[3] Adegbulugbe was a contributor to the inter-governmental panel on Climate change (IPCC) Assessments reports which won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize along with former US vice president Al Gore.
Adegbulugbe graduated with a B.Sc in electrical engineering from the University of Ife in 1976 with a First Class and Grade Point Average (GPA) of 5.0 on a scale of 5.0.
Adegbulugbe started his career as a visiting research fellow at the Institut fur Kernenergetik und Energiesyteme in Germany in 1984.
He has held various academic positions, including director and professor at the Centre for Energy Research & Development at Obafemi Awolowo University from 1994 to 2010.
In 2005, he was appointed by former president Olusegun Obasanjo as special assistant on energy matters, a position he held until 2007.