
Department of Chemistry
Prof. Temilola Oluseyi
Professor
Specialisation Analytical/Environmental Chemistry
Selected Recent Publications / Contributions to Knowledge
- Environmental Monitoring of POPs and Flame Retardants
- My research has identified health risks from legacy and novel brominated flame retardants and PCBs in Nigeria’s e-waste sites, informing regional pollution mitigation.
- Oluseyi TO et al., Emerg Contam. 2024;10(3):100378
- Ogunyemi MO, Oluseyi TO et al., Emerg Contam. 2024;11(1):100426
- Human Biomonitoring and Exposure Assessment
- I have pioneered non-invasive biomonitoring of environmental toxins, particularly in vulnerable populations, integrating soil, dust, and food matrices.
- Yin S, Folarin BT, Oluseyi T et al., J Hazard Mater. 2025;485:136954
- Folarin BT, Oluseyi T et al., Environ Pollut. 2024;362:124998
- Sustainable Water and Waste Treatment
- I led studies on low-cost water purification using local biosorbents and participated in the INTERWASTE project addressing pharmaceutical contaminants.
- Abudu L, Oluseyi T et al., Antibiotics. 2025;14(3):324
- Wastewater-Based Epidemiology (WBE)
- I contributed to WBE methodologies that link population-level exposure to chemical risk, particularly in low-resource settings.
- Kasprzyk-Hordern B, Oluseyi T et al., J Hazard Mater. 2023;450:131009
- Kasprzyk-Hordern B, Oluseyi T et al., Environ Int. 2022;161:107143
- Policy and Global Health Engagement
- I co-authored international science-policy guidance for the Intergovernmental Panel on Chemicals and Waste.
- Ågerstrand M, Oluseyi T et al., Environ Sci Technol. 2023;57(6):2205
Collaborations / Networks
- RSPH Pilot Grant (2023–2024): Organic contaminants in e-waste sites and recyclers with Dr Amina Salamova at Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
- Royal Society Exchange Grant (2022–2024): Sustainable water treatment- Removal of pharmaceuticals in wastewater with Dr Heather Coleman at the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical. Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
- EU Horizon 2020 INTERWASTE (2017–2022): POPs and toxic organic chemical research with Prof Stuart Harrad at Division of Environmental Health and Risk Management, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
- UKRI GCRF EDGE-I Project (2020–2021): Environment fingerprinting for health risk forecasting with Prof. Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern, Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, UK
- Prof Adrian Covaci, Toxicological Center, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Belgium