TITLE (PROF/DR/): DR.

NAME: ROSE ALANI

POSITION: ASSOCIATE PROFFESSOR                                        SPECIALISATION:

EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with Bachelor’s degree or other initial professional education, such as nursing, include postdoctoral training and residency training if applicable. Add/delete rows as necessary.)

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION

DEGREE

(if applicable)

Completion Date

MM/YYYY

FIELD OF STUDY

Ahmadu Bello University- Zaria, Kaduna Nigeria

B.Sc.

09/1988

Industrial Chemistry

University of Port Harcourt- Port Harcourt, Rivers  Nigeria

M.Sc.

08/1992

Industrial Chemistry

University of Lagos- Akoka, Lagos Nigeria

Ph.D.

01/2012

Environmental/Analytical Chemistry
Personal Statement

 I am a senior researcher and an Associate Professor of Chemistry, with great passion for the environment and human life. I have over 20 years’ experience in teaching and research work on environmental pollution, covering air, water and soil pollution monitoring and modeling; ecological hazard and risk assessments as research tools for the determination of contaminant distribution as influenced by carbon production dynamics; monitoring and modeling Nigerian air quality for health risks of gaseous, particulates and persistent organic pollutants. I am internationally involved in air pollution, climate change, and environmental sustainability related researches. I am a trained Analyst under the Canadian Association for Environmental Analytical Laboratories (CAEAL) requirements at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research (GLIER), University of Windsor, ON, Canada. I have supervised over 50 BSc projects, 70 MSc projects and 4 PhD students, with over 43 articles in reputable Local and International Journals, also 32 presentations at Local and International conferences. I am the founder and Group Lead of the Air Quality Monitoring Research group (AQMRG) of the University of Lagos, established to bridge air quality data gaps, monitor and model air pollutants at different locations in Nigeria, collaborating in global air quality monitoring programmes.  I was the Nigerian Coordinator of the CLEAN-Air Forum 2024 in Lagos.

 https://mailchi.mp/fcb6eaff94ba/highlights-and-reflections-from-the-clean-air-forum-lagos-2024?e=a3cedd9b45

My goal is to make AQMRG a Centre of Excellence for global air sensor evaluation and training.

  1. Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours
  • Co-Chair US-Nigeria Air Quality Technical Working Group (2024 ongoing)
  • Air quality champion—One of the three brilliant women who are paving the way for cleaner air and healthier communities in Nigeria, South Africa and Mongolia. They are part of EPIC’s Public Local Actors Registry https://mailchi.mp/uchicago.edu/airwatch-feb-2024?e=f889284456, February 2024
  • Air quality local actor -Named by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) as one of the eight air quality local actors working across Africa, Latin America and Asia,  this reportin 2023
  • Post-doctoral research fellowship at the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO), Barcelona, Spain, under the sponsorship of Mujeres por Africa Foundation 2018
  • Distinguished Researcher Awards (Faculty of Science) at the UNILAG Golden Jubilee (Eighth), seventh, sixth and fourth Research Conference held from 6th to 8th November, 2012, 19th to 21st October, 2011, 20th to 21st October, 2010, 8th of January, 2009 respectively
  • Journal Reviewer (Clean Air Journal; Environmental Studies Journal; and 10 more)
  • Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC).

https://epic.uchicago.edu/events/event/community-catalysts-closing-the-global-air-quality-data-gaps-locally/

https://thesun.ng/exposing-dangers-of-air-pollution/ 

https://mujeresporafrica.es/en/rose-alani-leading-woman-scientist-in-water-and-air-pollution-in-nigeria-2/Selected Most Recent Publications /Contributions to Knowledge

  1. Tella, A., Mustafa, M.R.U., Animashaun, G. Adebisi, N., Okolie, C. J., Balogun, A. L., Pham, Q. B. and Alani, R. A. (2024). Data-driven landfill suitability mapping in Lagos State using GIS-based multi-criteria decision making. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-024-05803-5
  2. Popoola, O.A.M.; Alani, R.; Assah, F.; Lawanson, T.; Tchouaffi, A.K.; Mapa-Tassou, C.; Blanche, N.; Odekunle, D.; Unuigboje, R.; Onifade, V.A.; et al. (2023). Assessment of the Temporal and Seasonal Variabilities in Air Pollution and Implications for Physical Activity in Lagos and Yaoundé. Atmosphere 2023, 14, 1693. https://doi.org/10.3390/ atmos1411169
  3. Alani R., Lawal A., Awonuga S. and Alo B., 2022. Distribution of Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Surface Water and Sediments of Ogun River at Kara Abattoir, Ogun State, Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Environmental Sciences and Technology, 6(1), pp. 270-282
  4. Alani, R., Zhao, S., Liu, X., Akinrinade, O., Agunbiade, F., Ayejuyo, O., Zhang, G. (2021). Concentrations, profiles and exposure risks of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in passive air samples from Lagos, Nigeria. Atmospheric Pollution Research, Volume 12, Issue 9, September 2021, 101162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2021.101162
  5. Croitoru, Lelia; Chang, Jiyoun Christina; Kelly, Andrew, Akpokodje, Joseph;. Adeboboye, Abimbola;  Alani, Rose; Ekeu-Wei, Iguniwari; Lee, Jia Jun; and Rogers, John. (2020). The Cost of Air Pollution in Lagos. World Bank, Washington, DC. © World Bank.

 https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/33038 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO. Pp 1-45.

Collaborators/ Networks (International inclusive

  1. Tunde Ajayi, Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), Lagos, Nigeria
  2. Engineer Bainomugisha, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
  • Tolula Oni, University of Cambridge, UK
  1. Albert Presto, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
  2. Davies Rene Segera, University of Nairobi, Kenya