CURRICULUM VITAE

Surname: - LIVERPOOL

Given Names: - LENNOX SAMUEL ONIPEDE

Nationality: - SIERRA LEONEAN

Marital Status: - Married with Four Children

Hobbies:- Playing Squash and Table Tennis, Travelling and Listening to Music.

PRESENT POSITION: - Professor of Mathematics, University of Jos, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

1971 D.I.C. (Imperial College of Science & Technology, University of London)

1971 Ph.D. (London) – Pure Mathematics

1969 M.Sc. (London) – Pure Mathematics

1968 B.Sc. (Hons.) Durham – Mathematics

AREA OF SPECIALISATION: - MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS

EMPLOYMENT RECORD:

1987-Date - Professor of Mathematics, University of Jos, Nigeria.

1991-1994 - Director of Academic Planning, University of Jos, Nigeria

1980-1987 - Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Jos, Nigeria

1977 - Visiting Fulbright Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of  Technology,  (MIT) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

1978 - Visiting Associate Professor at Howard University, Washington D.C., U.S.A.

(Both positions immediately above held during Sabbatical 1977/78)

1978-1980 - Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone.

1971-1978 - - Lecturer in Mathematics, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone.

SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS AND PRIZES:

1985-1988 - Associate of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy.

1997 - Fulbright Fellowship to work at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (MIT) Cambridge, Mass, U.S.A.

1974-1985 - Grants from International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy to attend seminars and workshops.

1974 - Grant from International Mathematical Union to facilitate attendance at International Congress of Mathematicians, Vancouver, Canada.

1968-1971 - Sierra Leone Development Company (DELCO) Award for Post Graduate Studies at Imperial College of Science and Technology, London University.

1971 - Anglo- Sierra Leonean Society Prize as most outstanding graduate of Fourah Bay College.

1964. - National Prestige Scholarship for University Studies awarded by the Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone.

AND COMMUNITY SERVICE:

Serving Leader of research team in Higher Education Management under the auspices of the Association of African Universities (AAU) 1994-date.

Served as Chairman Strategic Planning Committee University of Jos 1997-98.

Served as member of National Universities Commission (NUC) Committee for the review of Criteria for fund allocation to Nigerian Universities 1995-96.

Reviewer, Mathematical Reviews, USA (1976-Date).

Refereed Papers for Journal Afrika Mathematika.

Refereed Papers for Journal Nigerian Mathematical Society.

Read an Invited paper in 1983 Meeting of American Mathematical Society, New York, USA.

Served as External Examiner for Ph.D. Examination, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India.

Served as External Examiner for Postgraduate programmes in Pure Mathematics, University of Benin, and Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.

Served as External Examiner for undergraduate programmes in Mathematics, University of Calabar Federal University of Technology, Yola, University of Ibadan, Nigerian Defence Academy Kaduna, Federal University of Technology, Bauchi, A.B.U., Zaria, and University of Sierra Leone. 

Served as member of the Court of the University of Sierra Leone. (The Governing Council of the University).

Premier Editor of Journal of Mathematics Teachers Association of Sierra Leone.

Served as Examiner for West African Examinations Council (Advanced Level Mathematics).

Served as member, Board of Governors of Prince of Wales School in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Served as Chairman, of Panel which reviewed and updated WARMP (West African Regional Mathematics Programme) Textbooks in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Served as Elected Representative of Faculty of Natural Sciences in the Senate of University of Jos.

Member of Mathematical Association of Nigeria and Nigerian Mathematical Society for several years.

Member of American Mathematical Society for several years.

Served in various University and Faculty Panels, University of Jos.

UNIVERSITY TEACHING/ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE AND RELATED MATTERS:

Taught courses at Undergraduate and Postgraduate Levels in Mathematics Departments in Sierra Leone (Fourah Bay College), United States of America (Howard University, Washington D.C.) and Nigeria (University of Jos and A.T.B.U, Bauchi)

Supervised Postgraduate Students in University of Jos and (A.T.B.U.) Research work done in collaboration with such students have appeared in Journals of Learned Societies, World-Wide.

Chairman, Departmental Curriculum Committee, 1981-1983.

Faculty Representative to Senate 1981-1982.

Chairman, Faculty Postgraduate Committee, 1985-1988; 1989-1991.

Head of Mathematics Department, University of Jos, 1982-1985; 1986-1988

Dean, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Jos, 1988;

Director of Academic Planning, University of Jos, 1991-1994.

Given services to Postgraduate Education Mathematics Programme and Consultancy Unit, University of Jos.

Served as Chairman, Senate Time-Table Committee, University of Jos.

Chairman, University Computer Committee, University of Jos.

Chairman, Management Information System Committee, University of Jos.

Chairman Nigerian Universities Network NUNet – Jos Chapter

CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITY:

Work on Normal Families, Value Distribution Theory and Factorization of Meromorphic Functions.

Work on Iteration Theory, Complex Analytic Dynamics and Contrasts and Analogues in Analysis.

Work on a Text for Undergraduate Mathematics. 

Work on full time equivalent, performance indicators and other higher educational management topics.

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS:

"Contrasts and Analogues in Analysis" L. S. O. Liverpool and K. B. Yuguda. Submitted to African Journal of Natural Sciences, Jos.

"Normal families in Iteration theory" L. S. O. Liverpool and K. B. Yuguda. Submitted to African Journal of Natural Sciences, Jos.

".Picard Sets - A survey and some new results." L. S. O. Liverpool and J. Marut. African Journal of Natural Sciences, Jos (1998).

"Iteration of Complex Functions – Old and New Problems." L. S. O. Liverpool. Yang/Wen/Li/Chiang. Longman Higher Education – Complex Analysis and Applications London (1996).

"Ten Challenges of Mathematics in Science and Technology" L. S. O. Liverpool. Invited paper, Mathematical Association of Nigeria. (1992).

"Louis De Branges Theorem for Tourists". L. S. O. Liverpool. Abacus, Journal of Mathematical Association of Nigeria (1992).

"Further Remarks on a Result of Topilla". L. S. O. Liverpool, Technology and Development, Journal of Scientific and Technological Research, Yola , Nigeria (1992).

Mathematics for Distance Learning (Course Text, Cycle 2). L. S. O. Liverpool; et al (Part of Editorial Team). Published by National Teachers Institute, Kaduna Nigeria. (1991).

Mathematics for Distance Learning (Course Text. Cycle 1) L. S. O. Liverpool (Critique). Published by National Teachers Institute, Kaduna, Nigeria, (1990).

"Contrasts and Analogues in Analysis". L. S. O. Liverpool and N. Korve (1989). Abacus, Journal of Mathematical Association of Nigeria.

"Some Remarks on a Result of Topilla". L. S. O. Liverpool. International Journal of Science and Engineering, Vol. 1, 1984.

"Entire Solutions of a Polynomial. Difference Equation"; I. N. Baker and L. S. O. Liverpool. Aequationae Mathematicae, Vol. 27 (1984).

"The Theorems of Schottky and Miranda" – A Novel Approach. L. S. O. Liverpool and J. Nnadi. Journal of Nigerian Mathematical Society, Vol. 2 (1983).

"Exceptional Sets for Entire Functions". L. S. O. Liverpool and K. B. Yuguda. Contemporary Mathematics, American Mathematical Society, U.S.A. (Vol. 25 (1983).

"Some Remarks on Point Picard Sets for Entire Functions". L. S. O. Liverpool and Umar Umar. Publications de 1’ Institute Mathematiques Tome 32 (46) (1982).

"Value Distribution and Related Questions in Iteration Theory" L. S. O. Liverpool. Value Distribution of Meromorphic Functions. Edited by C.C. Yang, Naval Research Laboratories, U.S.A. Marcel Dekker Inc. USA (1982).

"The Value Distribution of Entire Functions of order at Most One"; I. N. Baker and L. S. O. Liverpool. Acta Scientiarum Math. Vol. 41 (1979).

"Fractional Iteration Near a Fix Point of Multiplier 1"; L. S. O. Liverpool. Journal London Math. Soc. Vol. 41 (1979).

"On Entire Functions with Infinite Domains of Normality"; L. S. O. Liverpool. Aequationes Mathematicae Vol. 10 (1973).

"Further Results on Picard Sets for Entire Functions" I. N. Baker and L. S. O. Liverpool. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society Vol. 26 (1973).

"Some Remarks on Factorization of Entire Functions" L. S. O. Liverpool. Journal London Math. Soc. Vol. 2 (1973).

"Picard Sets for Entire Functions" I. N. Baker and L. S. O. Liverpool. Math. Zeith. Vol. 126 (1972).

"Dense Iterate Operations" L. S. O. Liverpool. American Mathematical. Monthly (1970) Vol. 78 No. 3.

"Learning Mathematics – Students Reactions 1" L. S. O. Liverpool. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Association of Sierra Leone (JMTSL) (1979) Vol. 1 Pt. 1.

"Journey Across Numberland 1". L. S. O. Liverpool (JMTSL) (1979), Vol. 1 PT. 2.

"Journey Across Numberland 11" L. S. O. Liverpool (JMTSL) (1980), Vol. 1 PT. 3.

"Learning Mathematics – Students Reactions 11" L. S. O. Liverpool (JMTSL) (1980) Col. 1 PT 2.

"Learning Mathematics 111" L. S. O. Liverpool (JMTSL) (1980) Vol. 1 PT 3.

"Some Research Questions in Complex Analysis "L. S. O. Liverpool (1983). A Handbook for Postgraduate Researchers in Complex Analysis.

Higher Education Management:

"Academic planning within institutional framework. The experience of the University of Jos". L.S.O. Liverpool. (1993) Invited paper, National Workshop on Integrated Planning. In Polytechnics. NBTE Kaduna.

"A search for a uniform approach to the calculation of full time equivalent in Nigerian Universities" L. S. O. Liverpool and E. I. Opara (1994). Invited paper presented at the NUC/ODA/British Council Seminar – Breaking new grounds for effective university resource management: Planning To The Year 2000.

"Reflections on a model for recurrent budget estimates and fund allocations" L. S. O. Liverpool and E. I. Opara (1995). Higher Education Policy Vol. 8, No 1.

"The full time equivalent and the revised criteria for fund allocation to Nigerian Universities" L. S. O. Liverpool, (1996)- Invited paper delivered at the inaugural meeting of the Committee of Directors of Academic Planning in Nigerian Universities. (CODAPNU) NUC, Abuja.

"Modelling for resource allocation to departments and faculties in African Universities" L. S. O. Liverpool, E. G. Eseyin and E. I. Opara (1998).Higher Education 36; 139-153.

Alternative strategies for the determination of unit costs. Volumes 1 and 2. L. S. O. Liverpool, E. I. Opara and E. G. Eseyin (1998).Report submitted to The AAU study programme on higher education management in Africa.

"The full time equivalent – untidy matters"- L. S. O. Liverpool, (1999). Invited paper delivered at a conference for Directors of Academic Planning in Nigerian Universities. NUC, Abuja.

"Strategic Planning for Nigerian Universities – The University of Jos Experience So Far" - L. S. O. Liverpool, (1999). Invited paper presented at Biannual Seminar of the Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, Jos, Nigeria.

"Strategic Planning for Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria – Exploiting the Experience of The University of Jos" - L. S. O. Liverpool, (1999). Keynote address at a one-day seminar on strategic planning for the College of Education, Gindiri, Gindiri, Plateau State, Nigeria.

"NUC Funding formula and Parameters" - L. S. O. Liverpool, (1999).Invited paper presented at a Training Programme for Senior University Managers , Nike Lake Hotel , Enugu, Nigeria.

 CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS OF LEARNED AND PROFESSIONAL BODIES ATTENDED

International Congress of Mathematicians, Vancouver, Canada, 1974.

Seminar Course in Functional Analysis; Trieste, Italy, 1974.

Seminar Course in Complex Analysis, Trieste, Italy, 1975.

Pan African Congress of Mathematicians, Rabat, Morocco, 1976.

International Symposium on Functional Analysis, Ibadan, Nigerian, 1977.

Meeting of Ghana Mathematical Association, Tokoradi, Ghana, 1978.

Summer Seminar in Complex Analysis, Trieste, Italy, 1980.

Science Association of Nigeria, Jos Nigeria, 1981.

Mathematical Association of Nigeria, Kano, Nigeria, 1981.

Meeting of American Mathematical Society, New York, USA, 1983.

International Seminar on Functional Analysis and its Applications, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 1985.

Nigerian Mathematical Society, University of Ife Nigeria, 1985.

Second Pan African Congress of Mathematicians, Jos Nigeria 1986.

Associate Visit to International Centre for Theoretical Physics 1985, 1986 and 1988, Several Conferences held at the centre were attended.

Workshop on Curriculum Development in Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science; University of Nairobi. Kenya 1985.

Summer School on Complex Analysis. Sophia Antipolis, Nice France, 1989.

Summer School on Divergent Series; Sophia Antipolis, Nice France, 1990.

Seminaire GIRAGA III. Yaunde, Cameroun 1990.

National Workshop on Integrated Planning in Polytechnics. N.B.T.E. Kaduna, 1993.

During 1975, 1980, 1984 and 1986 I spent various periods at Imperial College of Science and Technology, London conferring with colleagues in the Mathematics Department.

Association of African Universities (AAU) Regional Research Conference on Higher Education Management, Gabarone, Botswana 1993.

Association of African Universities (AAU) Regional Research Conference on Higher Education Management, Maurituius, 1996.

Association of African Universities (AAU) Regional Research Conference on Higher Education Management, Harare, Zimbabwe 1998.

Annual Seminar of Committee of Vice-Chancellors (CVC) of Nigerian Universities; Akure 1988, Bauchi 1992 and Jos, 1998.

In several of these meetings, I delivered papers which were on the subject of my current research efforts.

Prepared December, 1999