TITLE (PROF/DR/): DR.

NAME: ABAYOMI AKINDELE AKEEM

POSITION: SENIOR LECTURER SPECIALISATION: ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY

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

Dr. Abayomi is currently a senior lecturer in the Chemistry Department, His research interests include the study of nutrients, especially phosphorus and nitrogen species, in environmental media and the use of green chemistry in reducing and eliminating waste. Other areas of his research include waste valourisation and decarbonization, recalcitrant pollutants management, as well as microplastics research. Dr. Abayomi has won various grants to support his research, including Developing World Scholarship by the Analytical Chemistry Trust Fund of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (2009); University of Lagos Central Research grant (2013), Lagos State Research Development grant (2014) and TETFund National Research Fund (2019 and 2022).

Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours

• • 2024 – T/Date:     Vice-Chairman, National Technical Committee of Standard Organisation of Nigeria  (SON) on Water Quality.               

• 2024 – T/Date      Member, Faculty of Science Research and Ethics Committee, University of Lagos.
• 2022 – T/Date:     Deputy Team Lead/Deputy Director, Centre for Environmental Human Resource    Development (CENHURD), University of Lagos.                     

• 2021 – T/Date:     Coordinator, Master of Environmental Management (MEM) Programme, Department   of Chemistry, University of Lagos.                 

• 2022 – 2024:        Sub-Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Lagos.
• 2022 – 2024:        Member, Central Admission Committee, University of Lagos.

     Selected Most Recent Publications  /Contributions to Knowledge

1. Rotimi Oyebisi, Akeem Abayomi, Najeem Oladosu, Kehinde Olayinka and Babajide Alo (2024). Assessing the cause of increasing iron concentration in the eutrophication of Lagos Lagoon. Journal of Scientific Research and Development, Vol. 23 (1). Pp 63-76
2. Muideen Remilekun Gbadamosi, Akeem Akindele Abayomi, Banjoko Oluwakemi Oluwabunmi, Mutiu Adesina Adegboye, Ify Leonard Ugbomeh, Adeyemi Lawrence Ogunneye, and Olawale Monsur Sanusi (2024). Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (3rd Edition); Proceedings of 3rd Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration (EMCEI-3), Tunisia 2021. Springer Nature Switzerland AG2024. Pp 165-170.
3. Amidu O. Ayeni, Akeem A. Abayomi, Taofkat A. Adesalu, Najeem O. Oladosu, Kehinde O. Olayinka, and Babajide I. Alo (2023). Socio-Economic Impacts of Algae and Weed on Artisanal Fishing in Lagoon Coastal Water in Lagos State, Nigeria. African Journal of Geographical Sciences(AJGS), Vol. 4 (No. 1). ISSN 2786-9741.
4. Abayomi A. A., Olanrewaju J. O., Oladosu N. O., Echebiri F. and Alo B. I. (2023). Effects of Phosphate on Mobility of Potentially Toxic Metals in Contaminated Soils.Journal of Scientific Research and Development, Vol. 22 (No. 1).
5. Echebiri, F.O., Abayomi, A. A., Oladosu, N.O., Ayeni O. A., Adesalu T. A., Olayinka K. O. and Alo B. I. (2023). Effects of physicochemical and sediment–mineral dynamics on phosphorus concentration and biological productivity in Lagos coastal waters. Aquatic Science85, 67. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-023-00965-9

   Collaborators/ Networks(International inclusive

1. Kehinde Olayinka, Department of Chemistry, University of Lagos.
2. Paul Worsfold, University of Plymouth, UK

• Gbadamosi Muideen, University of Portsmouth, UK

1. Ganiyu Oyetibo, Department of Microbiology, University of Lagos
2. Emmanuel Bernand, Department of Chemistry, Nigeria Police Academy Wudil‐Kano