TITLE: DR.

NAME: MGBEMERE HENRY EKENE

POSITION: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

EDUCATION/TRAINING

1. Personal Statement:

Dr. Henry Mgbemere is an associate professor in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. His research interests include the use of traditional and advanced ceramics to solve problems in biomedical, mining, catalytic, clean air, and aluminium alloys research. His research activities include: the development of lead-free piezoelectric ceramics as actuators, sensors, and electromechanical devices, the use of locally available kaolin deposits to produce different types of zeolites, beneficiation of barite mineral ores to improve their BaSO₄ concentration, production of cordierites from locally available research, production of dental porcelain and composites from local material, modelling and experiment of aluminium alloys. He has been teaching at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels for many years and has supervised over 40 undergraduate students, 25 M.Sc. students and co-supervised 4 Ph.D. students. His scholarly references can be found using the following resources:

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BqlRC3AAAAAJ&hl=en

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Henry-Mgbemere

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3887-7628

B. Positions, Scientific Appointments and Honours:

• Ag. Head of Department, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering August 2024- July 2025

• Member, Central Research Committee, University of Lagos, April 2025 – date

• Coordinator and Chairman Postgraduate Programmes, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering 2017-2018

• Visiting Researcher, Institute of Advanced Ceramics, Hamburg University of Technology, Hamburg, Germany June 2022 – November 2022

• Journal Reviewer (Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Journal of Engineering Research, Journal of European Ceramic Society etc.)

• Member, Codes and Standards Committee, Nigerian Society of Engineering (NSE) 2020 – Date

• Member, Standards Organisation of Nigeria Technical Committee on Mechanical Engineering 2017- Date

C. Selected Most Recent Publications/Contributions to Knowledge:

1. Diwe, I. V., Mgbemere, H. E., Adeleye, O. A., and Ekpe, I. C., (2024). Polymeric Microneedle Arrays for Transdermal Rapid Diagnostic Tests and Drug Delivery: A Review, Nigerian Journal of Technology 43(2) 279 – 293 https://doi.org/10.4314/njt.v43i2.11

2. Mgbemere, H. E., Obidiegwu, E. O. and Onovo, H. O (2023). Beneficiation of Low-grade Barite ore from Dadin Kowa, Gombe State, Nigeria, Nigerian Research Journal of Engineering and Environmental Sciences 8(1) 147-154

3. Odili, C. C., Mgbemere, H. E., Semeykina, V., (2025). Synthesis and Characterisation of L-Phenylalanine-alkaline niobate-(KNN) Based Composites, West Indian Journal of Engineering, 14-22

4. Ekpe, I., Mgbemere, H. E., Ganiyu, L., Ovri, H., Sargent, A-L., Obioha, C., (2024). A Comparative Study on the Synthesis of Type NaX Zeolite Prepared from Kaolin for Builder Application in Detergent Production, Key Engineering Materials 981, 205-216

5. Mgbemere, H. E., Semeykina, V., (2024). Polyvinylpyrrolidone–KNNLST lead-free ceramic composites for dielectric applications, Composites and Advanced Materials 33, 26349833241252176

D. Collaborators / Networks

1. Prof. Gerold A. Schneider, Institute of Advanced Ceramics, Hamburg University of Technology Hamburg, Germany

2. Dr. Manuel Hinterstein, Group LeaderFraunhofer-Institut für Werkstoffmechanik IWM

3. Dr. Chijioke Egole, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Federal University of Technology Owerri