# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/abel-idowu-olayinka
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:52:11.414Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/abel-idowu-olayinka"
name: "Abel Idowu Olayinka"
slug: "abel-idowu-olayinka"
description: "Abel Idowu Olayinka FAS is a Nigerian professor of applied geophysics. He is a former deputy vice chancellor and former vice chancellor of the University of Ibadan. He is also the president of the West African Research and Innovation Management Association."
tagline: "Nigerian geologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abel_Idowu_Olayinka.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
birthDate: "1958-02-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  189
  category: null
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    title: "ابيل ايدوو اولاينكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Abel Idowu Olayinka"
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    title: "Abel Idowu Olayinka"
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    title: "Abel Idowu Olayinka"
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    title: "ہابیل ادوو اولاینکا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Abẹli Ìdòwú Ọlayinka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump