{"id":4149,"date":"2025-05-26T10:20:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T10:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/?page_id=4149"},"modified":"2025-05-26T10:25:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T10:25:05","slug":"dr-adetoun-akitoye-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/?page_id=4149","title":{"rendered":"DR. ADETOUN AKITOYE"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4149\" class=\"elementor elementor-4149\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8ebf7c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8ebf7c1\" 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-0b2c1b8\" data-id=\"0b2c1b8\" 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-3b6d924 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3b6d924\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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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>ADETOUN AKITOYE<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">POSITION:\u00a0<strong><b>LECTURER II<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">SPECIALISATION<strong><b>: INDUSTRIAL\/MATERIALS CHEMISTRY<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">EDUCATION\/TRAINING<\/span><\/p><table><tbody><tr><td width=\"384\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">INSTITUTION AND LOCATION<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"106\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">DEGREE<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>(if applicable)<\/em><\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><td width=\"116\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Completion Date<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">MM\/YYYY<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><td width=\"190\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">FIELD OF STUDY<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"384\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">University of Lagos- Akoka, Lagos Nigeria<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"106\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">B.Sc.<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"116\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">04\/2014<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"190\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Industrial Chemistry<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"384\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">University of Lagos- Akoka, Lagos Nigeria<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"106\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">M.Sc.<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"116\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">10\/2018<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"190\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Chemistry<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"384\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">University of Lagos- Akoka, Lagos Nigeria<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"106\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ph.D.<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"116\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">12\/2024<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"190\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Chemistry<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"384\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><td width=\"106\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><td width=\"116\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><td width=\"190\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"384\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><td width=\"106\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><td width=\"116\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><td width=\"190\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Personal Statement<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>I<\/strong>\u00a0am an early career researcher and food security enthusiast, with a passion for advancing sustainable solutions in food systems through Chemistry and Materials Science. My work focuses on developing smart, biodegradable packaging and sensor-integrated technologies from agricultural waste. With a strong commitment to reducing postharvest losses through green chemistry for a circular economy, I constantly seek to bridge scientific research with real-world impact- empowering youths, young scientists and local communities through innovation and advocacy. My ultimate goal is to translate research into scalable products and training models that address Africa\u2019s challenges in food security, unemployment, and sustainable development through collaborative, interdisciplinary approaches.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours<\/strong><\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Best Ph.D. Thesis Award (OVERALL) \u2013 University of Lagos (January, 2025)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Best Ph.D. Thesis Award (SCIENCE) \u2013 University of Lagos (January, 2025)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Women in Chemistry Recognition Award| IUPAC Global Women in Chemistry Breakfast (February 2025)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Vice Chairperson &#8211; National Technical Committee on Roots and Tree Crops of the Standard Organization of Nigeria| September, 2024<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) Postgraduate Scholarship (2023)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Best Paper Award\u201d- Agropreneurship Solutions Trac| ARUA Conference, Nairobi, Kenya (July 2022)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">TechWomen Fellowship by USA Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs (2022)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Social Innovator Award-SIP Fellow (LEAP Africa)- 2018<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Top three Exceptional Lagosian Award (Lagos Citizens\u2019 Day-2015)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Scholarship \u2013 for participation in the Summer School on Climate Change and Global Food Security at the University of Nottingham (2014)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Unilever\/DiamondLights Scholarship (2012)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Babatunde Raji Fashola (BRF)\/Intercontinental Bank Scholarship (2010)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">NAFDAC Volunteer Service recognition Award (2015)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Innovation Fellowship for Aspiring Inventors and Researchers (i-FAIR)| Vice President of Nigeria, December, 2020<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Youth Action Net Fellow\/Social Innovators Program Award, LEAP Africa (2017)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Scholar, Association of Commonwealth Universities, United Kingdom (2014)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Journal Reviewer (Elsevier Plant Nanobiology)<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Selected Most Recent Publications \u00a0\/Contributions to Knowledge<\/strong><\/span><\/p><ol><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Akitoye A, Blank D, Olaitan G, Akinbulu IA, Okiei W and Silva TA (2025). Shelf-life quality evaluation and smartphone-based phenolic analysis of cassava treated with varied chitosan formulations. <em>Food Chemistry<\/em><strong>467<\/strong>: 142270.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Akitoye A, Olaitan G, Akinbulu I and Okiei W (2024). Effective chitosan-antioxidant treatments for extending cassava shelf-life evaluated using silver nanosensor. <em>Plant Nano Biology<\/em><strong>10<\/strong>: 100115.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Akitoye A, Tochi NS, Akinbulu IA, Okiei WO and Silva TA (2024). Chitosan nanocomposites-based electrochemical sensors: A review. <em>International Research Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry<\/em><strong>25<\/strong>(4): 76\u201398.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Akitoye AA, Ibrahim GO and Okiei WO (2024). Chitosan-based coatings for shelf-life elongation of cassava root tubers. <em>Moroccan Journal of Chemistry<\/em><strong>12<\/strong>(1).<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.48317\/IMIST.PRSM\/morjchem-v12i1.42\">\u00a0<\/a><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.48317\/IMIST.PRSM\/morjchem-v12i1.42\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.48317\/IMIST.PRSM\/morjchem-v12i1.42<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Akitoye A and Iluebbey P (2023). Agropreneurship opportunities presented by Russia-Ukraine war: Harnessing cassava innovation in Africa. <em>Journal of African Employment, Entrepreneurship &amp; Skills Development (JAEESD)<\/em><strong>Special Issue<\/strong>: 30\u201360.<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/arua-coe-usd.com\/\">\u00a0<\/a><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/arua-coe-usd.com\/\">https:\/\/arua-coe-usd.com\/<\/a><b><\/b><\/span><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><b>Collaborators\/ Networks<\/b><\/strong><strong><b>(International inclusive)<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p><ol><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tiago Almeida Silva, Federal University of Vicosa, Brazil<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jessica B. Lyons, Gates Foundation, USA<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">James McManus, Department of Agriculture, California, USA<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Peter Iluebbey, IITA, Ibadan<\/span><\/li><\/ol><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. NAME: ADETOUN AKITOYE POSITION:\u00a0LECTURER II SPECIALISATION: INDUSTRIAL\/MATERIALS CHEMISTRY EDUCATION\/TRAINING INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE (if applicable) \u00a0 Completion Date MM\/YYYY \u00a0 FIELD OF STUDY<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4149"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4157,"href":"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4149\/revisions\/4157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}