Gbenro Adesina
The 13th Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Professor Kayode Adebowale, clocked 60 on January 11, 2022.
Prof Adebowale completed his BSc, MSc and PhD programmes in Chemistry at the University of Ibadan. He started his working career started at the University of Ibadan as a Graduate Assistant between 1987 and 1991. He was appointed Lecturer II at the Federal University of Technology, Akure in October, 1991, where he was promoted to the grades of Lecturer I in 1994 and Senior Lecturer in 1997. He transferred his services to the University of Ibadan in February 1999 as a Senior Lecturer and was subsequently elevated to the grades of Reader in 2003 and Professor in October 2006.
He had postdoctoral experience at the Ebehards Karls University, Tuebingen, Germany and the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy. He has won several accolades which include Fellow, Nigeria Academy of Science, Polymer nstitute of Nigeria, Chemical Society of Nigeria and Science Association of Nigeria. Outside the shores of Nigeria, Fellow Royal Society of Chemistry, Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung and lately, African Academy of Science.
Prof Adebowale has published widely in both National and international Journals of repute and has served as external examiners in Nigeria and beyond. He is a recipient of the prestigious 2013 African Union Kwame Nkrumah Continental Scientific Award in Science, Technology and Innovation. He has attended the Senior Executive Course of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies leading to the award of Member of National Institute, mni.
He assumed office as the 13th Vice Chancellor of the Premier University on November 1, 2021.
Professor Kayode Adebowale is married to Dr Yemisi Ajibola Adebowale and they are blessed with three children: Temitayo, Ayobami and Ayomitunde
