Research Fellow, Cornell University
Dr. Temitope S. Egbebiyi is a Research Fellow at Cornell University, Ithaca, USA. He is a Research Associate at Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Nigeria and at the African Climate and Development Initiatives (ACDI) Department of Environmental and Geographical Science (EGS), University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa.
His research interest is in regional climate modelling, extreme weather events, crop modelling, climate change impacts studies, agrometeorology, climate geoengineering and mitigation and adaptation strategies.
He is a Newton Fellow, DAAD Research Fellow, South African National Research Foundation (NRF) Fellow etc. He has presented some of his research findings at national and international conferences with awards at the 2018 SASAS conference and UCT Leadership Gold Award.
Dr. Temitope is a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) seventh Assessment Report (AR7). He aims to use his expertise in providing information that will inform policy makers in their decision making about adaptation strategies to improve food security and meet the sustainable development goal of Zero hunger, especially in Africa.
