DAAD climapAfrica Postdoc Fellow
University of Cape Town
South Africa
Temitope S. Egbebiyi is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Climate System Analysis Group (CSAG), Environmental and Geographical Science Department, University of Cape Town. He is a Climate scientist with research interest in regional climate modelling, crop modelling, climate extremes and extreme weather event and its impacts on agriculture and health. His main passion is to use his expertise in climate research to contribute to and in providing information that will influence and inform policy makers in their decision making and choice of adaptation strategies to improve food security and meet the sustainable development goal of Zero hunger, especially in Africa. Dr Temitope is a Newton Fellow, South African National Research Foundation (NRF) and Alliance Centre for Climate and Earth System Science (ACCESS) scholar and a member of the American Geophysical Union. Aside research, he is also involved in Mentoring, teaching assistance, student leadership and has served in various committees in the University such as Vice Chancellor Dean of Science Selection Committee, Faculty Deans’ Advisory committee, Teaching and Learning Committee, Parent’s Committee among others. He is happily married to Oluwabukola with two lovely daughters, Praise and Peace. During his leisure, Temitope is likes to Sing and composes songs and enjoy playing with kids.
Climate change expertise and interests
Climate Modelling, crop modelling, Agrometeorology, Biometeorology, Climate extremes
Publications – (most recent)
Shakirudeen, L., Hewitson, B., Egbebiyi, T. S., Adesuyi, A. (2021). On the suitability of using Vegetation Indices to monitor the response of Africa’s terrestrial ecoregions to drought. Science of Total Environment Journal (Elsivier) (In Press). Available online, June 9 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148282
Egbebiyi, T.S., Crespo, O., Lennard, C., Zaroug, M., Nikulin, G., Harris, I., Price, J., Forstenhäusler, N., Warren, R. (2020): Investigating the potential impact of 1.5, 2 & 3oC global warming levels on crop suitability and planting season over West Africa. PeerJ 8:e8851 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8851
Egbebiyi, T.S., Lennard, C., Crespo, O., Mukwenha, P, Shakirudeen, L, Quagraine, K. (2019b): Assessing Future Spatio-Temporal Changes in Crop Suitability and Planting Season over West Africa: Using the Concept of CropClimate Departure. Climate. 7(9):1–30. DOI:10.3390/cli7090102
Professional career interests
Climate Modelling, crop modelling, Agrometeorology, Biometeorology, Climate extremes
I participate at climapAfrica because
I want to use his expertise in climate research to contribute to and in providing information that will influence and inform policy makers in their decision making and choice of adaptation strategies to improve food security and meet the sustainable development goal of Zero hunger, especially in Africa.