Samuel Oladeji ADESIYAN (Chief)

Biographical record

Title

Prof.

Surname

ADESIYAN (Chief)

First Name

Samuel

Other Names

Oladeji

Gender

Male

Source of Publication

NIBC Who's Who (3rd Edition)

Date of Birth

February 13, 1940

Status

Alive

Place of Birth

Ibadan

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Married

Name of Spouse

Beatrice Idowu Laniyan, 1968

Number of Children (Male)

1

Number of Children ( Female)

2

Profession

agricultural biologist
University lecturer
Researcher

Education Level

Tertiary

Schools Attended with Dates

Mapo Day Primary School, 1947-51, St Davids School, Kudeti, 1952-53; Government College, Ibadan, 1953-58; Oduduwa College, Ife, 1961-62; University of Nottinghamshire, UK, 1968-71; University of Ibadan, 1972-75; Imperial College at Silwood Park, University of London, 1976; World Health Organisation Laboratory, Kaduna, 1977

Educational Qualification

B.Sc. Ph.D;

Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

Life Member, European Society of Nematologists, Science
Association of Nigeria, Agricultural Society of Nigeria, Nigerian Society for Plant
Protection, Brazilian Phytopathological Society, American Society of Nematologists,
Organisation of Tropical American Nematologists Institute of Biology, U.K.M.I. Biology;
Music, Christ Church, Mapo, Ibadan; President, Nigeria, Society for Plant Protection,
1991-94; President, The Oktoba Klub of Nigeria

Previous Appointments

Jnr. Research Fellow, Department of Agricultural Biology, University of Ibadan,
1972-75; Full-time Demonstrator, 1975-76; visiting f., Imperial College Station, Silwood
Park, University of London, 1976; Temporary Lecturer II in Nematology/Toxicology,
department of Agricultural Biology, University of Ibadan, 1976-77; Lecturer 1 in
Nematology/Toxicology, Department of Agricultural Biology, University of Ibadan, 1977-
80; Senior Lecturer, 1980-86; Professor, Nematology/Toxicology, since 1986; Head,
Department of Agricultural Biology, University of Ibadan, 1991-94; Dean, Faculty of
Agriculture and Forestry, 1998; External Examiner, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria,
1990, 1992-93, since 1994; Consultant on Pesticide Residue Analysis and related
Toxicological Problems for: Oyo and Osun States’ Ministries of Agriculture and Natural
Resources, Afrilex-Pharmaceutical/Agro-chemical Company, Lagos; UNDP/WHO
Agromet Project NIR/88/004, Oyo State Local Government Service Commission;
representative of the Dean on the Oyo State Council on Agriculture, since 1992;
Chairman, Estate and Property Development Board, University of Ibadan, 1997

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Traditional Titles

Otun Balogun Baameto of lbadan land by the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Arapasowu 1, 2000

Honourary Degrees and Awarding Institutions

Certificate of Honour by the Nigerian Society for Plant Protection, Ahmadu Bello University, 1997

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

Teachers Guide,
West African Publishers, Ilupeju Lagos, 1986; Junior Secondary Agriculture for Nigerian
Schools, Book 1, 2 and 3, West African Book Publishers Limited, Lagos, Nematode Pests
of Tropical, Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, Ibadan, 1990; Man and his Biological
Environment, University of Ibadan, Publishing House, 2001; and numerous articles in
learned journals

Hobbies

playing organ, music and watching football

Social Clubs

presd. The Oktoba Klub of Nigeria

Email Address

[email protected]

Residential Address

19, Amina Way, University of Ibadan.

Official Address

Department of Crop Protection and Environmental Biology, University of Ibadan, Oyo State