The John Odigie Oyegun Governing Council of the University of Ibadan on Thursday announced the Deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of Administration, Ibadan-born Professor Kayode Adebowale as the 13th substantive vice-chancellor of the institution.
Prof Adebowale had defeated other candidates including the acting Vice-Chancellor, Adebola Ekanola in a keenly contested process. These are 10 things you did not know about him:
1. Adebowale was born on January 11, 1962, to the family of Mr and Mrs Adebowale Esuoso.
2. He had his primary education between 1967 and 1972 at St. Marks Primary School, Oke-Ijaga, Ijebu-Igbo, and his secondary education was at Ayedaade Grammar School, Ikire between 1973 and 1978. He obtained a B.Sc degree in Chemistry in June 1984; M.Sc degree in Industrial Chemistry in September 1985 and PhD in Industrial Chemistry in October 1991.
3. He became a Professor of Industrial Chemistry in 2006. Adebowale had postdoctoral experience at the Eberhard Karls University, Tuebingen, Germany, and the Abdul Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy.
He has won several accolades which include Fellow, Nigeria Academy of Science, Polymer Institute of Nigeria, Chemical Society of Nigeria, Science Association of Nigeria, Fellow Royal Society of Chemistry, Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung and African Academy of Science.
4. Adebowale has published widely in national and international journals of repute and has served as an external examiner both in Nigeria and beyond. He has published over 130 research articles and a national patent.
5. Adebowale has attended the Senior Executive Course 39 of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies leading to the award of Member of National Institute (MNI).
6. He is on the International Scientific Advisory Board of the African Centre of Excellence for Water and Environmental Research (ACEWATER).
7. On Google scholar, he has an H-index of 40; On Scopus an H-index of 35. He has mentored several Bachelors, Masters, and fourteen Doctoral students who are distinguished scholars in their respective institutions in Nigeria and abroad.
8. Adebowale is currently involved with the Nigerian Young Academy, where he supports two national awards for young scientists one of which is for distinguished young women in Chemical Sciences research. He is married to Dr. Yemisi Adebowale and they are blessed with three children.
9. He won a research grant from the International Foundation for Science (IFS), Sweden. He is also a recipient of the prestigious 2013 African Union Kwame Nkrumah Continental Scientific Award in Science, Technology, and Innovation.
10. He is the first indigene of the university’s host city, Ibadan, to head the 73-year-old institution. Prof. Babatunde Ekanola, a professor of philosophy, who served in acting capacity as VC would have been the first VC if emerged.
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