The Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences (NSPS) has announced five recipients of its 2026 PhD Thesis Prize, recognising their outstanding doctoral researches across key areas of the physical sciences.

In a statement, Secretary Babatunde Falaiye said the prizes, awarded annually, recognised theses with originality, academic excellence and significant contributions to knowledge. Falaiye said the 2026 awardees emerged after a rigorous and transparent evaluation process conducted by experts across the relevant disciplines.

The winners included Dr Paul Adesina for Physics and Astronomy; Dr Timilehin Shaba for Mathematics and Statistics and Dr Temitayo Ale for Earth Sciences. Dr Bello Buhari got the prize for Computer Science and Dr Temitope Ogunnupebi for Chemistry.

Adesina, a Doctoral Graduate from the Redeemers University, had his thesis titled: “Vibrational Dynamics of Driven Oscillators with PhaseModulated Potential Structures.”

The statement said: “His work demonstrated strong originality and analytical depth, with notable contributions to theoretical and computational physics, particularly in the study of driven dynamical systems.

“Shaba, a doctoral graduate of Landmark University, had his thesis on ‘New Derivation of qDifferential and q-Convolution Operators on Certain Subclasses of Analytic Functions.’

“The research is mathematically rigorous, with substantive contributions to complex analysis, geometric function theory, q-series and special functions.

“Ale received an award for his research titled: ‘Geotechnical, Geophysical and Hydrogeochemical Modelling of Contaminants Flow from Dumpsites around Owo and Ikare-Akoko, Southwestern Nigeria.”