A globally acclaimed scholar and Professor of Environmental Chemistry, Nurudeen Oladoja, is set to deliver the 39th Inaugural Lecture of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, AAUA, Ondo State.
A statement by the Chairman of the Ceremonies Committee and Deputy Vice Chancellor (Admin.), Prof. Adebisi Daramola, revealed that the 39th Inaugural lecture will be held on Tuesday, May 13, 2025.
The lecture, “The Chemistry Beat: Harnessing Benign Reactions for Water Purification”, would commence at 2:00 PM in the University Multipurpose Hall. Guests are expected to be seated by 1:30 PM. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Olugbenga Ige, will chair the lecture.
It will be recalled that Prof. Oladoja was one of eight AAUA scholars listed among the top 2% of global scientists in the prestigious 2024 Stanford-Elsevier global ranking, with 103 publications to his credit at the time.
His academic journey began with a B.Sc. (Ed) in Chemistry from the University of Lagos in 1991. He later obtained both an M.Sc. in Industrial Chemistry (1994) and a Ph.D. in Chemistry (2003) from the University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria.
Prof. Oladoja joined AAUA in 2007 as a Lecturer I in the Department of Chemistry and rose to become a Professor of Environmental Chemistry in 2015. He has supervised one completed Ph.D. and four ongoing, as well as 12 completed and three ongoing M.Sc. theses, and has authored 117 scientific publications to date.
A seasoned academic leader, Prof. Oladoja has held several leadership roles in the University. He has served as Head of the Department of Chemistry and is the current Dean of the Faculty of Science.
He was a Visiting Professor (CAS-PIFI), Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China between July 2019 and 2020; Visiting Professor, Chair of Urban Water Systems Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Germany, between June 2013 and July 2015, and a Visiting Research Scientist, School of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia between September 2011 and December 2011.
Prof. Oladoja is a recipient of numerous prestigious grants, awards and fellowships, including the International Foundation for Science Research Grants (2008 and 2012); the Chinese Academy of Science-Third World Academy of Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship (2008/2009); AAUA Research Grant Award (2010 and 2013); the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship (2012, 2015, 2016 and 2023); the Tertiary Education Trust Fund Grant (2016, and 2012 - 2022); the Commonwealth Travel Grant (2017); the Chinese Academy of Sciences Presidential Fellowship (2019-20); the Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund (2018-19); the British Ecological Society Research Fund (2021-22); and the Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO) Collaborative Research Grant (2022/23).
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