Dr. Adetoun Akitoye
Department of Chemistry

Dr. Adetoun Akitoye

Lecturer II

Specialisation INDUSTRIAL//MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Education / Training

Institution and LocationDegreeCompletedField of Study
University of Lagos- Akoka, Lagos NigeriaB.Sc.04/2014Industrial Chemistry
University of Lagos- Akoka, Lagos NigeriaM.Sc.10/2018Chemistry
University of Lagos- Akoka, Lagos NigeriaPh.D.12/2024Chemistry

Positions, Scientific Appointments and Honours

  • Best Ph.D. Thesis Award (OVERALL) – University of Lagos (January, 2025)
  • Best Ph.D. Thesis Award (SCIENCE) – University of Lagos (January, 2025)
  • Women in Chemistry Recognition Award| IUPAC Global Women in Chemistry Breakfast (February 2025)
  • Vice Chairperson - National Technical Committee on Roots and Tree Crops of the Standard Organization of Nigeria| September, 2024
  • Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) Postgraduate Scholarship (2023)
  • Best Paper Award”- Agropreneurship Solutions Trac| ARUA Conference, Nairobi, Kenya (July 2022)
  • TechWomen Fellowship by USA Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs (2022)
  • Social Innovator Award-SIP Fellow (LEAP Africa)- 2018
  • Top three Exceptional Lagosian Award (Lagos Citizens’ Day-2015)
  • Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Scholarship – for participation in the Summer School on Climate Change and Global Food Security at the University of Nottingham (2014)
  • Unilever/DiamondLights Scholarship (2012)
  • Babatunde Raji Fashola (BRF)/Intercontinental Bank Scholarship (2010)
  • NAFDAC Volunteer Service recognition Award (2015)
  • Innovation Fellowship for Aspiring Inventors and Researchers (i-FAIR)| Vice President of Nigeria, December, 2020
  • Youth Action Net Fellow/Social Innovators Program Award, LEAP Africa (2017)
  • Scholar, Association of Commonwealth Universities, United Kingdom (2014)
  • Journal Reviewer (Elsevier Plant Nanobiology)
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