Prof. Dr. Matthew Olusoji Ilori

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsMetabolism, Biochemistry, and Genetics of Microorganisms,Microbial Ecology and Applied Microbiology
KeywordsBacteria, Actinomycetes, Bioinformatics, Plasmids, DNA, Metagenomics, Metabolomics, PAHs, Pesticide, Crude Oil, PCBs, PCR, Gene annotation, Cloning, Phagenomics, Biodegradation, Biofertilizers, Bioremediation
Honours and awards

2023: FELLOW OF THE AFRICAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

2019: FELLOW OF THE NIGERIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

2018: EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP AWARD - ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS, NIGERIA

2013: DAAD INTERNATIONAL DEAN'S COURSE - GERMANY, GHANA, ETHIOPIA

2007: FULBRIGHT AFRICAN RESEARCH SCHOLAR FELLOWSHIP - TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, USA

2003: ROYAL SOCIETY DEVELOPING WORLD FELLOWSHIP - UNIVERSITY OF KENT

2000: ALEXANDER von HUMBOLDT FELLOWSHIP - RWTH AACHEN

1997: UNESCO FELLOWSHIP IN BIOTECHNOLOGY - UNIVERSITY OF KENT, UK

Current contact address

CountryNigeria
CityLagos
InstitutionUniversity of Lagos
InstituteDepartment of Microbiology
Homepagewww.unilag.edu.ng

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Ingolf SchuphanInstitut für Umweltforschung (Biologie V) - Ökologie, Ökotoxikologie, Ökochemie -, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH), Aachen
Start of initial sponsorship01/05/2000

Programme(s)

1999Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2018Elizabeth Okpalanozie, Sunday Adebusoye, Federica Troiano, Matthew Ilori and Francesca Cappitelli: Assessment of indoor air environment of a Nigerian museum library and its biodeteriorated books using culture-dependent and -independent techniques. In: International Biodeteriorated & Biodegradation, 2018, 139-149
2018Lateef Salam, Matthew Ilori, Olukayode Amund, Yee LiiMien and Hideaki Nojiri: Characterisation of bacterial community structure in a hydrocarbon contaminated tropical African soil. In: Environmental Technology, 2018, 939-951
2017Ganiyu Oyetibo, Mei-Fang Chien, Wakako Ikeda-Ohtsubo, Hitoshi Suzuki, Olufemi Obayori, Sunday Adebusoye, Matthew Ilori, Olukayode Amund and Ginro Endo. Biodegradation of crude oil and Phenanthrene by Heavy Metal Resistant Bacillus subtilis isolated from a Multi-Polluted Industrial Wastewater Creek . In: International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation , 2017, 143-151
2017Ganiyu Oyetibo, Keisuke Miyauchi, Yi Huang, Mei-Fang Chien, Matthew Ilori, Olukayode Amund and Ginro Endo: Biotechnological remedies for the estuarine environment polluted with heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants. In: International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 2017, 614-625
2017Lateef Salam, Matthew Ilori and Olukayode Amund: Properties, environmental fate and biodegradation of carbazole. In: 3 Biotech, 2017, 1-14
2017Chioma Obi, Sunday Adebusoye, Olukayode Amund, Esther Ugoji, Matthew Ilori, Curtis Hedman and William Hickey. Structural dynamics of microbial communities in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contaminated tropical estuarine sediments undergoing simulated aerobic biotreatment. In: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2017, 4299-4314
2017Olanike Buraimoh, Matthew Ilori, Olukayode Amund, Chukwuemeka Isanbor and Frederick Michel The degradation of coniferyl alcohol and the complementary production of chlorogenic acids in the growth culture of Streptomyces albogriseolus KF977548 isolated from decaying wood residues. In: Process Biochemistry, 2017, 22-29
2016Ogechukwu Okpalanozie, Sunday Adebusoye, Federica Troiano, Andrea Polo, Francesca Cappitelli and Matthew Ilori: Evaluating the microbial risk to a contemporary Nigerian painting: Molecular and biodegradative studies. . In: International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 2016, 184-192
2016Chioma Obi, Sunday Adebusoye, Esther Ugoji, Matthew Ilori, Olukayode Amund and William Hickey: Microbial Communities in Sediments of Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria: Elucidation of Community Structure and Potential Impacts of Contamination by Municipal and Industrial Wastes. In: Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016, 1-16
2015Ganiyu Oyetibo, Matthew Ilori, Olufemi Obayori and Olukayode Amund Metal biouptake by actively growing cells of metal tolerant bacterial strains. . In: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2015, 1-11
2008Adebusoye Sunday Adekunle, Picardal Flynn, Ilori Matthew Olusoji, Amund Olukayode Oladipupo, Fuqua Clay : Characterization of multiple novel aerobic polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) utilizing bacterial strains indigenous to contaminated tropical African soils . In: Biodegradation, 2008, 145-159
2008Adebusoye Sunday Adekunle, Ilori Matthew Olusoji, Picardal Flynn, Amund Olukayode Oladipupo: Cometabolic degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)by axenic cultures of Ralstonia sp. strain SA-5 and Pseudomonas sp. strain SA-6 obtained from Nigerian contaminated soils. . In: World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology , 2008, 61-68
2008Adebusoye Sunday Adekunle, Ilori Matthew Olusoji, Picardal Flynn, Amund Olukayode Oladipupo Metabolism of polychlorinated biphenyls: Use of 3,3¿ and 3,5 dichlorobiphenyl as sole sources of carbon by natural species of Ralstonia and Pseudomonas . In: Chemosphere, 2008, 656-663
2007Adebusoye Sunday Adekunle, Picardal Flynn, Ilori Matthew Olusoji, Amund Olukayode Oladipupo, Fuqua Clay, Grindle Nathan : Aerobic degradation of dichloro and trichlorobenzenes by two novel PCB degrading bacterial strains isolated from polluted tropical soils . In: Chemosphere, 2007, 1939-1946
2007Adebusoye Sunday Adekunle, Picardal Flynn, Ilori Matthew Olusoji, Amund Olukayode Oladipupo, Fuqua Clay, Grindle Nathan : Growth on Dichlorobiphenyls with Chlorine Substitution on each Ring by Bacteria Isolated from Contaminated African soils . In: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2007, 484-492
2007Adebusoye Sunday Adekunle, Ilori Matthew Olusoji, Amund Olukayode Oladipupo, Teniola Olakunle David,Olatope Olakitan : Microbial degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in a polluted tropical stream. . In: World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology , 2007, 1149-1159
2005Matthew Olusoji Ilori, C. J. Amobi, A. C. Odocha: Factors affecting biosurfactant production by oil degrading Aeromonas spp. isolated from a tropical environment. In: Chemosphere, 2005, 985-992
2002Adolphus Monkiedje, Matthew Olusoji Ilori, Michael Spiteller : Soil quality changes resulting from the application of the fungicides mefenoxam and metalaxyl to a sandy loam soil . In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry , 2002, 1939-1948