TITLE (PROF/DR/): DR.

NAME: FOUAD ABIDEMI ADETORO

POSITION: SENIOR LECTURER                                                                                                         SPECIALISATION: APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY

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 mid-career Facilitator, Instructors, and research Scientist with bias in applications of insect science (Entomology) to solving global challenges and provision opportunities to a wide array of human endeavours. Some of these applications include but not limited to food security, public/veterinary health, ecosystem viability and sustainability. My research areas include, but are not limited to sustainable management of nuisance insects, crops/stored product pests, insect vectors of tropical diseases, use of insects as models ecosystem stress and/or recovery, as well as breeding of insects for human consumption and as livestock feed supplements. It is my aspiration to continue to provide home-grown sustainable solutions and innovations to Nigerian challenges, while contributing to reducing global impact of food security, healthcare, and ecosystem stress for mankind and wildlife. My ultimate goal is to communicate these modest contributions to budding research scientists, providing platforms for them to becoming better individuals, and ultimately making their immediate environments, Nigeria, Africa and the world at large better than it is.

Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours

• Member, UNILAG Senate – August 2024 to date
• Member, CITS Board – January 2025 to date
• Journal Reviewer (Nigerian Journal of Entomology, Egyptian Journal of Biological Sciences)

Selected Most Recent Publications /Contributions to Knowledge 

1. Adetoro, FA, Elegbeleye OW, Lawal MO, Okunadejo OR, Truscott, AO, and Adegbite, MO (2022) Larvicidal efficacy of a Tropical Seaweed (Dictyota ciliolata) Extracts on Vectorial mosquito species and non-target effect on Guppy fish (Poecilia  reticulata). Of the University of Agric Sci. and Vet Med., Cluj-Napioca, 79(2); 9-19. DOI;10.15835/buasvmcn-asb:2022.0001
2. Fouad A. Adetoro, Joe C. Anikwe, Winifred A. Makanjuola, Ahmed I. Omotayo, and Samson T. Awolola (2022) Comparative Evaluation of Larvicides for Larval Source Management of Mosquitoes in Lagos, Nigeria. Acad. J. Biolog. Sci. (A. Entomology) 15(1):33-46
3. Chioma C. Ojianwuna,Ahmed I. Omotayo, Victor N. Enwemiwe, Fouad A. Adetoro, Destiny N. Eyeboka, Kemi Adesalu, Allan Egedegbe, Eric Esiwo, and Tolulope A. Oyeniyi (2022) Pyrethroid Susceptibility in Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) Populations from Delta State, Niger- Delta Region, Nigeria. Journal of Medical Entomology, 59(2):758-763
4. Akinwunmi M.F., Adetoro F.A., Usman P., and Aboderin J.A. (2025) Toxicity of Diflubenzuron on Juveniles of African Bracksih Water Shrimp from Lagoon Coastline and Mosquito Larvae from Breeding Places in a Tertiary Institution in Lagos. Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management (JASEM), 29(4):1229-1236

Collaborators/Networks (International Inclusive)

1. Ishaya Jatau – Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
2. Dr Ahmed Idowu Omotayo, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Yaba, Lagos
3. Dr Chioma Ojianwuna – Delta State Univeristy, Abraka, Delta State
4. Dr Adedapo Adeogun – Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Yaba Lagos