Danladi Slim Matawal (An haife shi a ranar 30 ga watan Oktoban shekara ta 1955) malamin farfesa ne na aikin injiniya a Nijeriya kuma Darakta-Janar na Cibiyar Nazarin Gine-gine da Hanyoyi ta Najeriya (NBRRI), wata hukuma ce a karkashin Ma’aikatar Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Tarayya. An haife shi a ranar 30 ga watan Oktoba shekarar 1955 a, Jihar Filato, Nijeriya . Ya yayi makarantar firamare a makarantar Sojojin Najeriya, Jihar Filato . Yayi Kwalejin Gwamnati, Keffi, Jihar Nasarawa inda ya sami takardar shaidar Makarantar Afirka ta Yamma (WASC) a shekara ta 1968. Daga baya ya wuce zuwa mashahurin Jami'ar Ahmadu Bello, Zariya inda ya sami digiri na farko na Injiniya (B.eng) a fannin Injiniya tare da Darajar Daraja ta Farko (1974-1978). A shekara ta 1980, ya sami gurbin karatu na Commonwealth don yin karatu a Kwalejin Imperial, Jami'ar London, inda ya sami Jagora na kimiyya (M. Sc) a Injin Injiniya (1981) da digirin digirgir, Ph.D. a fannin Injiniya daga Jami'ar Legas (1992).