OGUNSUYI HELEN OLAYINKA

 Professor

 hoogunuyi[at]futa.edu.ng; helenogunsuyi[at]gmail.com; olayinkaogunsuyi[at]yahoo.com

 +2347031388288

 NIGERIA

 1. ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE FOR THE DEVELOPING WORLD- NATIONAL AND REGIONAL CHAPTERS 2012 2. ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE FOR THE DEVELOPING WORLD, FUTA- CHAPTER, 2010 3. ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE FOR THE DEVELOPING WORLD, TRIESTE ITALY. 2005 4. INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED CHEMIST OF NIGERIA (ICCON), 2005 5. AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY; 2002 6. SCIENCE ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (SAN); 2002 7. CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF NIGERIA (CSN), 1998. *OFFICE LOCATION: SOS BUILDING, OBANLA, FUTA.

 PROF HELEN OGUNSUYI IS A PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY, SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AKURE ( FUTA), NIGERIA. SHE IS A LECTURER AND RESEARCHER WITH OVER 25 YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE. SHE IS AN ALUMNUS OF UNIVERSITY OF ADO- EKITI (UNAD) AND FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE (FUTA). SHE HAS AUTHORED AND CO-AUTHORED MANY SCIENTIFIC PAPERS PUBLISHED BOTH AT LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL REFERRED JOURNALS. SHE HAD ATTENDED SEVERAL SEMINARS, TRAINING WORKSHOPS, SYMPOSIA AND CONFERENCES WITHIN AND OUTSIDE NIGERIA WHERE SHE PRESENTED MANY OF HER SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS ORALLY AND THROUGH POSTER EXHIBITIONS. SHE IS A MEMBER OF MANY PROFESSIONAL BODIES BOTH WITHIN AND OUTSIDE NIGERIA. PRIMARY: METHODIST PRIMARY SCHOOL, AKURE; SEPT. 1976 – JULY, 1981. SECONDARY: ST. LOUIS GIRLS’ GRAMMAR SCHOOL, AKURE; AUG. 1981- JULY, 1987. TERTIARY: B. SC (CHEMISTRY) 1991 ONDO STATE UNIVERSITY, ADO-EKITI, EKITI-STATE NIGERIA; 1987 – 1991 M. TECH (ANAL.CHEM) 2000, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, NIGERIA;1998- 2000 PH D (ANAL. CHEM) 2008, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, NIGERIA; 2004-2008

 AREA OF EXPERTISE: ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY AND FUEL CHEMISTRY. IN GENERAL, MY RESEARCH EXPERTISE EMBRACES ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO CONVENTIONAL AND NON-CONVENTIONAL FUEL ANALYSES. CONVENTIONAL FUEL SUCH AS PETROLEUM AND HEAVY CRUDE OIL (BITUMEN / OIL SANDS) AND BIOFUELS (NON-CONVENTIONAL FUELS) WHICH COMPRISE BIODIESEL, BIOETHANOL, BIO-BUTANOL BIO-OILS AND SOLID FUELS( PELLETS & BIOBRIQUETTE ) MY RESEARCH INTEREST ALSO ENTAILS GENERATING MONOMERIC SUGARS FROM BIOMASS ( LIGNOCELLULOSE) AS PLATFORM CHEMICALS FOR BIO-BASED PRODUCTS. *CURRENT ACTIVITIES: PRESENTLY, MY RESEARCH PROJECT IS FOCUSING ON DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES FOR NIGERIANS BY EXPLOITING THE VAST BIOMASS RESOURCES ABUNDANTLY AVAILABLE WITHIN THE COUNTRY. AT PRESENT, THE NATION DEPENDS HEAVILY ON FOSSIL FUEL AS THE MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY. CONSEQUENTLY, THE OVER-DEPENDENCE ON THIS ENERGY RESOURCE HAS PLUNGED THE COUNTRY INTO SERIOUS ENERGY PROBLEMS SUCH AS SCARCITY OF DOMESTIC FUELS, HIKE-PRICE OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND GHG EMISSIONS AMONG OTHERS. THEREFORE, AS RESPONSE TO REDRESS THIS UGLY TREND, MY RESEARCH TEAM IS INVESTIGATING THE VIABILITY OF POST HARVESTED AGRICULTURAL WASTES SUCH AS PLANTAIN STEM, CASSAVA BIOMASS WASTES, SWEET POTATO PEELS, CORN FIBERS AND OTHER LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASSES AS FEEDSTOCK FOR BIOGAS AND LIQUID FUELS FOR DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL CONSUMPTIONS. IN ADDITION, WE ARE INVESTIGATING THE POTENTIALS OF THESE BIOMASS RESOURCES AS FEEDSTOCK FOR BIOREFINERY OPERATION. IN NIGERIA