Prof. Adesola Ajayi, who won the first National Education Award, will give the 7th Inaugural Lecture at Caleb University (CU) in Imota, Lagos, tomorrow.
In the university’s multipurpose hall, Ajayi, a professor of microbiology, will give a lecture titled “From Abraham, the Greek philosophers, housewives, the French industrialist to modern biotechnology: microbial enzyme research for food security.”
The director of quality assurance at the institution, Ajayi, is a researcher who is passionate about learning and leadership development.
She graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife with a B.Sc., M.Sc., and PhD in microbiology with a focus on biotechnology and microbial physiology (enzymology).
From 2018 until 2021, Ajayi served as the Dean of the Augustine University Faculty of Science. She thereafter became the Dean of Student Affairs.
She has received various local and international accolades for her academic achievements. In 2015, her research received the best paper presentation and substance award at the International Conference on Medical and Health Science (ICMHS) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
While attending Covenant University in Ota, she was part of a team that created a Post-Harvest Storage System for tomato fruit preservation. Her team also received a patent in 2017 for their research on Parkia Biglobosa Seed (Iru).
The occasion will be chaired by the Vice Chancellor, Prof Nosa Owens-Ibie.