Profile Info
Vice-Chancellor
Chairperson
College of Science and Technology
Biochemistry
Biochemical, Phytochemical, and Toxicity Studies of Some Medicinal Plants commonly found in our locality. Clinical Biochemistry of Viral and cancer-related Diseases
Awards & Honours
Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship award by Chinese Academy of Sciences and The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) tenable at the Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. 2012 – 2013 http://zhanglab.caspmi.cn/index.php?page=member&id=abiodun Post-Graduate Research Fellowship award by Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) tenable at the State Key Phytochemistry and Plant Resource Laboratory, Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, China (March, 2008 – February, 2009) http://www.kib.cas.cn/xwzx/zhxw/201104/t20110426_3121956.html Travel Fellowship award by BioVision Alexandria, IDRC and TWAS to attend the International Scientific Workshop and Conference of BioVision Alexandria, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt April 9-16, 2010. 2011 Oustanding Lecturer Award in the Department of Biological Sciences by the College of Science and Technology, Covenant University 2010 Covenant University Award for High Impact Journal Publication 2011 Covenant University Award for High Impact Journal Publication 2012 Covenant University Award for High Impact Journal Publication
Teaching Areas
1. Introductory Biochemistry
2. Biomolecules (Amino acids,Nucleic Acid)
3. Enzymology
4. Advanced Enzymology
5. Hormonal Biochemistry
6. Biochemical Toxicology
7. Plant Biochemistry
8. General Metabolism
Conferences Attended
1. International Society for Computational Biology,Canada,August,4–8,(2008).
2. International Biotechnology Symposium, Covenant University,Ota, Nigeria,April 28- 30th, 2009.
3. Annual Conference of Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,Federal university of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), Nigeria. November 6–9,2007.
4. 10th Chinese Peptide Symposium, Xian, China,July 1-5, 2008.
5. Annual Scientific Conference of Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Akure, December 6-9, 2009.
6. International Scientific Conference of BioVision Alexandria, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt, April 10-15, 2010.
7. 55th Annual American Society of Pharmacognosy meeting. August 2nd -6th, 2014 National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi,Oxford, Mississippi, USA.
8. 62nd International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA). University of Minho, Campus of Azurém, Guimarães, Portugal 31st – August 4th September, 2014.
9. The American Society of Pharmacognosy Annual meeting. July 29th – August 2nd, 2017 at the Hilton Hotel Downtown, Portland, Oregon, USA
Detailed Biographical Info
Professor Abiodun Humphrey Adebayo who is the current Vice-Chancellor is an elected member of the governing board of the Association of African Universities (AAU). He was recently elected into the governing council of the Association of Commonwealth Universities where he serves as a Council member and Trustee. He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Young Academy and the Chartered Institute of Administration. Prof. Adebayo obtained a B.Sc. (Honours) degree in Biochemistry from the University of Calabar in 2000. He later proceeded to the University of Jos in 2003 and was awarded an M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry in 2005. Adebayo was awarded a PhD degree in Biochemistry by Covenant University, Ota in 2009. He undertook a postdoctoral study at the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2012-2013. He specialized in Plant Biochemistry and has been actively involved in the sustainable use of indigenous medicinal plants. His main research focus is on phytochemical, biochemical and toxicity studies of medicinal plants. His research on medicinal plants involves the purification, isolation and characterization of active compounds from plants; these compounds are in turn screened for anticancer, antiviral, antimicrobial and antioxidant properties. Prof. Adebayo is also involved in the safety evaluation of locally used medicinal plants using biochemical, haematological and histopathological indices of toxicity. Prof. Adebayo, who is a recipient of the prestigious Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) Fellowship awards, has published in reputable local and international journals. His astuteness has earned him three times prize of Covenant University High Impact Journal publication awards for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012. He won a research equipment grant from the Ministry of Science and Technology, China. His research group won the TWAS Research grant for carrying out a study on the “Preclinical evaluation of novel computational-aided designed compounds as antimalarial drug candidates”. The fund also made provision for the award of scholarship for MSc. Students. Prof. Adebayo reviews some high impact journals. He is also listed on the editorial board of some international journals. Prof. Adebayo’s biography was listed and published in the 30th edition of Marquis Who’s Who in the World in the United States. Prof. Adebayo who was the chair of the Covenant University Farm Board and Drug Procurement Committee and a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry was a former Dean of the School of Postgraduate Studies, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria.