TITLE: PROF.

NAME: ADERONKE AYINKE ADEPOJU-BELLO

POSITION: PROFESSOR                            SPECIALISATION: PHARMACEUTICAL ANALYSIS/MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Personal Statement

“I am an academic Pharmacist, a Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lagos, the immediate past Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy at the same institution. My research interests are Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance, Analytical Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry. Over the past 30 years, I have conducted extensive research in the fields of pharmaceutical quality assurance, analytical chemistry, and medicinal chemistry. I have mentored numerous students, supervised research projects, and guided the academic journeys of 6 Ph.D. students, 48 M.Sc. students, and 100 undergraduates. My scholarly contributions include 62 published articles. I am a member of professional associations such as the Nigeria Association of Pharmacists in Academia (NAPA), Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Institute of Public Analysts of Nigeria (IPAN), Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), American Chemical Society (ACS) and National Association of Artificial Intelligence Practitioners (NAAIP).”

Personal Links

• Email:          aadepoju-bello@unilag.edu.ng
• Orcid ID:      https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7013-3886
• Adepoju-Bello Ayinke Aderonke        https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hjlaKlQAAAAJ&hl=en
• Scopus Author ID: 6505459185

Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours

• HOD, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lagos, 2006-2008, 2014-2016.
• Past Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lagos, Nigeria.
• Editor-in-chief, Nigerian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research (NJPR)
• Chairperson, Central Time-Table and Exams committee, University of Lagos 2021-2023.
• External examiner for undergraduate students, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Ibadan, 2015 to 2017.
• External examiner for undergraduate students, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Shagamu campus, Ogun State, 2018.
• Manuscript Reviewer: West Africa Journal of Pharmacy, Unilag Journal of Medicine, Science and Technology, Journal of Basic and Social Pharmacy Research, Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Pharm. Practice.
• External examiner for PhD. student, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Benin, 2021.

Awards

• Award of Academic Excellence in Academic Pharmacy Practice by Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Lagos State Branch, 29^th September, 2022.
• Departmental Prize for Best Student in Pharmaceutical Chemistry (1988), University of Ibadan.
• Adebowale Prize for Best Student in Pharmaceutical Chemistry (1988), University of Ibadan.
• Best Researcher award, in Faculty of Pharmacy, 1^st Annual University of Lagos Research Conference and Fair, 2005.
• Akinleye MO, Coker HAB and Adepoju-Bello AA. Best Project Award, The 3^rd Nigerian Universities Research and Development Fair (NURESDEF) held in University of Lagos.
• Faculty Best Lecturer award by Pharmaceutical Association of Nigerian Students (PANS) University of Lagos chapter, 2009.
• Best Researcher award, in Faculty of Pharmacy, at the 6^th Annual University of Lagos Research Conference and Fair, 2010.
• Researcher award (3^rd position), in Faculty of Pharmacy, at the Golden Jubilee (8^th) Conference and Fair, 2012.
• Distinction in Data Analysis and Management course organised by UNILAG Consult, 2012.
• Recognition Award of Excellence in Academia, In recognition of distinguished Academic service by the Paramount ruler of Yewa land, the Olu of Ilaro, Oba Kehinde G. Olugbenle, 2015.
• Recognition Award of Excellence in Academia by PSN, Lagos state branch, 2022.
• Award of excellence by Pharmaceutical Association of Nigerian Students (PANS) University of Lagos chapter, 2022.
• Distinction, Module 7, CCMAS, VICHBE 2023.
• Distinction, Module 8, VICBHE: Artificial intelligence in Teaching, Research and Community Service 2024.

Grants      

• Conference grant from University of Lagos Central Research Committee, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024.
• TETFUND conference grant, 2015.
• University research grant, awarded by CRC, University of Lagos, 2015 (#3,000,000.00 + 250 USD, Principal investigator).
• University research grant, awarded by CRC, University of Lagos, 2018 (#2,446,325.00 + 250 USD, Co-investigator)
• World Bank Grant for African Center for Excellence, Drug Research, Herbal Medicine Development and Regulatory Science- Faculty Team member, HOD, Regulatory Science.

Selected Most Recent Publications /Contributions to Knowledge

• Aderonke Ayinke Adepoju-Bello, Bamisaye Olaofe Oyawaluja and Damilola Ilori. (2023). Phytochemical Screening and Antibacterial Activity of Ocimum gratissimum (Lamiaceae) Leaf Extract Against Pathogens Causing Ear Infections. Trends Nat. Prod. Res. 4(2): 71-80.
• A. Adepoju-Bello, B.O. Oyawaluja, K.B. Analikwu (2023). Quality Assessment of Metformin Hydrochloride Tablets Retailed in Lagos, Nigeria. Nig. J. Pharm. Res., 19 (S):17-25
• Aderonke A. Adepoju-Bello, Chukwuemeka P. Azubuike, Aderonke Amupitan, Cynthia Ugorji (2019). Pharmaceutical quality evaluation and quantification of metal impurities in multisource levofloxacin tablets registered in Nigeria. West African Journal of Pharmacy, 30(2): 81-92-25.    
• Grace A. Akpanika, Ana Winters, Thomas Wilson, Gloria A. Ayoola, Aderonke Adepoju-Bello, Barbara Hauck (2017). Polyphenols from Allanblackia floribunda seeds: Identification, quantification and antioxidant activity, Food Chemistry, 222:35-42.
• Amos Abioye, Adekunle Sanyaolu, Paulina Dudzinska, Aderonke Ayinke Adepoju- Bello, Herbert A.B. Coker (2020). Chitosan-induced Synergy for Extended Antimicrobial Potency and Enhanced In vitro Drug Release of Free Base Ciprofloxacin Nanoplexes. Pharmaceutical Technology 8:33-53.

Collaborators/ Networks (International inclusive)

• Amos Abioye, Gregory School of Pharmacy, Florida,USA
• Oluwafemi Oguntibeju, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa
• Adeboye Adejare, Saint Joseph University, Philadelphia.
• Basil, Chemistry Laboratory, IITA, Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria.
• NAFDAC Analytical Laboratory,Yaba, Lagos Branch, Nigeria.
• LASUTH, Analytical Laboratory, Lagos, Nigeria.