Dr. Mrs. Agbo-Okiyi Ijeoma .M. is currently an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Geology, Federal University Lokoja (FUL). She was inducted into DISS (Dority International Secondary School) Abia State, hall of fame in 2004 for having made 10As out of 11 subjects offered in the Junior Secondary School Certificate Examination (JSSCE). She further obtained the FANSSA’s (Faculty of Natural Science Students’ Association) Award of Best Earth Science Student, from the prestigious Bishop Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo in 2010 and subsequently distinguished herself as the best graduating student of Geology, class of 2011, with Second Class Upper Division in the same Citadel. She bagged a Masters degree in Applied Geophysics from the reputable Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State in 2015, and her Doctorate degree (Ph.D.) in Geophysics, in 2021, from the prestigious Federal University of Technology, Owerri, with a meritorious CGPA of 4.56.

She has paid attention over the years in the course of teaching and research to geotechnical, mineral and water exploration works which focus on Engineering, Environmental/Exploration Geology cum Geophysics. She has published in National referred and in distinguished International Journals. Outside the academia, she has had a good wealth of experience in an Indigenous Oil Company and Well Completions Firm (TechDAER, Portharcourt) as a  Basic Field Engineer, trained in Well Stimulation and Acidizing, Basic Workover/Completion & Thru Tubing Tools, Basic Completion/Workover Fluids Testing and Sand Control and is certified accordingly in them. Some of her geophysical participations include: Core drilling for Coal deposit in Owukpan, Benue State, Geophysical explorations (IP method) for: Gold deposits in Zazaga LGA, Niger State, Lead-Zinc in Ishiagu-Anyigba, Ebonyi State, Gypsum, Gbokoto, Ogun State e.t.c. She is a member of Nigerian Mining and Geoscience Society (NMGS) and is currently a level adviser in the Department of Geology, Federal University Lokoja (FUL).

She is calm, approachable, a happily married field-oriented jolie good fellow and as such, is disposed to genuine mentorship of Scholarly protégées in a gender unbiased academic environment.