Dr Ngozi Chinwa Ole is currently the research team leader, environment and water regulation unit, African Centre of Excellence for Water and Environmental Research (ACEWATER), Osun State, Nigeria. She is a Senior Lecturer; Acting Head- Department of Public Law and Director of Clinical Legal Education, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria. She holds a PhD in Energy and Environmental Law, following three years of doctoral degree study, as an Elphinstone Scholar at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. She has a master degree in law from the same University. Ngozi has a first-class degree in law from Ebonyi State University, where she garnered several academic awards including the Gani Fawehnimi Endowment Award for Best Graduating Law Students in Nigeria. She also emerged as the Best Graduating Student in the 2012 Bar 2 Exams, Nigerian Law School, Augustine Nnamani Campus. She is currently the National Publicity Secretary of the Association of Environmental Lawyers of Nigeria. She is also a recipient of several international awards and, grants including, the AIPN 2018 Conference Scholarship Award, Recognition of Excellence in Service as the President of the University of Aberdeen, Elphinstone Scholarship Award, International Ambassador of Peace Award, Open Society Initiative Grant on Clinical Legal Education, etc. She has been part of the teaching team for several courses including energy law at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland; Redeemers University, Nigeria etc. Her publications cut across various themes in energy law including decommissioning of petroleum installations, health and safety of persons in the petroleum industry, local content, off-grid renewable energy, environmental protection in the petroleum industry e.t.c. The latter is published in several international journals and government gazettes.
Email: dr.ngozi.ole@sustainabledevelopmentlaws.com
