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I. (a) Name: Temitope Elizabeth OLALEKAN

(b) Date of Birth: 29 March, 1975

(c) Department: Chemistry

(d) Faculty: Science

(e) College: Not Applicable

II. (a) First Academic Appointment: Assistant Lecturer ( 19 February, 2013)

(b) Present post (with date): Lecturer II (5 April, 2013)

(c) Date of last Promotion: Not Applicable

(d) Date last considered: Not Applicable

III. University Education

University of Ibadan (B. Sc. Programme) 1992 – 1998

University of Ibadan (M. Sc Programme) 2003 – 2004

Rhodes University, South Africa (Ph. D Programme) 2009 – 2012

IV. Academic Qualifications

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University of Ibadan 1998

Master of Science in Inorganic Chemistry, University of Ibadan 2004

Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Rhodes University 2013

V. Professional Qualifications and Diplomas

Postgraduate Diploma in Education, University of Ibadan 2008

VI. Scholarships, Fellowships and Prizes

Undergraduate Nil

Postgraduate

Fellow, Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World, Trieste Italy

Ph. D program (Rhodes University, South Africa) – 11 August, 2009 to 31 August, 2012

VII. Honours, Distinctions and Membership of Learned Societies

Member, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2011 to date

VIII. Details of Teaching Experience at University Level

(a) Number of years at the University level: 1 Year 4 Months

i. Level at the University: Lecturer II (University of Ibadan) – April 2013 to date

(b) Courses taught at the University of Ibadan: February 2013 to date

Postgraduate courses

CHE 737 (4 units): Special Topics in Inorganic Chemistry

CHE 796 (6 Units): Research Project

Undergraduate courses

CHE 227 (4 Units): Inorganic Chemistry II

CHE 327 (4 Units): Inorganic Chemistry III

CHE 329 (3 Units): Inorganic Chemistry for Life Sciences

CHE 429 (3 Units): Organometallics and Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms

CHE 495 (6 Units): Research Project

IX. Research

(a) Completed Nil

(b) In Progress Nil

(c) Dissertations and Thesis

Ph. D. Thesis (2013): Synthesis, Characterisation and Biological Activity of

2-(Methylthiomethyl)anilines, 2-(Methylthio)anilines, their Schiff-Base Derivatives

and Metal(II) (Co, Ni, Cu) Complexes

X. Publication

1. Temitope E. Olalekan, Denzil R. Beukes, Bernardus Van Brecht and Gareth M. Watkins (2014): Copper(II) Complexes of 2-(Methylthiomethyl)anilines: Spectral and Structural Properties and In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity. Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 2014, 10 pages, Article ID 769573, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/769573. (Egypt)

 

2. Temitope E. Olalekan, Isaiah A. Adejoro, Bernardus VanBrecht, Gareth M. Watkins (2014): Crystal structures, spectroscopic and theoretical study of novel Schiff bases of 2-(methylthiomethyl)anilines. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy Vol. 139, 385–395. (England)

3. Temitope E. Olalekan and I.O. Shoetan (2015). Synthesis, Characterization and Antimicrobial Activity of Carboxylate-Bridged Homodinuclear Schiff Base Metal(II) Complexes. Pacific Journal of Science and Technology Vol. 16. No. 1, 224-232. (United States of America)

4. Temitope E. Olalekan and Temitope E. Bakare (2015). Synthesis of 2-Aminobenzoic Acid Metal(II) Complexes by Schiff Base Hydrolysis and the Antimicrobial Potency Studies. Pacific Journal of Science and Technology Vol. 16. No. 1, 233-239. (United States of America)

XI. Major Conferences/Workshops attended with Papers Read

 

 

Conferences

(a) SACI 2011 (South African Chemical Institute) Conference

University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg South Africa January 16-21, 2011

Papers Read

i. Spectral characterization of Ni(II) Complexes of 2-(Methylthiomethyl)aniline

and Its Derivatives

(b) Gordon Research Conference

Holiday Inn Express, Ventura CA, United States January 22–26, 2012

(c) Gordon Research Seminar

Holiday Inn Express, Ventura CA, United States January 26–29, 2012

Papers Read

i. Co(II) and Cu(II) complexes of 2MT and 2MA: Antimicrobial activity

Workshops

(a) Early Career Researchers Workshop: Training Workshop on Grant Writing for

Early Career Researchers

Research Management Office, University of Ibadan April 3–5, 2013

(b) Gender Sensitization Workshop

Gender Mainstreaming Office, University of Ibadan March 21, 2014

(c) Induction Programme for New Academics Course I 2014 - Pedagogy of Higher Education

Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CeTL)

University of Ibadan June 23-24 & July 9, 2014