ADEYEMI Folasade Muibat

Dr. Folasade Muibat ADEYEMI, an Associate Professor of Antimicrobial Resistance and Public Health Microbiology, is a pioneer staff member of Osun State University, and a recipient of the UNIOSUN Special Doctoral Staff Training Programme at the University’s inception. She possesses a B.Sc., M.Sc. and PhD in Microbiology, all from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. She assumed duty at Osun State University, Osogbo, as an Assistant Lecturer in the Microbiology Programme of the defunct Department of Biological Sciences in 2009.
Dr. Folasade Muibat Adeyemi is an astute and diligent member of the academic staff who has demonstrated competence in lecturing, supervising undergraduate and postgraduate students, research, teaching and administrative developments in the Department/University. She is presently the Sub-Dean, representing the Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences at the Postgraduate College. She was the Departmental Coordinator and, later, Acting Head of Department of the defunct Department of Biological Sciences and, later, the Department of Microbiology, from 2017/2018 to 2020/2021 academic sessions.
She has demonstrable competence in Medical Microbiology and profiling of antibiotic resistance and virulence determinants in pathogenic bacteria. She has made significant contributions to scientific knowledge through her teaching, scientific publications, and participation in learned conferences within and outside Nigeria. She is a professional member of the Nigerian Society for Microbiology (NSM), the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), the Nigerian Institute for Biomedical Engineering, the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), the West African Research and Innovation Management Association (WARIMA), and the Organization for Women in Science in the Developing World (OWSD), amongst others.