Isma’il Abdurashid is a professor, researcher and lecturer at Collins College of Business, University of Tulsa USA.
In a virtual interview, he disclosed how he became a professor at the age of 32.
“I was born in Funtua, Katsina State, on November 29, 1988. My father was originally from a village called Gangara in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State while my mother was originally from a village called Mairua in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. We later moved to Katsina city where I was raised and attended both primary and secondary schools.
“I attended Muhammad Dodo Ibrahim Primary School (formally known as Layout Science Model Primary School) and Government Secondary School Mani, both in Katsina State. I then went to Bayero University Kano where I obtained my Bachelors degree in Mathematics and emerged as best graduating Mathematics student of the year 2006/2011 class.
“With the help of my mentors – Professor Bashir Ali and Dr Ma’aruf Shehu Minjibir, I later wrote and passed an examination for admission into the African University of Science and Technology, in Abuja, where I got partial scholarship and completed my Masters degree in Pure and Applied Mathematics. I also emerged as the best graduating student from Mathematics category and I completed the masters in 2013. I thereafter obtained a full scholarship from UNESCO/IAEA to attend The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy, where I obtained a diploma in Mathematics in 2015. I then immediately proceeded with my PhD study in Applied Mathematics. While at Auburn University, I pursued and obtained another Masters degree in Data Science in addition to my PhD degree in Applied Mathematics in 2020.
“After completing Auburn University, in Alabama, I was offered an Assistant professor position at the Jack Welch College of Business and Technology in Sacred Heart University where I worked for one year before joining The Collins College of Business at the University of Tulsa as an Assistant Professor of Data Analytics in July 2021,” he said.
