Professor Isaac Adebayo Adeyemi (FAS, FNIFST)

Professor Isaac Adebayo Adeyemi (FAS, FNIFST)

Academic Background and Awards

Professor Isaac Adebayo Adeyemi attended the University of Ibadan, Ibadan (1969 – 1973) and the University of Leeds, Leeds, UK (1974 – 1978). He holds the following qualifications: B.Sc. (Agriculture) Hons in Agricultural Biochemistry and Nutrition, Second Class Upper Division (1972); Post-Graduate Diploma in Nutrition (1973) and Ph.D. in Food Science (1978). He had his Post–Doctoral training in Cereal Technology at the Institute for Cereals, Flour and Bread, TNO, Wageningen, The Netherlands (March – June, 1980).

Professor Adeyemi is a recipient of the following awards: Nigerian Cocoa Marketing Board Scholarship Award (1971–1972); UNICEF Scholarship Award (1972–1973); Federal Government of Nigeria Postgraduate Scholarship Award (1974 – 1978); Dutch Fellowship Award (March–June, 1980) and the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)/Carnegie Corporation Senior Fellowship Award, as Visiting Professor, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (July–November, 1993).

Academic and Administrative Accomplishments

Professor Adeyemi started his academic career at the University of Ibadan as a Research Assistant (1973–1974) at the Food Science and Applied Nutrition Unit (now Department of Human Nutrition). He joined the then University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile–Ife in 1978, as Lecturer II, and rose to the position of Reader in 1990. He transferred his service, in 1991 to Oyo State University of Technology, now Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, where he was appointed Professor of Food Science at the inception of the University in 1990.

Professor Adeyemi has successfully supervised over fifteen (15), thirteen (13) Masters and Ph.D. candidates, respectively. He has over one hundred (100) publications to his credit. His areas of research include Cereal Chemistry and Processing, Nutrition, Food Chemistry and Analysis, and Food Product Development.

He has attended and presented Papers in over fifty (50) Conferences and Workshops at home in Nigeria, and abroad in the United Kingdom, Czeschoslovakia, Swaziland, Ethiopia, Senegal, Japan, Ivory Coast and South Africa. Professor Adeyemi has at various times, served as a member, National Universities Commission (NUC) Accreditation / Resource Verification Panel to a good number of Universities in Nigeria; and as Consultant/Resource Person to several bodies and interview panels.

He has held various administrative positions within the University System, especially in LAUTECH, which include: Head of Department (O.A.U & LAUTECH); Dean, Postgraduate School; Managing Director (LAUTECH Ventures), Deputy Vice–Chancellor, Acting Vice-Chancellor and Member of University Governing Council. He assumed duty as Vice-Chancellor of Bells University of Technology, Ota in August 2006, a position he held for ten (10) years. He was a member of the Governing Board, Centre for Human Security, Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, (OOPL), Abeokuta, Nigeria.

Chairmanship Positions

Professor Adeyemi has served in the following capacities within and outside the academic world :

• Chairman, Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Registrars of Private Universities (CVRPU) :August 2013-July 2016.
• Co-Chairman II, Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (AVCNU): August 2013- July 2016.
• President, Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), Christ Anglican Church, Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria : January 2014 – December 2018.
• Chairman, Governing Council, The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria : January 2018 – May 2019.
• Chairman, Visitation Panel, Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State, Nigeria : April – November, 2019.
• Chairman, Governing Board, Olusola Sanu Education Support Foundation (OSESUF): 2010 to Date.

Recognitions

Professor Adeyemi has been honoured with the following awards amongst many :

• Merit Award, Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes, December 2013
• Life Time Achievement in Food Science and Technology by the Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology (NIFST), 2014.
• Microbiology Icon Award, South West Zone, Nigerian Society for Microbiology, May 2019.

Professional Accomplishments

Professor Adeyemi is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology (NIFST). He had served NIFST in various capacities: Chairman, Membership Committee; Council Member; Vice-President; and subsequently the President of the Institute, between 2008 and 2010.

He was elected Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science in January 2012.

He retired formally from the services of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso in October, 2018

Nucleus Family

Professor Adeyemi is married to Mrs. Olubamike Adeyemi and the marriage is blessed with children and grandchildren.