Meet Prof Haruna Musa, the New VC of BUK

Prof. Musa was born in Dambatta, Kano State, on June 20, 1967, he attended Sabuwar Unguwa Primary School Dambatta from 1974-1980 and Government Secondary School Dambatta from 1980-1985.

He obtained his IJMBE Certificate from the College of Arts, Science and Remedial Studies (CASRS) Kano (1988), BSc (Hons) Chemistry from Bayero University, Kano (1991) and MSc Polymer Chemistry from BUK (1999) and PhD Chemistry from University of Bristol, United Kingdom (2009).

During his PhD studies, Prof. Musa worked as part-time Chemist with Revolymer Ltd, a spin-off company of the University of Bristol.

He has served as Principal Investigator of a research on the Development of Electrically Rechargeable Zinc Air Battery for Rural Electrification using Carbon based Nanomaterials, a project funded to the tune of thirty six million naira (N36,000,000:00) by the National Research Fund (2020-2024), a Research Partner in two Institution Based Research (IBR) grants of 1.7million naira (2023) and 2million naira (2019), amongst others.