Deputy Vice-Chancellor
(Academic & Research)
Professor Bolanle Olufunmilayo Oboh is a Professor of Genetics. A Biologist & Plant Scientist by training, she is a specialist in the biodiversity studies of local vegetables, tree crops, and small ruminants, especially goats.
Professor Bolanle Oboh is a thoroughbred researcher, whose experience in project delivery and management cuts across various sectors of the Nigerian economy. She has been on many projects, successfully delivered in many states of Nigeria, some of which are: Compliance Monitoring of Environmental Impacts of Artisanal Mining in Ekiti State for the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), Environmental Impact Assessment of BUA Cement Factories in Edo and Sokoto States, Environmental Impact Assessment for Integrated Waste Management Project for INTOL-JPI in Apa, Badagry, Lagos State, and Environmental Impact Assessment for NNPC Floating Station on Oluwa River, Arogbo, Ege-Odo LGA, Ondo State.
She was a Resource Person for the development of guidelines for Oil Spill Recovery, Clean-Up, Remediation and Damage Assessment for the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), and has served as Consultant to the Federal and State governments of Nigeria and to many private establishments.
Professor Bolanle Olufunmilayo Oboh is the immediate past Director of the Office of Research and Innovation. She assumed her office with substantial administrative and community service experience.
Her research career has focused on biodiversity and conservation studies of local vegetables, underutilized legumes and tree crops, with recent interest on the effect of climatic change on neglected floral and fauna. She received her PhD in Plant Breeding & Quantitative Genetics from the University of Ife, Ile-Ife [now Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU)], where she conducted a genetic and environmental analysis of vegetative and yield traits in the oil palm (Elaeis sp). She had post-doctoral training at the Alabama A&M University, Huntsville, Alabama, USA, and the Dorschkamp Institute for Forest & Landscape Planning, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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