Dr. Joseph Kolawole Ogunjobi

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsPreparative and Physical Chemistry of Polymers,Organic Molecular Chemistry
Keywordsorganic synthesis, oil spill remediation, biodegradation, surfactants, waste valorisation
Honours and awards

2021: Alexander von Humblodt Fellowship Award for Postdoctoral Research at DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

2021: National Research Fund (NRF) Grant-Plastic Wastes Refining for the Production of Value-Added Products (₦40,000,000:00 approx. 71,500 USD)

2021: 2021 Green Chemistry Hot Articles- A class of surfactants via PEG modification of the oleate moiety of lactonic sophorolipids: synthesis, characterisation and application pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/articlecollectionlanding

2019: 2019 Editor’s choice hot and leading papers in “Chemical Conversion of Biomass to Fine and Platform Chemicals” axial.acs.org/2019/08/19/chemical-conversion-of-biomass-to-fine-and-platform-chemicals/

2014: Year 2 PhD Poster Session Winner, at the KMS Award Seminar, Department of Chemistry, University of York, 8th October, 2014

2013: Quad Images Competition Winner, Department of Chemistry, University of York, 4th December, 2013

2013: Tertiary Education Trust Fund for Overseas Postgraduate Study, The Federal Government of Nigeria, 2013-2015

2012: The Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) Staff Development Postgraduate Award (2012)

2012: The Unilever Award, Chemistry Department, The University of York, United Kingdom (2012 – 2015)

2012: The Wild Fund Scholarship for Overseas Postgraduate Study, Chemistry Department, The University of York, United Kingdom (2012 - 2015)

2011: The Federal Government of Nigeria Postgraduate Scholarship (2011 - 2012)

2008: University Overall Second Best Graduating Student (2008)

Current contact address

CountryNigeria
CityAkure
InstitutionFederal University of Technology Akure ( FUTA)
InstituteSchool of Sciences

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Stefan HechtLeibniz-Institut für Interaktive Materialien e.V. (DWI), Aachen
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2022

Programme(s)

2021Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs