Zonal Councillor, EPIN South-East

Professor Oscar Uluocha is one of Nigeria's foremost authorities in cartography, geospatial information science, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) — a scholar-practitioner whose four-decade contribution to the application of spatial science to environmental management has earned him recognition at national and international levels. His dual role as Zonal Councillor for the South East and Chairman of the Board of Fellows speaks to the depth of trust and esteem in which EPIN's membership holds him.
Professor Uluocha holds a B.Sc. (Honours) in Geography from Imo State University Okigwe (1988), an M.Sc. in Geography with specialisation in Cartography, Remote Sensing and Resources Analysis (1991), and a Ph.D. in Cartography and GIS (1999) — the latter two from the University of Lagos. He has been a faculty member of the Department of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lagos since 1998, where he has shaped generations of Nigerian spatial scientists and environmental professionals.
His distinguished service as a UNIDO Regional Consultant on Information Management/GIS (2004) and as a Resource Person to Unilag Consult for the National Population Commission GIS and Digital Cartography Training Programme (1998) underscore his profile as a practitioner of national consequence. His portfolio of GIS projects spans some of Nigeria's most significant environmental and socio-economic challenges: environmental impact assessment of eco-tourism on the Lagos Coastal Zone, land-use mapping for the Niger Delta, poverty mapping through GIS-based integrated modelling, and the cartographic utility evaluation of Nigeria Sat-1 Imagery.
Professor Uluocha holds memberships in the International Cartographic Association, Nigerian Cartographic Association, Nigerian Geographical Association, Nigerian Conservation Foundation, and the Geoinformatics Society of Nigeria, among others. As Chairman of the Board of Fellows, he leads EPIN's principal advisory organ, bringing scholarly rigour and institutional wisdom to bear in guiding the Institute's long-term strategic direction.