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ADEBAYO AKEEM OTITOLOJU"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3801\" class=\"elementor elementor-3801\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dd944f2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dd944f2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b0de30c\" data-id=\"b0de30c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60fdc28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"60fdc28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.5 - 14-03-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"287\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ADEBAYO-AKEEM-OTITOLOJU-287x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-3816\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ADEBAYO-AKEEM-OTITOLOJU-287x300.png 287w, https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ADEBAYO-AKEEM-OTITOLOJU-140x146.png 140w, https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ADEBAYO-AKEEM-OTITOLOJU-48x50.png 48w, https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ADEBAYO-AKEEM-OTITOLOJU-72x75.png 72w, https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ADEBAYO-AKEEM-OTITOLOJU.png 443w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9208ac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9208ac\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ed1487\" data-id=\"3ed1487\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-904cf86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"904cf86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.5 - 14-03-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">TITLE (PROF\/DR\/): <strong><b>PROF.<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">NAME: <strong><b>ADEBAYO AKEEM OTITOLOJU<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">POSITION:&nbsp;<strong><b>PROFESSOR<\/b><\/strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; SPECIALISATION<strong><b>: ECOTOXICOLOGY<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">EDUCATION\/TRAINING <em>(Begin with Bachelor\u2019s degree or other initial professional education, such as nursing, include postdoctoral training and residency training if applicable. Add\/delete rows as necessary.)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 432px;\" width=\"825\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"384\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">INSTITUTION AND LOCATION<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"106\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">DEGREE<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>(if applicable)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"116\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Completion Date<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">MM\/YYYY<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"190\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">FIELD OF STUDY<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"384\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">University of Lagos- Akoka, Lagos Nigeria<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"106\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">B.Sc.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"116\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">10\/1990<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"190\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ZOOLOGY<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"384\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">University of Lagos- Akoka, Lagos Nigeria<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"106\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">M.Sc.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"116\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">10\/1992<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"190\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ZOOLOGY<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"384\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">University of Lagos- Akoka, Lagos Nigeria<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"106\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ph.D.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"116\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">10\/2001<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"190\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ZOOLOGY<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"384\">\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"106\">\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"116\">\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"190\">\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"384\">\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"106\">\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"116\">\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"190\">\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Personal Statement<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I received Ph.D. in Zoology with special interest in Environmental Toxicology and Pollution Management from the University of Lagos. I have over 35 years cognate experience with excellent track record in teaching, research and supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate students. My research in the areas of heavy metals monitoring and biological effects; crude oil &nbsp;effects and loss of bioactivity; effects of pesticides on target and non-target organisms; &nbsp;genotoxic effects of pollutants; and N-terminal sequence analysis and identification of genes responsible for heavy metal resistance. I have 179 publications, composed of 98 articles in international and national peer reviewed journals, 3 books, 4 monographs, 12 conference papers and 65 commissioned works and contributions to environmental assessment reports. I have successfully supervised and graduated twenty (20) PhD candidates. I was a recipient of the 2004 Development Co-Operation Prize by the Belgian Government and the World Laboratory Fellowship by the ICSC Switzerland. I am a Professor of Environmental Toxicology and Pollution Management of the University of Lagos. I have also been a visiting researcher to the Kings College London (KCL), University of London and a Senior Research Adviser to the Corporate Environment Department of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria. Also a former Managing Director of Unilag Consult Ltd.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">March 1998<u>till date<\/u> University of Lagos &nbsp; Professor<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Feb<u>. 2017 to Feb. 2021<\/u> Unilag Consult Ltd Managing Director<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2011 to Sept. 2012 Shell Petroleum Dev. Co Senior Research Adviser<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><u> 2005 to Apr. 2006<\/u> University of London (KCL) Visiting Lecturer<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Recipient of the 2004 Development Co-Operation Prize by the Belgian Government<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Recipient of 2005 World Laboratory Fellowship by the ICSC Switzerland<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Selected Most Recent Publications \/ Contributions to Knowledge<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sogbanmu, T.O., Osibona, A.O. and Otitoloju, A.A. (2019). &nbsp;Specific polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons identified as ecological risk factors in the Lagos lagoon, Nigeria. Environmental Pollution 255 (Part 2), 113295.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bawa-Allah, Kafilat &amp; Saliu, Joseph &amp; Otitoloju, Adebayo. (2020). Facilitated depuration of hazardous non-essential elements in pre-exposed fish. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. 17. 10.1007\/s13762-020-02734-9.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Eze, Chukwuebuka., &nbsp;Michelangeli, Frank., Otitoloju, Adebayo., Eze, Obianuju., Ibraheem, Omodele., B., Ogbuene. And Ogunwole, Germaine. (2021). Occurrence of chemical pollutants in major e-waste sites in West Africa and usefulness of cytotoxicity and induction of ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) in determining the effects of some detected brominated flame retardants and e-waste soil-derived extracts. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28. 1-15. 10.1007\/s11356-020-11155-7.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Eze, Chukwuebuka &amp; Otitoloju, Adebayo &amp; Eze, Obianuju &amp; Tochukwu, Ugochukwu &amp; Onodugo, Chinemelum &amp; Ali, Aasim &amp; Lyche, Jan &amp; Karlsen, Odd &amp; Goks\u00f8yr, Anders. (2022). West African e-waste-soil assessed with a battery of cell-based bioassays. Science of The Total Environment. 856. 159068. DOI: 10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2022.159068.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kanu, Kingsley, Anthony, Okoboshi and Otitoloju, Adebayo (2023). Haematological and biochemical toxicity in freshwater fish Clarias gariepinus and Oreochromis niloticus following pulse exposure to atrazine, mancozeb, chlorpyrifos, lambda-cyhalothrin, and their combination. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology &amp; <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pharmacology 270(2): DOI:10.1016\/j.cbpc.2023.109643<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><b>Collaborators\/ Networks (International inclusive, five (5) maximum)<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">i. Nic Bury, University of Southampton UK<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ii. Christer Hogstrand, King\u2019s College London, UK<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">iii. Dr Temitope Adebambo, Emory University USA, USA<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">iv. Chukwuebuka Eze, Vrije Universiteit Brussel<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TITLE (PROF\/DR\/): PROF. 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