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Academic background
Doctoral, graduate and undergraduate training in cybersecurity and computer science, from Ilorin to Washington, DC.
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Degrees
In plain English: my degrees, from an associate degree in computer science to the engineering doctorate I expect to finish in September 2027.
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Expected
September 2027Doctor of Engineering, Cybersecurity Analytics
The George Washington University, School of Engineering and Applied Science · Washington, DC · In progress
- Research areas: explainable AI, AI-enabled security governance, adversarial machine learning defenses, Zero Trust architecture with NIST RMF alignment, and risk quantification in enterprise and educational environments.
- SEAS 8414, Analytical Tools for Cyber: built Breakwater, an end-to-end security-analytics pipeline against a containerized OT/IoT simulation network. Read about Breakwater.
- Also completed: SEAS 8415, Applied Cryptography and Data Protection; SEAS 8499, Praxis Development.
- Now: SEAS 8188, Praxis Research, from fall 2026.
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May 2024
M.S., Cyber Forensics
University of Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · GPA 3.9
- Digital forensics and incident response, with Python-based security analytics.
- SOC operations and HITRUST compliance.
- Graduate research on cryptographic protocols for secure voting, strategic risk acceptance and incident response governance.
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October 2019
B.S., Computer Science and Education (dual major)
University of Ilorin · Ilorin, Nigeria
- Dual major: computer science foundations combined with pedagogical training.
- Core coursework: software engineering, data structures, algorithms, educational technology and instructional design.
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August 2014
A.S., Computer Science
Kwara State Polytechnic · Ilorin, Nigeria
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Professional development
In plain English: short courses and training I completed on top of my degrees.
- 2026Howard AI Network (powered by AWS): Agentic AI Bootcamp; Faculty Bootcamp on Building AI Curriculum Across Disciplines; Workshop on Writing Competitive Proposals
- 2026AWS Machine Learning University Educators Consortium, including the faculty poster showcase and the AI/ML Teaching and Research Symposium at Tuskegee University
- 2026CIN train-the-trainer series: CompTIA CySA+ (V4)
- 2026Argonne AI STEM Learning Forum
- 2024SANS AI Cybersecurity Forum: AI and ML-based threat hunting