TITLE (PROF/DR/): Dr.

NAME: Aramide Dolapo IGBARI

POSITION: Senior Lecturer                                    

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.)

Personal Statement

I am a plant scientist with a background in plant systematics and genetics, dedicated to enhancing plant diversity and resilience through integrative research approaches. Driven by the passion to address climate-mediated food insecurities, my research focuses on improving the resilience and diversity of food systems. I utilize cutting-edge genomic science to unravel the potential of orphan crops such as bambara groundnut and cowpea to complement major crops for a more resilient and nutritionally diverse future agricultural system. I am committed to continuing this integrative approach, leveraging both classical systematics and modern molecular approaches to drive climate-resilient and sustainable innovations for the 21^st century and beyond.

Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours

• One Planet Advanced Science Training, Poland, 2023
• African Academy of Science Affiliate, Kenya, 2022 till date
• One Planet Fellowship Laureate, Kenya, 2020 – 2024
• Carnegie Corporation Early Career Fellowship, South Africa, 2018
• Fellow of the Linnaean Society, London, 2016 till date
• L’Oréal-UNESCO International Fellow, 2014 – 2016

 Selected Most Recent Publications /Contributions to Knowledge

1. Matuszkiewicz Mateusz, Grądzielewska Agnieszka, Święcicka Magdalena, Ozturk Alperen, Mokrzycka Monika, Igbari Aramide Dolapo, Song Jie, Kilian Andrzej, Rakoczy-Trojanowska Monika (2024). Identification of quantitative trait loci associated with leaf rust resistance in rye by precision mapping. BMC Plant Biology24: 291. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-024-04960-6

2. Aramide Dolapo Igbari, Temitope Olabisi Onuminya, George Isaac Nodza and Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe (2024). Diversity and Use of plant collections of the Lagos University Herbarium, Nigeria. Feddes Repertorium, 00:1–16. http://doi.org/10.1002/fedr.202200055

3. Igbari, A. D., Madu, W. O. and Ogundipe, O. T. (2023). Systematic studies on some West African species of the Tribe Bauhinieae (Cercidioideae). Webbia, 78(2), 93–105. https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-14674

4. Aramide Dolapo Igbari, Oluwafemi Daniel Amusa, Adaobi Jennifer Ihejimba and Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe (2023). Biomonitoring of Heavy Metals Pollution in the University of Lagos, Akoka Campus Environment using the Moss Dicranium scorparium Science World Journal 18(3): 445- 451 DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/swj.v18i3.18

5. Oluwafemi Daniel Amusa and Aramide Dolapo Igbari (2023). Phenotypic and protein variations among selected cowpea (Vigna unguiculata Walp.) genotypes. UMYU Scientifica 2(2): 7 – 15 https://doi.org/10.56919/usci.2223.002

Collaborators/ Networks (International inclusive,

1. Alastair Culham, University of Reading, United Kingdom
2. Monika Rackozy-Trojanowska, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland

• Jill Farrant, University of Cape Town, South Africa

1. Sean Mayes, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
2. Meseret Terfa, Hawassa University, Ethiopia