Engr. Dr. Adamu Ahmed Abubakar received a B. Eng.  degree in Chemical Engineering from Ahmadu Bello University (A.B.U) Zaria, Nigeria, in 1993, an M. Eng. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Benin, Benin-city, Nigeria, in 2005, an M. Eng. degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, in 2007, PhD in Chemical Engineering in 2019 from A.B.U Zaria.

Adamu has industrial experience with Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Co. Ltd., Warri Refining and Petrochemical Co. Ltd., Neubertosh Chemical Industry Offa-Tedo, Osun State, and Panar Nigeria Limited Kano, Nigeria.

He has more than 25 years of teaching/research experience. The scope of his experience includes; Training in the area of oil and gas, water & wastewater engineering, process development, process equipment modeling/design and simulation, equipment performance evaluation, software development, petrochemicals and Gas processing techniques, unit process, and separation processes.

Adamu worked as a lecturer at the Nigerian Institute of Leather & Science Technology Zaria (formerly Federal College of Chemical and Leather Technology Zaria), before joining the Petroleum Training Institute as senior officer II (Training) in 1999. In addition to his core mandate as a Training officer, he also worked as an instructor in various laboratories including Process control & simulation, petrochemical synthesis, Unit operations, reaction engineering, and fluid mechanics.

He has to his credit many publications in reputable journals in Nigeria with an emphasis on water/wastewater systems, modeling, and computer simulation of chemical processes.

Before his appointment as the Director of Engineering, Dr. Adamu was coordinating the Petroleum Training Institute Modular Refinery Design Team; A modular Refinery Initiative Programme by the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources.

He was trained in the use of Refinery Simulation Software (Auto Dynamics) in Monbonot Grenoble, France among others.

Engr. Adamu is a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers (FNSChE) and a member of several professional bodies including; the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), the American Chemical Society (ACS), and is registered with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN).

He is happily married with children.