Olubukola Oluranti BABALOLA

Work

Subjects:

Environmental sciences, Life Sciences, Biology, Agriculture

Research Keywords:

PGPR, Biocontrol, Soil, Microbiology, Biofertilizer, Biotechnology, Genomics

Collaboration interests:

Plant health Management Soil Metagenomics Soil Microbial Ecology SDG2: Food Security

Biography:

Professor Olubukola Oluranti Babalola (Pr.Sci.Nat, MASSAF, FASLP, FTWAS, FAS, FAAS) is the Vice-President of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS, Africa region) and the Vice-President of the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD, Africa region). Olubukola is an NRF-rated scientist, an MBA graduate, a Research Director and a Principal investigator at North-West University, South Africa. After a PhD with a Research Fellowship from the IITA-International Institute of Tropical Agriculture and PhD Fellowships from OWSD, she had postdoctoral experiences at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, and the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. She has over 20 years of experience focusing on rhizosphere metagenomics. She is a member of several editorial boards (Elsevier, Springer, ASM, MDPI, Frontiers etc.) and an International Advisor to a few others. In 2018, she delivered her professorial inaugural lecture. She is an AAAS-TWAS Science diplomacy alumnus, impacting the world after the eye-opening awareness of policymaking, diplomacy, and diplomatic engagement. She is acting using the gender lens and forging collaborations with diplomats. Olubukola holds over 56 professional certificates in her area of interest from the University of California, Berkeley, USA, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Bradford University, the UK, and Nelson Mandela University, South Africa, to mention a few. Her effort has received many awards, including being the finalist, GenderInSite 2020. Olubukola is passionate about capacity building and has completed the supervision of 31 doctoral fellows, 24 masters, and numerous Honors students. Prof Babalola is a prolific author with ~ 350 publications. Her international experience spans the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. She enjoys research grants and international partnerships across the globe. Olubukola has an H-index of 54, with ~14,000 citations. Her recent Springer book is “Food Security and Safety: Africa’s Perspective.” Olubukola is #1 in Africa for Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (see https://www.adscientificindex.com/scientist.php?id=96341

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