{"id":3938,"date":"2025-05-23T12:06:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T12:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/?page_id=3938"},"modified":"2025-05-23T12:07:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T12:07:04","slug":"dr-fatsuma-olaleru","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/?page_id=3938","title":{"rendered":"DR. FATSUMA OLALERU"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3938\" class=\"elementor elementor-3938\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9d06da3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9d06da3\" 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-1dea7aa\" data-id=\"1dea7aa\" 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-03ee601 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"03ee601\" 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=\"203\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FATSUMA-OLALERU-203x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-3953\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FATSUMA-OLALERU-203x300.png 203w, https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FATSUMA-OLALERU-99x146.png 99w, https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FATSUMA-OLALERU-34x50.png 34w, https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FATSUMA-OLALERU-51x75.png 51w, https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FATSUMA-OLALERU.png 604w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/>\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-703a0c5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"703a0c5\" 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-785f36a\" data-id=\"785f36a\" 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-c8ed2ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c8ed2ad\" 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>DR.<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">NAME: <strong><b>FATSUMA OLALERU<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">POSITION:\u00a0<strong><b>SENIOR LECTURER<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">SPECIALISATION<strong><b>: Non-human Primate Ecology and Conservation<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p><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><table><tbody><tr><td width=\"357\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">INSTITUTION AND LOCATION<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"125\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">DEGREE<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>(if applicable)<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"99\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Completion Date<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">MM\/YYYY<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"214\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">FIELD OF STUDY<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"357\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Abubakar T\/Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"125\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">B. Agric. Tech.<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"99\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">08\/1989<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"214\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Agriculture<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"357\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Abubakar T\/Balewa University, Bauchi Nigeria<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos Nigeria<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos Nigeria<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"125\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">M.Sc.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">MBA<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">M.Sc.<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"99\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">11\/1995<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">07\/1999<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">05\/2022<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"214\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Agriculture<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Marketing<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">General Management<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"357\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos Nigeria<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"125\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ph.D.<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"99\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">01\/2016<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"214\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Conservation Science<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"357\">\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"125\">\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"99\">\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"214\">\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"357\">\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"125\">\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"99\">\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"214\">\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Personal Statement<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I am a natural resources conservationist with particular interest to non-human primates in urban spaces, where they have been threatened through human activities. My passionate pursuit about conserving the indigenous mona monkey (<em><i>Cercopithecus mona<\/i><\/em>, Schreber, 1774) populations in the University of Lagos, have earned me the recognition \u2018Mama monkeys\u2019. I study and advocate for the protection of this taxon and other Nigerian fauna in their natural habitats. Through my works, we have begun to understand the population status and feeding ecology of this species, the challenges they are facing through habitat destruction and urbanisation, and absence of protected areas in Lagos State. I also encourage non-lethal human-monkey conflict resolution in Lagos megacity and its relic forests where the mona monkeys are found, and seek to promote their eco-tourism potentials.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I have led and continue to coordinate several conservation bodies both locally and internationally. I was the first African to Chair the Young Women in Conservation Biology (YWCB), an arm of the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB), Africa Section. Presently I am the Director of the YWCB under the SCB-Africa Region. Through this, I have organized capacity building workshops both physically and virtually for African women in the conservation space. We also identify and recognise early career female conservationists from Africa through the YWCB\u00a0Award. Through this, more female conseervationists and encouraged to come into the field and do more.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours<\/strong><\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Chair and now Director, Young Women in Conservation Biology, Society for Conservation Biology, Africa Region| 2014-2018; September 2024 till date.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">President Nigerian Society for Conservation Biology| November 2023 till date.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">President Nigeria Tropical Biology Association| January, 2021 \u2013 May, 2024<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Award of Service from Nigeria Tropical Biology Association| April, 2019<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Society for Conservation Biology, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Committee Member<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Reviewer for several local and foreign journals (The Zoologist, Elsevier Trees, Forests and People)<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Selected Most Recent Publications\/Contributions to Knowledge<\/strong><\/span><\/p><ol><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Olaleru, F., Ogunfuwa, A.A. and Omoregie, Q.O. (2024). Evaluation of Human-monkey Conflicts in the University of Lagos, Nigeria: Public Perceptions and Resolution Options. <em>Primate Conservation<\/em>, 37:77-86.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Olaleru, F., Adeyemi, O.M. and Omoregie, Q.O. (2024). Preference and Proximate composition of Foods Offered to Captive Non-human primates at Zoological Garden, University of Lagos , Lagos, Nigeria. <em><i>Nigerian Journal of Animal Production<\/i><\/em>, 51(4):89-99.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Olaleru, F., Agbaosi, J.S., Tijani, O.F., Emmanuel, M.M., Agidi, H.C., and Otusanya, O. (2023). Assessment of Mona Monkey (<em><i>Cercopithecus mona<\/i><\/em>) Population Dynamics, Human-monkey Interactions, and Land Use Changes in Selected Areas of Lagos Megacity, Nigeria. <em><i>African Primates<\/i><\/em>17(2): 63-76.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Olaleru, F., Agbaosi, J.S., Tijani, O.F., Emmanuel, M.M., Agidi, H.C., and Otusanya, O. (2023). Assessment of Mona Monkey (<em><i>Cercopithecus mona<\/i><\/em>) Population Dynamics, Human-monkey Interactions, and Land Use Changes in Selected Areas of Lagos Megacity, Nigeria. <em><i>African Primates<\/i><\/em>17(2): 63-76.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Olaleru, F. and Ojo, J.A. (2023). Population Size and Conservation of Mona Monkeys (<em><i>Cercopithecus mona<\/i><\/em>), and Land Use Changes in some Localities in Ikorodu Local Government, Lagos State, Nigeria. <em>Nigerian Journal of Wildlife Management<\/em>, 7(2): 19-27.<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><b>Collaborators\/Networks (International Inclusive)<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p><ol><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">B.G. Ogunjemite, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">O.J. Babayemi, Department of Animal Science, University of Ibadan, Nigeria<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">S. Fada University of Bangor and University of Jos, UK\/Nigeria<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">J.E. Lambert, University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, United States of America<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">H. Kopnina Northumbria University, UK\/The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><\/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\/): DR. 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