience, Items funded under maths, might include, but are not limited to, travel to research conferences and workshops, computer equipment and software, short-term academic visits.

So, to access foreign funding for above listed, your CV matters a lot in terms of quality and internationally acceptable publications you have.


Kindly have a look at the link, I provided below on how to apply for research funding. Have you had an acceptable SCI academic papers? How many
and whic field of research you have in mind or have you searched for?

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guiddoti:
Just your insight now, can you add some likely nuggets as you have done before. I just need contributions to present problem. Thank you

Possible research on CO2 capture, Utilization, management and conversion via various streams:

1. Robust CO2 capture and photocatalytic conversion by a hybrid photocatalyst material

2. Dual function material for capture and catalytic conversion to synthetic natural gas: Gas phase reactions and performance stability

3. Techno-economic assessment for pure H2 production with CO2 capture in underwater pipelines

4. Green plant sensitized photoanode for solar water splitting (green energy production) and CO2 conversion

5. Hybrid electrochemical sensor for detection of Underwater CO2 Using Functionalized Electrode


For Synthesis of Materials for CO2 capture: MOF, LDH and Silica-based materials are emerging materials for the capture and do have commercial viability. In fact in KAUST ( Saudi Arabia University), there is a group that have designed a microvolume CO2 capture and re-utilization system based MOF (Metal-organic Frameworks) and LDH (Layered double Hydroxides) and this system is suitable in both oil and cement industries.

guiddoti:
I really appreciate your response. I think, CO2 (CO2 storage or conversion) will likely be good one for me, because I am looking at reservoir or underwater pipelines problem. Thank you sir.

Yes CO2 capture, storage and conversion is a very good research now. I love that due to industrial implication.

Interested to research any of these or you have a suggestion:

For PhD or Master students interested in working in any of these fields or have a suggestion can contact, I can guide the students, assist with material characterization and publication in reputable journals.

Unfortunately, I have busy schedules and I travel a lot. Hence, only serious-minded and academically active researchers will be accommodated.

Also, for those that have PhD and want to do 1 year Post training, I can guide on securing a fund to do that in Turkey or Canada, Unfortunately, this has age limit of 35 years and quality of CV (publication is a yardstick).

1. Wastewater treatment

2. Nanomaterial synthesis

3. Sensor development

4. Battery and supercapacitor fabrication

5. Bioelectricity generation

6. Targeted Drug release and control release system

7. Synthesis of polymeric materials for various application including biomedical and antimicrobial.

8. Synthesis of functional nano fluids for energy storage

9. Biocementation using various microorganisms.

Take note:

I am also quite good with Programming and have expert skills with Python, Wolfram language, JS etc and various scientific computing such as DOE etc.

For those interested in robotics and smart home automation, smart device fabrication, I am versatile with Raspberry and Arduino for basic and commercial ready products.

guiddoti:
Prof, It is only a sane will retrogress. Even, the standard of education won't allows us to come oooooo. I am expecting your promise, prof. Thank you.

Regarding phase change and reactive transport research: Due to the world demand of alternative energy and energy storage materials, I think the research may be directed towards that.

You may find some of these very interesting:

Increasing thermal conductivity of phase change materials based on nanocomposites for energy storage

The efficient use of energy and sustainable development has become one of the urgent tasks for human beings with the rapid economic and industrial development due to the increasingly serious energy crisis and greenhouse gas emissions. Hence, the development of efficient energy storage devices and systems is essential for improving energy efficiency and reducing the gap between energy demand and energy production.
Phase change materials have been widely used as efficient materials in latent heat thermal storage systems for various applications, particularly, it has been the focus for renewable energy saving especially solar energy storage. However, the poor thermal conductivity of most organic phase change materials has long been considered as one of the big obstacles hindering their practical applications.

So in this research, you can synthesize various nanomaterials/nanocomposites that can act as efficient nanofillers to improve the thermal conductivity of organic phase change materials. The enhanced material will be very useful in solar air heaters, solar cells and electronic materials especially if you prepare it in film form.


Reactive transport of CO2-rich fluids and other recalcitrant emissions: DOE modelling and efficiency enhancement.

ejibaba:


Let's all wake up off this complains of government. The lack of industry - academic relationship is the major challenge we're facing. Institutions in the country are not patriotic towards creating funds that will help our local institutions research on areas that will help the institutions, the academics and the nation at large.

Also, some of our institutions and staff like UI, Unilag and Covenant are also accessing research grants from foreign institutions. So Prof can still come back to Nigeria and he will still have access to the grants.

You are very right.

pricelessjosy:
I have a Bsc in Communication Technology and an Msc in Information Technology, what area or aspect can i do my PhD. please prof i need your advice... Am looking at doing the PhD outside Nigeria.

First in your MSc, which research area did you focus on? did you succeed? To what extent? DO you have any specific interest?

Diamond294:
You're an inspiration sir, I've not begun PhD yet, still running MSC. I need a mentor like you. How do I easily get funding for research?

RESEARCH FUNDING

Getting Funding is not easy but is very very possible. Applying for a research grant can be a long and painful process and there are no guarantees it will end in success. The useful tips shared below could prove just the boost you need to secure financial support.


This will largely depend on your academic profile, nature of research, type of solution your research will provide, who will benefit from the research, is the research nationalistic or of international usage, how easy and practicable the research can be reproduced, does it have commercial value? The experience of the investigator, the innovation and significance of the research outputs.

You can access one of the resources here: https://researcheracademy.elsevier.com/research-preparation/funding/successful-research-grant-applications-getting-right

Also, you can write a grant and I can advise and mentor!

Best wishes

ejibaba:
Why not come back home and contribute to our education system prof.

That's a nice idea and suggestion. I am currently co-supervising Master and PhD students with some academics in Nigeria and I can attest that there are many things that need to be done for foreign-based Nigerian to find the academic back home attractive.

Some of the few things that are lacking or personally I think can be or must be improved:

1. The salary of academics must be increased substantially. As far as am concerned, I earn far far far far than Nigerian Professors for now. The monthly salary of a professor must be bigger than a senator salary and PhD holder must earn far higher than Chairman or house of assembly members.

2. Academic merit systems must be established to encourage emerging and academic focus researchers

3. Academic promotions must be based on the academic output (Research, International Publications in SCI/SCI-E journals, Modern Teaching and academic mentorship)......Academic promotion in Nigeria is significantly based on a number of years even if the academic is not productive (this is backward).

4. National Research funding, Industrial and University-based funding of research should be established.

5. Employment and promotion should not be based on ethnic or tribal since everybody is Nigerian.

6. University must invest and subscribe to the major publication outlets so the staffs can have access to current publications

7. Conference funding and Publication monetary award must be encouraged and established

8. The system of supervision is very obsolete where a PhD last 6-13 years is more like craze.

9. Majority of research analyses are done abroad. Hence, investment in pieces of equipment and devices is largely needed.

10. Industrial PhD and masters need to be encouraged.

You cant imagine someone earning roughly 2 mill nairas monthly or have project funds bigger than Nigerian senators with various research facilities to return to earn 350 k naira...In the end, such Professors that will start asking for sex for marks or start selling questions/handouts. ...Am just saying oooooooo!

guiddoti:
Both field (as per hydrodynamics n thermodynamics application) but is predominantly chemical processing or flow assurance.
Thank you.

Oh ok..cos I did teach fluid dynamics and heat transfer to second year students. Let me send you some possible work here:

guiddoti:
God bless you. You have exposed an interesting area where one can tackle, I mean, your 10 nuggets research area. Thanks once again.
Can you advise eminent research area for phase change, reactive and fluid transport problem, particularly, in wax growth.? I need your contribution to this area. Thank you.

Which field is this? chemical or mechanical engineering? I don't have much experience or ideas on wax growth though.

yak:
good morning Prof and other academic gurus.
my spouse already completed M.Ed (Mathematics). is it possible and advisable to do PhD in Educational Measurement and Evaluation?

This will depend on her interest and content of the program. So ask her what she is interested to work with, futuristic areas of research and solutions she wants to provide.

With my scanty knowledge of that field “measurement and evaluation”...I believe this field is significantly based on psychology and psychoanalysis.

Why not go for “Phd In educational management and statistics” or Phd in Measurements, planning and statistics”. This has elements of math combined auctural science with art and management...

Let others also comment!

silvaspecs:
Prof. Wip7. It amazes me so much how a man of ur kind, with so much busy schedule still have time for us, people you barely know! Thank you so much and God bless!

My first degree is in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Master's in Communication Engineering.
My research interest lies in telecommunications. However, for the fact that I applied for PTDF Ph.D scholarship, I decided to do some work on IoT and M2M Networking.

Considering the trend of things and the status quo (wrt technology) I'd love to hear your view on an area that's blazing hot in my field and of course with less stress, lol that I could possibly consider??

Thank you so much sir.

Nice you have combined fields for yourself up there. These days, stuffs that have to do with digital solutions and smart device fabrications will be an asset for you personally and to deploy industrially.

You may look at:

1. Industrial IoT in 4G and 5G environment towards smart manufacturing

2. Development of Flexible Smart home energy management systems

3. Email based remote access and surveillance system for smart home

4. Flexible Device fabrication for Industrial use such sensors, meters and readers

5. Designing self-destructing wireless sensors with security and performance assurance

6. A wireless sensor network-based monitoring system for fishpond aquaculture

7. A IOT based wireless sensor network for traffic information monitoring

8. Low cost smartphone diagnostics for food, medical and agricultural use.

9. Tools for water quality monitoring and mapping using paper-based sensors and cell phones

10. Smart phone based immunosensor for detection malaria, fever etc

All these are research needed in both developed and developing countries and will require both electrical and computer engineering skills which you already have.

Best wishes!

HisMercies123:



Prof. Wip7, Sir, I must say you're a great source of inspiration to so many upcoming scholars. The Lord bless you real good.
Please what area of research can one dive into in microbiology (especially Environmental Microbiology).

Microbiology as we know has varied fields and majorly dealing with microorganisms. This course has high potential to generate huge income and has been well used by developed countries in food, biotech and allied industries. There are lots of microorganisms that are used in food and beverage preparation.

If you can have set of equipments to grow, isolate and extract the valuables from the bacteria, this will generate recurring incomes. Particularly, In our lab, we have grown and used 3 types of microorg that of commercial value to synthesis biomagnets and also used in microbial fuel cells.

For environmental Microbiology, you can look into any of the following that suit your interest considering the availability of equipment at your end:

modifications of the nutrients and other conditions for optimizing the bioremediation process.

Oil Biodegradation
Petroleum oil is toxic and pollution of the environment by oil causes major ecological concern. Much of the oil can be eliminated by the hydrocarbon-degrading activities of microbial communities, specifically the hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria (HCB) and related microorgs.

Degradation of Aromatic Compounds by Acinetobacter
Aromatic compounds are found in various petrochemicals and pharmaceutical wastes. Acinetobacter strains isolated from the environment are capable of the degradation of a wide range of aromatic compounds.

Analysis of Waste Biotreatment
Biotreatment, the processing of wastes using living organisms, is an environmentally friendly alternative to other options. Bioreactors have been designed to overcome the various limiting factors of biotreatment processes in highly controlled systems.

Bioelectricity generation and simultaneous treatment of waste
You can check previous page where I have shown one of the hybrids MFC designed in my lab for electricity generation using microbes. A microbial fuel cell (MFC), or biological fuel cell, is a bio-electrochemical system that drives an electric current by using bacteria and mimicking bacterial interactions found in nature.

Microbial Enzymes: Production, Purification, Isolation and Commercial Utilization
Applied and Industrial microbiology uses microorganisms to produce valuable commercial products or to carry out important chemical transformations. You can read more via this link: http://www.contentextra.com/lifesciences/files/topicguides/9781447935674_LS_TG2_2.pdf

Below are some of the microorg that have been used. Best wishes as you carry on your research.

The following journals regarding environmental microbiology may be useful:

1. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14622920

2. https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/current-opinion-in-microbiology

3. https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/research-in-microbiology

goodieuzo:
Please can I get list of universities that offer scholarships in language studies or free tuition.the language I am interested in are Spanish,French and German. Thanks

Type it in google...you will get the list.

Geenosko:
Many thanks wip7 for the great work.

If I already have a published article in a journal, is it OK to upload it on research gate?

Yeah but you have to check the embargo period of the journal. But you can just upload the first page, second and reference pages.

Bakrabas:



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