Biography
Olushola M. Awoyemi (aka Shola) is a board-certified toxicologist and a research scientist with a PhD in Environmental Toxicology. Shola's long-term ambition is to be recognized as a world-renowned expert in toxicology, risk assessment, and management, with experience spanning across institutions like the US EPA, US FDA, NIEHS, USDA, UNEP, WHO, and possibly within Fortune 100 companies in the Chemical, Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Consumer goods, or IT sectors.
Shola aspires to have access to world-class, state-of-the-art facilities, as well as high-throughput and high-content 21st-century toxicological tools. In the short term, Shola is focused on gaining technical training and professional experience in toxicological risk assessment, aiming to make well-informed expert decisions and recommendations that will significantly benefit product safety, public health, sustainable environmental development, and overall safety.
Board Certifications
Education
Texas Tech University
- PhD, Environmental Toxicology
- MBA, Business Administration and Management, General
Tennessee State University
- PhD, Biological Science
University of Lagos
- PhD, Environmental Toxicology and Pollution Management
- Masters of Science (MSc), Environmental Toxicology and Pollution Management
Obafemi Awolowo University
- Master of Science (MSc), Environmental Control and Management
Olabisi Onabanjo University(O.O.U)
- Bachelor's degree, Biochemistry
Publications
- COVID-19 vaccines uptake: Public knowledge, awareness, perception and acceptance among adult Africans. PLoS ONE 17(6): e0268230 · Jun 1, 2022
- Nitrate-N-mediated toxicological responses of Scenedesmus acutus and Daphnia pulex to cadmium, arsenic and their binary mixture (Cd/Asmix) at environmentally relevant concentrations. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 400, 123189 · Jun 1, 2020
- Trophic-Level Interactive Effects of Phosphorus Availability on the Toxicities of Cadmium, Arsenic, and Their Binary Mixture in Media-Exposed Scenedesmus acutus and Media and Dietary-Exposed Daphnia pulex. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2020, 54, 5651−5666 · Apr 1, 2020
- Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Exogenous Glutathione Mitigate Coal Fly Ash (CFA)-Induced Phytotoxicity in CFA-contaminated Soil. Journal of Environmental Management, 237: 449-456. · Feb 1, 2019
- Behavioral, Molecular, and Physiological Responses of Embryo-Larval Zebrafish Exposed to Types I and II Pyrethroids. Chemosphere, 219: 526-537. · Dec 1, 2018
- Fate and Impacts of Priority Pollutant Metals in Coal Fly Ash–Soil–Switchgrass Plant Mesocosms. Coal Combustion and Gasification Products · Jul 3, 2017
- Toxicity of coal fly ash (CFA) and toxicological response of switchgrass in mycorrhiza-mediated CFA-soil admixtures. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (EES)/Elsevier · Jun 27, 2017
- Biothenol Production from Switchgrass Grown on Coal Fly Ash- Amended Soil. World Journal of Agricultural Research · May 22, 2017
- Analysis of the Foraging Behaviour of Guppy (Poecilia reticulata) in Relation to its use as a Biological Method for the Environmental Control of Mosquito Larvae. International Journal of Research and Reviews in Applied Sciences · Dec 1, 2014
- Accumulation and Anti-oxidant Enzymes as Biomarkers of Heavy Metal Exposure in Clarias gariepinus and Oreochromis niloticus. Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences; DOI: 10.12691/aees-2-5-2 · Oct 1, 2014
- The Physico-chemical Properties of Groundwater in Relation to Surface water Pollution in Majidun Area of Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria. American Journal of Water Resources; DOI: 10.12691/ajwr-2-5-4 · Jan 1, 2014