21 BOONE PICKENS SCHOOL OF GEOLOGY New Alumni Highlights Dr. Olubukola Ishola Olubukola Ishola commenced his Ph.D. in Geology at the Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University in the fall of 2019 and graduated in the spring of 2023. His dissertation, “A New Stochastic Pore-Scale Simulation and Machine Learning Approach to Predicting Permeability and Tortuosity of Heterogeneous Porous Media,” harnesses computing, engineering, and geoscience to enhance fluid flow predictions in porous media. His research has yielded two published and one under review articles in respected journals, and he contributed to eight scientific conferences. During his Ph.D. tenure, Olubukola secured multiple prestigious scholarships from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), and others, recognizing his holistic approach to science. Olubukola’s academic foundation includes a Bachelor’s in Geophysics from Adekunle Ajasin University, Nigeria, and a Master’s in Petroleum Geoscience from University College Dublin. His practical expertise grew with internships at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Google X, deepening his proficiency in machine learning within geoscience. Olubukola now applies this expertise at GSK PLC, driving innovation in R&D as an AI/ML Engineer. Dr. Oluseun Sanuade Oluseun Sanuade received his Ph.D. from the Boone Pickens School of Geology in December 2023 where he served as a graduate research and teaching associate within the near-surface geophysics group led by Dr. Ahmed Ismail. Prior to his academic journey at OSU, Oluseun obtained his master’s degree in geology from King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals in Saudi Arabia. He also holds a BSc in geology and a master’s degree in applied geophysics from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. For his doctoral degree, Oluseun conducted research on the integration of multiple geophysical techniques including electrical, shallow seismic and borehole geophysical surveys for dam safety investigations of earth-filled and concrete dams in the state of Oklahoma. At OSU, he also served as the President of the Student Chapters of the SEG and the AIPG. Oluseun also served as the Webmaster for Geophysical Society of Oklahoma City. He was also a member of the Early Career Subcommittee and Research Committee of the SEG, positions he continues to hold. He won numerous awards including Kenneth L. Zonge Scholarship, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co. Scholarship, Oklahoma Geological Foundation Graduate Fellowship, SEG Foundation/Chevron Scholarship, and SEG/Gary and Lorene Servos Scholarship among others. Oluseun published a few articles during his time pursuing a doctoral degree at OSU. He is currently an Exploration Geologist at the Technology Center of Freeport-McMoRan in Tucson, Arizona.
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