Ekiti State University

HOD'S PROFILE

Dr. (Mrs.) O. O. Ojo
Ag. HOD, Biochemistry

Dr. (Mrs.) Olajumoke Omolara Ojo is a Biochemist with special interest in Genotoxicity and Reproductive Toxicology. She obtained her Bachelor of Science Degree from the then Ondo State University (OSUA) now, Ekiti State University Ado-Ekiti in 1999. She holds a Master of Technology Degree in Applied Biochemistry from the Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria (2007) and Ph.D. degree (Life Science) in 2014 from Jawaharlal Nehru University New-Delhi, UP, India. She assumed duty in the Department of Biochemistry as an Assistant Lecturer on the 1st of February 2008. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department.

Ojo has published many articles both in local and international journals. She has also attended and presented her papers at local and international conferences/workshops.  She is a member of the following Academic and Professional bodies: Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD), Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NSBMB), Society of Toxicology (SOT). Ojo received the following honours and awards: (i)TWAS-CSIR Postgraduate fellowship Award 2008 (ii) Best Poster Awards for the Poster Presentation at XXXII Annual Conference of Society of Toxicology (STOX), India &International Symposium on New Frontiers in Toxicology 2012 held at Indian Institute of Toxicology Research. Lucknow, India. (iii) Quarterly Franklin Membership Award, UK (Membership ID#UO75270)-2019 and (iv) Best Lecturer Award by the National Society of Biochemistry Students (NSBS) Ekiti State University Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria- 2020.

She has served the Faculty and University in various committees. She was appointed the Acting Head of Department on the 1st of August, 2022.

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