{"id":12752,"date":"2017-02-28T14:16:25","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T13:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=12752"},"modified":"2017-05-22T16:13:01","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T15:13:01","slug":"olowokudejoprof-james-dele","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/olowokudejoprof-james-dele\/","title":{"rendered":"OLOWOKUDEJO,Prof. James Dele"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BSc,PhD; university lecturer, consultant administrator, DOB: July 15, 1951, married; No of Children: four sons, one daughter; Education: Amoye Grammar School, Ikere, Ekiti, 1%5-69; Victory College, Ikare-Akoko, Ondo State, 1970-71; University of Lagos,Akoka, 1972-75; University of Reading, England, 1977-80; Career: Graduate Asst, Dept. of Botany &#038;Microbiology, University of Lagos, 1976-77; Graduate Demonstrator, Dept. of Botany, University of Reading, England, 1978-80; Lecturer II, 1980-84; Lecturer I, 1984-86; Snr. Lecturer, ,986-94; Assoc. Prof., 1994-98; Prof., since 1998; Assoc, Lecturer, Dept of Phamacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Universityof Lagos, 1983-91; Part time Senior Ucturer, Dept of Botany Edo State University (now Ambrose Alii University), Ekpoma, Edo State, 1982-84; Part time Lecturer,Distance Learning Institute, UNILAG, since1984;Acting Head, Botany Unit 1988-89; 1993-95; Head, Dept. ofBotany&#038;Microbiology, 2000-01; Dean, Student Affairs Division, office of the Vice Chancellor, 2001- 06; mm:Senate, 1988-94; since 1997; Board of Postgraduate School, 1987- 90; Security Council, University of Lagos, 2001 -06; ch., International School Management Board, 2006-08; Distance Uarning Institute, since 2008; eel assessor University oflbadan; Obafemi AwolowoUniversity, Ile-Ife; University of llorin; University of Port Harcourt; University of Benin; consultancy experience: Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC); Chevron Nigeria Ltd; Standard Petrochemical Industries Nigeria Limited; African Development Bank\/Federal Government ofNigeria; Mobil Nigeria Producing Unlimited; WEMPCO Agro-Forest Company Limited; Ashland Oil Company, Agip Oil Company;Texaco Overseas (Nig.) Petroleum Company; Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation; Nigeria Gas Company Limited; Standard Industrial Development Company, Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited; Federal Ministry of Power  &#038; Steel; Centrica Resources Nigeria Limited; conference\/ seminars attended: Biodiversity Conservation Strategy Programme, IUCN\/ UNEP\/WRI in Association with the Linnean Society of London, UK, 1991; Training Programme in Population, Development and Environment Lagos, 1992; Impact Assessment Training-Practitioners Course,The Shell Petroleum Development Company ofNigeria Ltd.,Warri, 2002; Social and Health Impact Training Workshop, SPDC, Port Harcourt, 2003; etc; publ: Cytotaxonomy and Breeding System of the genus, Biscutella (Cruciferae), 1984; Scanning Election Microscopy of fruits in the genus, Biscutella (Cpjciferae),1985; The Infrageneric classification of Biscutella (Cruciferae), 1986; Co-author, Taxonomic Studies on the genus, Talinum (Pbrtulacaceae) in Nigeria,1986; New Nomenclature! combinations and the three new Varieties in the genus,Biscutella (Cruciferae), 1986;Population variation in Biscutella sempervirens in Spain, 1986; Themorphological variation and geographical distribution of Biscutellaglacialis in Spain, 1986;Medicinal Plants used as Vermifuges in Nigeria and their Conservation, Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany,1987;The Taxonomic value of epidermal characters in the genus Ocimum (Umiaceae), 1988; Taxonomy of medicinal plants, Epidermal Morphology of the genus Khaya in West Africa, 1990; Morphological variation of fruits and infrutescences in Biscutella,1992;The Role of Herbarium in Plant Conservation,The Nigerian Journal of Forestry, 2002;Comparative foliar Epidermal Morphology of the West African Species ofthe genus AfezeliaSmith,2008; etc; ah: Western State Post-Secondary Scholarship Award, 1971-72;J.F. Kennedy Memorial Essay Competition, Zonal Winner, 1972; National Undergraduate Merit Award, 1972-75;German Scholarship Undergraduate MeritAward, 1972-75;Commonwealth University Academic Staff Fellowship, UK, 1985; RoyalSocietyAcademicFellowship, UK, 1991-92; British Council Academic Fellowship, UK, 1991-92; off: Dept of Botany &#038; Microbiology, Faculty of Science, University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos; res: 1, Abdul-Atta Road, off Ozolua Road,Unilag Campus, Yaba, Lagos; tel: 0802-290-3848, 0803-305-1810; e-m: deledejo2005@yahoo.co.uk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-12752","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/12752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/12752\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12752"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=12752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}