My research interest lies in avian behavioural studies especially relating to climate change, anthropogenic activities and migration. My other area of interest is in Biostatistics. Currently, I am studying the non-breeding ecology of Palearctic migrants, the Pied Flycatchers and factors influencing it, their territoriality and their effect on resident species.
Besides my research work at APLORI, I am currently leading the study, sponsored by the Rufford Small Grants for Nature Conservation, Reviving Vulture Populations within and around Jos Metropolis targeted at improving the population of the critically endangered vulture species and other bird species with similar habitat requirements.
I am likewise part of the team that won the Rufford grant to investigate the Habitat Utilization of Wading Birds in Hadejia-Nguru Wetlands Nigeria, a survey created to improve human-wildlife interactions in the Hadejia-Nguru wetlands in Yobe state, North-eastern Nigeria.
I am also a member of Dr Robert Thomas' Behavioural Ecology group at Cardiff University's School of Biosciences, where I completed a one-month competitive internship, after presenting part of my study, titled “Habitat selection and site fidelity of wintering pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca) in a West-African savannahâ€, at the 2019 Student Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS) in Cambridge. The internship was sponsored by the Mirian Rothschild Internship programme funded by Arcadia. During the internship, I participated in a project Altitudinal and latitudinal variation in the timing of Oak leaf growth, and the implications for the conservation of deciduous Oak woodland ecosystems in a changing climate with Dr Thomas’ research group.
I have also participated in Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA) monitoring schemes and monitoring of species such as Abdim's Stork and Abyssinian Ground Hornbills as well as the gender roles and breeding behaviour of Common Bulbuls.
Lastly, I provide support to Teaching Fellows at APLORI, guiding students and interns through data analyses and experimental design.