Research Interest and Resume

Research Interests

 Environmental monitoring and modelling of metals, organics and emerging contaminants; water treatment and remediation of pollutants in the environment using biological and advanced oxidation processes (photochemical and electrochemical oxidation); development of industrial raw materials through chemical processes.

Education
  • University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - Post Doctoral Research Fellowship (Feb. 2013-Jan 2014)
  • University of Ibadan, Nigeria - PhD Industrial Chemistry (May 2010)
  • University of Ibadan, Nigeria - M. Sc. Industrial Chemistry (March 2002).
  • University of Ilorin, Nigeria -   B. Sc. Industrial Chemistry (February 1998).

Employment History

  • Nov. 1, 2016 – till date Senior Lecturer - Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.
  • March 2012 – Dec 31, 2016 Senior Lecturer - Department of Chemical Sciences, Redeemer’s University, Redemption City, Ogun State.
  • Feb. 2013 – Jan. 2014 Postdoctoral Scholar, School of Chemistry and Physics, College of Engineering, Agriculture and Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban, South Africa.
  • Feb. 2011 – March 2012 - Lecturer 1 - Department of Chemical Sciences, Redeemer’s University, Redemption City, Ogun State.
  • September 3, 2009 – Feb. 2011 - Lecturer 2 - Department of Chemical Sciences, Redeemer’s University, Redemption City, Ogun State.
  • September 1, 2008 – August 31, 2009 - Lecturer 2 Department of Chemical Sciences, Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun State.
Publications:  (Peer Reviewed Journal Articles )

1.    Martins O. Omorogie, Foluso O. Agunbiade, Moses O. Alfred, Olaronke T. Olaniyi,  Thompson A. Adewumi, Augustine E. Ofomaja, Eliazer B. Naidoo, Chukwunonso P. Okoli, Timothy A. Adebayo, Emmanuel I. Unuabonah.  The sequestral capture of fluoride, nitrate and phosphate by metal-doped and surfactant-modified hybrid clay materials.  Chemical Papers  doi: 10.1007/s11696-017-0290-9. Published by Springer, Impact Factor: 1.258
2.    Emmanuel I. Unuabonah, Adewale Adewuyi, Matthew O. Kolawole, Martins O. Omorogie, Olalekan C. Olatunde, Scott O. Fayemi, Christina Günter, Chukwunonso P. Okoli, Foluso O. Agunbiade, Andreas Taubert  2017.  Disinfection of Water with New Chitosan-modified Hybrid Clay Composite Adsorbent.  Heliyon 3(8):  DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2017.e00379. Published by Elsevier, Impact Factor:
3.    *Unuabonah, E.I.; Agunbiade, F.O. ; Alfred, M.O.; Adewunmi, T.A.; Okoli, C.P.; Omorogie, M.O.; Akanbi, M.O.; Ofomaja, A.E.; Taubert, A. 2017.  Facile Synthesis of New Amino-functionalized Agrogenic Hybrid Composite Clay Adsorbents for Phosphate capture and recovery in Water. Journal of Cleaner Production 164: 652 – 663. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.06.160. Published by Elsevier, Impact Factor: 5.715
4.    *Unuabonah, E.I.; Kolawole, M.O.; *Agunbiade, F.O.; Omorogie, M.O.; Koko, D.T.; Ugwuja, C.G.; Ugege, L.E.; Oyejide, N.E.; Günter, C.; Taubert, A. 2017.  Novel Metal-Doped Bacteriostatic Hybrid Clay Composites for Point-of-Use Disinfection of Water. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 5: 2128 – 2141. DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2017.04.017. Published by Elsevier, Impact Factor:
5.    *Akintola, O.A.,  Sangodoyin, A.Y., Agunbiade, F.O. 2016.  Fuzzy Logic Modelling of the Effects of Pollution on Domestic Roof-Harvested Rainwater Quality in Residential and Industrial Environments.  Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 71(1): 113 – 121. DOI: 10.1007/s00244-016-0278-4.  Published by Springer, Impact Factor: 2.467
6.    *Agunbiade, F.O. and Moodley, B. 2016.  Occurrence and distribution pattern of acidic pharmaceuticals in surface water, wastewater and sediment of the Msunduzi River, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.  Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry 35(1): 36 – 46.  DOI: 10.1002/etc.3144.  Published by John Wiley, Impact Factor: 2.951
7.    *Agunbiade, F.O.  Adewole, T.A.  2014.  Methanolysis of Carica papaya seed oil for production of biodiesel. Journal of Fuel. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/904076 Published by Hindawi Publishing Corporation. Impact Factor: 0.000
8.    *Sofidiya, M.O., Agunbiade, F.O., Koorbanally, N., Sowemimo, A.A., Soesan, D., Familusi, T. 2014. Antiulcer activity of ethanolic extract and ethyl acetate fraction of the leaves of Markhamia tomentosa in rats. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 157, 1 – 6. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2014.09.012. Published by Elsevier. Impact Factor: 2.981
9.    *Agunbiade, F.O. and Moodley, B. 2014.  Pharmaceuticals as emerging organic contaminants in Umgeni River water system, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.  Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 186(11), 7273 -7291.  DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-3926-z. Published by Springer (Number of Citation > 25) Impact Factor: 1.687
10.  Olu-Owolabi, B.I., *Agunbiade, F.O., Adebowale K.O. 2013.  Speciation of metals in sediments from crude oil prospecting coastal area of Ondo State, Nigeria.  Earth Sciences Research Journal 17(1), 41 - 51. Impact Factor: 0.634
11.  *Akintola, O.A.,  Sangodoyin, A.Y., Agunbiade, F.O. 2013.  Evaluation of environmental pollution effects on Domestic Roof-Harvested Rainwater in Southern part of Nigeria using impact indices. Water Practice and Technology 8(2), 244–255. Published by International Water Association Publishing, UK. Impact Factor: 0.000
12.  Olu-Owolabi, B.I., *Agunbiade, F.O., Bamidele O. Fagbayigbo, Adebowale K.O. 2013.  Monitoring Cu bioaccumulation in cocoa from Cu-based pesticides treated cocoa farms using Fuzzy Similarity Method. Bioremediation Journal 17(3), 131-147. Published by Taylor and Francis. Impact Factor: 1.098
13.  *Agunbiade, F.O., Adeosun, C.B. and Daramola, G.G.  2013. Nutritional Properties and Potential Values of Cordia sebestena seed and seed oil.  GIDA/The Journal of FOOD 38 (3), 127-133. Published by The Association of Food Technology, Turkey.  Impact Factor: 0.000
14.  *Agunbiade, F. O., Olu-Owolabi, B. I., Adebowale, K. O. 2012. Modelling the speciation pattern of metals in Ondo coastal water with geochemical model – PHREEQCI.  Water Practice and Technology 7(3), doi:10.2166/wpt.2012.051.  Published by International Water Association Publishing, UK. Impact Factor: 0.000
15.  Olu-Owolabi, B.I.; *Agunbiade, F.O.; Ogunleye, I.O.; Adebowale, K.O. 2012.  Fate and Mobility of Copper in Soil of Cocoa Plantations in two South-Western States of Nigeria treated with Copper-Based Fungicides. Soil and Sediment Contamination 21(8), 918-936.  Published by Taylor and Francis. Impact Factor: 1.207
16.  *Agunbiade, F. O., Olu-Owolabi, B. I., Adebowale, K. O. 2012. Comparative Assessment of Coastal Water Usage Supports Using Water Quality Indices and Fuzzy Synthetic Evaluation Methods: Ondo Estuary Case Study, Nigeria.  Terrestrial and Aquatic Env. Toxicology 6(1), 41-49. Published by Global Science Books, Japan. Impact Factor: 0.000
17.  Olu-Owolabi, B.I., *Agunbiade, F.O., Oseghe, E.O., Adebowale K.O. 2012.  Fuzzy logic modelling of contamination degree of Ni and V metal species in sediments from crude oil prospecting area of Ondo coast, Nigeria.  Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 18, 1 – 17. Published by Taylor and Francis. Impact Factor: 1.560
18.  *Agunbiade, F. O., Olu-Owolabi, B. I., Adebowale, K. O. 2012.  Fuzzy logic modelling of bioaccumulation pattern of metals in coastal biota of Ondo State, Nigeria. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 184(1), 89–102. Published by Springer. Impact Factor: 1.687
19.  *Agunbiade, F.O., Awe, A.A., Adebowale, K.O.  2011.  Fuzzy logic-based modeling of the impact of industrial activities on the environmental status of an industrial estate in Nigeria, Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry, 93(10), 1856-1879. Published by Taylor & Francis. Impact Factor: 0.795
20.  *Agunbiade, F. O., Olu-Owolabi, B. I., Adebowale, K. O. 2010.  Seasonal and spatial variations analysis of pollution status of Ondo coastal environment Nigeria using principal component analysis.  Geochemical Journal 44 (2), 89 – 98 Published by Geochemical Society of Japan. Impact Factor: 0.991
21.  *Amoo, I. A. Agunbiade, F. O. 2009.  Some nutrients and anti-nutrients components of Pterygota macrocarpa  seed flour. Pacific Journal of Science and Technology 10 (2), 949 – 955 Published by the Akamai University, USA. Impact Factor: 0.000
22.  *Agunbiade, F. O., Olu-Owolabi, B. I., Adebowale, K. O. 2009.  Phytoremediation potential of Eichornia crassipes in metal contaminated coastal water. Bioresource Technology 100, 4521 – 4526. Published by Elsevier. (Number of Citation > 100) Impact Factor: 5.651
23.  Adebowale, K. O., *Agunbiade, F. O., Olu-Owolabi, B. I. 2009.  Trace metal concentrations, site variations, and partitioning in water and bottom sediments from coastal area: A Case study of Ondo Coast, Nigeria.  Environmental Research Journal 3(2), 46 – 59. Published by Medwell Publisher. Impact Factor: 0.000
24.  *Agunbiade, F. O and Fawale A. T. 2009. Use of Siam weed biomarker in assessing heavy metal contaminations in traffic and solid waste polluted areas.  International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 6(2), 267 - 276. Published now by Springer. (Number of Citation > 25)  Impact Factor: 1.915
25.  *Agunbiade, F. O., Olu-Owolabi, B. I., Adebowale, K. O. 2008.  Empirical Modelling of Dissolved Oxygen against Pollution Parameters in Coastal Water in Different Seasons. Terrestrial and Aquatic Env. Toxicology, 2(1), 5 – 13. Published by Global Science Books, Japan. Impact Factor: 0.000
26.  *Adebowale, K. O., Agunbiade, F. O., Olu-Owolabi, B. I. 2008. Fuzzy Comprehensive Assessment of Metal Contamination of Water and Sediments in Ondo Estuary, Nigeria.  Chemistry and Ecology 24(4), 269 – 283. Published by Taylor and Francis. (Number of Citation > 25) Impact Factor: 1.463
27.  *Adebowale, K. O., Agunbiade, F. O., Olu-Owolabi, B. I. 2008. Impacts of natural and anthropogenic multiple sources of pollution on the environmental conditions of Ondo State coastal water, Nigeria. Electronic Journal of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Chemistry 7(4), 2797-2811. Published by Faculty of Science, University of Uvigo, Spain. (Number of Citation > 35) Impact Factor: 0.000
28.  Eke, U. B., Dosumu, O. O., Oladipo, E. and Agunbiade F. O. 2004.  Analysis of Locally produced Soap Using Sheabutter Oil (SBO) blended with Palm Kernel Oil (PKO).  Nigerian Journal of Science 38(1),  9 – 24. Published by Science Association of Nigeria. Impact Factor: 0.000.

* Corresponding Authors

 Publications:  (Conference Abstracts)
1.  Agunbiade, F. O., Olu-Owolabi, B. I., Adebowale, K. O. (2009). Geochemical modelling of metals species in coastal water using PHREEQCI. Toxicological Letters 189S, S222.
2.  Agunbiade, F. O., Olu-Owolabi, B. I., Adebowale, K. O. (2009).  Biomonitoring of metal contaminants in coastal zone of Ondo State, Nigeria: Fuzzy logic modelling approach. Toxicological Letters 189S, S155.

Research Output Citation metrics
Scopus h-index – 7 (http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=24733627400)
Google Scholar h-index – 9 (http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=UICQKFYAAAAJ&hl=en)

 Grants and Awards
1.    Grant Award Organization:  The  Institute  of  Chemical  Engineering  (IChemE),  United Kingdom
Year: 2014
Title of Project: Prize Winners-IChemE Global Award for Outstanding Chemical Engineering, Innovation for Resource-Poor People in the UK, awarded to the Environmental and Chemical Processes Research Group, Redeemer's University (RUN), Nigeria
Role in Project: Co Investigator
Value of Grant: $10,000
2.    Grant Award  Organization:  The  World  Academy  of  Sciences-for  the  advancement  of science in developing countries (TWAS)
Year: 2014
Research Grant Number: RGA 14-164 RG/CHE/AF/AC_G-UNESCO FR: 324028613 
Title of Project: Novel nanoporous composite adsorbents with bifunctional properties: toxic anion and bacterial removal from water. 
Role in Project: Co Investigator.
Value of Grant: $65,000

Membership of Learned society
Member, American Chemical Society
Member, Nigerian Young Academy
Fellow, African Scientific Institute

Skills
  • Excellent knowledge of operations and troubleshooting on: GC-MS; GC-FID; HPLC-DAD; LC-MS
  • Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office Packages (Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
  • Excellent knowledge of Other Packages: ChemDraw, Corel Draw, Origin, SPSS, Adobe PageMaker etc.  
Contact information (For Collaborators)
Room 133, Department of Chemistry,
Faculty of Science Building
University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.
+2348055136498
fagunbiade@unilag.edu.ng; foagunbiade@gmail.com


Skype: foluso_agunbiade

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• Akintola, O.A., Sangodoyin, A.Y., Agunbiade, F.O. 2018. Anthropogenic activities impacts on atmospheric environmental quality in a gas-flaring community: Application of Fuzzy Logic Modelling concept. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 24_. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-2295-5. Published by Springer Impact Factor: 2.741 • • *Salaudeen, T.; Okoh, O.; Agunbiade, F.; Okoh, A. 2018. Fate and impact of phthalates in activated sludge treated municipal wastewater on the water system of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Chemosphere 203: 336 – 344. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.03.176. Published by Elsevier, Impact Factor: 4.506. • • *Salaudeen, T.; Okoh, O.; Agunbiade, F.; Okoh, A. 2018. Phthalates removal efficiency in different wastewater treatment technology in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 190, 299 – 312. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-018-6665-8. Published by Springer Impact Factor: 1.687 • • Olabemiwo, O.M., Esan, A.O., *Ba
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