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Awards

January 2004 Commonwealth FCO/Chevening Scholarship

January 2010 Third World Organization for Women in Sciences (TWOWS)

May 2016 OWSD Fifth General Assembly and International Conference at Kuwait.

March 2013 (v) TETFUND National Research Fund (NRF) Nigeria.

January 2020 TETFUND National Research Fund (NRF) Nigeria.

Degrees:

2012
Doctorate     Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology
My specialization is Molecular Environmental Microbiology

Publications resulting from Research
1. Boboye, B. and Olukunle, O. F. (2008). The Application of Genetics and Molecular Biology to Industrial Microorganisms, Particularly Bacteria, Journal od Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2(2): 271 – 282

2. Ekundayo, F. O., Olukunle, O. F. and Ekundayo, E. A. (2012). Biodegradation of Bonnylight Crude Oil by Locally Isolated Fungi from Oil Contaminated Soils in Akure, Ondo State. Malaysian Journal of Microbiology, 8(1): 42 – 46.

3. Olukunle O. F. and Boboye, B. (2012) Phylogenetic Analysis of Oil–degrading Bacteria Associated with Polluted Sites in River State, Nigeria. Archives of Applied Science Research, 4(4): 1600 – 1608.

4. Olukunle, O. F. and Boboye, B. (2013). The Molecular Succession of Bacterial Community of Crude Oil Polluted Soil and Water Samples from the Niger Delta, Nigeria. British Journal of Applied Science and Technology 3(4): 777-788.

5. Olukunle, O. F., Babajide O. and Boboye, B. (2015). Effects of Temperature and pH on the Activities of Catechol 2, 3-dioxygenase Obtained from Crude Oil Contaminated Soil in Ilaje, Ondo State, Nigeria. The Open Microbiology Journal, 9: 84-90.

6. Olukunle, O.F. and Ajayi O.E (2018). Screening of Wild and Mutant Strains of Fungal Isolates from Plantain Stalks for Amylase Production. Jordan Journal of Biological Sciences, 11(5): 557 – 562.

7. Olukunle,O. F., Umar, O. K and Oriola, O. B. (2019). Antimicrobial Properties of Cooked African Locust Beans (Parkia biglobosa) Effluent with and without Its Chaff. Microbiology Research Journal International 27(4): 1-9.

8. Olukunle, O. F. (2019). Molecular Identification of Crude Oil-Degrading Bacteria and Screening for Catechol 2, 3 Dioxygenase (C23O) Gene. Biotechnology Journal International 23(4): 1-14.

9. Olotu, E. J. and Olukunle, O. F. (2019). Production of Bioethanol from Selected Lignocellulosic Agrowastes. Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology 21(2): 1-17.

10. Fayemi, S. O, Boboye, B. and Olukunle O. F. (2019). Isolation, Identification and Screening of Halophilic Bacteria for Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) in Hypersaline Lagos Water Body, Nigeria. International Journal Advanced Research 7(11): 470-481.

Tropentag 2013
2025
icon-pin-location Stuttgart, Germany
OWSD 5th General Assembly and International Conference on Women in Science and Technology for the Developing World
2025
icon-pin-location Kuwait
2nd International Women in science without Borders (WISWB) Indaba
2025
icon-pin-location Johannesburg, South Africa

Introductory Phylogenetics Workshop organized by Inqaba Biotech in collaboration with the University of Western Cape, South Africa .
2025
icon-pin-location University of Western Cape, South Africa
Training Course in Basic Techniques in Modern Biotechnology organized by the Institutional Biosafety Committee, Federal University of Technology (FUTA) in collaboration with Biotechnology Centre, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (UAAB)
2025
icon-pin-location Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.
Workshop on Laboratory Methods and Analysis of Soil, Fertilizer and Crops
2025
icon-pin-location Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.
Research Training in Modern Biotechnology at the Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics (CMEG),
2025
icon-pin-location University of Pretoria, South Africa